Dean of the College of Design
Luis Rico-Gutierrez
Dean, College of Design
134 Design
515-294-7427
Luis Rico-Gutierrez became dean of the College of Design at Iowa State University on July 1. He succeeds Mark Engelbrecht, who stepped down June 30 after serving as dean since 1994.
Rico-Gutierrez was associate dean of CMU's College of Fine Arts since 2001. From 2001 to 2006, he also was chair of the steering committee for the Studio for Creative Inquiry, a multidisciplinary arts research center within the college. From 2001 to 2004, Rico-Gutierrez served as associate head of the School of Architecture at Carnegie Mellon, where he has been on the faculty since 1996.
Rico-Gutierrez's research includes the use of information technology in the design process and grassroots participatory practice in urban design. He chairs the innovation and new directions task force of the International Council of Fine Arts Deans, and is a trustee on the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation.
Rico-Gutierrez was a professor in the School of Architecture at ITESM, Queretaro, Mexico, from 1993 to 1996; and manager of the architecture department at Fundacion Rafael Leoz, Madrid, Spain, from 1991 to 1993.
He is professionally accredited in Mexico and Spain. He earned his bachelor's degree in architecture (1986) from ITESM, Mexico, and a graduate degree (1988) from Fundacion Rafael Leoz, Spain. He earned a master's in building science (1997) from Carnegie Mellon.
