GSD Alumni and Friends
ALUMNI NEWSLETTER ARCHIVES, 2002
CHARLES CREIGHTON CARLIN, MArch '80
RACHADA CHANTAVIRIYAVIT, MLA '83
NELSON CHEN,MArch '78
HARRY COBB, MArch '49
DAVID CRANE, MCP '52
ROBERT CURRIE, MArch '65
BRETT DONHAM, BArch '64
JONATHAN HALPER, MArch '81
HIROAKI INOUE, MAUD '96
LOUIS KAUFMAN, MArch '84
JANE LOEFFLER, MCP '71
PETER SCHAUDT, MLA '84
TADHG SWEENEY, BArch '68
ALBERTO TREVIÑO, MLA '58
SRDJAN JOVANOVIC WEISS, MArch '97
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The University of South Florida School of Architecture and Community Design is hosting a 2 day symposium in honor of David Crane, FAIA, MCP '52 (a charter member of the USF architecture faculty, who retired this year). For the past half century, Professor Crane has been a leading practicioner, educator, and researcher, in the areas of sustainable architecture, urban design and development.
The symposium, on the "future of sustainable communities", will feature lectures and panel discussions by leading architects and urban designers, including several of David's former students and colleagues. In addition to David Crane himself, confirmed speakers include:
Denise Scott Brown, Philadelphia (former student)
Dan Bennett, Auburn University (former student/colleague)
Robert Campbell, MArch '67, Boston (former colleague)
Tunney Lee, MIT (former colleague)
Richard Dagenhart, Georgia Tech (former student/colleague)
Victor Dover, Miami
Lee Cott, FAIA, MAUD '70, Boston/Harvard
Stroud Watson, Univ of Tennessee
William Morrish, Univ. of Virginia
Tony Santos, New Jersey Tech
David Lee, Boston
Michael Kwartler, New York
The event will take place on Friday, February 28, and Saturday, March 1 at USF in Tampa.
For more information, contact Stephen Schreiber,
AIA, MArch '84, Director at 813-974-4031 or schreiber@arch.usf.edu, or
visit the School's web site at www.arch.usf.edu
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Robert G. Currie, MArch '65, AIA, Senior Designer with the Robert G. Partnership, architects and planners based in Delray Beach since 1969, received an the prestigious Gold Medal Award from the Palm Beach Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. The award banquet was held November 19th at the Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach. A Gold Medal is awarded annually to an architect for their outstanding contributions to the architectural profession.
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The Robert G. Currie Partnership, architects and planners based in Delray beach, received an Honor Award for Design of the Jupiter Theatre, formerly known as the Burt Reynolds Dinner Theatre, located at 1001 East Indiantown Road, in Jupiter, from the Palm beach Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. The project will have a dramatically redesigned exterior façade, the addition of the balcony seating, a new Studio Theatre for children's productions, play readings and intimate productions, a proscenium stage with full fly, and private boxes for special entertaining.
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The Currie Partnership also received an Honor Award for Design of the
Village of Key Biscayne Community Center, in Key Biscayne, Florida, from
the Palm beach Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. The project
is a multi-purpose community center with a parking structure below grade
and a 25 meter swimming pool. Program elements include a gymnasium with
basketball courts, meeting rooms and classroom space, a fitness center,
dance studio, restrooms, lockers, reception area and administrative offices.
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Brett Donham, AB '60 and BArch '64, and Tadhg Sweeney, AB '61 and BArch '68, of Donham & Sweeney, Inc. are pleased to announce that their work at St. John's Memorial Chapel at the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts has won a Preservation Award from the Cambridge Historical Commission. Donham & Sweeney was selected to renovate and restore the stone chapel originally designed by Ware & Van Brunt and constructed in 1869. The exterior restoration of the venerable structure included installing a new polychrome slate roof identical to the original design, extensive masonry work including stone replacement, stained glass repair and restoration, and by subtle regrading of the approaches made the chapel more accessible. Donham & Sweeney also designed a renovation and restoration of the interior that will be carried out later.
More information can be found at www.donhamandsweeney.com
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On October 25, 2002, AIA Connecticut announced the results of its annual Design Awards program. There were twenty-six recipients of awards in six different categories. Among the winners in the Preservation category was a project by Halper Owens Associates Architects, the Greenwich, Connecticut firm of Jonathan Halper, MArch '81. The Sprain Brook Sawmill in Washington Depot, CT was described by AIA Connecticut as "A wonderful historical restoration project with very careful attention to detail. Its drawings are exquisite.
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Hiroaki “Hiro” Inoue, MAUD ‘96 died at 3:00
a.m. on October 9, 2002 due to a car accident. He was 38. Hiro was on
a business trip for Yasuda Women’s University campus building project
in Hiroshima, and while waiting for a cab the evening before, another
driver, who lost control of his wheel, had driven into Hiro’s group
of colleagues. One colleague got badly injured and another slightly wounded.
Hiro was born on May 18, 1964 and raised in Miyazaki, Japan. He studied
mechanical engineering and architecture at Tokyo University and worked
at Taisei Corporation before attending Harvard University where he studied
urban design. Hiro was one of the core founders (also Ott Gira, MAUD ‘96,
William Lee, MUP ‘96 and Jack Hsu, MUP ‘96) of AsiaGSD, a Harvard
student organization founded in 1994 at the GSD to promote awareness of
Asia-oriented issues in the design professions and to enrich discourse
on such topics at the GSD. Through these efforts, new instructors, new
classes, and new books were added to the GSD. Recent speakers at the 8th
Annual Harvard Asia Pacific Design Conference 2002 included Gerdo Aquino,
MLA '96 and Frank Chow MLA '95, among others.
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After graduating from Harvard in 1996, Hiro married, returned to Taisei Corporation in Japan and worked on several projects such as: Sendai MT Building, Sendai, 1999; and Yasuda Women’s University # 9 Building, Hiroshima, under construction as of today.
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Sendai MT Building, Sendai, 2000
Hiro was known to be a quite leader by his peers. His work ethic, talent,
sense of humor, loyalty and team spirited personality will be remembered
by those who were fortunate enough to work with him. Hiro was someone
you could always count on to do more than his fair share of work, in steadfast
constant pursuit of knowledge in his studies. He demonstrated leadership
through examples, uninterrupted support, and top notch character.
Besides work, “I must have rice everyday,” said Hiro as he walked
with friends daily to the Chinese informal lunch vendor near Harvard Law
School. We will all miss him dearly.
Other Japanese Harvard classmates who attended the funeral included Ken
Aoki, MUP ‘96, Ryuichi Arakawa, MDes ‘95, Toshio Fujiwara, MUP
‘96, Shinichi Kaburaki, MDes ‘97, Yasutaka Maeda, MDes ’00,
Akira Okaji, MAUD ‘95, Atsushi Sakai, MUP ‘97, Wataru Tanaka,
MLA ‘95, Chisa Toda, MLA ‘97, Toshio Tsushima, MAUD ’95,
and Norio Yamamoto MAUD ’95.
Hiroaki Inoue is survived by his wife Hiromi; son Shin, age 4; daughter
Midori, age 2; and his friends from the GSD.
-contributed by Ott Gira, MAUD '96
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Midori and Shin
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In the Sacramento office of Gordon H. Chong &
Partners, Louis Kaufman, MArch '84, AIA, was promoted to associate partner.
Louis is a senior designer with 18 years of international experience on
a variety of project types. He has provided senior-level design and management
for a number of large healthcare, entertainment and office projects in
California and abroad. He joined GHCP in 2001. Prior experience includes
eight years at Altoon + Porter Architects in Los Angeles, where as associate
partner he served as managing director of the firm's European office.
He earned a B.A. in Design from UCLA and a Master of Architecture from
the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Normal Group for Architecture / 147 Essex Street, New York, NY 10002
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Jane C. Loeffler's (MCP '71) article,
"Washington and Ottawa: A Tale of Two Embassies," appears in
the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians (Dec 2002). She
presented that paper at the ACSUS (Association for Canadian Studies in
the United States) conference in Ottawa and at the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa
(Sep 2002), and she will speak on that subject at the College Art Association
meeting in NYC (Feb 2003). She recently served on panels assessing the
future of the US Capitol (for the Architect of the Capitol) and proposed
designs for the closed portion of Pennsylvania Avenue (for the National
Capital Planning Commission). She is a Visiting Associate Professor at
the University of Maryland, College Park, where she teaches an Honors
seminar titled "From Glass Boxes to Bunkers: Architecture, Power
and Public Policy."
"Education and the Urban Landscape: Illinois Institute of Technology,”
an essay by Peter Lindsay Schaudt, MLA ’84, was recently published
in Schools for Cities Urban Strategies, a book that grew out of
the Mayor’s Institute on City Design dedicated to Schools. The book
was edited by Sharon Haar for the National Endowment for the Arts Book
Series and is distributed by Princeton Architectural Press.
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