Ted Ertl

Brief:
Initial architectural license in Colorado, and Nebraska, NCARB certification; architectural practice in Denver; associate professor of architecture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln; visiting professor at the University of Hannover, Germany and Bolton Street College of Technology, Dublin, Ireland; Nebraska State Preservation Coordinator and member to the AIA Committee on Historic Resources; fellow of the Center for Great Plains Studies; Board of Directors of the Alpha Rho Chi Foundation; architectural historian and consulting preservation architect.

Areas of Interest:
Teaching interests include historic architects, the development of architectural theory, and the unfolding nature of architectural practice from the Renaissance through the Nineteenth Century; architectural studio interests are in methodological issues of the design process and environmental issues of critical regionalism; research interest in architects of the mid-west and the development of the architectural profession in the nineteenth century; preservation interest in the identification, restoration, rehabilitation, and adaptive use of historic architecture.

Nate Krug

Brief:
Principal in the Environmental Design Studio: a holistic approach to architecture, Fargo and Lincoln 1981 to present. Professional experience includes work for both small, regional practices and large, multi-national design firms in the areas of design, production, planning and graphics. Teaching since 1981 (North Dakota State University, tenured 1986; University of Nebraska, tenure 1996) in intermediate and advanced design, architectural illumination, environmental acoustics, basic architectural structures, and building construction (methods and materials). Currently an Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Areas of Interest:
Investigations and applications into the “technologies” as form givers. Topics of interest include energy conservation and management through architectural design, architecture in synthesis, and design in the community interest.