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Lois Weinthal鈥檚 practice investigates the relationship between architecture, interiors, clothing, and objects, resulting in works that take on an experimental nature. Her teaching explores these topics where theoretical discussions in seminars are put into practice in design studios. She is editor of the book, Toward a New Interior: An Anthology of Interior Design Theory, and co-editor of After Taste: Expanded Practice in Interior Design, The Handbook of Interior Architecture and Design, and Digital Fabrication in Interior Design: Body, Object, Enclosure, and was co-editor of the journal, Interiors: Design/ Architecture/ Culture. She has received grants from SSHRC, Graham Foundation, Fulbright, and DAAD. She studied at Cranbrook Academy of Art and the Rhode Island School of Design and has held Honorary Professor positions at the Glasgow School of Art and Middlesex University. She previously taught at Parsons The New School for Design and The University of Texas at Austin.

• Interior Design Theory
• Material and Methods 鈥� textiles, plaster, casting
• Healthy Interior Design

Books

• Anderson, Jonathan, and Lois Weinthal, eds. Digital Fabrication in Interior Design: Body, Object, Enclosure. New York, NY: Routledge, 2022.
• Brooker, Graeme, and Lois Weinthal, eds. The Handbook of Interior Architecture and Design. London: Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2018.
• Kleinman, Kent, Joanna Merwood-Salisbury, and Lois Weinthal, eds. After Taste: Expanded Practice in Interior Design. New York, N.Y: Princeton Architectural Press, 2012.
• Weinthal, Lois. Toward a New Interior: An Anthology of Interior Design Theory. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2011.

Book Chapters

• Weinthal, Lois. 鈥淕auging Interior Time鈥�. In Theorising Interior Architecture and Design, Identity, Practices, Education and Beyond. Edited by Carola Ebert. London: Routledge, 2025.
• Weinthal, Lois, Patrick Macklin, Wen Liang and Alice Huang. 鈥淚nterior Archipelago - Postcards from Our Islands鈥�. In Interiors in the era of COVID-19. Edited by Ersi Ioannidou, Pat Kirkham, and Jana Scholze, 247-58. London: Bloomsbury Press, 2023.
• Weinthal, Lois. 鈥淚nterior Atmosphere.鈥� In A Companion to Contemporary Design since 1945. Edited by Anne Massey, 157鈥�72. Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2019.
• Weinthal, Lois. 鈥淎 Pirouette on the Orthographic Hinge.鈥� In The Interior Architecture Theory Reader. Edited by Gregory Marinic, 215鈥�23. London: Routledge, 2018.
• Weinthal, Lois. 鈥淔oreword鈥�. In Interiors Beyond Architecture. Edited by Amy Campos and Deborah Schneiderman, viii-xii. London: Routledge, 2018.
• Weinthal, Lois. 鈥淒rawing the Dotted Line.鈥� In The Routledge Companion to Design Studies. Edited by Penny Sparke and Fiona Fisher, 79鈥�88. London: Routledge, 2016.
• Weinthal, Lois. 鈥淭he Interior鈥檚 Second Skin鈥�. In Textile Technology and Design: From Interior Space to Outer Space. Edited by Deborah Schneiderman and Alexa Griffith Winton, 45-56.  London: Bloomsbury Publishers, 2015.
• Weinthal, Lois. 鈥淚nterior-Scapes鈥�. In Feminist Practices: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Women in Architecture. Edited by Lori A. Brown, 139鈥�54. London: Routledge, 2011.
• Weinthal, Lois. 鈥淏erlin: A Renovation of Postcards鈥�. In Installations by Architects: Experiments in Building and Design. Edited by Sarah Bonnemaison and Ronit Eisenbach. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2009.

Journal Publications

• Weinthal, Lois. 鈥淭he Interior Within Hand鈥檚 Reach: Tactile Proximity.鈥� Architectural Design, 93, no. 3 (2023): 96鈥�103. 
• Weinthal, Lois. 鈥淔irst Impressions.鈥� Interiors: Design/Architecture/Culture, no. 3 (2014): 277鈥�95. 
• Weinthal, Lois. 鈥淢apping Interior Adjacencies.鈥� IDEA (Australia), no. 1 (2010): 62鈥�63. 
• Weinthal, Lois. 鈥淏ridging the Threshold of Interior and Landscape: An Interview with Petra Blaisse.鈥� Architectural Design, 78, no. 3 (2008): 64鈥�71. 
• Weinthal, Lois. 鈥淗ouse Lab: The House as Instigator of Full-Scale Constructions.鈥� Journal of Architectural Education, 60, no. 2 (2006): 25鈥�28. 
• Weinthal, Lois. 鈥淐orners and Darts.鈥� Thresholds (Cambridge, Mass.), no. 22 (2001): 84鈥�89.

Exhibitions

• Interior Archipelago: Postcards from Our Islands, Lois Weinthal, Patrick Macklin, Wen Liang, and Alice Huang. Exhibitions at: Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University, 2021; Beijing Science Week, Art and Science Concept Exhibition, 2021.
• Home-made, Lois Weinthal and Andrew Furman. Gladstone Hotel, Design TO, Toronto, Canada, 2017.
• Remembering the Caribbean, Evan Jerry and Lois Weinthal. Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, Casa Loma Stables, Toronto, Canada, 2015.
• Berlin: A Renovation of Postcards, Lois Weinthal. Deutsches Haus, New York University, USA, 2007.
• Berlin: A Renovation of Postcards, Lois Weinthal. Friedrichstrasse U6 Bahnhof, organized with BVG, Berlin, Germany, 2004. 
• 22 To Watch: New Art in Austin, Group exhibition. Austin Museum of Art (AMOA), Austin, USA, 2002.

Awards

• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Connections Grant for Designing for a Pandemic: Equipping Interior Designers to Plan for Healthy Interiors, 2023
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Connections Grant for Empowering women with technology in design, 2017
• Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) Faculty Research Grant, 2003
• Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts for After Taste publication, 2008
• Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts for Political Interiors: The Design of the Domestic Realm in the German Democratic Republic from 1961 鈥� 1989 research project, 2003
• IDEC Creative Scholarship Award for Interior Archipelago: Postcards from Our Islands, Co-presented with Patrick Macklin, Glasgow School of Art, Scotland,
• Wen Liang, Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University, China, and Alice Huang, School of Interior Design, 91福利, 2022
• IDEC Creative Scholarship Award for Hanging Matters, collaboration with Ryla Jakelski, Jordan Evans and Evan Jerry, 2015
• IDEC Book Award for Toward a New Interior: An Anthology of Interior Design Theory, Princeton Architectural Press, 2014
• ACSA Faculty Design Honourable Mention for Berlin: A Renovation of Postcard, 2011
• ACSA Best Design as Scholarship Article Award for House Lab: The House as Instigator of Full-Scale Constructions in JAE 60:2, 2008
• Fulbright Award, Interdisciplinary German Studies Seminar on International Migration and National Identity, 2002

Honours

• Visiting Honorary Professor, Middlesex University, Three-year appointment, 2021 - 2024
• Honorary Visiting Professor, Glasgow School of Art, Five-year appointment, 2018-2023