Brennan Buck
Senior Critic; Director of the M.Arch I Program
      
        Brennan Buck is a senior critic at the Yale School of Architecture, principal of the firm FreelandBuck based in New York City and Los Angeles, and a registered architect. FreelandBuck has been recognized as a member of the Architectural League of New York’s 2019 Emerging Voices, the 2017 Architectural Record Design Vanguard and as a 2018 MOMA PS1 Young Architects Program Finalist. Prior to teaching at Yale, he taught at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, the University of Pennsylvania, and Pratt Institute, and worked for Neil M. Denari Architects and Johnston Marklee & Associates. Mr. Buck received a B.S. from Cornell University and an M.Arch. from the University of California at Los Angeles.
        
            
              
                
MArch University of California, Los Angeles
            
            
        
      
    Education
                BS Cornell UniversityMArch University of California, Los Angeles
Courses
      6100
    
    
      Spring 2026
    
    
      Scales of Intelligence: AI, Agency, and Architecture
    
    
      
Phillip Bernstein,  Brennan Buck,  Sam Omans    
  
      5001
    
    
      Fall 2025
    
    
      Architectural Design I
    
    
      
Violette de la Selle,  Can Vu Bui,  Brennan Buck,  Nicholas McDermott,  Maria Rius Ruiz,  Michael Szivos,  Susan Conger-Austin    
  
      5114
    
    
      Fall 2025
    
    
      The Plan
    
    
      
Brennan Buck    
  
      1019
    
    
      Summer 2025
    
    
      Visualization and Computation
    
    
      
Brennan Buck,  Daniel Markiewicz,  Jill Kelly,  Regina Teng,  Beom Jun Kim,  Dov Feinmesser,  Julie Zink    
  
      2299
    
    
      Spring 2025
    
    
      Independent Course Work
    
    
      
Keller Easterling,  Brennan Buck    
  
      2300
    
    
      Spring 2025
    
    
      Scales of Intelligence: AI, Agency, and Architecture
    
    
      
Phillip Bernstein,  Sam Omans,  Brennan Buck    
  
      1250
    
    
      Fall 2024
    
    
      The Plan
    
    
      
Brennan Buck    
  
      1261
    
    
      Fall 2024
    
    
      Independent Design Research Studio I
    
    
      
Emily Abruzzo,  Brennan Buck    
  
      1019
    
    
      Summer 2024
    
    
      Visualization and Computation
    
    
      
Brennan Buck,  Dorian Booth,  Daniel Markiewicz,  Julie Zink,  Hyojin Kwon,  Beom Jun Kim,  Dov Feinmesser    
  
      1256b
    
    
      Spring 2024
    
    
      The Black Box: Architecture in an Age of Opacity
    
    
      
Brennan Buck    
  
      1011
    
    
      Fall 2023
    
    
      Architectural Design I
    
    
      
Brennan Buck,  Violette de la Selle,  Cara Liberatore,  Nicholas McDermott,  Nancy Nichols,  Michael Szivos    
  
      1250
    
    
      Fall 2023
    
    
      The Plan
    
    
      
Brennan Buck    
  
      1241
    
    
      Spring 2023
    
    
      Altered States of Architecture
    
    
      
Brennan Buck    
  
      1011
    
    
      Fall 2022
    
    
      Architectural Design I
    
    
      
Brennan Buck,  Can Vu Bui,  Violette de la Selle,  Cara Liberatore,  Nicholas McDermott,  Nancy Nichols,  Michael Szivos    
  
      1250
    
    
      Fall 2022
    
    
      The Plan
    
    
      
Brennan Buck    
  
      1011
    
    
      Fall 2021
    
    
      Architectural Design I
    
    
      
Brennan Buck,  Annie Barrett,  Miroslava Brooks,  Joyce Hsiang,  Jaffer Kolb,  Nicholas McDermott,  Michael Szivos    
  
      1250
    
    
      Fall 2021
    
    
      The Plan
    
    
      
Brennan Buck    
  
      1246b
    
    
      Spring 2021
    
    
      AI Aesthetics
    
    
      
Brennan Buck    
  
      1011
    
    
      Fall 2020
    
    
      Architectural Design I
    
    
      
Brennan Buck,  Nikole Bouchard,  Miroslava Brooks,  Jaffer Kolb,  Michael Szivos    
  
      3100a
    
    
      Fall 2020
    
    
      The Plan
    
    
      
Brennan Buck    
  
      1241
    
    
      Spring 2020
    
    
      Rendered: Art, Architecture, and Contemporary Image Culture
    
    
      
Brennan Buck    
  
      1011
    
    
      Fall 2019
    
    
      Architectural Design I
    
    
      
Brennan Buck,  Miroslava Brooks,  Nikole Bouchard,  Joyce Hsiang,  Nicholas McDermott,  Michael Szivos    
  
      1019
    
    
      Summer 2019
    
    
      Visualization and Computation
    
    
      
Brennan Buck,  Maya Alam,  Dorian Booth,  Dov Feinmesser,  Beom Jun Kim,  Daniele Profeta,  Julie Zink    
  
      1242b
    
    
      Spring 2019
    
    
      Architecture and Illusion
    
    
      
Brennan Buck    
  
      1011
    
    
      Fall 2018
    
    
      Architectural Design I
    
    
      
Brennan Buck,  Miroslava Brooks,  Nicholas McDermott,  Michael Szivos,  Nikole Bouchard    
  
      1241
    
    
      Fall 2018
    
    
      Rendered: Art, Architecture, and Contemporary Image Culture
    
    
      
Brennan Buck    
  
      1016b
    
    
      Spring 2018
    
    
      Visualization III: Fabrication and Assembly
    
    
      
Brennan Buck,  Michael Szivos    
  
      1242b
    
    
      Spring 2018
    
    
      Architecture and Illusion
    
    
      
Brennan Buck    
  
      3299
    
    
      Spring 2018
    
    
      Independent Course Work
    
    
      
Brennan Buck,  Joel Sanders    
  
      1011
    
    
      Fall 2017
    
    
      First-Year Core Studio
    
    
      
Joyce Hsiang,  Brennan Buck,  Amina Blacksher,  Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen,  Michael Szivos,  David Eugin Moon    
  
      1241
    
    
      Fall 2017
    
    
      Architecture & contemporary image culture
    
    
      
Brennan Buck    
  
      1016b
    
    
      Spring 2017
    
    
      Fabrication and Assembly
    
    
      
John Eberhart,  Brennan Buck    
  
      1230
    
    
      Spring 2017
    
    
      Patternism: Computation and Architectural Drawing
    
    
      
Brennan Buck    
  
      1011
    
    
      Fall 2016
    
    
      First-Year Core Studio
    
    
      
Joyce Hsiang,  Brennan Buck,  Trattie Davies,  Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen,  Michael Szivos    
  
      1241
    
    
      Fall 2016
    
    
      Architecture and contemporary image culture
    
    
      
Brennan Buck    
  
      1291
    
    
      Summer 2016
    
    
      Rome: Continuity and Change
    
    
      
Bimal Mendis,  Joyce Hsiang,  George Knight,  Miroslava Brooks,  Brennan Buck    
  
      1016b
    
    
      Spring 2016
    
    
      Visualization III: Fabrication and Assembly
    
    
      
John Eberhart,  Brennan Buck    
  
      1230
    
    
      Spring 2016
    
    
      Patternism
    
    
      
Brennan Buck    
  
      1011
    
    
      Fall 2015
    
    
      Architectural Design I
    
    
      
Joyce Hsiang,  Brennan Buck,  Trattie Davies,  Rosalyne Shieh,  Michael Szivos    
  
      1241
    
    
      Fall 2015
    
    
      Rendered: Architecture and Contemporary Image Culture
    
    
      
Brennan Buck    
  
      1016b
    
    
      Spring 2015
    
    
      Visualization III: Fabrication and Assembly
    
    
      
John Eberhart,  Brennan Buck    
  
      1230
    
    
      Spring 2015
    
    
      Patternism: Computation and Contemporary Continuity
    
    
      
Brennan Buck