October 2009 Enewsletter
This E-newsletter keeps fellows in the know about each other's professional lives. It includes new job titles, recent publications, current projects, conferences, symposia, lectures and other events involving fellows.
See Fellowship Events for upcoming conferences and lectures featuring past and current Loeb Fellows.
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Announcements
Alumni Council Grant Program Call for Proposals
Deadline for Submission:
February 26, 2010
Call for Nominations for the Loeb Fellowship
January 4, 2010 is the deadline for APPLICATIONS for a Fellowship starting Fall 2010
Please think about promising candidates for the Fellowship. We are especially interested in increasing the diversity of our applicant pool. Please email syoung@gsd.harvard.edu with nominees.
Call for Projects: Structure for Inclusion Conference March 27, 2009
This year at the Structures for Inclusion conference, projects will be presented that represent the Beta test of the SEED assessment process we have nicknamed The Evaluator. These projects are being selected through a Call for Projects which is attached. Once selected, each project will continue through Part 2 which is also attached. These case studies will help us refine the SEED process further in preparation for a website-based tool to be launched in early 2010.
The Call for Projects closes November 13. The conference will be March 27 at Howard University. We hope you can both submit a project and attend. Please circulate this invitation to others as we work towards broader inclusion.
Announcement and call for Presentation Proposals
AIA/HUD Secretary's 2010 Design Award Program Announced
Applications for the 2010 Housing and Community Design
Awards program are currently being accepted by the
Housing and Custom Residential Knowledge Community of the
American Institute of Architects (AIA), in conjunction
with the Office of the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development. These annual awards recognize excellence in
residential housing design, particularly in affordable
housing, community-based design, participatory design,
and housing accessibility.
Applications are due December 11, 2009. The criteria and
instructions for online submissions are available by clicking the AIA/HUD Secretary's Awards page from the
general AIA awards page
at http://www.aia.org/practicing/awards/index.htm.
Questions should be directed to AIA at (202) 626-7586 or
by email to honorsawards@aia.org
Events
Design in Motion - a special dialogue session linking Design and Mobility in Ann Arbor Michigan,
Led by Barbara Knecht, LF '93, with support from Sue Zielinski, LF '05, and Dave Muyres.
November 11, 2009
Read full description
In Conjunction with MOVING MINDS: The Next Transportation Infrastructure, a summit on sustainable transportation in an urbanizing world, November 9 – 12, website: http://um-smart.org.
Design Excellence in Public Places at Build Boston
Friday, November 20, 2009, 8:00 - 4:30 p.m.
This daylong symposium brings together leading professionals from the areas of architecture, planning, landscape architecture and public art who have distinguished themselves through a holistic approach to the design of public places, including the integration of public art.
Janet Echelman, LF '08, will sit on a panel of a discussion titled Visionary Public Spaces from 10:30 - 12:00 p.m.
More information about the symposium
Wednesday, February 17, 2010, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Phil Freelon, LF '90, and David Adjaye, architects on the winning team for the Smithsonian African American History and Culture Museum on the mall in Washington, D.C., will speak as part of the Boston Society of Architects' Lecture Series. Lectures are held in the Boston Public Library's Rabb Lecture Hall at Copley Square. Lectures are free and open to the public.
Wednesday, May 17, 2010, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Susannah Sayler, LF '09, Photographer and Co-Founder of the Canary Project, will speak as part of the Boston Society of Architects' Lecture Series. Lectures are held in the Boston Public Library's Rabb Lecture Hall at Copley Square. Lectures are free and open to the public.
Ann Coulter, LF '04, and Rodolpho Ramina, LF '04, involved in planning of International Conference of Innovative Cities scheduled for March 10 - 13, 2010
Th goal of the IC-IC is to plan a global network of people involved with innovations in cities, searching for a permanent exchange of innovative technologies of all sorts (including the social ones) among connected cities.
SAVE THE DATE!
Annual Loeb Memorial Luncheons
Friday, December 4, 2009
If you would like to organize a lunch celebration in your city the Loeb office will be glad to assist you with email contact information for the Fellows in your city.
Class Reps and Officers, SAVE the DATE!
May 7 and 8, 2010
The Annual Meeting of the Fellowship will be held the weekend of May 7 - 8 this spring.
SAVE THE DATE!
Loeb Fellowship 40th Reunion
October 7 - 10, 2010
The 40th Anniversary Loeb Fellowship Reunion Celebration will be held from October 7 to 10 of 2010 in Cambridge.
Mark your calendars! Book hotels early as this is a popular season for New England.
More information coming soon.
Alumni News
Charles A. Birnbaum, FASLA, FAAR, LF '98, was awarded the President’s Medal by ASLA President Angela Dye at the annual meeting of the ASLA in Chicago on September 22. Also in September, the University Press of Virginia published, Shaping the American Landscape: New Profiles from the Pioneers of American Landscape Design Project. The book, in development for nearly a decade was edited by Birnbaum. Five regional conferences in New York City, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Nashville and Berkeley will be held in association with the book’s roll-out. For more information go to http://www.tclf.org/about/publications/shaping-american-landscape
Robin Chase featured on Time Magazine panel
Read interview on innovation in the transportation sector
Eric T. Fleisher, LF '08, featured in the New York Times for his work on the Harvard Sustainable Landscape Management project
Loebs attend film screening in Portland
Anthony Flint, LF '01, and Armando Carbonell LF '93, drew an impressive collection of Portland, Oregon-based Loeb alums at the screening of the documentary film Portland: Quest for the Livable City at University Place, Portland State University, October 14. Two of the stars of the film, Bob Stacey LF '01, and Robert Liberty '03, bicycled over; Robert is on the Metro council and Bob is running for president of that regional governing body. Current Loeb fellow Gil Kelley, former city planner in Portland, also appears in the film, which tells the story of the stops and starts and push and pull of Portland’s land use planning system. Also in attendance were Kevin Cavanaugh, LF '08, and Randy Gragg LF '06.
Film Description on the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy website
Deborah J. Goddard, LF '03, Honored with the Suzanne King Public Service Award from NEWIRE
Fidel Lopez, LF '77, has returned to practice architecture with a close friend, Tom Dobbins. As of February, 2009, he joined The Dobbins Group, an architectural and design/build Chicago firm as Project Director. This 14 year old firm does mainly private sector work with corporate clients ranging from W.W. Grainger to Research in Motion (Blackberry). There is also a Lake Forest, IL office which is closer to many of their clients' business offices.
SCI-Arc Distinguished Alumni Awards to honor Jennifer Siegal, LF '03
Jennifer is being honored for her significant contributions to the design and architecture professions by the Alumni Association of the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc). Siegal is best known for her work in designing sustainable pre-fabricated housing. She earned a master’s degree from SCI-Arc in 1994.
The Distinguished Alumni Awards will be presented to Siegal at the Alumni Association’s annual scholarship fundraising event from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 5 at Inner-City Arts, 720 Kohler Street, Los Angeles, CA 90021-1518. For additional information about the event and tickets, please contact Lynn Ordinario, SCI-Arc Alumni Relations Officer, at 213-356-5312 or lynn_ordinario@sciarc.edu.
Julio Cesar Perez to speak at upcoming World Architecture Festival 2009 in Barcelona
Read about Julio in plannersnetwork.org
Sarah Peskin, LF '94, Retires from Park Service
Sarah Peskin retired from the National Park Service in September and is finally able to enjoy the “not so big house” she and her husband Bill Kelley built on the Damariscotta River in Maine. Sarah has agreed to serve on the board of a new nonprofit established to recognize and perpetuate the legacy of Frances Perkins, first female cabinet secretary and the “woman behind the New Deal” according to Kirsten Downey’s recent biography. See www.francesperkinscenter.org. There are several events coming up in NYC and Washington, DC. Contact Sarah if you’d like more information.
Martha Welborne, LF '92, to join Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects
Martha, managing director of the Grand Avenue Committee for the past eight years, will join the Los Angeles office of Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects, a highly regarded national architectural firm, as a Principal focusing on urban planning effective January 1. Welborne will continue to oversee the $3 billion Grand Avenue project in downtown Los Angeles in her new position, working with the Grand Avenue Committee, the private non-profit entity that is leading the redevelopment of Grand Avenue including the new downtown Civic Park.
New from Eleanor White, LF '79
The month of September, 2009 brought two fairly momentous changes to our lives. On September 9, 2009, Samantha Cleaveland White was born to our son, Josh and his wife, Nikki. Samantha weighed 8 lbs, 6 oz., is 20 inches long, and lives with her Mom, Dad, and two cats in Arlington, VA. Everyone is fine, healthy, and besotted with Samantha, our first grandchild. Our two younger sons, Adam and Ben, are delighted to be uncles. Then, on September 15, my husband of 42 years, Barry White (Harvard ’64, HLS ’67), appeared before the U. S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and on September 22 was confirmed as the U. S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Norway! We are leaving for Oslo before the end of October, and expect to be there for about three and a half years. We are SO very excited to be representing this country and THIS President in such a glorious part of the world! And for people who have lived in the same house for 35 years and have had very stable work lives, this will be a magnificent late-in-life adventure! I am planning to continue my work with Housing Partners from afar, thanks to the magic of technology and several trips home a year, and am looking forward with great anticipation to the role of Ambassador’s wife. If any Loeb Fellows have friends or colleagues in Norway, or will be passing through, please email me at ewhite@housingpartnersinc.com. And I’ve promised Jim to do some recruiting for our first Norwegian Fellow.
Job Listings
Civic Park, Inc. in Los Angeles seeks Executive Director
Civic Park, Inc. is a new nonprofit organization responsible for the management of the Grand Avenue Project, which will include up to 3.6 million square feet of development over four parcels of land as well as the 12-acre Civic Park.
Complete job description and requirements
The New York City Department of Parks & Recreation seeks Director of Architecture
The Director of Architecture would manage architecture design studio of 20-25 people, including two Deputy Directors, in the Capital Projects Division and would ensure design excellence for portfolio of approximately 100 architecture projects valued at $55 million.
Complete job description and requirements
U.S. General Services Administration seeks Architect/Engineer
The incumbent of this position serves as an Architect or General Engineer for Sustainable Design in the Office of Federal High- Performance Green Buildings, Public Buildings Service.
Complete Job description and requirements
Grant Opportunity
Stimulus Funds Grant Announcement for Communities
Alumni Council Grant Program Call for Proposals
Deadline for Submission:
February 26, 2010
Seeking Hosts for Outreach Events
Update on Outreach Activities:
The strength of our Fellowship is a product of the excellence and the diversity of our Fellows. In order to select a great class each year and welcome ten new Fellows into our rich network of colleagues, we must have an exceptional pool of candidates. We will only have such a pool if the Fellowship is known broadly throughout the professions for which we are a resource. And you are the key to this. Nearly 60% of all candidates for the Fellowship first heard about the program from a Loeb alumni/ae.
You can be helpful in a number of ways. For more information on general Loeb outreach and diversity outreach and to find out how Loeb alumni/ae can help, click here.
If you have questions or suggestions about how to increase the size, quality and diversity of our applicant pool, please call Jim (617-495-5988) or Sally (617-495-9345) or e-mail either of us (stockard@gsd.harvard.edu or syoung@gsd.harvard.edu).
Thank you for your help.
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Send updated contact and career information, including key search words and job description, to Sally at: syoung@gsd.harvard.edu, 617.495.9345.
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