Jeffrey Huber is a Professor in the School of Architecture at FAU where he teaches upper-division architecture studios. Huber also teaches lecture courses on housing, urban design, and materials and methods of construction. His work focuses on interdisciplinary public work projects that combine ecological, landscape, urban, and architectural design. Huber is also a principal in the internationally recognized firm of Brooks + Scarpa and manages their South Florida office. He is currently researching issues of sea-level rise in south Florida and has established nearly a million dollars in grant funding in that effort through the National Endowment of the Arts, NOAA/ Florida Sea Grant and AIA grant programs.

Huber’s research, teaching, and design work have garnered numerous national awards from The American Institute of Architects (AIA), The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), and the American Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) from whom he was awarded the 2011-2012 ACSA/AIAS New Faculty Teaching Award and more recently the Tau Sigma Delta Gold Medal, the only architect ever to do so from Florida. Huber was elevated to Fellow of The American Institute of Architects in 2021, received the National Young Architect Award in 2017, and he has received over 15 national AIA Institute design awards and over 75 national design awards. He recently publish the book, Salty Urbanism: A Design Manual to Address Sea-Level Rise and Climate Change for Urban Areas in the Coastal Zones which highlights his ongoing design research to address sea level rise and climate vulnerability in the region.

Huber has advanced sustainability educational and professional initiatives in agricultural urbanism, green school design, missing-middle housing typologies, Transit-Oriented Development and Low Impact Development. His professional work has been published in books and periodicals including 99K House Competition, Architect, Residential Architect, and Architectural Record. Huber has taught and lectured at the University of Florida, University of Tennessee, Clemson University, Mississippi State University, University of Miami, University of Southern California and University of Arkansas.

Huber was previously the Assistant Director of the University of Arkansas Community Design Center, an internationally recognized outreach center of the Fay Jones School of Architecture + Design. He has also worked in Miami for Zyscovich Architects, Inc. and Howard Davis Associates Architects, P.A. in Saint Augustine. Huber holds a Bachelor of Design in Architecture, a Master of Architecture from the University of Florida, and a Master of Landscape Architecture from Florida International University. Huber also holds an NCARB Certificate with licensure in Florida and Arkansas and is a LEED Accredited Professional with LEED project experience in building design and neighborhood development.