Jeffery S. Poss

Jeffery S. Poss has designed and completed award-winning proposals for spaces of commemoration and contemplation. Commission and competition work has been published internationally in books, journals, and magazines. As a result of this recognition, Poss was elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects in 2010. Poss received his Master of Architecture from the University of Illinois in 1980. In the years following, he practiced with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo & Associates, and Tai Soo Kim Partners. In 1989 he returned to Urbana-Champaign to begin teaching and practicing architecture. From 2017 until 2019 he served as the Interim Director of the Illinois School of Architecture. In 2019 Poss was awarded the position of Professor Emeritus.