Cranbrook Architecture: A Legacy of Latitude: Architectural Design

Gretchen Wilkins is the Head of Architecture / Architect-in-Residence at Cranbrook Academy of Art. She has been practicing and teaching architecture for nearly twenty years based in Michigan, Australia and Vietnam. Previously, she was an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan and Associate Professor at RMIT University Melbourne & Ho Chi Minh City. At RMIT she served as Head of Department for Design, overseeing programs in Architecture, Fashion, Digital Media and Design Studies at the Vietnam campus, and was Program Director for the Master of Urban Design program based in Melbourne, Barcelona and Ho Chi Minh City. Her practice is interested in the making and unmaking of cities through design, manufacturing and mobility. This work has been supported by the Japan Foundation, Australia-China Council, James L. Knight Foundation and the Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction. She is the editor of Distributed Urbanism, Cities after Google Earth (Routledge), and has contributed to Architectural Design (AD), Princeton Architectural Press, the Storefront for Art & Architecture, Architecture Australia, the University College London and Architecture and Culture. Wilkins received her Master of Architecture from the University of Michigan and PhD in Architecture from RMIT University, Melbourne.