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Daniel Safarik is overall Editor at CTBUH. His responsibilities include representing the Council at events and meetings, selecting and editing research papers, case studies and features for the CTBUH Journal, and managing content for CTBUH International Conferences. Safarik has co-authored or co-edited several of the Council’s recent technical publications.
He served as the Director of the China Office of CTBUH at Tongji University, Shanghai, from 2015 to 2017, spearheading the Council’s efforts to expand influence and membership in China.
Trained as an architect and a journalist, he was the director of marketing for Brooks + Scarpa Architects (formerly Pugh + Scarpa Architects) from 2008 to 2011. Safarik reported on technology or edited for business publications for 16 years, including The Wall Street Journal, The Economist Group, Fast Company, Advanced Trading, Individual Investor, and others.
Safarik has presented or moderated at a number of construction and architecture-related conferences, including:
• Speaker, CTBUH 2016 International Conference, Shenzhen, China, Oct. 2016
• Moderator, Vertical City Conference, Tianjin, China, Oct. 2016
• Panelist, Urban Transitions Global Summit, Shanghai, Sept. 2016
• Session Chair, China Tall Building Awards, Shanghai, May 2016
• Session Chair, Moderator, 2015 International Conference, New York, October 2015
• Moderator, Discussion Panel, Architect @ Work Conference, Shanghai, July 2015
• Moderator, Discussion Panel, CTBUH Inaugural Japan Symposium, Tokyo, May 2015
• Content Manager, CTBUH 2015 International Conference, New York, Oct. 2015
• Content Manager, CTBUH 2014 International Conference, Shanghai, Sept. 2014
• Keynote Speaker, BOMA Suburban Office & Commercial Real Estate EXPO 2014, Oak Brook Terrace, USA, Feb. 2014
• Speaker, Chicago Architecture Foundation, Chicago, Feb. 2014
• Speaker, Construction Mongolia, 2013, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Oct. 2013
• Content Manager, CTBUH 2013 International Conference, London, June 2013
• Moderator, AltBuild, Santa Monica, USA, May 2012
Safarik was a contributing writer and/or editor on the following books:
China Best Tall Buildings: An Overview of 2016 China Skyscrapers Safarik, D. CITAB & CTBUH in conjunction with Tongji University Press, Shanghai, 2016
Best Tall Buildings: A Global Overview of 2014 Skyscrapers. A. Wood, S. Henry, D. Safarik, eds., CTBUH / IIT / Tongji University, Routledge / Taylor & Francis Group, Chicago, 2014
Ping An Finance Center: In Detail. A. Wood, W.M. Tsang, D. Safarik (eds.), CTBUH / IIT/ Tongji University, Chicago, 2014
Shanghai Tower: In Detail. A. Wood, W.M. Tsang, D. Safarik (eds.), CTBUH / IIT/ Tongji University, Chicago, 2014
Suzhou Greenland Center: In Detail. A. Wood, W.M. Tsang, D. Safarik (eds.), CTBUH / IIT/ Tongji University, Chicago, 2014
Green Walls in High-Rise Buildings. A. Wood, P. Bahrami, D. Safarik. CTBUH / IIT/ Tongji University / Images Publishing Group, Chicago, 2014
Best Tall Buildings: A Global Overview of 2013 Skyscrapers. A. Wood, S. Henry, D. Safarik, eds., CTBUH / IIT / Tongji University, Routledge / Taylor & Francis Group, Chicago, 2014
Green Studio Handbook, A. Kwok, W. Grondzik, D. Safarik (researcher). Architectural Press (Routledge), Abingdon, UK, 2006
Mechanical and Electrical Equipment for Buildings, B. Stein, J. Reynolds, A. Kwok, W. Grondzik, D. Safarik (researcher). Wiley, Hoboken, USA, 2005
EDUCATION
University of Oregon, 2007: M. Architecture
Northwestern University, 1998: B. Science, Journalism
Daniel Safarik is overall Editor at CTBUH. His responsibilities include representing the Council at events and meetings, selecting and editing research papers, case studies and features for the CTBUH Journal, and managing content for CTBUH International Conferences. Safarik has co-authored or co-edited several of the Council’s recent technical publications.
He served as the Director of the China Office of CTBUH at Tongji University, Shanghai, from 2015 to 2017, spearheading the Council’s efforts to expand influence and membership in China.
Trained as an architect and a journalist, he was the director of marketing for Brooks + Scarpa Architects (formerly Pugh + Scarpa Architects) from 2008 to 2011. Safarik reported on technology or edited for business publications for 16 years, including The Wall Street Journal, The Economist Group, Fast Company, Advanced Trading, Individual Investor, and…
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