The Lead Architect’s role at Purdue is an exciting opportunity to build at several levels of scale and complexity within a challenging university setting. Our department regularly tackles historically appropriate restoration efforts, implementation of emerging functional programs within new and existing spaces, along with all levels of facility planning. Our department’s influence is found in plan input, exterior and interior architectural detailing, logical and supportive layout solutions, and accessible, affordable design, just to name a few areas. Diverse construction methodologies and new research technologies spur our internal creativity and decision-making processes. As Purdue reaches new heights in an increasingly technology-driven environment, our effor