Rate My Professor Michael Everts

Michael Everts serves as Professor and Director of the School of Architecture at Montana State University. He holds a BArch from the University of Texas at Austin (1987) and an MS in Architecture and Urban Design from Columbia University (1992). A registered architect in Montana, NCARB-certified, and AIA member, Everts began his professional career at firms in Milwaukee and Chicago, including as Associate at Valerio Dewalt Train Associates (1993-2003), with projects such as architectural consulting for Abbott Laboratories in Santiago, Chile (1997-1998). He founded MaKE llc Architectural Services in 2007. Joining MSU in 2003 as Assistant Professor, he was promoted to Associate Professor in 2009 and to Professor, teaching Professional Practice, Design Studios, and graduate electives.

Everts' research and teaching integrate professional practice with architectural education, community engagement, and design-build projects. Key initiatives include the Khumbu Climbing School in Nepal (2008), Conrad Baseball Grandstand design-build (2004, ACSA Collaborative Practice award), Buffalo Connection Project at Fort Peck Indian Reservation (2016, MSU Outreach Seed Grant $5,000), and Cool School competition for Mongolia (2015). His Professional Practice course received NAAB distinction (2008, 2014). Awards include NCARB Grand Prize (2006, $25,000) for practice-education integration, NCARB Honorable Mention (2011), MSU School of Architecture Faculty of the Year (2013, 2014), Distinguished Faculty Award (2014), Tau Sigma Delta Silver Medal (2013), and Alex Lowe Charitable Foundation Outstanding Leadership Award (2009). Pre-academic honors feature AIA Chicago Interiors Honor Award for Ourhouse.com (2000), Divine Detail Award (2001), and AIA Seattle What is Green honorable mention (2008). Peer-reviewed publications encompass “The Buffalo Connection: Parameterizing Geographical Space as a Determinant of Health” (ACSA 2016), “Pedagogy of Practice” (ACSA 2015), “Inductive Programming: Designing Activities and Space with 4D Parametric Modeling” (DCA 2014), and “Creating Hybrid Programs and Predicting Their Evolution Through 4D Parametric Analysis” (ACSA 2014). He led the writing team for the Cranbrook 2007 ACSA/AIA conference on Integrated Practice and has presented at ACSA, Banff Sessions, World Urban Forum, and others.