The Catholic University of America

Barry D. Yatt, FAIA

Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies
Professor

Office: 204 Crough Center
Tel: 202-319-6038
Email: yatt@cua.edu

At CUA since 1991, Barry D. Yatt has taught introductory and comprehensive studios, thesis, construction materials and assemblies, pre-design analysis, practice management, and computer applications.

His creative work includes "Cracking the Codes: An Architect's Guide to Building Regulations", published as a book by John Wiley & Sons, a continuing education monograph by NCARB, and an online course by RedVector.com. He co-wrote "Promises, Promises: Forging Healthy Project Relationships", an AIA Documents Education series, and has essays in "Professional Practice 101" and "The Architectural Design Portable Handbook". He is currently writing three books dealing with pre-design analysis, construction design, and design thinking, and has a patent pending for software that advises architects in the design of construction details. He served on the editorial review boards of "Supplement", the AIA's Document subscription Service newsletter, and the Student Edition of the "Architect's Handbook of Professional Practice".

Prof. Yatt was national chair of contracts education for the AIA Documents Committee, a founding member of the AIA/ASCA Professional Practice Summer Institute's Planning Committee, and a conference planner and partnering facilitator for the Design-Build Institute of America. He has lectured to AIA and CSI chapters and state and national conventions. He spends summers writing, consulting, and serving as an expert witness.

Prof. Yatt has a professional degree from Cornell University, became licensed in 1982, and practiced with Skidmore Owings & Merrill and other firms before forming his own practice in Chicago. He had significant roles in such projects as Chicago's McCormick Place Convention Center, Arthur Anderson's Center for Professional Education, the Vivekananda Vedanta Society Monastery, and the Baltimore Sun Publishing Plant. He was elevated to the AIA College of Fellows in 2002.

Courses

  • ARCH202 Introduction to Architectural Design (Sp 2006)
  • ARCH315/715 Predesign Analysis (Fa 2006)
  • ARCH316/716 Designing Construction
  • ARCH402 Comprehensive Building Design Studio (Sp2007)
  • ARCH717 Practice Management

Research

  • Construction Detailing Expert Systems: Patent pending, development ongoing, book in progress
  • PreDesign Analysis Methodologies: development ongoing, book in progress
  • The Architectural Practice Research Project (not currently active)

Education

  • B.Arch., Cornell University, 1978

Teaching Experience

  • Ordinary Professor (with tenure), The Catholic University of America, 2005-present
  • Associate Professor (with tenure), The Catholic University of America, 1998-2005
  • Assistant Professor, The Catholic University of America, 1992-1998
  • Visiting Assistant Professor, The Catholic University of America, 1991-1992

Professional Experience

  • Private Practice: Barry D. Yatt, Architect, Arlington, VA, 1990-present
  • Principal: Yatt Architecture, Ltd., Chicago, IL, 1986-1990
  • Staff Architect and Technical Coordinator: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Chicago, IL, 1983-1986
  • Intern: RTKL, Baltimore, 1977. Brown & Craig, Baltimore, 1978, SOM, Los Angeles, 1979, Richter Cornbrooks Gribble, Baltimore, 1980-1982

Licensing and Certifications

  • Construction Documents Technologist (CDT), Construction Specifications Institute, 1999
  • Architect's License: Maryland, 1982, Virginia, 1990. Michigan and Illinois inactive.
  • Certified, National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, 1982

 

SELECTED CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Awards

  • Fellow, The American Institute of Architects, 2002
  • Book of the Month, McGraw-Hill Architect's Book Club, August 1998 - Cracking the Codes: An Architect's Guide to Building Regulations
  • Instructor of the Month, CUA chapter of Alpha Delta Gamma, February 1998 and November 1994
  • Winning essayist for The Walter Wagner Forum, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, 1993
  • Gold Medal, Illinois Indiana Masonry Council, Arthur Andersen & Co. Center for Professional Education, St. Charles, IL, 1987. Awarded to SOM team that included Prof. Yatt as technical coordinator

Buildings

  • Procurement Database for Renovations to Pentagon: Washington, DC (consultant to Heller & Metzger, 2003)
  • QC and CA services on Bethesda Triangle: Bethesda, MD (consultant to Compu.tecture, 2002),
  • QC and CA services on DC Courthouse and GWU Classroom/Dorm: Washington, DC (consultant to SmithGroup, 2000)
  • Curtain Wall design for First National Bank of Omaha: Omaha (consultant to Leo A Daly, 1998)
  • Core and Curtain Wall design, Navy Consolidation at Hoffman Center: Alexandria, VA (CTHL, 1990)
  • St. Michaels High School Condominiums, Swedish American Hospital MRI Center, Chestnut Place, Midwest Tropicals, Vivekananda Monastery and Retreat, (Yatt Architecture, 1987-1990 )
  • Job Captain, Arthur Anderson Center for Professional Education: St. Charles, IL (SOM, 1986-1987)
  • McCormick Place Convention Center, O'Hare Airport International Terminal, Entrance to Sears Tower, Mark Control Corporation: Chicago, IL (SOM, 1983-1986)
  • Sunpapers Publishing Plant, Westinghouse Defense Center, Lyric Opera: Baltimore (RCG, 1980-82)
  • Universal Amphitheater, Anaheim Stadium: Los Angeles (SOM, 1979)

Presentations

  • "Why Brick: A Theoretical Basis for Designing Construction", 2007 CSI National Convention, Baltimore, MD, and at 2006 BTES (Building Technology Educators Symposium), College Park, MD
  • "Avoiding Irrelevance: Must we Adapt to Survive?" Virginia AIA State Convention, Richmond, VA, November 2002 (organized and produced this panel discussion of practice and education)
  • "Looking for Balance in all the Wrong Places: An Architect's Search for Meaning and Relevance," AIA Knowledge Center Lecture Series, February 2002
  • "Are We Ready for Disaster? Architects and Design in the Wake of September 11," Virginia AIA State Convention, Richmond, VA, November 2001 (organizer and co-presenter)
  • "Overview of the Building Arts," National Building Museum, April 2001 & April 1999
  • "Advanced Concepts in Contracts between Architects and Clients," National AIA Convention, Philadelphia, PA, May 2000 Virginia AIA State Convention, Richmond, VA, November 2002 (co-presenter)
  • "Concepts in Code Optimization," DC/AIA, October 1998
  • "Impact of the 1997 AIA Documents," Construction Specifications Institute Trade Fair, Washington, DC, April 1998
  • "Documents-related Continuing Educations Programs," AIA Grassroots convention, February 1998
  • "The 1997 Draft AIA Documents," DC/AIA Practice Committee, June 1997 (co-presenter)

Publications

  • A Construction Classification System and Methodology (Domestic and international patents pending)
  • The Holthink series (in-progress)
    • Expansion: Seeking Options (Pre-Design)
    • Contraction: Editing Possibilities (Conceptual Design)
    • Confirmation: Testing Concepts (Using PreDesign with Conceptual Design)
    • Application: Accomodating Reality (Detail Design)
    • Realization: Executing Responses (Construction Management) - to be written by others
    • Operation: Sustaining Responses (Facilties Management) - to be written by others
  • "Dealing with Terraces", a case study in Professional Practice 101, second edition, Andy Pressman, John Wiley & Sons, 2006, pp. 251-256
  • Cracking the Codes: An Architect's Guide to Building Regulations, re-published by Red Vedtor in electronic form as an online continuing education course, 2004
  • "Rebalancing Architectural Practice: Using 'Draw-Based Compensation'," accepted for premier issue of Journal of Project Delivery and Finance, 2002
  • Cracking the Codes: An Architect's Guide to Building Regulations, re-published by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) as part of their continuing education monograph series, 2002
  • Editorial Review Board, The Architect's Handbook of Professional Practice: Student Edition, 13th edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2001
  • "The Carrot in the Codes," in Architectural Design Portable Handbook, Andy Pressman, John Wiley & Sons, 2001, pp. 137-42
  • Co-author, G800 Series Documents, The American Institute of Architects, 2000
  • Website development, APRP: The Architectural Practice Research Project (http://archprac.cua.edu/aprp/), 1999
  • Cracking the Codes: An Architect's Guide to Building Regulations, John Wiley & Sons, 1998
  • Co-author, Promises, Promises, Forging Healthy Project Relationships (seminar and computer versions), a 6-part series of national continuing education programs for improved practice among architects, 1995-96
  • Co-author, "Schematic Design: When is it Complete?," Supplement, Fall 1995
  • "Externalized Design: Making New Voices Heard in the Classroom," Design Management Journal, Volume 5, number 4, pp. 67-74
  • Editor, Design/Practice Education: Issues at the Intersection, Volume 2, The American Institute of Architects, 1994 (includes transferable applications from the 1992 Professional Practice Summer Institute and the 1993 proceedings)
  • "A Professional Practice Design Studio at CUA," Design/Practice Education: Issues at the Intersection, Volume 2, The American Institute of Architects, pp. 175-201
  • "An Educator's View: Laying the Groundwork for Professional Practice," DC/AIA Newsletter, March 1993
  • Editor, Design/Practice Education: Issues at the Intersection, Volume 1, The American Institute of Architects, 1993 (includes proceedings and analysis of the first Professional Practice Summer Institute)

Academic Service

  • Chair, Faculty Economic Welfare Committee, University Academic Senate, 2004-present
  • Chair, Thesis Committee, School of Architecture and Planning, 1999-2001 and 2004-present
  • Member, Strategic Planning Committee, School of Architecture and Planning, 2004-present
  • Member, Committee and Advancements and Promotion, School of Architecture and Planning, 2004-present
  • Member, University Academic Senate, 2003-present
  • Faculty Advisor, Student Chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute, 1997-present
  • Intern Development Program (IDP) Educator-Coordinator, 1993-present
  • Informational Websites (Internship, Resources, CSI)
  • Chair, Faculty Search Committee, School of Architecture, 2004-2006
  • Member, University Task Force on Sponsored Research and Grants, 2003-2004

Professional Service

  • Planning Committee, CSI BiRegional Convention, 2006
  • Planning Reviewer, "Aging in Place: A Smart-Aging Residential Design Competition for Students, sponsored by the National Association of Home Builders, 2000
  • Chair, Education Task Group, AIA Documents Committee, 2000, Member 1993-2000
  • Member, Editorial Advisory Board, AIA Document Supplementary Service, 1993-2000
  • Member, AIA Documents Committee, Education Task Group, 1993-2000, Chair 2000
  • Member, ACSA Validation Task Force on Practice, 1996
  • Member, Organizing Committee, 1996 Professional Design-Build Conference, 1995-1996
  • Member, AIA Documents Strategic Marketing Initiative Group, 1995-1996
  • Member, AIA/ACSA Professional Practice Summer Institute, Curriculum Design Task Force, 1991-1995
  • Member, AIA/Northern Virginia Search For Shelter Committee, 1990-1991