BAIRBALLIET - Key Persons
Kelly Bair is Partner at BairBalliet and an Associate Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago's School of Architecture. Bair has also taught in Los Angeles at UCLA, SCI-Arc, and Woodbury University. She brings over two decades of experience in the architectural profession working as a project designer at various firms such as Brooks+Scarpa (formerly Pugh+Scarpa), Greg Lynn Form, and Gnuform (Heather Roberge & Jason Payne) among others. Bair holds a Bachelor of Environmental Design from University of Colorado and a Master's degree from the UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design.
Job Titles:
- Co - Founders of Possible Mediums
- Partner at Bair
Kristy Balliet is Partner at BairBalliet and Design Faculty and Undergraduate Programs Chair at SCI-Arc. Balliet was an Associate Professor at the Knowlton School of Architecture at Ohio State, Assistant Professor in Studio Greg Lynn at the University of Applied Arts, Vienna and faculty at University of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia University. She worked for seven years as a project designer at Erdy McHenry Architecture in Philadelphia. Balliet holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Philadelphia University and a Masters degree from the UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design.
Bair and Balliet are co-founders of Possible Mediums, a collaboration with Adam Fure and Kyle Miller, fellow designers and educators interested in shaking up the context and format in which architecture is taught, produced, and engaged. They published the Possible Mediums book in 2018. Purchase a copy of the book through Actar or Amazon.