Educational Credentials :

• B. Arch Studies Escuela Tecnica Superior Arquitectura, Madrid, Spain; 1974 - 1978
• B. Arch University of Oregon; 1985
• Honorary Masters, Honoris Causa, School of Engineering and Architecture, Kharkov, Ukraine; 2011

Teaching Experience :

• Adjunct Professor, Spitzer School of Architecture, NY; 2008 - present
• Professor, Santiago de Compostela International Summer Program, Spain; 2010 - present
• Visiting Associate Professor, GSAPP, Columbia University; present
• Visiting Professor, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China; 2012
• Visiting Professor, Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand; 2012
• Visiting Professor, Fachochschule Munich, Germany; 2001

Professional Experience :

• Alberto Foyo Architect, PC, Principal, 1993 - present
• Collaboration with Roland Rainer, Vienna, Austria, 1991 - 1992
• WGM Architects 1985 - 1990

Licenses/Registration :

• New York
• New Jersey

Selected Publications and Recent Research :

• Cultural sustainability
• Genius loci versus locus genii; the architect and his site
• Byzantium in the Slavic soul
• Sensorial sensitivity & social sensitivity as design tools
• Comfort and the natural environment
• Prototype, type, & stereotype: dwelling vs housing
• The avante garde and history, the tradition of the new
• Gravity and lightness: the contemporary environmental predicament
• Influence versus inspiration: marketing versus education
• Bilateral relations between the rural and the urban spheres of influence
• Courtyard typology as generator of Urban place, 1991 -present
• Appetite for life, the archaic & the sophisticated, Art Academy, Kiev 2010 (Arkidea, 2010).
• Energy, Ecology, Economy: Culture, language, and Sustainability ( GSAPP 2011)

Professional Memberships :

• The Architectural League of NY, 1985 - present
• Founding member of the following organizations :
• Roddom Institute, Kharkov, Ukraine
• Munduruku Studio, Amazon basin, Brazil
• Compostela Foundation, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
• Postopia- urban design think tank, New York & Rotterdam