Lori Ryker, Ph.D.
Principal and Founder
studioryker
e: lr@studioryker.com
art: www.lorirykerart.com
blog: www.loriryker.com
nonprofit: www.artemisinstitute.org
Education
2000
Texas A&M University, Doctor of Philosophy, Subject: Architecture
“The Creation of Second Nature: The Problem of Making for Students of Architecture”
1991
Harvard Graduate School of Design, Master of Architecture Degree with Distinction
1985
Texas A&M University, Bachelor of Environmental Design
Honors / Awards
2019
Top 100 Architects, Mountain Living Magazine, 2003-current
2011
Professional-in-Residence/Marie M. Bickham Endowed Chair Robert Reich Schoolof Landscape Architecture– Louisiana State University Texas A&M University College of Architecture Outstanding Alumni Award
2010
National Endowmentfor the Arts
2009
Artist Innovation Award, State of Montana, Montana Arts Council
2007
Merit Award, On the Boards, Wapiti Valley Residence, Residential Architect, (Ryker/Nave Design)
2005
House of the Year, Organic Style, (Ryker/Nave Design)
2004
Silver Medal for Professional Practice, Tau Sigma Delta Society, MSU Chapter
2002
BEST Grant Award, Montana State University
2000
Graham Foundation Grant
1996
Tau Sigma Delta Society
1994
AIAS National Educator Honor Award, Nominee, Auburn University
1991
Alpha Rho Chi Award, Harvard Graduate School of Design
1990
S.O.M. Traveling Fellowship, Nominee, Harvard Graduate School of Design
1985
Outstanding Senior, College of Architecture, Texas A&M University
1983
Outstanding Sophomore, College of Architecture, Texas A&M University
Professional Experience
2007-pr
Principal and Founder, studioryker, Bozeman, MT
2001-07
Partner, RN Construction
1994-07
Partner, Ryker/Nave Design
1994-95
Intern Architect, Rommell Architectural Partnership, Portland, OR
1991-92
Intern Architect, Bentley, La Rosa, Salasky, New York, NY
1991
Intern Architect, Diener and Diener, Basel, Switzerland
Selected Design Projects
studioryker
2019
Thompson Residence, Shields Valley, MT
2018
Williams Residence, Bozeman MT
2017
Redbud Retail Store, San Antonio, TX (complete)
Brehm and Havel CPA Offices, San Antonio, TX (complete)
Sexton Residence, Livingston, MT
2015-16
Hughes Addition, Livingston, MT (complete)
2014
Bear Canyon Guest House, Bozeman, MT (complete)
2010-11
Williams, Flathead Pass Residence, Gallatin County, Montana
2010
Getz, Studio, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Martin Kitchen, Livingston, MT (complete)
2009
Zermeuhlen Mattson Residence, Boerne, Texas
Click Cabin, Llano, Texas
Signor Pre-Fab, Austin, Texas
Round Rock Cabins, Round Rock, Texas
2008
Pre‐Fab House
Birkenstock General Store, Stage II, San Antonio, Texas (complete)
2002
Birkenstock General Store, Design, San Antonio, Texas (complete)
Ryker Nave Design
2005-07
Residence, Wapiti Valley, Wyoming (complete)
2005-07
York/Losee Residences, Livingston, Montana (complete)
2005‐08
Calarco Residence, Gallatin County, Montana (complete)
2005
McNaughton Residence, Livingston, Montana
2004
Grace/Lorenzini Residence, Paradise Valley, Montana
2003‐05
Ryker Nave Residence & Studio, Design and Construction, Livingston, Montana (complete)
McIlhany Residence, Design, Welfare, Texas (complete)
2003
Greenberg Residence, Design and Construction, Livingston, Montana (complete)
Fargo Maestas Residence and Studio, design, Clyde Park, Montana (complete)
2002
B‐Bar Ranch, New Cabin Design and Construction, Wind Turbine Installation (complete)
2001‐02
Hall Residence and Studio, Design and Construction, Paradise Valley, MT (complete)
2001
Birkenstock General Store and Leather Goods Co., San Antonio, Texas (complete)
1994
Guinan Residence, Bald Head Island, North Carolina (complete)
Teaching
2015
Invited Juror, Final Projects, Montana State University
2014
Invited Juror, Final Projects, Montana State University
2013
Invited Juror, Master Thesis Reviews, University of Nebraska
2012
Louisiana Sate University School of Architecture
2011-12
Professional-in-Residence/Marie M. Bickham Endowed Chair
Robert Reich Schoolof Landscape Architecture– Louisiana State University
2009
Visiting Professor, University of Texas, Austin
Visiting Professor, Montana State University
Invited Juror, University of Texas, Austin, Texas
2008
Invited Juror, University of Texas, Austin, Texas
2006-pr
Director, Artemis Institute, Instructor, Remote Studio
2005
Awarded Tenure and Associate Professor rank (MSU, School of Architecture)
2003
Remote Studio, North Star Ranch, Montana (MSU, School of Architecture)
Founded Artemis institute, 501c3 nonprofit
2001
Remote Studio, Tom Miner Basin, Montana (MSU, School of Architecture)
2000-05
Coordinator of Second Year Studios, School of Architecture, MSU (as noted below)
1999-06
Tenure Track Professor of Architecture, Montana State University
1999
Invited Juror for final Juries, Rice University, Houston, Texas
1998‐99
Visiting Assistant Professor of Architecture, Montana State University
1996‐98
Assistant Lecturer of Architecture, Texas A&M University
1997
Remote Studio, Fort Davis, Texas (Texas A&M University)
1995‐96
Visiting Assistant Professor of Architecture, Texas A&M University
1993‐94
Visiting Assistant Professor of Architecture, Auburn University
1993
Invited Visiting Juror, Graduate Studios in Architecture, Texas A&M University
1992-93
Tenure Track Assistant Professor, North Dakota State University
1990-91
Teaching Assistant, Harvard Graduate School of Design
Research, Essays, Art Work
2016
Essay, “Cloud Nine Farm”, The Design Build Studio: Crafting Meaningful Work in Architecture Education, Routledge Press
2015
Essay, “Remote Studio: The Action of Poetry”, Designbuild Education in North America,Routledge Press
Pop-up Gallery of Lori Ryker art, San Antonio, Texas
Launch of www.lorirykerart.com, website of artwork
2014
Essay, “When Common Becomes Rare”, forthcoming
2013
Essay, “Poetic Building,” Platform Journal, Spring 2013
1991-92
Intern Architect, Bentley, La Rosa, Salasky, New York, NY
2012
Invited Juror, National ACSA Awards, Design/Build Awards
2012-pr
Ongoing, monoprint and painting
2011
Panelist National AIA Women’s Leadership Summit
Founded “between here and there”, wordpress blog, loriryker.com
2010
Research regarding the Louisiana Wetlands and its current perception within the US
Development of Periapt jewelry and small artifacts
2009
Periapt Jewelry Exhibition, Danforth Gallery, Livingston, MT (June)
“Bling” , Periapt Exhibition, Danforth Gallery, Livingston, MT (October)
2008
Panelist, JAE Special Session “Alternative Practices”, Nat. ACSA Meeting, Houston
“Off the Grid”, Vacations Homes Magazine, March
Taped Interview, for “Citizen Architect” documentary about Samuel Mockbee
2007
“Learning Montana, Evolving Place”, Drumlummon, web based Arts and Culture Journal
“The Green House”, Review of Exhibition, Washington DC, JAE 60:04
Talisman, Design and Artifacts
2006
OFF THE GRID HOMES, Author, Gibbs Smith Publishers
“Peckerwood Garden,” Western Interiors and Design, November/December
2005
OFF THE GRID, Author, Gibbs Smith Publishers
2004
“Architecture and the Remote Studio: An Overview and a View from Within”, 306090
Journal, co‐authored with Justin Smith (MSU ’04), Fall 2004
2002
“Wilderness Training”, Contributed Essay, Residential Design, July
“Bringing the Wind Back to the Farm”, paper presented, San Francisco Institute of
Architecture Ecological Design Conference
“The Remote Studio,” paper presented, San Francisco Institute of Architecture
Ecological Design Conference
“Learning Montana, Evolving Place”, conference contributor and proceedings, ACSA
Southwest Conference
2001
Faculty Teaching Highlights: Sharing What Works, Contributor, Montana State University
REMEMBRANCE AND THE DESIGN OF PLACE, featured contributor, Frances
Downing, Texas A&M University Press
“The Triggering Landscape and the Anxiety of Influence” paper presented at ACSA
Central Midwest Regional Conference
“The Poetry of Holistic Practices: Learning about Place Through Architecture,” invited HOPES Conference, Key Note Speaker, University of Oregon
2000-01
Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts grant co‐recipient with
Brett Nave for “Dialogue: Design and Construction in the Natural Environment,” Design and Construction
2000
Finalist, NORCHE Prize “Rural Studio: An Interview with Jon Tate,” Offramp No. 7 : Detours and Dialogues, Southern California Institute of Architecture, with Alan Loomis
“Samuel Mockbee: Scavenger Architect,” Text Advisor, Offramp No. 7 : Detours and Dialogues, Southern California Institute of Architecture
“Envisioning the Rural West: Sustainable Design and Construction,” paper presented at ACSA Southwest Regional Conference
“Distance Learning: The Remote Studio,” paper presentation and proceedings, ACSA Southwest Regional Conference
“Creating an Architecture of Well‐being: The Relation of Wilderness to Creative Intuition,” paper presentation and proceedings, ACSA Southwest Regional Conference
“The Creation of Second Nature: The Problem of Making for Students of Architecture”, completed dissertation at Texas A&M University
1999
“Adventure, Experience and Creative Intuition,” paper presented at American Society for Aesthetics, Rocky Mountain Division
Advanced Studio Stipend, School of Architecture, Montana State University
1998
“Samuel Mockbee’s Rural Studio”, Scholarly Advisor for the film documentary
“The Ecological Post Modern Position” paper presentation and proceedings from UNESCO Symposium on “A Culture of Peace”
“Alchemy and Material Transfiguring in Architecture” paper presented at American Society for Aesthetics, Rocky Mountain Division
1997
“Making and Beauty: A Triadic Resolution” paper presented at American Society for Aesthetics, Rocky Mountain Division
Recipient, AIA/AAF Fellowship for Advanced Research: in support of “A Remote Studio of Architecture, Fort Davis, Texas”
1995
MOCKBEE COKER: THOUGHT AND PROCESS, Author, Princeton Architectural Press
Modulus: 24, excerpt from Mockbee Coker: Thought and Process
1994‐98
Guinan Residence, Design, Bald Head Island, North Carolina
1991
DIENER AND DIENER ARCHITECTS, Assistant to the Architect, Rizzoli International
1990
“Emerging European Architects,” Exhibition Coordinator, Harvard Graduate School of Design
1988
Studio Works 1987-88, Assistant Project Coordinator, Harvard Graduate School of Design
1985
“European Cities and Their Rivers” Traveling Fellows Scholarship, Texas Society of Architects
Lectures
2019
Panel Discussion, AIAS Regional Event, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
2018
Panel Discussion, Bowling Green State University, Proceed and Be Bold, Bowling Green, OH
2015
Presentation and panel discussion, “Immersion Education”, SECAC Conference, Pittsburg, PA
Lecture, Western Carolina College, “The House You Build”
2014
Presentation and Panelist, Immersion Education and Design Build, National ACSA Meeting, Philadelphia
2013
Lecture, North Dakota State University
2012
Keynote Speaker, AIA Minnesota State Conference
Panelist, Montana State University President’s Fine Arts Series
2011
Lecture, Louisiana State University
Lecture, Louisiana State University
Lecture, AIA Wyoming
Panelist, AIA National Women’s Leadership Summit
Lecture, University of Colorado, Denver and Boulder
Lecture, Western Sustainability Fair, Ft. Collins, CO
Lecture, Louisiana State University
2010
Lecture, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, LA
Lecture, Portland State University, OR
Lecture, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Lecture, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
2009
Lecture, Montana State University
Lecture, New West Conference, Missoula, MT
Lecture, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Il
Lecture, Drury College, MO
2008
Lecture, Arkansas AIA, State Meeting
Lecture, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana
Panelist, New West Design Conference, Bozeman, MT
Lecture, AIA Oklahoma Central Regional meeting
“Beyond Sustainability”, Lecture, University of Toledo
“Women in Green” Round Table Panelist, Women in Design, Kansas City, AIA
“Artemis Institute: Conceptions and Sustainable Directions”, Lecture, University of Hawaii
2007
“Off Trail”, Lecture, University of Texas, Austin
“Teaching through Practice”, SFI07, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
2006
“Off the Grid”, Lecture, National Building Museum, Washington DC
“Ryker /Nave Design”, Lecture, (with Brett Nave),Gt. Falls AIA Annual Meeting, GT. Falls, Montana
“Interests, Intent and Inspiration”, Lecture, (with Brett Nave), MSU, Bozeman, Montana
“Living Off the Grid”, Lecture, Refuge, Bozeman, Montana
2003
Lecture, (with Brett Nave),Western Design Conference, Cody, WY
2000
“Practice,” Lecture, (with Brett Nave),Peckerwood Garden Foundation Lecture and Exhibition, “Details: Inside and Out”, Houston
Selected Publications and Journalism About studioryker/Lori Ryker
2018
“Finding Home”, Mountain Living, January/February
2013
“Un Concierto De Maderas”, SUMMA+,edition 132
2012
“Living Large in Small Spaces”, Mountain Living, August
2010
“Architecture Through a Different Lens”, Western Art and Architecture, Spring/Summer
2009
“New West Fishing Cabin,” The New Western Home
“Under the Influence,” Profile, Sunset Magazine, January
Wapiti Valley House, Featured in Western Interiors and Design, February/March
2008
“Perfect Harmony”, Studio Ryker, Mountain Living, December
“At Home on the Water”, Studio Ryker, Mountain Living, October
2007
“Off the Map”, Ryker/Nave Design Professional Profile, Residential Architect, June
“On the Boards”, Merit Awards, Wapiti Valley Residence, Residential Architect, April
Interview,Western Interiors and Design, September
“Home Improvement”, Outside , Green Issue, April
2006-15
“Top 100 Mountain Architects”, Mountain Living, September
2006
Interview, Distinctly Montana, Winter Issue
“Architect’s Choice” Residential Architect, April
www.archnewsnow.com, June
“Owning the Views”, newwest.net, May
Ryker and Nave Residence, Featured in Western Interiors and Design, May/June
2005
Hall Residence, Featured in CASAMICA, December
Home of the Year, Organic Style, October
Hall Residence, Featured in Western Interiors and Design, March/April
2004
Hall Residence and Studio, Featured in THE HOUSE YOU BUILD, Taunton Press
2002
Hall Studio Project Profile, Big Sky Journal, Arts Issue 2002
Selected Publications and Journalism About Artemis Institute/Remote Studio
2013
“More than Hands-On Architecture”, Teton Home and Living, Spring/Summer
2010
“Remote Studio,” Journal of Architectural Education, Chris Taylor
2008
“Home Ground Interview” with Brian Kahn, for Montana NP Radio
2007
Pine Creek Pavilion – Artemis Institute, “Best of Bozeman Awards”, Tributary Magazine, August
2001
Architecture Weekly, Web Magazine, Summary of research and Remote Studio
1998
“Lifting the Mystique,” Texas Architect, 11/12, 1998, pp. 42‐43
Service
2006-pr
Community Outreach and fundraising, Artemis Institute
2015-pr
Contributing Columnist, This is Bozeman, online environmental and cultural journal
2008
Co-Editor, JAE IssueJAE 61:04, Alternative Architectures: Alternative Practice
2006-09
Journal of Architectural Education, Editorial Review Board