About.

 

Ryan Lane

Ryan Lane is a Master of Architecture candidate (‘26) at the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from Kent State University’s College of Architecture and Environmental Design.

Before attending graduate school, he worked as a Designer & Project Manager at Horton Harper Architects in Cleveland, Ohio participating in programming, schematic, and design development while Leading the documentation and construction administration of over 20 different projects. He has experience in projects of varying scales from private homes and multi-family residential to commercial fitouts including the notable design of restaurants.

In May 2020, after graduation from Kent State, he and Jonathan Bonezzi founded Studio Nobody as a means of collaboration which has produced a variety of design explorations, competition entries, lighting and set designs, as well as the construction and design of two single-family homes.

His work, both as an individual and as a part of multiple design collaborations has been exhibited at the Weitzman School of Design, the Philadelphia Institute of Contemporary Art and the A+D Museum in Los Angeles with publications in the Archiologist, Dezeen Magazine, and numerous competitions.

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Professional Practice.

Studio Nobody / Founder / 2020-Current

Horton Harper Architects / 2020-2023

Academic Appointments.

Weitzman Office of Communications / Research Assistant / 2024-Current

CAED Armstrong Gallery Assistant / 2018-2020

Published Projects.

A+D Museum / 2021 / One Object at a Time

The Archiologist / 2020 / Submission 357

Dezeen / 2020 / VDF_Show

Il Muro (the Wall) / 2019 / Kent State Florence Program Year End Publication

Awards.

Honorable Mention / Weitzman School of Design Lecture Poster Competition / 2024

Best Set / Solon Showchoir Competition / “Top Secret” /2022

Best Set / Findlay Showchoir Competition / “Top Secret” /2022

AIA Ohio Design Awards / 2nd Place Overall / 2020

Integrated Design Studio / Overall Best Project / 2020

CAED Design Studio Award / 2020

CAED Design Studio Award / 2019

CAED Design Studio Award / 2017

Dean’s List / 2017-20

Design & Research.

Exhibitions.

“55 Objects” / Weitzman School of Design / 2023

“Block Parti” / Philadelphia Institute of Contemporary Art / 2023

“Room Service” / A+D Museum ‘One Object at a Time’ / 2021

Published Design Projects.

“Collaged Collections” / The Archiologist: Submission 357 / 2020

“Collaged Collections” / Dezeen: VDF_Show / 2020

Acknowledgments.

Weitzman News / 2023 / Exhibit at the ICA

AN Magazine / 2020 / Haus Scallop, Haus Sawtooth

The Architects Newspaper / 2020 / Clark Thenhaus inhabits the poché in Some Walls From Unbuilt Houses