Assistant​/Associate Professor in Architecture

Assistant / Associate Professor in Architecture

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Work type: Instructional Faculty – Tenured/Tenure-Track
Location: San Luis Obispo
Categories: Unit 3 - CFA - California Faculty Association, Tenured/Tenure-Track, Full Time, Faculty - Architecture

We invite applicants with expertise in the creative integration of architectural building technologies, including environmentally conscious design, construction systems (materials, structure, envelope); site contextual systems (analysis and design); and building systems (passive and active thermal control, day lighting, electric lighting, acoustics) to begin on August 17, 2026. Candidates’ research and/or substantial architectural practice experience should demonstrate the integration of building technology systems in addition to a record of successful teaching.

Candidates should address the interrelationships of social-equity, climate resilience,and sustainable building technologies within the built environment in their teaching, scholarship, critical practice and/or service. Primary teaching responsibilities will include architectural building technology lecture courses and related hands‑on activity coursework. Additional teaching responsibilities will include undergraduate design studio, and/or research related courses based on the candidate’s interests and experience.

Rank and salary commensurate with education and experience of the individual selected. Anticipated hiring ranges:

Associate Professor: $104,004 -$113,172

At Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, undergraduate architecture students take two full academic years of Building Technology, including “Architectural Technology Fundamentals” in the second year and “Architectural Systems Integration” in the third year. These courses are taught through lectures and associated activity coursework in both year levels and are taught by a collaborative team of faculty. In lecture mode, building technology topics are delivered to the entire student cohort.

In activity mode, faculty work with smaller student cohorts on hands‑on applied knowledge activities.

The Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Architecture Department has a strong reputation for providing a rigorous education, focused on issues of contemporary concern. The polytechnic tradition of the five‑year Bachelor of Architecture program emphasizes application, reflection, collaboration, and project‑based learning, succinctly described as “learn by doing.” We encourage creative inquiry, making, and theoretical speculation, supported by extensive fabrication facilities in the Support Shop, as well as the book and materials library, the Neel Resource Center.

The CAED also maintains a nine-acre outdoor experimental construction laboratory, Poly Canyon, and an indoor fabrication and construction facility, the Simpson Strong‑Tie Materials Demonstration Lab. For further information about the department, college, and university, please visit our web sites:(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). and .

This position is open and available to all regardless of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin. Consistent with California law and federal civil rights laws, Cal Poly provides equal opportunity in education and employment without unlawful discrimination or preferential treatment based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin. Our commitment to equal opportunity means ensuring that every student and employee has access to the resources and support they need to thrive and succeed in a university environment and in their communities.

Cal Poly complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, the California Equity in Higher Education Act, California’s Proposition 209 (Art. I, Section 31 of the California Constitution), other applicable state and federal anti‑discrimination laws, and CSU’s Nondiscrimination Policy.

We prohibit discriminatory preferential treatment, segregation based on race or any other…