Robin Z. Puttock

An assistant professor at Kennesaw State University, Puttock was recognized this year with the AIA Georgia Educator of the Year Award. She was formerly a senior lecturer at the University of Maryland and associate dean of undergraduate studies and assistant professor of practice at The Catholic University of America. She is the editor of Teaching Carbon-Neutral Design in North America: 20 Award-winning Architectural Design Studio Methodologies (Routledge, 2025). 

Last year, Puttock led Macon-Bibb Refresh and Recovery: A Service-Learning Mixed-Use Net-Zero Focus Studio, a partnership between fifth-year architecture students and civic leaders and residents of the historic Black Greenwood Bottom neighborhood in Macon-Bibb County, Georgia, to create climate-conscious, community-centered design. She also taught Biophilic Design in Practice: A Serenbe Multi-Scale Engagement Studio, a third-year studio in collaboration with Serenbe, an award-winning 1,000-acre biophilic community in Chattahoochee Hills, Georgia.  

Puttock is also a practicing architect with more than 20 years of national, award-winning sustainable design experience at firms including Gensler and The Lukmire Partnership, serving as the project architect for 11 LEED-certified buildings. She is currently serving as the 2025 Chair of the National AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE) Leadership Group.