Thomas Moran

Associate Professor of Architecture
Teaching Areas
Architectural Design, Fabrication
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Office: 2225B / Liberty Research Annex

Thom Moran is an architect and designer, and an associate professor at the University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. He joined Taubman College as the 2009–2010 Muschenheim Fellow. Moran is a collaborator at Thing Thing, a partner at Dreamsz, and a member of the Ann-Arbor-based studio T+E+A+M. His practice involves solo projects and several ongoing collaborations that each explore different issues related to material experimentation and fabrication. Moran is the recipient of the Architectural League Prize, and his writing has appeared in Pidgin, CataLog, MONU, and Triple Canopy. His work has been exhibited at the Shenzhen Hong Kong Biennial, The New School in New York, the Storefront for Art and Architecture in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, and the Venice Biennale.

Moran holds a Bachelor of Science in architectural studies from the University of Illinois and a Master of Architecture from Yale University, where he co-edited Perspecta 41 “Grand Tour”: The Yale Architectural Journal (MIT Press, 2008).

Projects

Architecture, Nov 6, 2024
a rendering showing a cutaway test of what appears to be the top corner of a building
Architecture, Aug 19, 2024

Courses

ARCH 662, Section 1
Winter 2025
Instructors: Adam Fure, Thomas Moran, McLain Clutter, Mireille Roddier, Perry Kulper, Steven Mankouche, Jose Sanchez, Anya Sirota, Kathy Velikov
ARCH 259, Section 1
Winter 2025
Instructors: Thomas Moran
ARCH 660, Section 1
Fall 2024
Instructors: Thomas Moran, Robert Adams, McLain Clutter, Adam Fure, Perry Kulper, Steven Mankouche, Jose Sanchez, Mireille Roddier, Anya Sirota, Kathy Velikov
ARCH 259, Section 1
Fall 2024
Instructors: Thomas Moran
ARCH 256, Section 1
Fall 2024
Instructors: Thomas Moran
ARCH 509, Section 14
Winter 2024
Instructors: Thomas Moran
ARCH 256, Section 1
Winter 2025
Instructors: Thomas Moran
ARCH 259, Section 1
Winter 2024
Instructors: Thomas Moran
ARCH 211, Section 3
Fall 2020
Instructors: Thomas Moran
ARCH 516
Fall 2020
Instructors: Thomas Moran, Catherine Griffiths
ARCH 442
Winter 2021
Instructors: Thomas Moran, Dawn Gilpin, Anya Sirota, Craig Wilkins
ARCH 211, Section 3
Winter 2021
Instructors: Thomas Moran
ARCH 259, Section 1
Fall 2021
Instructors: Thomas Moran
ARCH 256
Fall 2021
Instructors: Thomas Moran
ARCH 256
Winter 2022
Instructors: Thomas Moran
ARCH 259, Section 1
Winter 2022
Instructors: Thomas Moran
ARCH 259, Section 1
Fall 2022
Instructors: Thomas Moran
ARCH 259, Section 1
Fall 2023
Instructors: Thomas Moran
ARCH 256, Section 1
Fall 2023
Instructors: Thomas Moran
ARCH 516, Section 2
Fall 2023
Instructors: Thomas Moran, Peter Halquist

Articles

Article, Jan 1, 2019