Scholars

Professor

Positions:

Faculty Fellow, Center for Health Systems and Design, School of Architecture
Faculty Fellow, Center for Housing and Urban Development, Center for Housing and Urban Development
Faculty Fellow, Center for Heritage Conservation
Professor, Architecture, School of Architecture

Research Areas:

Streetscapes (Urban design), Historic buildings--Design and construction, Sullivan, Louis H., 1856-1924, Housing, Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959, Architecture, Elmslie, George Grant, 1871-1952, Decoration and ornament, Architectural, Nolen, John, 1869-1937

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mjobrien@tamu.edu

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ORCID

0000-0001-7289-3045

Research Areas:

overview

Progressive Era Planners and New Towns, Architecture Ornament of Louis Sullivan, Historic Wood Construction, Community Design, Tectonics in Architecture, Architecture Education, The Abstract nature of the Texas Landscape, Single Wall Construction, Parklets for Public Health, Freedom Colonies,

Colorado County Texas, Prefabrication, New Deal Housing Projects, Subsistence Homesteads, Tiny Houses, SRO Housing, Shipping Container Housing, Architecture Tectonics

education and training

M. Arch. in , Virginia Tech - (Blacksburg, Virginia, United States) 1982
B.Arch. in , North Dakota State University - (Fargo, North Dakota, United States) 1976

selected publications

Academic Articles10

De Araujo, V. A., Vasconcelos, J. S., Morales, E., Savi, A. F., Hindman, D. P., O'Brien, M. J., ... Garcia, J. N. (2020). Difficulties of wooden housing production sector in Brazil. WOOD MATERIAL SCIENCE & ENGINEERING. 15(2), 87-96.
OBrien, M. (2020). Architecture as Ornament: Louis Sullivan's Late Work. ATHENS JOURNAL OF ARCHITECTURE. 6(2), 97-128.
O'Brien, M. J. (2019). "Federalized Prefabrication" Southeast Missouri Farms Self-help Housing in the 1930s. CONSTRUCTION HISTORY-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE CONSTRUCTION HISTORY SOCIETY. 34(1), 43-58.
O'Brien, M. (2019). After the Starchitect: Wright Finds his Voice after Being Fired. Athens Journal of Architecture. 5(3), 301-318.
O Brien, M. (2017). Remodeling the American Suburb, Obesity, Parklets and Social Media. Athens Journal of Architecture. 4(1), 85-114.

Books6

Obrien, M. (2014). Texas Landscapes. Lulu.com.
OBrien, M. (2013). Finger Paints... Envisioning. Lulu.com.
OBrien, M. (2012). Beginning Thoughts on Materiality. Lulu.com.
OBrien, M. (2012). a scribbled world...curious creatures in curious seasons. Lulu.com.
Obrien, M. (2011). ... a scribbled world. Lulu.com.

Chapters1

Obrien, M. (2019). Learning By Observing. Luhan, G. (Eds.), Dayton Eugene Egger The Paradox of Place in the Line of Sight. 162-163. Oro Editions.

Conference Papers3

Obrien, M. (2017). From Nano to Clusters: Neighborhood Retail Centers and Population Health: The Renovation of American Suburbs. Abstract Book: 7th Annual International Conference on Architecture, 7th Annual International Conference on Architecture. 69-70.
O'Brien, M. J. (2015). BOXED HOUSES: A SIMPLE METHOD FOR HOUSING. IMPLEMENTING INNOVATIVE IDEAS IN STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT. 1223-1227.
O'Brien, M. J. (2015). SUCCESS AND FAILURE IN INDUSTRIALIZED PREFABRICATED HOUSING. IMPLEMENTING INNOVATIVE IDEAS IN STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT. 1217-1222.