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Education
Bachelor of Architecture: 5-year Professional Degree Cum Laude, University of Notre Dame, 1966

Present Position
Professor Emeritus

e-mail: frankc@uw.edu / 206.499.9737

<www.frankching.com/wordpress/>

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Main Areas of Research

Publications focus on clarifying and communicating architectural elements, principles and relationships

Works in Progress
Building Construction Illustrated, 5th Ed. John Wiley & Sons. N.Y. 2015

Architectural Sketching. An eBook project.

Publications in Print
Architectural Graphics, 6th Ed. John Wiley & Sons. N.Y. 2014

Architecture: Form, Space & Order, 4th Ed. John Wiley & Sons. N.Y. 2014

Building Structures Illustrated, 2nd Ed. w/ Barry Onouye and Doug Zuberbuhler.
John Wiley & Sons, N. Y. 2013. Foreign editions: Chinese and Indonesian

Green Building Illustrated. w/ Ian Shapiro. John Wiley & Sons, N.Y. 2013

Foreign editions: Chinese, Korean, and Portuguese

Introduction to Architecture. w/ James Eckler. John Wiley & Sons, N.Y. 2012. Foreign editions: Chinese,
Portuguese, and Korean

Building Codes Illustrated, 4th Ed. w/ Steve Winkel. John Wiley & Sons. N.Y. 2012

Interior Design Illustrated, 3rd Ed. w/ Corky Bignelli. John Wiley & Sons. N.Y. 2012

A Visual Dictionary of Architecture, 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons. N.Y. 2011
Foreign editions: Chinese, Indonesian, Persian, and Turkish

A Global History of Architecture, 2nd Ed. w/ Vikram Prakash & Mark Jarzombek. John Wiley & Sons.
N.Y. 2011

Design Drawing, 2nd Ed. Book + CD-Rom. w/ Steve Juroszek. John Wiley & Sons. N.Y. 2010
Foreign editions: Chinese, French, Greek, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Portuguese,
Russian, Spanish

Architectural Graphics, 5th Ed. John Wiley & Sons. N.Y. 2009
Foreign editions: Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish

Building Codes Illustrated, 3rd Ed. w/ Steve Winkel. John Wiley & Sons. N.Y. 2009

Building Structures Illustrated. w/ Barry Onouye and Doug Zuberbuhler. John Wiley & Sons, 2009
Foreign editions: Chinese, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish

Building Construction Illustrated, 4th Ed. John Wiley & Sons, N.Y. 2008

Foreign editions: Chinese, French, Indonesian, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai, Turkish

Architecture: Form, Space & Order, 3rd Ed. John Wiley & Sons. N.Y. 2007

Foreign editions: Chinese, German, Greek, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Malaysian, Portuguese,
Russian, Turkish

A Global History of Architecture. w/ Vikram Prakash & Mark Jarzombek. John Wiley & Sons. N.Y. 2006

Foreign editions: Chinese, Portuguese

Building Codes Illustrated, 2nd Ed. w/ Steve Winkel. John Wiley & Sons. N.Y. 2006

Interior Design Illustrated, 2nd Ed. w/ Corky Bignelli. John Wiley & Sons. N.Y. 2004

Foreign editions: Chinese, French, Greek, Indonesian, Japanese, Turkish

Architectural Graphics, 4th Ed. John Wiley & Sons. N.Y. 2001

Foreign editions: Chinese, German, Greek, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian,
Spanish

Merriam-Websters Collegiate Encyclopedia. Consultant for Architecture, 2000

Sketches from Japan. John Wiley & Sons. N.Y. 2000

Publications in Print (continued)

Design Drawing. Book + CD-Rom. w/ Steve Juroszek. Van Nostrand Reinhold, N.Y. 1997

Foreign editions: Chinese, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish

A Visual Dictionary of Architecture. Van Nostrand Reinhold, N.Y. 1995

Foreign editions: Chinese, German, Greek, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Portuguese,
Spanish, Turkish

Drawing: A Creative Process. Van Nostrand Reinhold, N.Y. 1989

Foreign editions: Chinese, Greek, Indonesian, Japanese, Norwegian, Turkish

Interior Design Illustrated. Van Nostrand Reinhold, N.Y. 1987

Architecture: Form, Space & Order. Van Nostrand Reinhold, N.Y. 1979

Building Construction Illustrated. Van Nostrand Reinhold, N.Y. 1976

Architectural Graphics. Van Nostrand Reinhold, N.Y. 1975

Academic and Professional Experience

Professor Emeritus, Department of Architecture, University of Washington, 2007

Professor, Department of Architecture, University of Washington, 19912006

Visiting Faculty, Department of Architecture, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1993

Visiting Scholar, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, 1990

Lecturer, Department of Architecture, University of Washington, 19851991

Lecturer, Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Washington, 19851990

Partner, Ching Design Studios, Seattle, Washington, 1981

Instructor, Design Department, Cornish College of the Arts, 19811984

Assistant Professor, School of Architecture & Urban Planning

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 19761980

Instructor, School of Architecture, Ohio University, 19721976

VISTA Architect, Cleveland Design Center, Cleveland, Ohio, 19711972

Project Architect, Crumlish/Sporleder + Associates, South Bend, Indiana, 19691971

Designer, Daniel, Mann, Johnson & Mendenhall, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1968

Professional Registration
By reciprocity, State of Washington, No. 3783, 19812003

National Council of Architectural Registration Boards Certificate No. 11084, 19712003

Grants

Graham Foundation Grant (w/ Vikram Prakash and Mark Jarzombek), 2004

Graham Foundation Grant (w/ Steve Juroszek), 1994

National Endowment for the Arts Individual Grant, 1981

ACSA Grant/Student Exchange Program, Wilson & Womersley, City Planners, London, England, 1965

Graham Foundation Travel Grant, 1964

Awards

National Design Award, Special Jury Commendation, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, 2007

A Global History of Architecture, Best of Reference List of The New York Public Library, 2007

A.I.A. Institute Honors for Collaborative Achievement, 2007

Honorary Degree of Doctor of Design, The Nottingham Trent University, 2001

S.Y. Chung Visiting Fellow, New Asia College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1993

Citation for Excellence in International Architecture Book Publishing, 1992

TAU BETA PI National Engineering Honor Society, 1964

Thomas Ellerbe Academic Scholarship University of Notre Dame, 19621965

Conferences & Workshops

Lectures and drawing workshops at universities and colleges throughout the U.S. and Canada, as well
as internationally in China, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, Turkey, Italy, Portugal, Colombia, Mexico,
Argentina, the Netherlands, and Brazil

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CV: Francis D.K. Ching 2/3

Service
University of Washington

Served on and chaired numerous Department of Architecture and CAUP committees, 19922005

Graduate School Representative, Doctoral Thesis, 200205

UW Faculty Senator, 199701

Reviewer for UW Research Royalty Fund, 1997

Other Universities

Appointed by the University Council of The Chinese University of Hong Kong to be an External
Examiner of the undergraduate program in Architecture. Duties included advising on curriculum and
program development, reviewing examinations and advising on examination procedures, and
developing institutional linkage in teaching and research. 199598

Also served as an external reviewer for tenure cases and an external examiner for doctoral
dissertations for various universities.

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CV: Francis D.K. Ching 3/3