Norwich University’s College of Professional Schools is pleased to announce the appointment of Cara Armstrong as interim director of the School of Architecture + Art, beginning July 1, 2013.
Armstrong received bachelor’s degrees in environmental design and philosophy from Miami University, a master’s degree in architecture from Columbia University, and an MFA in poetry from Drew University. She was awarded two fellowships for study in England and Canada.
In 2002, the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy named her curator of buildings and collections at Fallingwater, one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s most celebrated building designs. She was Fallingwater’s curator of education from 2006 through June 2010.
Prior to that, Armstrong was a project director at the Urban Design Center in Kent, Ohio, in 1994 and 95, and an intern architect at Myers Associates, Architects in Medina, Ohio, before taking a post in 1995 as historic preservation planner with the Key West Planning Department in Florida.
Armstrong became president of Gecko Roamin’ Inc., a gallery in Key West that featured her art-to-wear designs and the work of other local artists in 1997.
Armstrong is co-author of two architecture related books; author and illustrator of two children’s books and curator of more than 10 architecture and design related exhibitions.
The College of Professional Schools includes accredited professional programs in a broad range of fields including architecture, business, engineering and nursing. Norwich University offers a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies and a NAAB accredited Master of Architecture. This is the only NAAB accredited architecture degree offered in northern New England.
