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Born Brooklyn New York 1916
Married two children |
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Education |
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1941-1942 |
Institute of Design, Chicago |
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1947-1951 |
Academie Julien, Paris (Diploma) |
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Positions Held (Teaching, etc.) |
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1960–1986 |
Professor of Design, Department of Architecture and City and Regional Planning, College of Environmental Design, University of California, Berkeley |
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1958–1960 |
Associate Professor of Design, College of Architecture and Department of City and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley |
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1953–1958 |
Lecturer in Design, College of Architecture and Department of City and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkley |
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1951–1953 |
Assistant Professor of Design, Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago |
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1946–1947 |
Instructor in Design, College of Architecture and Design, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
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1942–1946 |
Military Service, U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers, Captain |
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1939–1941 |
Designer, C. Coggeshall Designs, New York City, NY |
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1934–1939 |
Designer, Rite Furniture Factories, Inc. Brooklyn, NY |
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One–Man Exhibitions |
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1951 |
Galerie Cahiers D’Art, Paris (paintings) |
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1954 |
University of California, Berkeley (Paintings) |
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1958 |
Betty Parsons Gallery, New York (drawings) |
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1959 |
Betty Parsons Gallery, New York (paintings) |
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1959 |
Galerie Cahiers D’Art, Paris (drawings) |
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1960 |
Betty Parsons Gallery, New York (drawings) |
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1962 |
Wittenborn and Co., New York (etchings) |
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1962 |
Molton Gallery, London (paintings) |
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1963 |
The New Gallery, Bennington College (paintings) |
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1963 |
Betty Parsons Gallery, New York (paintings) |
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1964 |
American Cultural Center, Florence (drawings) |
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1965 |
Betty Parsons Gallery, New York (paintings) |
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1966 |
University Art Museum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (paintings) |
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1967 |
Betty Parsons Gallery, New York (paintings) |
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1967 |
Galerie Cahiers D’Art, Paris (paintings) |
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1967 |
University Art Museum, University of Southern California, Los Angeles (10 year retrospective) |
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1968 |
Axiom Gallery, London (paintings) |
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1968 |
Yoseido Gallery, Tokyo (lithographs) |
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1968 |
Betty Parsons Gallery, New York (paintings) |
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1969 |
Galeria Van Der Voort, San Francisco (lithographs) |
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1970 |
Betty Parsons Gallery, New York (paintings) |
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1971 |
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
(paintings, silk-screens and film) |
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Group Exhibitions (by invitation – partial list) |
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1959 |
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn NY |
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1962
1965
1969 |
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY |
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1965 |
Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY |
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1965
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Museum of Art, University of Michigan Ann Arbor
Museum of Art, University of Michigan Ann Arbor |
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1965 |
Far Gallery, New York, NY |
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1965 |
The Byron Gallery, New York, NY |
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1966 |
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio |
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1966 |
Baltimore Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland |
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1966 |
Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois |
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1967 |
Cranbrook Academy, Cranbrook, Michigan |
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1967 |
Finch College, New York, New York |
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1967 |
University Art Museum, University of Texas, Austin, Texas |
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1967 |
University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, California |
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1968 |
Art Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut |
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1969 |
University Art Museum, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas |
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1969 |
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, California |
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1969 |
Museo de Belles Artes, Caracas, Venezuela |
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1970 |
Le Grand Palais, Paris, France |
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1970 |
National Museum of Art, Santiago, Chile |
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1971 |
Maeght Foundation, St. Paul de Vence, France |
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1971 |
Museum of Modern Art, Paris, France |
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1980 |
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France |
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Museum Collections |
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Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, Fort Worth, Texas |
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois |
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Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France |
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Grunwald Graphic Arts Foundation, University of California, Los Angeles, California |
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La Jolla Art Center, La Jolla, California |
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California |
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Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York |
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Pasadena Museum, Pasadena, California |
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San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California |
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University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, California |
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University Art Museum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico |
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Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England |
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Publications |
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Books: |
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Jesse Reichek – Dessins, 48 plates, texts by Christian Zervos (French) and Saul Bellow (English), Editions Cahiers D’Art, Paris, 1960 |
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La Montee de la Nuit, 4 etchings as illustrations for a poem by Rene Char,
deluxe limited edition (60), P. A. Benoit, Alex, 1961 |
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Fontis, a portfolio of 14 etchings with a poem by Rene Char,
deluxe limited edition (25), P. A. Benoit, Ales, 1961 |
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Etcetera, a book of drawings, paperback original, New Directions, New York, 1965 |
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The Architect and the City, edited by M. Whiffen, M.I.T. Press, 1966,
contributed article, “Education for Designing” |
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e.g., a book of drawings, paperback original, Smith Anderson Gallery, San Francisco, 1977 |
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Hommage a Kandinsky, 24 lithographs, deluxe limited edition,
Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Los Angeles, 1966 |
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Hommage a Klee, 24 lithographs, deluxe limited edition,
Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Los Angeles, 1966 |
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Hommage a Mondrian, 24 lithographs, deluxe limited edition,
Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Los Angeles, 1966 |
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e.g., a . . . . . , 6 lithographs, deluxe limited edition,
Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Los Angeles, 1966 |
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e.g., b . . . . ., 6 lithographs, deluxe limited edition,
Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Los Angeles, 1966 |
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Le Bulletin des Baux, 6 gouaches, an illustrated manuscript, poem by Rene Char, 1971 |
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L’Arte Moderna, Vol. 37, text by D. Ashton, Fabbri Editori, Milano, 1967 |
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Periodicals: (partial list) |
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Arts and Architecture, March 1951, reproduction of paintings, text by J. Reichek |
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Arts and Architecture,, June 1962, reproduction of drawings, text by C. Zervos |
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Cahiers d’Art, 1951, reproduction of paintings, text by C. Zervos |
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Domus, June 1957, reproduction of paintings, text by E. Ritter. |
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Journal of the American Institute of Planners, August 1961, guest editor, special issue, “Steinberg on the City”. |
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Journal of the American Institute of Planners,, May 1961, “On the Design of Cities”. |
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Architektura-Urbanizam, Bros 7, 1961, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, “On the Design of Cities”, reprinted from Journal of A.I.P.I |
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Transactions, Vol. 5, 1966–67, Bartlett School of Architecture, University College, London, contributed article: “Additional Remarks on the Design of Cities” |
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Art in America, Sept.–Oct. 1968 (illus. interview discussing my painting,
conducted by Peter Selz) |
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The Geijutsu Seikatsu, March 1968 (the same article described above translated into Japanese) |
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Daedalus, Summer 1969, contributed article: “A Painter and Teacher as Amateur Humanist” |
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Art International, 1967, text by R. C. Kenedy. |
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Art Forum, 1967, text by Jane Livingston |
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The Observer, 1968, text by Nigel Gosling |
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Studio International, 1968, text by D. Ashton |
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Special Projects |
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Exhibition Design: |
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“The San Francisco Environment”, commissioned by the San Francisco Museum of Art,
June 1962. |
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Films: |
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“Etcetera”, 7 minutes, black and white, in collaboration with Yona Friedman
(distributed by the Media Center, University of California Extension), May 1964 |
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“Reichek–IBM”, 20 minutes, color, produced by IBM, 1971 |
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Awards |
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Graham Foundation Grant, co-participant for the purpose of
“The Development of a System for Architectural Practice and Education”, 1962 |
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Research Professor, Creative Arts Institute, for travel, University of California, Summer 1963 |
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Artist-in-Residence, Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Los Angeles, California, July and August 1966 |
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Film, “Etcetera”, shown at The Edinburgh International Film Festival, August 1966 |
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Film, “Etcetera”, shown at Vancouver International Film Festival, October 1966 |
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Research Professor, Creative Arts Institute, University of California, 1966–67 |
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Art and Technology Project:
Artist-in-Residence at IBM, Los Angeles Scientific Center, 1970–71 |
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Artist/Architect-in-Residence, American Academy in Rome, 1971–72 |
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Lectures and Conferences |
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Lectures: |
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American Cultural Center, Paris. Three-day seminar for 30 selected students
of the Ecole de Beaux Arts, February 1960. |
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American Cultural Center, Paris, public talk, March 1960. |
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American Cultural Center, Marseille, public talk, April 1960. |
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Societa Degli Ingegneri e Degli Architetti e Instituto Nazionale de Uranistica
(Sezione Piemontese), Turin, April 1960. |
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L’Insituto Nazionale di Architettura, Rome, April 1960. |
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Faculty of Architecture, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, May 1960. |
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Faculty of Architecture, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel,
visiting critic for one month, May 1960. |
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Israel Association of Engineers and Architects, Tel Aviv, Israel, June 1960. |
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The Greek Architectural Society, Athens, Greece, June 1960 |
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Faculty of Architecture, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, June 1960 |
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Annual American Institute of Architects–Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Teachers Seminar, Cranbrook Academy, Cranbrook, Michigan, June 1962 |
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Park and Recreation Administrators Institute, University of California Extension, November 1962 |
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Producer’s Council, Seattle, Washington, March 1963 |
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School for Advanced Study in Engineering, Ahmedabad, India, November 1963 |
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The Gujarat Institute of Civil Engineers and Architects, Ahmedabad, India, November 1963 |
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American Cultural Center, Florence, Italy, January 1964 |
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American Cultural Center, Paris, France, March 1964 |
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College of Fine Arts, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, November 1964 |
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Department of Architecture and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 1965 |
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University of California Extension Institute of “The Design of the Urban Environment”, Berkeley, California, June 1964 |
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Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, June 1967 |
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Bartlett School of Architecture, University College, London, June 1967 |
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Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, June 1967 |
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Conferences: |
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Conference on World Affairs, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, April 1961 |
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Annual Urban Design Conference, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University,
Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 1962 |
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Symposium on Architectural Education, School of Architecture, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, December 1962 |
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Conference on “The Future of the Humanities”, American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Cambridge, Massachusetts, December 1967 |
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Consultant |
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Department of Architecture, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, March 1963. Advise concerning content and method for first year architecture design courses. |
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National Design Institute (Ford Foundation Project), Ahmedabad, India, July–December 1963. Develop academic program and procedures, and administrative organization for the
post-graduate training of Indian designers. |
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College of Fine Arts, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, November 1964. Advise concerning content and method for first year architecture design courses. |
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San Francisco Redevelopment Agency.
Design consultant for Embarcadero Center Project, 1966. |
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Visiting Professor, Department of Architecture, University of Washington,
Seattle, Washington, 1969. |
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Center for Environmental Structures, Berkeley, California,
Member, Board of Trustees, 1968–71. |
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Canada Council, Humanities & Social Sciences Division, Ottawa, Canada, 1972. |
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Ceres, Publication of United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization, Rome, Italy, 1972. |
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Travel |
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1947–1951 |
Residence: Paris, France
Travel: France, Germany, Denmark, Italy, Belgium, England, Holland
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1959–1960 |
Residence: Paris, France
Travel: France, Germany, Denmark, Italy, Belgium, Holland, Greece, Yugoslavia, Israel |
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1963–1964 |
Residence: Ahmedabad, India, July–Dec. 1963
Paris, France, Jan.–Aug. 1964
Travel: India, Japan, Thailand, Turkey, Greece, Yugoslavia, Italy, France, Spain, England |
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1967 |
Travel: France and England
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1970–1971 |
Residence: Rome, Italy
Travel: Spain, Yugoslavia, Holland, England
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