Benjamin Flowers

Benjamin Flowers is an American architecture scholar, author, and academic administrator. He is professor and former associate director at The Ohio State University's Knowlton School. His work focuses on the intersections of architecture, politics, and urban development, particularly within the context of sports stadiums and skyscrapers. Flowers is a member of the executive board of the International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities (IAKS).

Early life and education Flowers earned a Bachelor of Arts from Wesleyan University (1996) and a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Minnesota (2003).

Career Flowers began his career as a technical information specialist at the Library of Congress (2004–2005).

In 2005, Flowers joined the Georgia Institute of Technology's School of Architecture as an assistant professor. He was promoted to associate professor with tenure in 2011 and a full professor in 2017. He received the College of Design's Georgia Power Professor of Excellence Award (2012) and the School of Architecture's Dean William Fash Teaching Excellence Award (2017). During his time at Georgia Tech, he served as director of Stadia Lab (2014–2019), director of undergraduate studies (2013–2014), was part of the second cohort of the Emerging Leaders Program at Georgia Tech (2017), a Provost's Teaching and Learning Fellow in the College of Design (2018), and associate vice provost for advocacy and conflict resolution (2018–2019). In 2021, he was elected to the executive board of the International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities. He has appeared on several episodes of National Geographic’s Superstructures: Engineering Marvels (2019, 2020). Flowers’ research on skyscrapers and stadiums has been featured in major news outlets in the US and UK.

In 2019, Flowers was part of the First Skyscrapers Symposium, Steering Committee.

Flowers has also consulted for firms including Populous and CBRE and served as an expert witness on architectural cases involving stadium design.

Awards Outstanding Academic Title Award from Choice Magazine for Skyscraper (2010) Propmondo's 50 Greatest Commercial Real Estate Books of All Time (2024)

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