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Education

1977
University of Chicago, Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, cum laude
1982
Harvard Graduate School of Design, Master of Architecture

Licensure

Registered Architect in Illinois (1986-2014); in New York (1985–95)

Memberships

American Institute of Architects (c.1990-2014)
Arts Club of Chicago (ongoing member since 1991, Board of Directors 2000–11)

Career

1994-present
Adjunct Associate Professor of Architecture (Clinical 2008-2011), University of Illinois at Chicago
1993–ongoing
Principal, G. Goldberg + Associates—Architecture and Urban Design
1995–ongoing
Executive Director, Lillian H. Florsheim Foundation for Fine Arts
1990–92
Assistant to Mayor Richard M. Daley, City of Chicago
1985–97
Vice President, Bertrand Goldberg Associates, Architects & Engineers

Teaching

2021
Lecturer, University of Chicago, "Complex Curves/Plastic Shapes" in Art History.
2018-2019
Seminars at University of Illinois at Chicago, “1968: City, Space and Power”; and “Complex Curvature/Plastic Shapes”
2010–present
Juries and reviews, University of Illinois at Chicago and Illinois Institute of Chicago, also Harvard University
1994-present
Graduate studios and courses, Department of Architecture, College of Architecture and the Arts, University of Illinois at Chicago
2010
Visiting Critic, Graduate Studio in Urban Design, Harvard University

Project List, Public Sector

2001–05
Chicago Transit Authority, design management for Capital Improvement Program and Brown Line Renovation Project (16 stations, $400 million), urban design review, supervision of preparation of Design Guidelines, design workshops with numerous architectural firms and CTA staff
2002–07
Department of Planning and Development, City of Chicago, “Design/Innovation Group,” Strategies for Design Excellence (pro bono)
2001–04
Central Area Circulator, design management
1997–99
Department of Aviation, City of Chicago, strategic planning

Consulting

2012–13
National Trust for Historic Preservation, Preservation Chicago, and Landmarks, Preservation Council of Illinois (pro bono)
2001–05
Chicago Transit Authority
1997–98
City of Chicago, Department of Aviation
1995–96
Chicago Central Area Circulator
1996
Chicago Housing Authority
1995
Chicago Department of Planning and Development
1994–95
Chicago Department of the Environment

Projects, Private Sector (selected)

2015-2017
Residence, Olympia Center, Chicago, Illinois
2012
Wright Galleries, Chicago, Illinois
2008
Residence, Douglas Baird, Chicago, Illinois
2002–05
House Dayton, Chicago, Illinois
1997–99
Industrial building renovations, suburbs of Chicago, Illinois
Varied
Art Gallery, Stephen Daiter Photography Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1988–90
Residence, Wrightwood Street, Chicago, Illinois

Projects while on staff In the offices of the City of Chicago

1990–92
Project Director and Assistant Commissioner in the Department of Aviation, Lake Calumet Airport, Office of the Mayor
1992
Technical Coordinator, Flood Crisis Team, Office of the Mayor
1991
Manager, Southeast Side Chicago Environmental Plan

Projects while on staff in the office of Bertrand Goldberg Associates

1987–90
Project Architect, Learning Center, Wright College, Chicago, Illinois ($20 million library and computerized education facility)
1987–90
Project Manager, Wright College, Chicago, Illinois ($100 million, five-building campus; planning, engineering, and project coordination)
1985–88
Project Manager, Samaritan Corporate Center, Phoenix, Arizona ($10 million corporate office building and data center)

Public Activities

2017-present
Chancellors Advisory Committee, University of Illinois at Chicago
2017-2018
Design and research, website on Lillian Florsheim (www.lillianflorsheim.net)
2011
Design and Installation of “Bertrand Goldberg: Reflections” at the Arts Club of Chicago, with John Vinci
2002–present
Archivist, Bertrand Goldberg, documentation of archives and preparation of detailed website (www.bertrandgoldberg.org)
2005–present
Archivist/author, Lancia history, preparation and publication of numerous articles and website(www.lanciaaurelia.info)
2009–10
Jury member, AIA and HUD National Housing Awards
2000–10
Visiting Committee, Division of Social Sciences, University of Chicago
2001
Juror and Sponsor, Florsheim Prize for Best Visual Product, University of Chicago
1998–2001
Sponsor, Maxim’s, Nancy Goldberg International Center, established with Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago
2000
Juror, Urban Design Awards, SOM Foundation

Public Speaking

2021
"The Curvilinear in Three Dimensions", Ku Leuven, Belgium (forthcoming)
2019
“Emerging Traditions: the early years at Lancia”, Guest of Honor, Castlemaine, Australia
2019
“Delicate Threads: Vantongerloo, Max Bill and Lillian Florsheim”, Chicago: City of Commerce and Design, 1890-1990 Seminar, Newberry Library
2019
“Bauhaus Weaving: Conventional or Insidious?”, DePaul University Gallery talk, Art Institute of Chicago
2018
“Bertrand Goldberg: Origins of Curves”, Skidmore Owings and Merrill, Chicago
2018
“An Origin for Bertrand Goldberg’s Curves”, International Association of Shells and Spatial Structures Conference, Cambridge, MA.
2018
“Lancia V4 - Continuing Evolution”, Lancia Conference, Sangemini, Italy
2017
“Lancia: 60 years of Unique Designs”, Society of Automotive Engineers, Detroit
2016
“Entrepreneurial Urbanism, Or How To Rebuild”, presentation, College of Architecture, Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)
2016
moderator, discussion on master planning, Kazuyo Sejima and Phyllis Lambert, IIT
2015, 2017
“At the Biennial”, moderator for discussion on both Chicago Architectural Biennials at the Arts Club of Chicago
2015-present
"Torino 1950, Chicago 1960" and lectures on Italian automotive history, Chicago, France, Belgium, Italy, USA; Guest of Honor, 2015, Castlemaine, Australia.
2014
“Urban Design Alternatives”, Midwest Real Estate
2014
“Marina City and Prentice Hospital, Behind the Curtain”, Structural Engineering Society, Illinois Institute of Technology
2014
“Structural Solutions at Marina City”, Purdue College of Engineering, on tour
2014
“Economics and Architecture”, University of Chicago at Illinois
2003–present
“Bertrand Goldberg: Chicago and the Bauhaus” presentation, and “Marina City,” in numerous lectures, Chicago
2009
“Chicago Architecture and the History of Innovation” lecture, Society of Architectural Historians, Chicago
2007
“Chicago’s Transportation System and Design” lecture, Chicago Transportation Authority
2002
“Astor Tower and Maxim’s” lecture, Chicago Architecture Foundation
1999
“Architectural Innovation in Chicago: Tradition or Just Plain Luck?” lecture, Arts Club of Chicago
1996
“Regional Planning, Infrastructure, and the Chicago Aviation System,” panel organizer and presenter for UIC and the City of Chicago, World Congress of Architecture, Barcelona, Spain
1993
“Politics and Architecture,” panel member, National American Institute of Architects (AIA) conference
1992
“Analog and Digital,” with N. Weingarten, Chicago Architectural Club

Awards

2015
Society of Automotive Historians’ Cugnot Prize, Best Auto Book (English) in 2014 for Lancia and De Virgilio
2015
gold medal finalist, Motor Press Guild’s Best Book of the Year, for Lancia and De Virgilio
2007
AIA (Chicago), Interiors for House Dayton
2007
AIA (Chicago) Divine Detail for House Dayton
1992
Progressive Architecture, Comprehensive Urban Planning in Lake Calumet Airport Project to City of Chicago (project director)
1992
Progressive Architecture, regional environmental planning, in the Southeast Chicago Environmental Plan to City of Chicago (project director)
1992
American Farmland Trust Agriculture Conservation Award for Land Policy for plan to reduce sprawl to the City of Chicago (project director)

Publications

2021
"Cities in Crisis: 1968", Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA), with Stewart Hicks and Allison Newmeyer
2018
“An Origin for Bertrand Goldberg’s Curves”, International Association of Shells and Spatial Structures, Conference Proceedings
2015
“Heritage is Ineffable”, MAS Context, architectural and urban design publication
2014
Lancia and De Virgilio: At the Center, history of an Italian automotive engineer and a large industrial concern from 1939–75, David Bull Publishing, AZ.
2013-Present
Bertrand Goldberg: The Man and the Office, architectural history (1932–97), in preparation
2012
“Let’s Save a Rare Gem,” on Prentice Hospital and engineering innovation, Engineering News Record
2011
Reflections, booklet on art and architecture, Arts Club of Chicago
2007
Art and Architecture, studio book prepared for University of Illinois
2005
“Bertrand Goldberg,” Chicago Is History, ed. Charles Waldheim and Katerina Ruedi Ray, University of Chicago Press

Press Coverage

2014
"De Virgilio as the Da Vinci of the V6", New York Times, with additional coverage in La Repubblica in Italy and numerous journals.
2014
Airports and Landscape Urbanism show included "Calumet Airport and Southeast Chicago Environmental Plan, 1990-1992," Graduate School of Design, Harvard University
2011–12
“Reflections,” a show prepared on Bertrand Goldberg for the Arts Club of Chicago; significant local and national press coverage
2007–08
House Dayton has been published in the following journals: Chicago Architect (2008), i4Design (2008), Chicago magazine (2007), Metropolitan Home (2007)
2007
“Chicago Architect,” publication of the Chicago AIA, interview with Ed Keegan
1996–2006
Other Urban Design work with extensive press exposure:
CTA Brown Line: over 400 articles (2003–06)
Circulator: over 500 articles (1996–98)
Southeast Chicago and Lake Calumet Airport: over 2,000 articles
1997
“Storerooms,” Remodeling Magazine, Wrightwood residence
1996
“Converting Storefronts to Housing,” Wrightwood residence, City of Chicago, Department of Planning and Development