Kyle R. Stover
Lecturer, Architecture, College of Environmental Design
About Me
Kyle Stover is currently based in Los Angeles where he writes, makes, and thinks about architecture. He is currently a lecturer at Cal Poly Pomona where he teaches Visual Studies and the Global Survey of Architecture History. He previously was a Lecturer at RPI where he coordinated a collaborative international studio with Tongji University. His current dissertation titled Intangible Property: Architecture, Ornament and Insurance reconsiders the history of modern architecture through the usefulness of ornament manufactured by dissenter Elanor Coade at her Artificial Stone Manufactory in Lambeth from 1769 - 1821. This dissertation examines experiments in architecture, insurance, and material science which sought to redress defects in nature through the work of intellectual property. The historical construct of ownership and identity are traced through the ornament of architecture as it was sold internationally by Coade’s mail order catalog. Eighteenth-century material experiments in the applied arts and exports from the British Empire reveal a transnational history of modern architecture. More generally, his scholarship examines risk, ownership, and the craft of intellectual property in undertakings that are both historical and present. He previously practiced architecture in New York City at Asymptote Architecture and Acconci Studio where he was augmented by the gig economy before starting his own research practice. His work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the New York Transit Museum, Land of Tomorrow Gallery, Yale Gallery, and has been published in YSOA Press, CreativeSpace Independent Publishers, and Moleskin.