
DAN WEISSMAN, AIA, Assoc. IALD
SENIOR ASSOCIATE & DIRECTOR OF LAM LABS
A registered architect, Dan has over 10 years of experience in architectural lighting, and is a leader in the firm’s endeavors in digital technologies, Daylighting, dynamic lighting, and academic engagement as Director of Lam Labs. Dan teaches Lighting at Harvard Graduate School of Design, has formerly taught at Boston Architectural College, and co-founded the academically oriented web project, Section Cut. He is an accomplished woodcut artist, mandolinist, and father.
Selected Projects
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Institute of Architects
Member, Illuminating Engineering Society
TEACHING AND LECTURES
AIA Connecticut – Daylight Architecture, 2016
Harvard Graduate School of Design, Adjunct Faculty, Fall 2015, Fall 2018
Boston Architectural College, Faculty 2012-Present, Adjunct Instructor 2006-2011
Wentworth Institute of Technology, Guest Lecturer & Critic, 2014-15
Harvard Graduate School of Design, Guest Lecturer, 2012-14
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Guest Lecturer, 2012-14
EDUCATION
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Master in Design Studies
University of Michigan Taubman College
Master of Architecture
Boston Architectural College
Certificate in Design Education
Washington University in St. Louis
Bachelor of Arts in Architecture
SELECTED AWARDS + GRANTS
2019 – IES Illuminance Award of Merit: SolBe Learning Center
2018 – International 40 Under 40 Lighting Designers, Lighting Magazine
2016 – Washington University Distinguished Young Alumni
2013 – GE Edison Award of Excellence: Herscher Hall
2012 – Green Carpet Award, Harvard Office for Sustainability
2012 – GE Edison Award: United States Institute of Peace
2012 – Edwin Guth Memorial Award for Interior Lighting
> United States Institute of Peace
> Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
2010 – AIA Henry Adams Medal, University of Michigan
2007 – $20,000 Grant – Nuckolls Fund for Lighting Education
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
LEDs: Taking Control, Architectural Lighting, 2014
Christoph Reinhart, Tarek Rakha & Dan Weissman (2014) Predicting the Daylit Area—A Comparison of Students Assessments and Simulations at Eleven Schools of Architecture, LEUKOS: The Journal of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, 10:4, 193-206
Designing Process: Exemplar Community Development Project, Harvard GSD, Volume 3, 2012
Weissman, Dan and Omidfar, Azadeh; DESIGN WITH CLIMATE: The role of digital tools in computational analysis of site-specific architecture; in Hanif Kara and Andreas Georgoulias, Interdisciplinary Design, New York: Actar, 2012
Reinhart, Christoph F. and Weissman, Daniel A; The Daylit Area: Correlating Architectural Student Assessments With Current And Emerging Daylight Availability Metrics, Building and Environment, v50, p155-164, 2011