Author Archives: Scott Allen

Scott Allen earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Arizona State University and Master of Architecture degree from Rice University in Houston, Texas. He worked for architecture firms in Santa Monica, Phoenix, Houston, and Chicago prior to coming to Centerbrook in 2005.

Architects on the Big Screen

July 18, 2011 – 1:09 pm

When Hollywood requires a character who is intelligent but self-absorbed, attractive but socially awkward, dedicated to work but unhealthily consumed by it, it often casts an architect for the part. What follows is the first installment in a series titled “The Architect, According to Hollywood.” Much like a crime scene investigator, I will construct a [...]

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What I Learned from Video Games

April 28, 2011 – 11:07 am

I take a lot of heat around here for being in my 30s and still playing video games. An interest in gaming carries little to no cultural cachet amongst architects and designers. I don’t mind, though. My interests tend to run a little bit askew from those around me. In college, I resisted the black [...]

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Designing on the Fly

February 3, 2011 – 5:17 pm

Editor’s Note: Architect Scott Allen was a member of the Centerbrook design team led by partner Jim Childress for the University of Colorado at Boulder’s Center for Community. Revit is the 3D modeling software that, along with other new technologies, has revolutionized how and where architectural design and planning can be conducted. Below, Scott recounts [...]

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