Christopher Loofs
Assistant Professor
cloofs@marywood.edu
School of Architecture
Cntr for Architectural Studies 274
Courses taught:
Global Urban Ecologies I ARCH-319Global Urban Ecologies II ARCH-419
Design Studio IX ARCH-450
Design Studio X ARCH-460
ST: Global Urban Ecologies I ARCH-599E
Christopher Loofs is an Assistant Professor of Architecture at Marywood University in Scranton, PA and a designer and principal at Unearthed Practice. Founded in 2023 with Jordan Loofs, Unearthed Practice is an architecture, interiors, and furniture design studio.
Christopher’s research explores issues of planning for climate change in coastal regions, environmental justice and toxicity, pedagogies of the American School of Architecture in the midcentury, and the potential of play and games in design education. He holds a Master of Architecture from Princeton University and a Bachelor of Environmental Design with a minor in Sustainable Architecture and Planning from Texas A&M University. Before joining the MUSOA he was the 2023-2025 Robert L. Wesley Teaching Fellow at the University of Oklahoma Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture.
Christopher Loofs, “Whatadesign: Image and Identity in Roadside Architecture,” Pidgin, 33, 2025.
Outré West: The American School of Architecture from Oklahoma to California, Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center, August 2024 – January 2025, (Link). Christopher Loofs was the section curator of the Arthur Dyson section for the exhibit co-organized by architecture faculty Angela Person, Stephanie Pilat, and Marco Piscitelli. Outré West is the first-ever exhibition to consider the broader influence of Goff’s and Greene’s teaching and mentoring on California’s built environment.
Christopher Loofs. “Synthesizing Spirit and Stone.” In Outré West: The American School of Architecture from Oklahoma to California, ed. Angela Person, Stephanie Pilat and Marco Piscitelli. Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center, 2024.
“The South in Northern New Jersey: Toxics in Building Products from Kinshasa to Kearney,” Society of Architectural Historians 76th Annual International Conference, Christopher Loofs, Meredith TenHoor, 2023, Montreal, Canada.
Christopher’s research explores issues of planning for climate change in coastal regions, environmental justice and toxicity, pedagogies of the American School of Architecture in the midcentury, and the potential of play and games in design education. He holds a Master of Architecture from Princeton University and a Bachelor of Environmental Design with a minor in Sustainable Architecture and Planning from Texas A&M University. Before joining the MUSOA he was the 2023-2025 Robert L. Wesley Teaching Fellow at the University of Oklahoma Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture.
Presentations and Publications
Christopher Loofs, “Whatadesign: Image and Identity in Roadside Architecture,” Pidgin, 33, 2025.
Outré West: The American School of Architecture from Oklahoma to California, Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center, August 2024 – January 2025, (Link). Christopher Loofs was the section curator of the Arthur Dyson section for the exhibit co-organized by architecture faculty Angela Person, Stephanie Pilat, and Marco Piscitelli. Outré West is the first-ever exhibition to consider the broader influence of Goff’s and Greene’s teaching and mentoring on California’s built environment.
Christopher Loofs. “Synthesizing Spirit and Stone.” In Outré West: The American School of Architecture from Oklahoma to California, ed. Angela Person, Stephanie Pilat and Marco Piscitelli. Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center, 2024.
“The South in Northern New Jersey: Toxics in Building Products from Kinshasa to Kearney,” Society of Architectural Historians 76th Annual International Conference, Christopher Loofs, Meredith TenHoor, 2023, Montreal, Canada.