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March 2026 - Charlie serves as an invited juror for Samford University - School of Architecture’s midterm review for the inaugural thesis class’s Spring studio project.
August 2025 - Charlie joins Samford University as adjunct faculty for the Fall semester, teaching Digital Rendering/Presentation, in the School of Architecture.
July 2025 - Charlie Allen becomes Architect Member of the American Institute of Architects.
April 2025 - Charlie Allen earns NCARB Certification.
April 2025 - Charlie Allen becomes Registered Architect in the State of Alabama.
June 2024 - Ground is broken on University of Alabama Biomedical Research and Psychology Building.
March 2024 - Charlie speaks at Samford University to students and faculty in the School of Architecture.
August 2023 - Charlie takes a position at Williams Blackstock Architects as an Emerging Professional.
August 2023 - Orthopolis is featured in Dezeen article titled, ‘Seven Cities set in Dystopian futures by Architecture Students’
April 2023 - Charlie serves as an invited juror for Auburn University’s 2023 Spring Thesis Reviews at the Urban Studio.
October 2022 - Orthopolis is featured in Dezeen article titled, ‘SCI-Arc spotlights ten architecture and design projects’.
October 2022 - Orthopolis is featured in Dezeen article titled, ‘SCI-Arc spotlights eight graduate architecture projects’.
September 2022 - Charlie takes a position at BLOX | Giattina Aycock Architecture as an Intern Architect.
September 2022 - Orthopolis is selected to be in the Select Graduate Thesis Exhibition ’22 in the SCI-Arc Gallery.
September 2022 - Charlie Allen graduates from SCI-Arc with distinction.
Spring 2022 - Charlie joins Design of Cities studio, ‘Jinghua Ai-Qing Poetry Culture Center,’ produces Ai-Qing Poetry and Culture Center.
Fall 2022 - Charlie joins Design of Cities studio, ‘A Non-Linear Case for a New Type of Urban Intensification in Irwindale California,’ produces Hydrantis.
Summer 2021 - Charlie interns at Baumgartner + Uriu.
February 2021 - Charlie’s essay titled, “The Beginnings of Urban Design: A Timely response to the late Michael Sorkin’s ‘The End(s) of Urban Design’” is published in Underscore Vol.8 - Inter/rupt.
July 2019 - Charlie begins Master of Architecture 1 program at SCI-Arc.
June 2018 - Tropic of Charlie is discovered.