Biography
Thomas Spiegelhalter is a German-US architect, engineer and urban planner. He has performed design and built research in Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa, and the U.S. on numerous solar, carbon-neutral, zero-fossil-energy, and passive architectural projects; large-scale master planning and post-industrial infrastructures, landscapes, and engineered suspension bridges. As a result of his 35 years of awarded designs and built work, consulting, research, and teaching, Spiegelhalter has received 57 prizes, awards, and honours in competitions individually and in collaboration with engineers. His research work as a Professor at FIU involves geospatial and climatic data repositories with AI-ML-data-driven generative design workflows, mostly BIM-Dynamo-Grasshopper coding with biomimetics. The current bio-inspired research (http://crunch.fiu.edu/) is focused on optimized carbon-positive building and city design and planning scenarios towards carbon neutrality on a timeline from 2018 to 2100. Spiegelhalter has participated twice at the Venice Architecture Biennale, taught at several universities, and held visiting professor positions at institutions worldwide. He is the Global Visiting Professor at Keio University in Tokyo, Japan, from May 2023 to May 2024.
Degrees
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Ph.D. (c), Architecture and Design
Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy ▪ 2024
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M.A., Architecture and Design
University of the Arts, Berlin, Germany ▪ 1989
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B.A., Engineer in Architecture
University of Applied Science, Bremen, Germany ▪ 1987
Awards & Honors
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52 Prizes and Awards in Sustainability, Architecture, Engineering and Urban Design
Europe and U.S., see list on web page links ▪ 2000
Memberships
Series Editor for Building Technology” at Artech House Publishers Inc., London, U.K. and Boston, U.S..,
Chairperson;
2012 - present
Structures and Environmental Technologies Lab (SET) at CARTA, FIU, Miami,
Chairperson;
2009 - present
A.C.E., Architects’ Council of Europe,
Member;
2006 - present
IBPSA - International Building Performance Simulation Association,
Member;
2006 - present
Accredited Professional - US Green Building Council, USGBC,
Member;
2003 - present
Registered Architect, Engineer and Town Planner in the European Union (AL No. 37201).,
Member;
2000 - present
International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI).,
Member;
2000 - 2002
IEA-International Solar City Program, Task 30,
Member;
2000 - 2002
International Solar Energy Society, ISES,
Member;
2000 - present
Distinguished Member (Friedrich Schinkel Prize) of the Architecture and Engineer Society Berlin (Architeken- und Ingenieurverein AIV zu Berlin), Germany,
Member;
1988 - present
Peer Review Positions
Sustainability, Carbon Neutral Buildings, http://www.sustainabilitythomasspiegelhalter.com/research/; 2000 - 2015
Professional Presentations
Overview Conferences, Lectures, Congresses;
2000-2014; http://www.sustainabilitythomasspiegelhalter.com/lectures/; 2000
Other Professional Activities
Overview 2000-2014
http://www.sustainabilitythomasspiegelhalter.com/