February 1, 2024
Article Published: Manhattan / Riley County Preservation Alliance Newsletter 30:1.
“Faith and Confidence in the Future: The Union National Bank and Trust Tower.”
January 29, 2024
Invited to join the Kleppe Visiting Artist Lecture Series, University of Central Missouri – Panel Discussion regarding work in the exhibition Empowered By Design
January 9 – February 1, 2024
Invited installation as part of the Empowered by Design exhibition at the University of Central Missouri Gallery of Art & Design. Scott Barton, Curator
November 20, 2023
Invited to join the Editorial Committee of Arris, The journal of the Southeast chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians!
November 9, 2023
(first) Dean’s Circle Meeting, Fay Jones School of Architecture and professor Jeff Shannon’s Retirement Celebration. Fayetteville, AR.
October 25-26, 2023
Visit to University of Nebraska, Lincoln to hang out with College of Architecture Hyde Chair of Excellence Professor Jonathan Louie (of Zurich-based Architecture Office with Nicole McIntosh).
October 5, 2023
Lecture at Texas A&M University (History and Theory Lecture Course. Professor Gabriela Campagnol)
“Texas Two Step: Mies van der Rohe’s Addition(s) to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.” (remote)
September 14, 2023
Presented to the ENVD class, “Architecture: The Profession”
Kansas State University, College of Architecture, Planning and Design
September 12, 2023
Invited to ADPro Kickoff, presentation and Panel
“A Nonexistent Place to Be: Poston and the Lunars“
Kansas State University, College of Architecture, Planning and Design
August 2023
Edersheim Residence published in ReView Magazine (Spring/Summer 2023 volume)
University of Arkansas, Fay Jones School of Architecture
Upcoming, September 22, 2023
SAH International 76th annual Conference Presentation (virtual): “The Commons: An Uncommon Erasure within an Architectural Mecca.”
August 25 – September 29, 2023
Exhibition: Episodic Interpretations of Architecture: Italy+ in 600+ Sketches. Selection of sketches from my spring 2023 Italy+ travel on exhibit in the Cassias Gallery at Kansas State.
August 5, 2023
Edersheim Residence wins an American Residential Design Award (by the American Institute of Building). Award ceremony in Nashville, August 5th
June 23-27, 2023
Columbus (and Indianapolis), Indiana to research The Commons building for SAH International Conference – Paper and presentation on September 22nd
June 7-12, 2023
San Francisco to attend the AIA Conference
May 10-14, 2023
Lisbon (and Sintra)!
May 6-10, 2023
Barcelona!
Final Days and Public Exhibit in Orvieto
May 7, 2023
April 28-30, 2023
Travel with students to Milan
April 27-28, 2023
Travel with students to Turin
April 20-23, 2023
Florence
April 14-16, 2023
Naples
April 13-14, 2023
Travel with the students Sorrento, Capri, and the Royal Palace in Caserta
April 12, 2023
Travel with the students to Pompeii
April 11, 2023
Travel with the students to Paestum
April 7-10, 2023
Car trip: Montepulciano, Florence, Rimini, Ravenna, Bologna, Modena, Lucca, Pisa!
April 6, 2023
Travel with the students to Val d’Orcia (Monte Oliveto Maggiore Abbey, Sant’Antimo Abbey, and Pienza)
April 4, 2023
Lecture at Texas A&M University (History and Theory Lecture Course. Professor Gabriela Campagnol)
“Texas Two Step: Mies van der Rohe’s Addition(s) to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.” (remote from Orvieto)
April 1-2, 2023
Rome, again!
March 31, 2023
Travel with students to Caprarola (Villa Farnese) and Bagnaia (Villa Lante)
March 25-26, 2023
Rome!
March 24, 2023
Travel with students to Tivoli (Villa D’Este and Hadrian’s Villa)
March 16-18, 2023
Amsterdam (Spring Break)
March 12-15, 2023
Berlin (Spring Break)
March 8-11, 2023
Travel with students to Venice
March 6-8, 2023
Travel with students to Verona and Vicenza
March 1, 2023
Tenure at Kansas State University and promotion to Associate Professor
February 24-26, 2023
Travel with students to Florence
February 17-19, 2023
Travel with students to Sienna and a quick trip to San Gimignano
February 10-14, 2023
Travel with students to Assisi, Bomarzo, and Civita di Bagnoregio (and quick trip to Rome)
February 6, 2023
US Modernist Radio – interview with me and Paul Post regarding the Docking Building (and the Edersheim Residence) airs
https://usmodernist.libsyn.com/286plains-modern-michael-grogan-and-paul-post
February 4-5, 2023
First visit to Bologna! Solo trip.
January 27-29, 2023
First visit to Rome since 1993! K-State student trip on Friday, and exploring solo through the weekend (27 miles or so!)
January 19, 2023
Preservation Magazine (Winter 2023) includes the Docking State Office Building (saga…) with quotes from my interview in “Places Restored, Threatened, Saved, and Lost” articles
January 16, 2021
Landed in Orvieto Italy for the spring semester with Kansas State’s APDesign program!
December 15, 2022
The Edersheim/Joseph Residence received a Fay Jones (University of Arkansas) School of Architecture Alumni Design Honor Award!
November 21, 2022
interview regarding the Docking State Office Building with noted U.S. Modernist podcast, to be aired in February 6th
November 18, 2022
Selected for the prestigious AIAS Golden T-Square Award! An annual award by the Kansas State AIAS to a faculty member.
November 15, 2022
M/RCPA Historic Summit, Public Library auditorium, Manhattan, KS
“The Manhattan [Modernism] Project” lecture with Christopher Fein AND “Threatened: The Docking State Office Building,” presentation with Colene Lind
November 3, 2022
Southeast chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians 2022 Conference
“Contrasts in Practice: The Architectural Legacies of Floyd O. Wolfenbarger and Patricia and William Eidson.” Co-presented with Christopher Fein.
Memphis, TN
October 30, 2022
Shawnee County Historical Society Lecture “The Docking Building’s Destiny: Landmark or Landfill.”
Presentation segment with Michael Gibson and Paul Post
Topeka, KS
October 28, 2022
Architecturally Speaking Lecture, Kansas State University, ““The Docking Building’s Destiny: Landmark or Landfill.”
Presentation segment with Michael Gibson and Colene Lind
Manhattan, KS
October 13, 2022
Lecture at Texas A&M University (History and Theory Lecture Course. Professor Gabriela Campagnol)
“Texas Two Step: Mies van der Rohe’s Addition(s) to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.” (in person)
College Station, TX
October 1, 2022
Article Published: Manhattan / Riley County Preservation Alliance Newsletter (co-authored with Christopher Fein)
“Manhattan Modernism: Postwar Development Downtown.”
September 14, 2022
AIA Kansas Conference “Chit Chat Session”
“The Docking Building: In Context.” Pecha Kucha-type presentation
Topeka, KS
August 3, 2022
Jury member – 2022 AIA Nebraska Honor Awards
July 20, 2022
Article Published: Docomomo US News
“Threatened: The Docking State Office Building”
https://www.docomomo-us.org/news/threatened-the-docking-state-office-building
July 12-25, 2022
Trip with Docomomo US to Finland (and Stockholm add at end)
June 1, 2022
Article Published: Manhattan / Riley County Preservation Alliance Newsletter (co-authored with Christopher Fein)
“Concrete and Stone: The Legacy of Architects Patricia and William Eidson”
May 2022
Co-Founded Plains Modern, Board of Directors
April 20, 2022
Two Lectures at Texas A&M University (Seminar and History and Theory Lecture Course. Professor Gabriela Campagnol)
“Texas Two Step” and “Modified Modernism”
College Station, TX
April 1, 2022
Article Published: Manhattan / Riley County Preservation Alliance Newsletter (co-authored with Christopher Fein)
“The Manhattan [Modernism] Project.”
March 7th-25th, 2022
Studio travel to New York City (3rd year) and London (5th year)
March 2, 2022
2022 Commerce Bank and W.T. Kemper Foundation Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching
Recipient for the College of Architecture, Planning, and Design (biennial award)
December 8, 2021
AIA Tri States – Finalist Designation
Edersheim-Joseph Residence
October 27, 2021
AIA New York States Award of Citation, awarded at virtual ceremony
Edersheim-Joseph Residence
October 14, 2021
Presentation at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
“Texas Two Step: The MFAH Archive.” (in person)
October 12, 2021
Lecture at Texas A&M University (History and Theory Lecture Course. Professor Gabriela Campagnol)
“Texas Two Step: Mies van der Rohe’s Addition(s) to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.” (in person)
October 1, 2021
Paper Presentation – SESAH 39th Annual Conference, Natchez, MS
“Bluff City Modernism: Sites of Vulnerability on the Memphis Promenade.” (in person)
September 16, 2021
Lecture for ENVD 203: Survey of Design Professions, Kansas State University (Professor Katrina Lewis)
“Architecture: The Profession” (in person)
August 27, 2021
Article Published: Docomomo US, “Travel and Leisure Series”
“Spa City Modernism: Postwar Hotels in Hot Springs, Arkansas.”
https://www.docomomo-us.org/news/spa-city-modernism-postwar-hotels-in-hot-springs-arkansas
August 2, 2021
Interviewed and Quoted in Tom Bailey’s “Incredible Hulks: Two Muscular Buildings by Esteemed Architects Appear Doomed”
Daily Memphian
https://dailymemphian.com/subscriber/article/23231/two-muscular-buildings-in-memphis-appear-doomed
June 21, 2021
Awarded ($21,750, funded): Historic Preservation Fund Grant–National Park Service / Kansas Historic Preservation Office (SHPO)
Survey of Post-War Modernist Architecture in Manhattan (collaboration with Christopher Fein),
May 24-25, 2021
Invited jury member, Rhode Island School of Design Interior Architecture Department
Masters Degree Design Thesis Studio: Adaptive Reuse Mid-review (Professors Jonathan Bell and Jongwan Kwon, remote)
April 13, 2021
Invited jury member, Northeastern University, School of Architecture.
5210 Comprehensive Design Studio, Final Review (Professor Michelle Laboy, remote)
April 12, 2021
Invited jury member, Texas A&M University
ARC 206 and ARC 606 Studio, Mid-Review (Professor James Michael Tate, remote)
April 4/6, 2021
Invited jury member, Rhode Island School of Design, Interior Architecture Department.
Masters Degree Design Thesis Studio: Adaptive Reuse Mid-review (Professors Jonathan Bell and Jongwan Kwon, remote)
March 11, 2021
Lecture at Texas A&M University (History and Theory Lecture Course, Professor Gabriela Campangnol)
“Texas Two Step: Mies van der Rohe’s Addition(s) to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.” (remote)
March 9, 2021
Lecture at Northeastern University (Integrated Building Systems Lecture Course, Professor Michelle Laboy)
“Resiliency: Lessons from Postwar Building Typologies” (remote)
February 2021
Essay Published in Arris, vol. 31 (on the cover!)
“Texas Two Step: Mies van der Rohe’s Addition(s) to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.”
January 1, 2021
Assumed AIA Kansas President position (1 year)
December 10, 2020
Article Published: Docomomo US, “Regional Spotlight Series”
“Plains Modern: Postwar Architecture in Kansas.”
https://www.docomomo-us.org/news/plains-modern-postwar-architecture-in-kansas.
November 20, 2020
Invited jury member, Texas A&M University
ARC 205 Studio. Final Review (Professors Nicole McKintosh and Jonathan Louis)
October 15, 2020
Lecture at Texas A&M University (History and Theory Lecture Course, Professor Gabriela Campangnol, remote)
“Texas Two Step: Mies van der Rohe’s Addition(s) to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.” (in person)
October 2, 2020
Paper Presentation – SESAH 39th Annual Conference (remote)
“Spa City Modernism: Imperiled Postwar Architecture in Hot Springs, Arkansas.”
August 2020
Edersheim-Joseph Residence published in Dwell
“A Gut Renovated MidCentury Modern Green Energy Home for Luxury Winter Living for $4.65m.”
August 21, 2020
Edersheim-Joseph Residence published in Archiposition (China)
“The Rebirth of Paul Rudolph’s Work: 862 Fenimore House Renovation/Michael Grogan.”
https://www.archiposition.com/items/20200828102801
July 2020
Shortlisted – RE-Stock London Housing International Competition
Collaboration with Maruf Kabir, Nazmun Akter Pia, and Marzia Chowdhury. Sponsored by Bee Breeders/The Bartlett School of Architecture
