Eric Nay

Dr. Eric Nay (B. Arch, Kentucky; M.Arch. Cornell; PhD, Sosc. Ed. OISE Toronto) is an associate professor of architectural history & theory + environmental design at OCAD University in Toronto (Canada), lecturer in human geography in the Department of Geography and Environment at Mt. Allison University (New Brunswick, Canada) and frequently teaches architectural history and theory at the Daniels School of the University of Toronto. Eric’s professional experience includes architectural practice in New York City, Chicago and California including working in SOM's Chicago office on large-scale projects in the Middle East, Asia and North America; working in Manhattan as a Project Architect on residential and historic preservation projects; and California designing medical labs and interiors. Eric has taught for nearly three decades at the State University of California at Sacramento (US), Ball State University (US), the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (US), the American University of Sharjah (UAE), the University of California at Davis (US) and others and has served as an architect in residence with the Irish Architecture Foundation (Ireland). Eric’s written work has appeared in docomomo (US), Ediciones ARQ (Chile), Spool (Netherlands), Alternatives Journal (Canada), Open House International (UK). Chapters in books include “Erich Mendelsohn: Place, Identity and Exile,” In Positioning: Erich Mendelsohn and the Built Heritage of the 20th Century, ICOMOS – German National Committee LXXXII. Aachen: Geymüller-Verlag, 2024; Miller, James and Eric Nay. “Architecture and the Rights of Nature” in Dialectic VIII: Architecture and Citizenship. Decolonizing Architectural Pedagogy. San Rafael: Oro Editions. 2020, amongst others.