Prof. Dr. William Joseph Carpenter

ISEA Bio(s) Available:

• ISEA2011

  Through­out his ca­reer, Pro­fes­sor Dr. William Joseph Car­pen­ter FAIA, PhD stud­ied under sev­eral promi­nent aca­d­e­mic voices in­clud­ing Samuel Mock­bee, Christo­pher Rischer, and Nor­man Jaffe. Dr. Car­pen­ter is owner and founder of the in­ter­na­tion­ally rec­og­nized de­sign firm Light­room, lo­cated in De­catur, GA, USA. Light­room spe­cial­izes in ar­chi­tec­ture and new media for both com­mer­cial and res­i­den­tial clients. Car­pen­ter uses Light­room as an ex­ten­sive learn­ing op­por­tu­nity for in­terns through in­tern­ships that are avail­able year-round. He was elected as a Fel­low of the AIA in 2000 and to the AIA Na­tional Board of Di­rec­tors as South At­lantic Di­rec­tor in 2010. Most re­cently, Car­pen­ter has been cre­at­ing pub­li­ca­tions that cap­ture the cur­rent, unique en­vi­ron­ment in ar­chi­tec­tural prac­tice and ed­u­ca­tion. In his spare time, he en­joys hang­ing out with his two beau­ti­ful daugh­ters, play­ing the bass, and mak­ing de­li­cious smooth­ies.