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Jonathan Levi
Adjunct Professor Department of Architecture |
Curriculum Vitae
| Education | ||
| 1981 | M.Arch., Yale School of Architecture New Haven, Connecticut |
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| 1977-78 | Attended, Harvard Graduate School
of Design Cambridge, Massachusetts |
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| 1976 | B.A. cum laude with distinction,
Yale College New Haven, Connecticut |
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| Teaching | ||
| 2007- | Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge,
Massachusetts. Adjunct Professor of Architecture |
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| 2000-2007 | Harvard Graduate School of Design,
Cambridge, Massachusetts. Adjunct Associate Professor of Architecture |
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| 1985-2000 | Harvard Graduate School of Design,
Cambridge, Massachusetts. Design Critic in Architecture - Adjunct. Studio instructor in architectural design. Lecturer in construction technology. |
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| Harvard GSD Courses Taught (Semester Courses) | ||
| 2007-08 | Core Lecture-Construction Technology, Core Studio, Thesis | |
| 2006-07 | Core Lecture-Construction Technology (1 Module Only), Core Studio, Thesis | |
| 2005-06 | Core Lecture-Construction Technology, Core Studio, Thesis | |
| 2004-05 | Core Lecture-Construction Technology, Core Studio, Thesis | |
| 2003-04 | Core Lecture-Construction Technology, Core Studio, Thesis | |
| 2002-03 | Elective Seminar, 'The 'Esquisse', Core Studio, Thesis | |
| 2001-02 | Core Studio, Not-In-Residence, Thesis | |
| 2000-01 | Elective Seminar-‘The 'Esquisse'’, Core Studio, Thesis | |
| 1998-99 | Elective Seminar-‘The 'Esquisse'’, Core Studio, Thesis 1999-2000 - Elective Seminar-‘The 'Esquisse'’, Core Studio, Thesis | |
| 1997-98 | Elective Seminar-‘The Analytique’, Core Studio, Thesis | |
| 1996-97 | Elective Seminar-‘The Analytique’, Core Studio, Thesis | |
| 1995-96 | Elective Seminar-‘The Analytique’, Core Studio, Thesis | |
| 1994-95 | 2 Core Studios, Thesis | |
| 1993-94 | 2 Core Studios, Thesis | |
| 1992-93 | 2 Core Studios, Thesis | |
| 1991-92 | 2 Core Studios, Thesis | |
| 1990-91 | 2 Core Studios, Thesis | |
| 1989-90 | Core Lecture-Construction Technology, Core Studio, Thesis | |
| 1988-89 | Core Lecture-Construction Technology, Core Studio, Thesis | |
| 1987-88 | Core Lecture-Construction Technology, Core Studio, Thesis | |
| 1986-87 | Core Lecture-Construction Technology, Core Studio, Thesis | |
| 1985-86 | Core Lecture-Construction Technology, Core Studio, Thesis | |
| Professional Practice | ||
| 1995- | Jonathan Levi Architects, Inc. Principal 266 Beacon Street Boston, MA |
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| 1994-95 | Stein/Levi Architects Principal 266 Beacon Street Boston, MA |
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| 1984-94 | Jonathan Levi Architect Principal. Eight Alton Place Brookline, MA |
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| 1981-84 | Hammond, Beeby & Babka Project Designer/Architect. 440 N. Wells Street Chicago, IL |
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| Membership & Appointments | ||
| 2004- | National Peer, Chief Architect's Office, General Services Administration | |
| 2002- | Member, College of Fellows, American Institute of Architects | |
| 1988- | Member, American Institute of Architects | |
| 1988- | Member, Boston Society of Architects | |
| 1985- | Certified, National Council of Architectural Registration Boards | |
| 1985- | Registered Architect, Massachusetts | |
| Selected Juries & Panels | ||
| 2006 | Juror, AIA Birmingham, Design Awards | |
| 2005 | Juror, Virginia Society of the AIA, Awards for Excellence in Architecture | |
| 2005 | Juror, AIA Connecticut, Design Awards | |
| 2005 | Juror, GSA A/E Selection Panel, Derby Line VT Border Station | |
| 2003 | Juror, Boston Society of Architects/AIA, Rotch Traveling Scholarship | |
| 2003 | Juror, AIA/Rhode Island, Design Awards | |
| 1985-present | Visiting Juror, Yale, M.I.T., R.I.S.D., Univ. of Illinois, Chicago, Northeastern Univ. | |
| Community Service | ||
| 1994- | Corporator, Board of Directors, North Bennet Street School | |
| 1992- | Board of Trustees, First Church in
Chestnut Hill Chairman, 1995-1997 |
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| 1999-2002 | Publications Committee, Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art and Architecture | |
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| Awards | |
| Harvard Graduate Student Housing Complex: Award for Design Excellence — Honor Award, Boston Society of Architects/AIA, 2008. | |
| Michael Driscoll School: Award for Design Excellence — Honor Award, Boston Society of Architects/AIA, 2008. | |
| Harvard University Landscape Institute of the Arnold Arboretum: Award for Design Excellence — Citation, Boston Society of Architects/AIA, 2008 | |
| Education City Housing, Qatar Foundation: Honor Award for Campus Planning, Boston Society of Architects/AIA, 2008. | |
| Harvard Graduate Student Housing Complex: Honor Award for Design Excellence in Housing, Boston Society of Architects/AIA and AIA New York Chapter, 2008. | |
| Coolidge Corner Public Library, Brookline, MA: Award for Design Excellence – Special Citation, Boston Society of Architects/AIA, 2007. | |
| Harvard Graduate Student Housing Complex: Honor Award, American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), 2007. | |
| FlexDorm Design Concept: Grand Prize Design Award, 21st Century Project Competition, Association of College and University Housing Officers (ACUHO-I), 2007. | |
| Brookline Residence, Brookline, MA: Finalist, 2006 Harleston-Parker Medal, (best project of any type built in metropolitan Boston in preceeding 10 years), Boston Society of Architects (AIA, Boston Chapter). | |
| Harvard Graduate Student Housing Complex: 2006 Merit Award for Sustainable Design, Boston Society of Landscape Architects/ASLA. | |
| North Bennet Street School, Boston, MA: 2006 Small Projects Design Award, Boston Society of Architects/AIA; Exhibition Gallery and Retail Space. | |
| Harvard Graduate Student Housing Complex: 2005 Award for Excellence in Architecture, New England Regional Council American Institute of Architects. | |
| Brookline Residence: Finalist, 2005 Harleston-Parker Medal, (best project of any type built in metropolitan Boston in preceeding 10 years), Boston Society of Architects (AIA, Boston Chapter). | |
| Nominated and Invested, AIA College of Fellows, Category of Design, Class of 2002. | |
| Holocaust Memorial in Charleston: 2001 Award for Excellence in Religious Arts; Visual Arts Category, Faith & Form Magazine with the Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art and Architecture (AIA Professional Interest Area Commitee). | |
| The Belmont Hill Club: 2000 Honor Award for Design Excellence, Boston Society of Architects (AIA, Boston Chapter). | |
| John D. Runkle School: 2000 Special Citation for Exterior Renovation, Boston Society of Architects. | |
| Residence for Judge Thomas and Gloria May: 2000 Award for Design Excellence in Housing, American Institute of Architects New York /Boston Society of Architects. | |
| Holocaust Memorial in Charleston: 2000 Honorable Mention Award for Excellence in Architecture, AIA New England. | |
| Holocaust Memorial in Charleston: 1999 Honor Award for Design Excellence, Boston Society of Architects. | |
| Chestnut Hill Residence: 1996 American Wood Council Award of Merit, Washington, D.C | |
| Chestnut Hill Residence: Honor Award for Design Excellence in Housing - 1996, Boston Society of Architects (AIA, Boston Chapter). | |
| Chestnut Hill Residence: Finalist, 1996 Harleston-Parker Medal, (best project of any type built in metropolitan Boston in preceeding 10 years), Boston Society of Architects (AIA, Boston Chapter). | |
| Low-Cost Rural Housing: Merit Award-1990, American Wood Council. | |
| Low-Cost Rural Housing: Honor Award - 1990; New England Regional Council AIA | |
| Residence in Boylston: First Prize for Best Formal Presentation Rendering - 1989; American Society of Architectural Perspectivists, Catalog, Oct. 1989. | |
| Auburn Court: 1989 Honor Award for Design Excellence in Housing; Boston Society of Architects (AIA, Boston Chapter). | |
| Van Dyke residence: Builder Magazine 1987 Merit Award.* | |
| Van Dyke residence: Chicago Chapter AIA Honor Award - 1984.* | |
| * | Jonathan Levi, Project Designer for Hammond Beeby and Babka, Inc. Chicago, IL |
| Lectures |
| “Recent Work”, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Wilwaukee WI, September 2008. |
| “Housing for Colleges and Universities: New Perspectives”, Executive Education at Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge MA, July 2008. |
| FlexDorm Housing Concept: Featured speaker, Conference, Association of College Administrators and Planners (ACAP), Baltimore MD, October 2007. |
| FlexDorm Design Concept: Featured Speaker, Annual Conference of the Association of College and University Housing Officers International (ACUHO-I), Seattle WA, July 2007. |
| Education City Housing: Qatar Foundation, invited competition finalist presentation, Doha, Qatar, May 2007. |
| FlexDorm, Presentation, The 21st Century Project Design Conference of the Association of College and University Housing Officers International (ACUHO-I), Phoenix, AZ, January 2007. |
| “Graduate Housing for the 21st Century”, Presentation, Society for College and University Planning (SCUP), Richmond, VA, April 2006. |
| ‘Graduate Housing for the 21st Century’, Presentation, ACUHO-I/APPA Housing Workshop, Salt Lake City UT, October 2005. |
| ‘City of Wood’, Public Lecture, Auburn University, October 2004. |
| Harvard Graduate Housing Complex: ‘Conversations’, Public Symposium, Boston Society of Architects, September 2004. |
| ‘Recent Work of Jonathan Levi’, Public Lecture, University of Illinois, Circle, April 2002. |
| Symposium address: “Spirituality in Architecture”, School of Architecture, University College, Dublin, Ireland, 8 April 2000. |
| Holocaust Memorial in Charleston: “Charleston Holocaust Memorial - Architecture, Urban Design, Sculpture”, Public Lecture, Northeastern University, May 1999. |
| “Jonathan Levi – Recent Architecture: Function and Symbol”, Lecture, Departmental Lecture Series, Harvard Design School, March 1999. |
| “Innovations in Residential Window Design”, Lecture, General Session Keynote Address, National Convention, National Association of Wood Window and Door Manufacturers, 4 August 1997. |
| Exhibitions |
| Propagations (recent work exhibit): Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge MA, May 2008. |
| Harvard Graduate Housing Complex, Exhibit, Harvard Design School Gallery, January 2005. |
| Brookline Residence Interiors: Exhibition, Harvard Design School Gallery, December 2001. |
| Belmont Hill Club, Runkle School, Holocaust Memorial: Exhibition, AIA National Convention, Denver CO, May 2001. |
| Belmont Hill Club, Runkle School, May Residence, Holocaust Memorial: Exhibition, Yale School of Architecture, Main Gallery, May 2001. |
| Holocaust Memorial in Charleston: Exhibition, AIA New England Annual Conference, Rockport, ME, September 2000. |
| Holocaust Memorial in Charleston: “Charleston Holocaust Memorial - Concept to Excecution”, Exhibition, Northeastern University, May – June 1999. |
| Belmont Hill Club: Exhibition, Harvard Design School Gallery, December 1998 – January 1999. |
| Jonathan Levi - Selected Drawings, “Drawing By Design”, Group Faculty Show, Harvard Design School Gallery, October 1997. |
| Charleston Holocaust Memorial: Harvard Graduate School of Design Gallery, Fall 1995. |
| Brookline Residence: Group Exhibition, Yale School of Architecture. 1995. |
| Brookline Residence: Exhibition, Harvard Graduate School of Design Gallery. 1992. |
| Residences in Boylston: Exhibition, Harvard Graduate School of Design Gallery, 1990 |
| Residence in Boylston: Architecture in Perspective IV; Group Exhibition, The Art Institute of Chicago, Oct.-Nov. 1989. |
| Jonathan Levi Architect: Establishing a Threshold, 12 Boston Architectural Practices; Group Exhibition and Catalog sponsored by Bank of Boston, Sept. 1985. |
| Selected Publications |
| May Residence: The Sourcebook of Contemporary Architecture, Àlex Sánchez Vidiella, Collins Design and Loft Publications, Spain, 2007, pp 494-501. |
| FlexDorm Design Concept: The 21st Century Project Design Showcase: The Home, James Baumann, 2007, pp 14-23. |
| FlexDorm Design Concept: The Boston Globe, “College Dorms Get High-Tech Treatment”, Peter Schworm, September 2, 2007, pp B2, B7. |
| FlexDorm Design Concept: The Chronicle of Higher Education, “The Dorm Room of the Future”, Lawrence Biemiller, February 23, 2007, pp B12-B13. |
| Harvard Graduate Student Housing: Architecture Boston, “Jonathan Levi FAIA Conversations on Architecture”, Rachel Levitt, March/April 2005, pp 9-10. |
| FlexDorm Design Concept: Architectural Record, “Competition Rethinks Student Housing for the Echo-Boom Generation”, Alan Brake, April 2007, p.40 |
| Brookline Residence: New Houses, Llorenç Bonet, Harper Design and Loft Publications, 2005, pp.124-131. |
| May Residence: Houses-Casas-Häuser, eds. Hugo Kliczkowski and Alejandro Bahamón, HK-Onlybook (Madrid)/Loft Publications (Barcelona), Spain, 2005, pp91-99. |
| Harvard Graduate Housing Complex: “Jonathan Levi Architects Creates Affordable University Housing That Encourages A Sense of Community Among Graduate Students”, Architectural Record, December 2004, pp. 186-191. |
| May Residence: House Design, Loft Publications, Barcelona, Spain, Fall 2004. |
| Patent Window: Facade Construction Manual, Institute for Internationale Architecktur-Dokumentation Redaktion Detail, Munich, Germany, 2004. |
| Brookline Residence, May Residence: The Distinctive Home: A Vision of Timeless Design, J. Eck, Taunton Press, 2003, pps.66, 157. |
| Holocaust Memorial in Charleston: “Millennium Awards Issue”, Faith and Form, Vol. 34, no. 1/2001, p.27. |
| John D. Runkle School; Harvard Design Magazine, Winter/Spring 2001, p106. |
| The Belmont Hill Club, The John D. Runkle School & The May Residence: “The Year in Review Issue”, ArchitectureBoston, vol. 3, no.5, 2000, pp.42, 49 & 58. |
| Holocaust Memorial in Charleston: Harvard Design Magazine, Winter 2000, pp 105. |
| Holocaust Memorial in Charleston: “The Holocaust: A Reconciliation of Two Portraits”, cover feature, B. Meyer/J. Levi, Faith and Form, Vol. 32, no. 3/1999, pp8-9. |
| Holocaust Memorial in Charleston: “Holocaust Memorial, Charleston, SC”, World Magazine – Journal of the Unitarian-Universalist Society, Dec. 1999, pp.48. |
| Belmont Hill Club: Harvard Design Magazine, Fall 1999, pp.98. |
| May Residence: “A Modern Treehouse”, R. Campbell, Boston Globe, Jul 8, 1999, pp.F1, 8. |
| Holocaust Memorial in Charleston: “Architect/Sculptor’s Statement”, J. Levi, Dedication Catalog, pp 2. |
| Holocaust Memorial in Charleston: “Remembering”, R. Behre, Charleston Sunday Post and Courier, Jun 6, 1999, pp1. |
| May Residence: Harvard Design Magazine, Fall 1998, pp98. |
| Holocaust Memorial in Charleston: “The Power of Memory”, M.S. Grossman, Charleston Magazine, July/August 1997, pp 20-26. |
| Chestnut Hill Residence: “Dettaglio E Totalita”, Mario Biagi, Ville Giardini, March 1997, pp.18-25. |
| Chestnut Hill Residence: Harvard Design Magazine, Summer 1997, p.p83. |
| Auburn Court/Chestnut Hill Residence: House Design: Art and Practice, Alfred Devido, John Wiley & Sons, 1996, pp.76-77, 104-105. |
| Brookline Residence: Wohnungen in Hozbauweise, Dieter Gutekunst, Karl Kramer Verlag, 1997, pp.196-203. |
| Brookline Residence: The New American House, O.R. Ojeda, Whitney Library of Design, 1995, pp.196-203. |
| Brookline Residence: "Bauen und Wohnen", Feidler/Berg, Stern, Nov. 12, 1995, pp.118-130. |
| Brookline Residence: "Tall Order", R. Campbell, The Boston Globe, May 18, 1995, pp.A1, 4, 5. |
| Portfolio: Brookline Residence/Chestnut Hill Residence: "Jonathan Levi's Wood Detailing - Rethinking the Wood House", M.A. Branch, Progressive Architecture, May 1994. |
| Brookline Residence: Casas Internacional, March 1994. |
| The Southgate Building: "The End of Dumb Walls"; J. S. Russell, Architectural Record, October 1993, pp.109, 114-115. |
| "Notes on Eric Owen Moss", (criticism), GSD News, Spring/Summer 1993. |
| Portfolio; Auburn Court/Low-Cost Rural Housing: "Emerging Talent: Jonathan Levi"; M.A. Branch, Progressive Architecture, March 1992, pp74-79. |
| Auburn Court: "Affordable Housing"; R. Campbell, Boston Globe, Oct. 1, 1989, pp.10-18, 82-83. |
| Residence in Boylston: Architecture in Perspective IV, Art Institute of Chicago, Catalog, cover. |
| Residence in Boylston: "Art by Design"; P. Gapp, Chicago Tribune, Oct. 15, 1989, sect 13-pp.16. |
| Bruzelius Residence: Home, November 1988, pp. 74-75. |
| Shutack Residence: Abitare, July/August 1987, pp. 192-3. |
| Van Dyke Residence: Architecture, July 1987, pp. 40-43. |
| NSCI Sacred Objects, Hinsdale Residence Addition, Shutack Residence: Architecture and Urbanism, May 1987, pp. 42-43, 57-64. |
| Shutack Residence: Builder, November 1986. |
| Van Dyke Residence: House and Garden, May 1986. |
| Van Dyke and Shutack Residences: Global Architecture no.19, Feb. 1986. |
| Van Dyke and Shutack Residences: Chicago Architecture Annual, 1986, pp.84-87. |
| Shutack Residence: Inland Architect, Nov. 1985. |
| Van Dyke Residence: Art Institute of Chicago, Exhibition, Jan. - Feb. 1985. |
| Shutack Residence: Threshold Journal, Fall 1983. |
| NSCI Sacred Objects: Architectural Record, June 1983, pp.112-13. |
| NSCI Sacred Objects: AIA Journal Awards Issue, Spring 1983. |
| Selected Works | |
| 2007 | Female and Male Student Housing, Education City, Doha, Qatar, 1200 bed housing campus with dining and educational components for The Qatar Foundation. Invited competition finalist with presentation to Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned. |
| 2006- | IRS Northeast Regional Service Center, Andover, Massachusetts, renovation of 400,000 sf regional headquarters building as a model workplace through the Federal General Services Administration's Design Excellence Program. |
| 2006-7 | Boston Dental Center, Brookline, Massachusetts, new 2,400sf dental office building. |
| 2006-7 | Harvard University Landscape Institute of the Arnold Arboretum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Interior design and fit-out of 7,000 sf academic space. |
| 2005- | Roger Wellington School, Town of Belmont, Massachusetts, new 103,000 sf pre-K–4 elementary school. |
| 2004-6 | Doran Residence, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, new waterfront semi-detached residence. |
| 2004-6 | North Bennet Street School Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, renovation of a storefront space into a gallery and retail store for a school of fine craft. |
| 2003-5 | Michael Driscoll School, Town of Brookline, Massachusetts, 96,000 sf renovation, new student dining, food service, multi-purpose rooms, entry redesign. |
| 2002-4 | Harvard University Graduate Student Dining Commons, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1,500 sf dining facility, servery, convenience store, multi-function space. |
| 2000-4 | Harvard University Graduate Student Housing Complex at 29 Garden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 143 bed dormitory, full renovation, new exterior courtyard and gateways. |
| 2000-5 | Town of Brookline Public Library-Coolidge Corner Branch, exterior renovation, façade and entry. |
| 2001-2 | Soule Recreation Center, Town of Brookline, Massachusetts, interior/exterior renovation, reprogramming, entry redesign |
| 1999-2002 | Charlton Federated Church, Charlton, Massachusetts, Chancel addition, meetinghouse remodeling with new altar, choir, renovations to school and social hall (in design). |
| 2001 | Brookline Residence Interiors, Interior design completion of 1992 residence including extensive built-in ensembles. |
| 1998-2000 | John D. Runkle School, Brookline, Massachusetts, K-8 exterior elevation redesign/replacement. |
| 1996-9 | Holocaust Memorial in Charleston, South Carolina, 7000sf memorial environment in urban square, sculpture by architect. |
| 1996-7 | Harvard Public Library, Harvard, Massachusetts, project for 11,000sf new library attached to renovation of national historic site Bromfield School. |
| 1996-7 | Belmont Hill Club, Belmont, Massachusetts; tennis/swim club major addition/renovation. |
| 1997-8 | North Street Municipal Building, 32,000sf renovation of classical municipal building in Boston’s North End historic district. |
| 1995-2000 | Taft Middle School, Boston, Massachusetts; 104.000sf major public school renovation with new atrium and public spaces. |
| 1995-8 | May Residence, Brookline, Massachusetts; 2100sf private residence |
| 1993-4 | Rowe Residence, Newton, Massachusetts; major addition/renovation. |
| 1991-4 | Brookline Residence, Brookline, Massachusetts; 2300sf private residence. |
| 1992-4 | Chestnut Hill Residence, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts; 3500sf private residence. |
| 1991 | West-Piering Residence, Westport, Massachusetts, waterfront residence addition and remodeling. |
| 1990 | Nathaniel T. Allen House and School, Selected renovations, landscape elements and additions to National Historic Register site. |
| 1988-9 | The Southgate Building, Boston, Massachusetts; 8000 s.f. commercial structure incorporating professional offices and shops. |
| 1988-9 | Ormon Residence, Quincy, Massachusetts; 2850 s.f. residence on Boston harbor. |
| 1987-8 | Low-Cost Rural Housing, Sutton, Massachusetts; 16 single family residences, each of approximately 1,800sf -12 homes executed. |
| 1985-88 | Auburn Court Condominiums, Newton, Massachusetts; 6 units of attached housing comprising 5,400sf of new construction with a 3,700sf remodelingof an existing rectory. |