Brian Johnsen

Brian Johnsen is the Fitzhugh Scott Distinguished Professor in Practice at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and founding principal of Johnsen Schmaling Architects, a design and research studio widely recognized as an important voice in contemporary American architecture and dedicated to architectural innovations and environmental sustainability. Johnsen grew up in Chicago and received his Bachelor in Architectural Studies and a Master of Architecture from the University of University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Johnsen Schmaling received the Emerging Voices award from the Architectural League of New York and was featured in Architectural Record’s Vanguard issue as one of ten “exceptional global architecture firms to watch.” The firm’s critically acclaimed work has garnered over 100 professional design awards here and abroad and will be the subject of the forthcoming monograph Johnsen Schmaling: On Rigor, published this fall by ORO Editions.