​Currently:
- M.Arch candidate at UT Austin, working to bridge the disciplines of Architecture and Building
- Graduate Assistant to Larry Speck, F.A.I.A. 
​
Previously: 
- Intern at Wiss, Janney, Elstner
- Field Engineer at Crowell Builders
​- Licensed GC & Carpenter in Seattle, WA

Education: 
- Vassar College (2004 - 2006)
- Whitman College: B.A. Phil. Religion (2009)

​Contact: 
[email protected]

HENRY_ROSE_RESUME.PDF

every day, architecture

---

Somewhere under a roof, 2009

I love buildings. Whether making, designing, or fixing them, buildings compel me because they are necessary for human life, and for culture. Most of what we do occurs in buildings, and whatever doesn't has its origin, and return, in a building. All the science, the art, every single free thought that was written or recorded in some way happened at the hand of someone who woke up that morning, or the morning before, under a roof. 
​
Buildings are an essential condition of human activity. And by affecting those who act, buildings themselves act on the world. It follows that designers of buildings have a moral responsibility to design good actors. This, to me, is the exigent question for architects. What does it mean for a building to act well?

It is not a simple question, but I suspect the answer lies in a balance of how the building supports, and how little it intrudes upon, our lives. We may even say that in this respect the building has "manners." We measure it by its service, by how it helps us to act with clarity, resolution, and dignity no matter how trivial the occasion. Do you love your buildings? Do they love you back? The answers should both be unequivocally: yes. 


— Henry
​
Austin, TX
​2019


​

​

---