LTU welcomes Quan Thai as Assistant Professor of Architecture

SOUTHFIELD, Mich.—Lawrence Technological University welcomes Quan Thai as tenure track assistant professor of architecture in its College of Architecture and Design (CoAD) beginning this month.

Quan Thai is a licensed architect with the Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) and Ordre des Architectes du Québec (OAQ) and founder of Never Only Architecture. He was most recently an Associate, Architecture at SvN Architects + Planners, a multidisciplinary firm with offices around North America. His practice builds on over 10 years of experience working on high-profile conceptual and built work across North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. He is the inaugural Emerging Practitioner Teaching Fellow (2023-25) at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture in Canada and has taught at the Daniel’s Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design at the University of Toronto and Interior Design at The Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University. Thai recently became an Associate Member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA).

His work prioritizes diverse perspectives, collaborative inquiry, and accessible knowledge-sharing to create inclusive spaces across diverse identity groups. His professional experience includes notable international architecture firms, including WORKac in New York City and Atelier Barda in Montreal, informing his teaching expertise in design and construction technologies, spanning scales from interiors to master planning.

Beyond his emergent research in queer space, he is eager to collaborate with interdisciplinary colleagues and students as well as engage local communities in the use of emergent technologies to support spaces of queer safety and belonging. He will be teaching Construction Systems and Integrated Design this fall.

Thai holds an Honors Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Waterloo School of Architecture, Canada, and a Master of Architecture degree from McGill University, Canada.

Lawrence Technological University, www.ltu.edu, is one of only 13 independent, technological, comprehensive doctoral universities in the United States. Located in Southfield, Mich., LTU was founded in 1932, and offers more than 100 programs through its Colleges of Architecture and Design, Arts and Sciences, Business and Information Technology, Engineering, and Health Sciences, as well as Specs@LTU, which offers communication training programs of the former Specs Howard School, and LTU’s growing Center for Professional Development. PayScale lists Lawrence Tech among the nation’s top 11 percent of universities for alumni salaries. Forbes and The Wall Street Journal rank LTU among the nation’s top 10 percent. U.S. News and World Report lists it in the top tier of best in the Midwest colleges. Students benefit from small class sizes and a real-world, hands-on, “theory and practice” education with an emphasis on leadership. Activities on Lawrence Tech’s 107-acre campus include more than 60 student organizations and NAIA varsity sports.