Benjamin Flowers
Benjamin Flowers | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Title | Professor and Associate Director |
| Board member of | International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities |
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| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Architecture, urban development |
| Sub-discipline | Sport architecture, skyscrapers, political economy of architecture |
| Institutions | Ohio State University, Georgia Institute of Technology |
Benjamin Flowers is an American architecture scholar, author, and academic administrator. He is Professor and former Associate Director at The Ohio State University's Knowlton School. His work focuses on the intersections of architecture, politics, and urban development, particularly within the context of sports stadiums and skyscrapers. Flowers is a member of the executive board of the International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities (IAKS).[1][2]
Early life and education
[edit]Flowers earned a Bachelor of Arts from Wesleyan University (1996) and a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Minnesota (2003).[3]
Career
[edit]Flowers began his career as a Technical Information Specialist at the Library of Congress (2004–2005).
In 2005, Flowers joined the Georgia Institute of Technology's School of Architecture as an Assistant Professor. He was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2011 and a Full Professor in 2017. He received the College of Design’s Georgia Power Professor of Excellence Award (2012) and the School of Architecture’s Dean William Fash Teaching Excellence Award (2017).[4] During his time at Georgia Tech, he served as Director of Stadia Lab (2014–2019), Director of Undergraduate Studies (2013–2014), was part of the second cohort of the Emerging Leaders Program at Georgia Tech (2017), a Provost’s Teaching and Learning Fellow in the College of Design (2018), and Associate Vice Provost for Advocacy and Conflict Resolution (2018–2019).[3][4]
In 2019, Flowers joined The Ohio State University as a Full Professor at the Knowlton School and later as Associate Director in 2020-2024.[5] In 2021, he was elected to the executive board of the International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities.[6] He has appeared on several episodes of National Geographic’s Superstructures: Engineering Marvels (2019, 2020).[citation needed] Flowers’ research on skyscrapers and stadiums has been featured in major news outlets in the USA and UK.[7][8][9]
In 2019, Flowers was part of the First Skyscrapers Symposium, Steering Committee.[10]
Flowers has also consulted for firms including Populous and CBRE and served as an expert witness on architectural cases involving stadium design.[citation needed]
Awards
[edit]- Outstanding Academic Title Award from Choice Magazine for Skyscraper (2010)[citation needed]
- Propmondo's 50 Greatest Commercial Real Estate Books of All Time (2024)[11]
Books
[edit]Authored
[edit]- Flowers, Benjamin Sitton (2018). Beautiful Moves: Designing Stadia. London: Lund Humphries. ISBN 978-1-84822-224-3.
- Flowers, Benjamin Sitton (2017). Sport and Architecture. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-315-79836-3.[12]
- Flowers, Benjamin (2009). Skyscraper: The Politics and Power of Building New York City in the Twentieth Century. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0-8122-4184-6.[13][14]
Edited
[edit]- Flowers, Benjamin, ed. (2014). Architecture in an Age of Uncertainty. Burlington: Ashgate. ISBN 978-1-4094-4575-3.
References
[edit]- ^ "Executive Board". IAKS Worldwide. Retrieved January 26, 2025.[non-primary source needed]
- ^ "Benjamin Flowers Publishes Editorial for sb magazine". Knowlton School. The Ohio State University. June 22, 2022. Retrieved January 26, 2025.[independent source needed]
- ^ a b "Benjamin Flowers Ph.D." (PDF). The Ohio State University. Retrieved January 26, 2025.[non-primary source needed]
- ^ a b "Flowers Named Associate Vice Provost for Advocacy and Conflict Resolution | Office of the Provost". Georgia Tech. October 1, 2018. Retrieved January 26, 2025.[independent source needed]
- ^ "Dr. Benjamin Flowers Named Associate Director of Knowlton School". Knowlton School. Ohio State University. August 31, 2020. Retrieved January 26, 2025.[independent source needed]
- ^ "Flowers, Benjamin". Knowlton School. Ohio State University. July 10, 2020. Retrieved January 26, 2025.[independent source needed]
- ^ "The Forum, The First Skyscrapers". BBC World Service. Retrieved January 26, 2025.[independent source needed]
- ^ Ryssdal, Kai (November 12, 2013). "The tears, jeers and dollars behind the Atlanta Braves' big move". Marketplace. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
- ^ "The Columbus Dispatch Subscription Offers, Specials, and Discounts". The Columbus Dispatch.
- ^ "Benjamin Flowers – CTBUH". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved January 26, 2025.[independent source needed]
- ^ "The 50 Greatest Commercial Real Estate Books of All Time". Propmodo. October 31, 2024. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
- ^ Zuser, Tobias (2018). "Review of Mega-Events and Urban Image Construction: Beijing and Rio de Janeiro, Broudehoux, Anne-Marie; Sport and Architecture, Flowers, Benjamin S." Journal of Sport History. 45 (3): 357–359. doi:10.5406/jsporthistory.45.3.0357. ISSN 0094-1700. JSTOR 10.5406/jsporthistory.45.3.0357.
- ^ Klerks, Jan (2010). "Review of Skyscraper. The Politics and Power of Building New York City in the Twentieth Century". CTBUH Journal (3): 56. ISSN 1946-1186. JSTOR 24192027.
- ^ Merkel, Jayne (March 1, 2012). "Review: Skyscraper: The Politics and Power of Building New York City in the Twentieth Century by Benjamin Flowers". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 71 (1): 125–126. doi:10.1525/jsah.2012.71.1.125. ISSN 0037-9808.
