Jeffrey Carney

School of Architecture, Florida Institute for Built Environment Resilience (FIBER)
Associate Professor + Director FIBER
352-294-3373
AH 246
j.carney@ufl.edu

BA, Washington University in St. Louis
M.Arch and MCP, University of California, Berkeley

Areas of Focus: Sustainability  Bio:

Jeff Carney is an Associate Professor in the University of Florida School of Architecture and Director of the Florida Institute for Built Environment Resilience (FIBER). He is a registered architect and certified urban planner working at the interface of housing, neighborhoods, ecosystems, and hazards, with a focus on community-scale adaptation. His current research includes projects in the cities of Port St. Joe, Jacksonville, and Cedar Key, as well as communities across coastal Lee County, all seeking to balance health, environmental, and housing needs in response to disasters and increasing hazard risks. Jeff is spearheading the GulfSouth Studio initiative, sponsored by the National Academies of Sciences Gulf Research Program (NASEM), to connect community engagement, advanced computational tools, and coastal resilience through studio-based design education in the Florida Gulf region. Most recently, Jeff is co-leading the JaxTwin and Florida Digital Twin initiatives, exploring the use of urban digital twins to support decision-making in the City of Jacksonville and the State of Florida more broadly.

Previously, Jeff served as Director of the LSU Coastal Sustainability Studio (CSS), where he led the development of the Louisiana Resiliency Assistance Program (LRAP), designed the 10,000-square-foot permanent exhibition for the LSU Center for River Studies titled Shifting Foundations, and co-led the award-winning submission The Giving Delta for the Changing Course design competition. Shortly before joining UF, Jeff initiated the Inland from the Coast project, supported by NASEM and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which examined upriver flood impacts on Baton Rouge, LA.

Jeff has led over 45 funded research projects totaling more than $14 million. His work has been recognized nationally with numerous state and national awards in architecture, planning, and landscape architecture. His projects have been widely published and exhibited, including at the Venice Biennale.

Jeff earned his bachelor’s degree in architecture from Washington University in St. Louis and master’s degrees in both architecture and city and regional planning from the University of California, Berkeley. While at Berkeley, he was awarded the Branner Fellowship to conduct a year-long research project studying the evolution of modernist neighborhood design in Europe, South America, and Asia—an experience that continues to shape his work today.

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