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Rebecca Henn

  • Associate Professor of Architecture

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Rebecca Henn

Biography

Rebecca Henn investigates the social structures of the built environment, frequently using lenses from organizational theory to better understand how technical and economic progress can be limited by societal norms and conventions. Her work has uncovered barriers to environmental sustainability by highlighting incompatibilities among team members' meaning systems in the building design and construction industry. She also investigates the institutional logics of design—suggesting that the single term "design" can have myriad meanings across different professional communities. She and her colleagues aim to reconcile these diverse definitions to provide a deeper cross-professional understanding.

Collected Works

Interior photo of an archway framed by a giant "O", with a wall of text behind it.
Photo of house's hallway from behind a wood door. Grid wood railing overlooking the living room below is framed by thick wood posts.
White flourish symbol adjacent to "Possession" text stacked on top of each other while fading from the top and bottom, against a bubblegum pink background.
Book cover of a blurred city lights skyline at night.
Tall, white curved shelving displaying a wide variety of Andy Warhol's personal cookie jar collection.
Interior photo of a large living room with high vaulted ceilings framed by stained wood beams and floor-to-ceiling windows. Furnished with black leather and metal armchairs and sofa.