Peter C. Papademetriou
A RANGE OF INTERESTS +
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
Design; see Section on WORK
Writing - a Method; see Section on PUBLISHED WRITINGS
Didactic Exhibitions; see Section on EXHIBITIONS
Public Lectures: organizing Lecture Series both academic and public, as well as making Lectures, are a means to extend the borders of Pedagogy and test my position based upon responces by the varied audiences
Professional Presentations and Lectures
“The Rocket, a Jaguar, Turtles + Walnuts and Some Work in Progress”, (closing remarks) Symposium: “Material Evidence”, AIANJ Symposium, College of Architecture and Design, New Jersey Institute of Technology, October 28, 2009 (invited)
“Saarinen Versus. Saarinen: The Search for an American Modern Architecture” (keynote lecture) Symposium and Exhibition: “Building a Modern Campus: Eliel and Eero Saarinen at Drake University”, Harvey Ingham Hall Auditorium, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, November 8, 2008 (invited)
“Eero Saarinen and the Search for an American Modern Architecture”, Lecture sponsored by Alvar Aalto Academy; The Atheneum, Helsinki, Finland; November 21, 2002 (invited)
“Coming of Age: Eero Saarinen and American Modern Architecture”; The Farajollah & Maryam Badie Arfaa 2002/03 Lecture Series in Architecture, The Mandell Theater, Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; October 8, 2002 (invited)
“Coming of Age: Eero Saarinen and American Modern Architecture”; The Myron Goldsmith Memorial Lecture/Spring Lecture Series, School of Architecture, Illinois Institute of Technology; Chicago, Illinois; March 2, 2001 (invited)
“Eero Saarinen and the Search for an American Modern Architecture”; Spring Lecture Series, School of Architecture, Washington University; St. Louis, Missouri; March 23, 2000 (invited)
“Regionalism into Modernism: David R. Williams, O’Neil Ford and an Elusive Sensibility”; Session “Texas in the Twentieth Century” (chaired by Kenneth Hafertepe, Historic Deerfield); Annual Meeting, Society of Architectural Historians; Houston, Texas; April 16, 1999 (invited)
“Eero Saarinen and the Search for an American Modern Architecture”; Spring Lecture Series, School of Architecture, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Newark, New Jersey; March 22, 1999 (invited)
“Saarinen Versus Saarinen”; panel presentation, “Architectural Trinity: 50 Years of the Des Moines Art
Center” (with Franz Schulze, Edmund N. Bacon, I.M. Pei); Sheslow Auditorium, Drake University; Des Moines, Iowa; October 17, 1998 (invited)
“Eero Saarinen and American Modern Architecture”; Spring Lecture Series, School of Architecture and Planning, University of New Mexico; Albuquerque, New Mexico; March 25, 1996 (invited)
"Eero Saarinen and American Modern Architecture"; Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts; Chicago, Illinois; October 16, 1991 (invited)
"Crow Island School: Progressive Education, Functional Design, and the Modern Vision" (keynote lecture); “Children, Learning & School Design”, National Invitational Conference for Architects & Educators; 50th Anniversary of Crow Island School; Northwestern University; Evanston, Illinois; November 17, 1990 (invited)
"Becoming an Architect: Eero Saarinen and American Modern Architecture"; (keynote speech); Associates' and Interns' Workshop; New Jersey Society of Architects 1990 Convention; Atlantic City, New Jersey; October 20, 1990; (invited)
"Eero Saarinen and the 'Search for Form'" (keynote speech); Symposium: "Eliel and Eero Saarinen"; Burchfield Art Center; Buffalo, New York; March 10, 1990 (invited)
"The Saarinen Legacy" (introductory lecture to six-part lecture series); Rice Design Alliance; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Houston, Texas; October 4, 1989 (invited)
"The Urban Planning Perspective"; Board Research Workshop, Rail Research Project; METRO, Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County; Houston, Texas; September 22, 1989 (invited consultant)
"Auto Biography: Moving Houston Then and Now" (lecture series "Station to Station: Mass Transit and Urban Environment"); Rice Design Alliance, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Houston, Texas; April 5, 1989 (invited)
"Downtown Suburbia"; Panelist for Session (chaired by Robert Bruegmann, University of Illinois at Chicago); Annual Meeting, Society of Architectural Historians; Chicago, Illinois; April 16, 1988 (invited)
"Transportation Technology/City Form: Urban Movement and the Cultural Landscape"; Session "Houston: The Making of a City" (chaired by Diane Ghirardo, University of Southern California); Annual Meeting, College Art Association; Houston, Texas; February 11, 1988 (invited)
"On Becoming a Modern Architect"; Fall 1987 Lecture Series; School of Architecture, Rice University, Houston, Texas; September 28, 1987 (invited)
"Eero Saarinen and the 'Search for Form'"; Summer Lecture Series; School of Architecture, Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.; July 22, 1987 (invited)
"Eero Saarinen: From Atelier to Mainstream Practice"; Session "From Patrons to Clients: Case Studies in the History of Architectural Practice" (chaired by Robert Gutman, Princeton University); Annual Meeting, Society of Architectural Historians; San Francisco, California; April 25, 1987 (invited)
"Eero Saarinen and the 'Search for Form'"; "Evolving Perspectives" Lecture Series; College of Architecture, University of Houston, Houston, Texas; November 4, 1986 (invited)
"Some Not-So-Easy Pieces"; Emerging Voices 1986; Architectural League of New York; New York, New York; April 17, 1986 (invited)
"Harvin C. Moore: Houston Architect"; keynote lecture to exhibition; Houston Chapter, AIA/ Houston Metropolitan Research Center; Houston Public Library; Houston, Texas; April 15, 1986 (invited)
"Revision and Reformation: Post-War Magazines and Journals 1945-1965"; Session "American Architecture Through American Eyes: Magazines and Journals 1850-1986" (chaired by Suzanne Stephens, Barnard College); Symposium “The Building and the Book: Architectural Publishing in America”; Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture, Columbia University; New York, New York; March 1, 1986 (invited)
"Eero Saarinen and the 'Search for Form'"; Session "Architecture in the 'Fifties: Between International Style and Postmodernism" (chaired by David Brownlee, University of Pennsylvania); Annual Meeting, College Art Association; New York, New York; February 15, 1986 (invited)
"Regionalism: An Elusive Sensibility"; Summer Lecture Series, Catholic University of America; Washington, D.C.; June 25, 1985 (invited)
"Regionalism: An Elusive Sensibility"; Architects on Architecture Symposium; School of Architecture, Auburn University; Auburn, Alabama; April 25, 1984 (invited)
"Houston: A Tale of Two Cities"; Lecture Series, Calgary Architecture and Urban Studies Alliance; Calgary, Alberta, Canada; April 6, 1984 (invited)
"Regionalism: Allusive, Illusive, Elusive"; Lecture Series, School of Architecture, Carnegie-Mellon University; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; March 13, 1984 (invited)
"Architecture in the Age of Business"; keynote lecture for opening of exhibition “Alfred C. Finn: Builder of Houston”; Houston Chapter, AIA/Metropolitan Research Center; Houston Public Library; Houston, Texas; November 1, 1983 (invited)
"Regionalism: Allusive, Illusive, Elusive"; Architects Week Lecture Series; School of Architecture, Tulane University; New Orleans, Louisiana; September 29, 1983 (invited)
"Influences of the Architectural Press"; ACSA/AIA Teachers' Seminar; Cranbrook Academy of Art; Bloomfield Hills, Michigan; June 21, 1983 (invited)
"Anti-Space as Order in the Modern American City"; Session "The Strip" (chaired by David Gebhard, University of California, Santa Barbara); Annual Meeting, Society of Architectural Historians; Phoenix, Arizona; April 8, 1983 (invited)
"O'Neil Ford and His Search for an Indigenous Architecture"; Architectural League of New York; New York, New York; December 8, 1982 (invited)
"The Evolution of Penal Architecture"; Conference on “The Unconstitutional Jail”; Committee on Architecture for Justice, American Institute of Architects; Houston, Texas; October 1, 1982 (invited)
"Taking the Pulse: Houston"; American Cities Lecture Series; Drexel Institute and Temple University, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; April 7, 1982 (invited)
"Mobility, Settlement and City Form 1830-1980"; Lecture Series "Houston Urban Development, Cultural Geography and Architecture"; Association of Rice Alumni; Houston, Texas; February 16 & 23, 1982 (invited organizer)
“Architecture in Houston Since 1945”; Participant in Exhibition; Farish Gallery, Rice University; Houston, Texas; September 29-October 28, 1981; (invited to juried selection)
"Regionalism: Allusive, Illusive, Elusive"; Lecture Series; College of Design, Art and Architecture, University of Cincinnati; Cincinnati, Ohio; March 14, 1981 (invited)
"In Search of an Indigenous Architecture"; Session "Regionalism as a Dialect" (chaired by John Meunier, University of Cincinnati); Annual Meeting, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture; San Antonio, Texas; March 29, 1980 (invited)
"Revival of the Fittest: An Armchair Tour of Spanish Colonial Architecture"; Lectures for Exhibition "La Arquitectura: Spanish Influences on Houston Architecture"; Houston Public Library; Houston, Texas; November 14 & 15, 1979 (invited)
"The Reign of Spain on the Texas Plain: Backgrounds of Spanish Architecture"; Lectures for Exhibition "La Arquitectura: Spanish Influences on Houston Architecture"; Houston Public Library; Houston, Texas; November 7 & 8, 1979 (invited)
"Formal Taxonomy, Architectural Style and Typological Transformation"; ACSA/AIA Teachers' Seminar, Cranbrook Academy of Art; Bloomfield Hills, Michigan; June 20, 1979 (invited)
"Texas Transitions: Eclecticism, Regionalism, Modernism"; Session "Borrowing, Historicism and Historic Preservation" (chaired by Robert A.M. Stern, Columbia University); Annual Meeting, Society of Architectural Historians; Savannah, Georgia; April 6, 1979 (invited)
"Houston: A Tale of Two Cities"; Lecture Series "Urban Design/ A New Civic Art"; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Houston, Texas; March 19,1979 (invited)
"Icons and Eye-Cons: Signs in the Houston Landscape"; Lectures for Exhibition "Signs of Houston", Houston Public Library; Houston, Texas; December 11 & 13, 1978 (invited)
"Houston: Love It or Leave It"; Resident Associates Lecture Series "Urban Design: The Look of Seven Cities"; Smithsonian Institution; Washington, D.C.; July 27, 1978 (invited)
"The American City is Alive and Well and Living in Texas"; Lecture Series at School of Architecture, University of Texas at Arlington, April 20, 1979; Living Texas Series, Rice University/ Kincaid School, April 19 & 20, 1978; School of Architecture, University of Texas at Austin, April 11, 1978; Corpus Christi Chapter/AIA and Museum Guild/ Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas, January 16, 1978; Department of Architecture, University of California, Berkeley, California, November 30, 1977; College of Environmental Design, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California, November 28, 1977; School of Architecture and Fine Arts, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, March 1, 1977; Graduate School of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania, November 24, 1976; School of Architecture & Urban Planning, Princeton University, November 17, 1976; International Council/ Museum of Modern Art Tour, Kimbell Museum, Ft. Worth, Texas, April 8, 1976 (invited)
"Shake, Rattle and van der Rohe"; Lecture Series "The Fifties: From Eisenhower to Kennedy"; Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies; New York, New York; November 18, 1976 (invited)
"19th Century American Domestic Architecture"; Ashton Villa Lecture Series, Galveston Historical Foundation; Galveston, Texas; March 28, 1976 (invited)
"Houston and Our New City Form"; Series "Modern Architecture: An Introduction"; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Houston, Texas; April 16, 1975 (invited)
"Houston: Love It or Leave It"; School of Architecture and Planning, Columbia University; New York, New York; October 16, 1974 (invited)
"Notes on American Architecture"; Lecture Series, Carnegie-Mellon University; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; April 5, 1971
Symposia/Exhibitions/Consultation
“New Modes of Architectural Production and Conceptualization” (session chair), “Seeking the City”, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas, March 27-30, 2008
“A Jet-Age Icon is Threatened” Gallery Talk (TWA Terminal), Municipal Art Society, The Urban Center, New York, NY; September 10, 2001 (with Martin Filler, architecture critic for The New Republic)
“Surrogate Saarinen” (exhibition notes), “Two Views of Eero Saarinen: The Architectural Photography of Balthazar Korab and Ezra Stoller”, North Gallery, School of Architecture, Yale University; New Haven, Connecticut; April 9 - May 4, 2001
“10 Years Out”; Participant in Exhibition; School of Art & Architecture Gallery, Yale University; New Haven, Connecticut; September 18- December 15, 1995 (invited)
“Saarinen Architectural Office Reunion” (session moderator); Cranbrook Academy of Art; Bloomfield Hills, Michigan; August 11-13, 1995 (invited)
“Political Landscapes” (Session Moderator); “Architecture as a Political Act”, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture International Conference; Berlin, Germany; May 31 - June 3, 1997 (invited)
"History for Architects at the Present Moment" (symposium participant); in conjunction with exhibition “The History of History in American Schools of Architecture 1865-1975”; Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture; Columbia University; September 27, 1990 (invited)
“Arata Isozaki” (film by Michael Blackwood; commentary and discussion); Art and Music Division/Newark Public Library; Newark, New Jersey; October 25, 1989 (invited)
"Beaux Arch '89" (juror for exhibit); Beaux Arch Exposition; Bridgehampton, New York; July 8, 1989 (invited)
"Closing the Link Between Architect, Designer and Dealers" (panel participant); National Kitchen & Bath Conference; Dallas, Texas; April 3, 1989 (invited)
"Getting Buildings Built" (symposium moderator); Banff 89; Alberta Association of Architects; Banff, Alberta, Canada; April 7-8, 1989 (invited)
"The City and Its Region" (Session Moderator); Annual Meeting, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture; Los Angeles, California; March 15, 1987 (invited)
Buell Seminar on American Architectural Scholarship VII; Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture; Columbia University, New York; October 24, 1986 (invited participant)
"At Home With the Past"; Respondent for Session; Annual Meeting, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture; New Orleans, Louisiana; March 23, 1986 (invited)
"Trends in California Design"; Panel Discussion (chaired by Charles Jencks, University of California, Los Angeles); Monterey Design Conference; Asilomar, California; February 28, 1986
"Modernism in America"; Moderator for Symposium; College of William & Mary; Williamsburg, Virginia; September 6, 1985 (invited)
“Tit for Tat Lin”; Participant in Exhibition; Alternative Museum; New York, New York; November 14-December 8,1984 (invited)
“Why Houston, Why?”; Participant in Exhibition; American Center; Paris, France; May 28-July 7, 1984 (invited)
"The Role of the Press/Criticism in Architecture"; Moderator for Symposium; Rice Design Alliance, Houston Chapter/AIA; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Houston, Texas; January 25, 1984 (invited)
“Dreams and Schemes: Visions and Revisions”; Participant in Exhibition; Contemporary Arts Museum; Houston, Texas; October 2-November 14, 1982 (invited)
"Curriculum, Writing, Teaching"; Moderator for Session; Annual Meeting, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture; Quebec City, Quebec, Canada;1982 (invited)
"Architecture: Women in the Profession"; Program Chairman for Symposium; Rice Design Alliance; Rice University; Houston, Texas; November 19, 1977 (invited)
"Growth: Its Problems and Opportunities"; Houston League of Women Voters Symposium, University of Houston; Houston, Texas; May 23, 1977 (invited)
"The Architecture Major: A Selection"; Participant in Exhibition; Columbia University; New York; September-October 1975
"The Intensive Major"; Conference "Undergraduate Non-Professional Education", Architectural League of New York; New York, New York; January 21, 1975 (invited)
Public Media
“TWA Terminal” by Anthea Raymond Beckler, Bloomberg Radio (AM1130); January 14, 2001
“Transportation and Urban Development”, KTRU radio; February 21, 1983
“Architecture and the Urban Environment”, KTRU radio; March 25, 1982
“Houston Today” by Jack Piper; KNUZ(KQUE) radio; January 7, 14, 1978
“Alvin van Black Show”; KPRC radio; December 1978
“We Are What We Build” by Lois Stark; KPRC-TV (NBC); January 1977
“Sorting It Out” by Dennis Murphy; KUHT-TV (CBS); February 1976
“The Way West” by Walt Silvus; KPFT radio; December 1972
“Galleria Groupie” by Alison Cook; KAUM radio; Spring 1972
Service; both Academic and Professional contexts. Committees, Juries for Architecture Awards as well as Educational Studio Reviews, and even Community Service.
Editorial
Member, Executive Editor Search Committee, Journal of Architectural Education/ACSA, 1997-1998
Editorial Board, Journal of Architectural Education/ACSA, 1987-90, 1997-2000
Publications Committee, Cite, Rice Design Alliance, 1983-85
Advisory Board, CRIT, Associated Student Chapters/AIA, 1983-86
Executive Editor, Journal of Architectural Education, 1982-85
Publications Committee, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, 1979-82
Contributing Editor, Texas Architect, 1979-87
Correspondent, Progressive Architecture, 1975-1996 (ceased publication 1996)
Individual Sponsor, OPPOSITIONS nos. 1 – 25, (IAUS-Institute for Architecture & Urban Studies/Rizzoli)
1973 – 82 (ceased publication 1983)
Correspondent, Architectural Forum, 1973-74 (ceased publication 1974)
Co-Editor, Perspecta 12, The Yale Architectural Journal, 1969
Associate Editor, Perspecta 11, The Yale Architectural Journal, 1967
Photography Editor, The Daily Princetonian, Princeton University, 1964-65
Community/Government
Advisory Panel, Design Advancement Project Grants to Individuals/ Design Arts Program,
National Endowment for the Arts, 1986
Advisory Panel, Cultural Arts Council of Houston, 1978-82
President, Rice Design Alliance, 1978-79
President-Elect, Rice Design Alliance, 1977-78
Vice President, Rice Design Alliance, 1976-77
Volunteer Firefighter, City of Southside Place, Texas, 1976-86
Board Member, Rice Design Alliance, 1974-85
Board Member, KPFT/ Pacifica Radio (Listener-Sponsored), 1974-78
Professional Societies
Member, AIA-New York Design Awards Jury [Projects category], 2004
NAAB School Visit Teams, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture(ACSA), 1998-2003
Corporate Member, AIA Newark and Suburban Architects, 1994-present
Member, Industrial Designers Society of America, 1993-present
Corporate Member, AIA New Jersey (New Jersey Society of Architects), 1991-1994
Member, 85th Stewardson Scholarship Jury/ University of Pennsylvania, 1989
Educator Advisor, New Jersey Intern Development Program/ NJIT, 1988-1991
Member, Architectural League of New York, 1986-present
Member, College Art Association, 1986-present
Member, Design Awards Program Jury/AIA Newark and Suburban Architects, 1998
Member, Design Awards Program Jury/Delaware Society of Architects, AIA, 1991
Member, Design Awards Program Jury/ California Council, AIA, 1986
Member, Design Awards Program Jury/ Fort Worth Chapter, TSA/AIA, 1985
Member, Board of Directors, Society of Architectural Historians, 1984-87
Member, Education Committee, Society of Architectural Historians, 1983-86
Member, Fellows (FAIA) Nominating Committee, Houston Chapter, TSA/AIA, 1983
Member, Design Awards Program Jury/ Dallas Chapter, TSA/AIA, 1983
Member, Design Awards Program Jury/ Kentucky Society of Architects, 1982
Member, Design Awards Program Jury/ Tennessee Society of Architects, 1982
Member, National Design Awards Program Jury/Extended Use, AIA, 1982
Member, Historic Resources Committee, Houston Chapter/AIA, 1981-present
Member, Society for Commercial Archeology, 1980-present
Member, Design Awards Program Jury/ Florida Society of Architects, 1979
Corporate Member, American Institute of Architects, 1978-present
Corporate Member, Texas Society of Architects, 1978-1991
Corporate Member, Houston Chapter, AIA, 1978-1991
Member, Membership Committee/ Texas Chapter, SAH, 1977-80
Member, Texas Chapter, Society of Architectural Historians, 1977-85
Member, Society of Architectural Historians, 1977-present
Member, Bicentennial Events Task Force, Houston Chapter/AIA, 1976
Member, Environmental Awards Jury/ Houston Arts Commission, 1975
Member, Internship & Licensing Task Force, Houston Chapter/AIA, 1975-77
Professional Associate, Texas Society of Architects, 1971-77
Professional Associate, Houston Chapter/AIA, 1971-77
Academic
Rice University New Jersey Institute of Technology
Chairman, Faculty Search Committee 1982-1983 Professor Emeritus 2014 -
Member, Faculty Search Committee 1976-1977, 1981-1982 Member, Faculty Council 2010-2012
Chairman, Architecture Library Committee 1969-1986 Member, Coordinators Committee 2009-2011
Member, University Library Committee 1976-1978 Member, Institute Program Review Committee 2008-2010
Member, Curriculum Study Committee 1969-1970 Member, School of Architecture Faculty Search Committee 2008- Chairman, Foundation Program 1972-1974 2009
Chairman, Undergraduate Affairs Committee 1979-1980 Member, School of Architecture Faculty Search Committee 2007-
Member, Undergraduate Affairs Committee 1972-1986 2008
Member, Graduate Affairs Committee 1974-1986 Third Year Program Curriculum Coordinator/B.Arch. Program 2006- Member, Qualifying Graduate Curriculum Committee 1974-1986 2012 Member, Qualifying Graduate Admissions 1976-1986 Coordinator, Urban Environments/Joint PhD Program Member, Lectures Committee 1969-1972 in Urban Systems 2005- 2007 Member, Publications Committee 1969-1972 Member, College of Computing Science Dean Search Committee Member, Freshman Admissions 1972-1976 2005-2006
Member, President's Committee on the Media Center 1974-1975 Member and Chair, School of Architecture Curriculum Member, University Marshals 1975-1978 Committee 2001-2003
Member, Executive Committee [in Dean's absence] 1980 Member, Curriculum Committee, Urban Systems Ph.D. ACSA School Councilor 1979-1980 Program 2001-2004
Preceptorship Advisor (IDP Educator Advisor) 1980-1986 Member and Chair, School of Architecture Faculty Search Faculty Associate & Advisor, Jones College 1982-1984 Committee 2000-2001 Member, School of Architecture Faculty Search Committee 1999- 2000
Member, Honor Commission 1998-2003 Member, Institute Promotion & Tenure Committee 1997-2000
Member, Institute Graduate Admissions Director Search Committee 1997
Member, Institute Librarian Search Committee 1988-89, 1991, 1995
Chairman, School of Architecture Dean Search Committee1989- 1991
Member, Institute Graduate Council 1989-2004
Member, Graduate Admissions Recruitment Committee 1998-2000
Member, Committee on the Library 1990-2011
Member, Education & Career Services Task Force 1990-1991
Chairman, School of Architecture Library Committee 1988-1991
Member, School of Architecture Library Committee 1991-present
Member, School of Architecture Scholarships & Awards Committee 1991-2003
Member, School of Architecture Curriculum Committee 1990-2002 Member, School of Architecture P&T Committee 1988-1998
Member, School of Architecture Facilities Committee 1988-1991
Member, Institute Marshals 1989-2003
NAAB Accreditation Team Visits 1988, 1991,1997, 2003
HONORS + AWARDS
Alumi Achievement Award (50th Reunion – Class of ‘61), Newark Academy; October 15, 2011
Second Prize, Tenth Annual JPMorgan-Chase Community Design Competition (Comprehensive Design Studio/ARCH507G with Newark Preschool Council, Inc.), Spring 2003
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA)
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Service Award; March 16, 2003 (for NAAB School Visit Teams 1998-2003)
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Citation of Service; March 20, 1990 (for JAE Editorial Board)
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, 1986-87
Texas Society of Architects Design Award,
1983Arnold W. Brunner Scholarship, New York Chapter/AIA,
1981Houston Chapter, AIA-Houston Home & Garden Design Honor Award,
1981Outstanding Educator in America, 1975
A BRIEF HISTORY IN LETTERHEADS:
Letterheads tracing the evolution of the School of Architecture, including new Programs and eventual expansion into the College of Architecture and Design. Personal Business Cards parallel the evolution, up to Professor Emeritus status.
My second year, I was appointed Chairman of a new Dean Search Committee by Faculty vote. The Committee included veteran Associate Professors, an Assistant Professor, representatives from other Colleges of the University, an Alumnus, and a Professional
I served on the Board of the SAH; my colleagues were a distinctive group, While not a bonafide PhD in Art History, I did present papers vetted at Annual Meetings, and was an advocate for retaining History both in curricula, and as a component of the NAAB (National Architectural Accreditation Board) Architecture Schools' accreditation process.
'RDA' was created to promote Public Awareness of Architecture/Design and Social/Environmental issues. Faculty of Rice University, University of Houston, and invited citizens formed the Board; I was President 1978-1979. The medallion celebrated 25 years. Refer to CITE in "Published Writings 6".
I had been with a 3-person firm, invited by a teaching colleague, but the dynamics compelled me to find a more compatible 2-person arrangement.
When I moved to New York, I joined the firm of a former Rice Graduate, Eric R. Kuhne. We took on a major jump in scale, with the Darling Park complex by Land Lease Corporation in Sydney, Australia. A heart attack in 1997 compelled my cutting back from practice and travel.
And so it goes: my interrelated interests and continuing them as they reinforce one another, resulted in a "reinvention".