Glenn Goldman

Professor, School of Art and Design
Glenn Goldman is a Professor at the Hillier College of Architecture and Design and was the Founding Director of the School of Art + Design at NJIT with responsibility for programs in Digital Design, Industrial Design, and Interior Design from the inception of the School in 2008 until July 2020, at which time he returned to teaching full time. He was instrumental in the transformation of the School of Architecture at NJIT into the more comprehensive College of Architecture and Design in 2008. Goldman received the Master in Architecture degree from Harvard University following his receipt of the Bachelor of Arts degree (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) from Columbia University. He is author of “Architectural Graphics: Traditional and Digital Communication” (Prentice Hall, 1997) and is also the author or co-author of more than fifty papers published and/or presented at conferences and/or magazines and journals. He is a registered architect in Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York, a licensed Professional Planner in New Jersey, and holder of NCARB certification. He was the 16th president of ACADIA, the Association for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture, and served as a representative for the organization on the editorial board of the International Journal of Architectural Computing in 2012 and 2013. He is a Pioneer Member of ACM SIGGRAPH and is the Chair of the international ACM SIGGRAPH Education Committee. He was the Education Liaison for SIGGRAPH 2013 and Courses Chair in 2015. He is a professional member of the International Interior Design Association and a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, and received the ACM SIGGRAPH Distinguished Educator Award in 2025. Goldman has received awards for teaching, research, and creative work including more than 5000 awards/citations for photography.
M. Arch.; Harvard University; Architecture; 1978
B.A.; Columbia University in the City of New York; Architecture; 1974
2026 1st Annual 12AWARDS International Photography Competition - Jury Choice Award ("Silent Forms"), 12AWARDS
2025 1st International Artistic Photography Awards - First Place Architecture ("Fan Vault, Canterbury"), Artistic Photography Awards
2025 2025 New York Photography Awards – Category Winner of the Year – Photojournalism, Gold and Silver Winners: “Working at the Tannery”, International Awards Associates, Inc./IAA Global
2025 Distinguished Educator Award, ACM SIGGRAPH
2025 2025 AIA National Architectural Photography Competition – First Place ("On the Mall"), American Institute of Architects and Architectural Record
2024 4th Architecture Photo MasterPrize - Winner ("Four Bars"), Architecture MasterPrize
AD 493 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
ARCH 593 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
AD 150 - COLOR AND COMPOSITION
AD 463 - COLLABORATIVE DESIGN STUDIO
architectural and interior design, photography and imaging, film in architecture and architecture/set design in motion pictures, color theory, digital media in design, computer graphics, building technology, VR and AI in (interior) design, photography
AD 150: COLOR AND COMPOSITION
AD 340: PHOTOGRAPHY AND IMAGING
AD 463: COLLABORATIVE DESIGN STUDIO
ARCH 334: COLOR THEORY/ELECTRONIC COLOR
ARCH 585: IMAGINARY WORLDS
DD 449: IMAGINARY WORLDS
DD 449: IMAGINARY WORLDS IN MOTION PICTURES
INT 264: INTERIOR DESIGN STUDIO II
INT 264: INTRO TO DESIGN/INT DESIGN II
INT 364: INTERIOR DESIGN STUDIO IV
the use of information technology in design, building information modeling, architecture/set design in film and environment design in digital media, color in architecture and design. VR and immersive technologies in the processes and products of interior and architectural design
"Education Disrupted"
August, 2025.
"Selfie of Group: Working Alone (or) Together"
Hawaii International Conference on Arts & Humanities, January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2015.
"The Search"
ACADIA, October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2006.
"Immersion, Interaction, and Collaboration in Architectural Design Using Gaming Engines"
CAADRIA, October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2003.
"Requirements for an Effective Distributed Design Review"
ACADIA, October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2003.
"And Now What?"
ACADIA, October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2001.
"Digital Media and Learning the Design Process"
ACADIA, October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 1999.
Glenn Goldman, Andrzej Zarzycki. "Smart Buildings/Smart(er) Designers: BIM and Creative Design Process." In Karen Kensek and Doug Noble, eds., pp. 1-15. Wiley, 2014.
Glenn Goldman. "Architectural Design: Computers." In Andy Pressman, eds., pp. 281-293. McGraw-Hill, 2001.
Glenn Goldman. 2012. "Education: Digital Media and the Beginning Designer." IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 14-21.
Glenn Goldman. 1991. "Computer Graphics and Architectural Design." Computer Graphics, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 174-177.
"Digital Media in Architecture and Interior Design - Curriculum Framework: A Report for the SIGGRAPH Education Committee"
ACM/SIGGRAPH - Education Committee, July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2010.
"Binary Oppositions: Should an Introduction to Computing in Architecture be Taught as a Separate Course?"
ACADIA Quarterly, February, 2003.
"Digital Media"
Arquitectura Digital, March, 2001.
"CAD@NJIT"
ACADIA Quarterly, February, 2000.
"studios@njit"
ACADIA Quarterly, July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 1997.
"Connections: Architecture and Motion Pictures"
AIA New Jersey, September, 1993.
"Digital Design and Presentation"
CFA/CADD Manager, August, 1991.
Glenn Goldman. "Architectural Graphics: Traditional and Digital Communication." Prentice Hall, 1996. ISBN 978-1233419672.
ACM SIGGRAPH Education Committee
Committee Chair, 2021
ACM SIGGRAPH - Distinguished Educators Award Committee
Committee Chair, 2021