curriculum vitae
	Education:
	1986 – 1990	Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture Planning + Preservation, Master of Architecture
	1981 – 1985	Syracuse University, School of Visual and Performing Arts, BFA, Major in Interior Design, Magna Cum Laud Florence, Italy / Syracuse School of Architecture; independent study + pre-architecture program
	Registration:
	Since 2000	License to Practice Architecture, State of New York
	Since 2000	NCARB Certificate
	Professional Experience:
	2002 – present	Principal, Architecture Agency, NYC, NY Beglarian House / Composers’ Colony in Brandon, Vermont (In Process) Beglarian Hermitage 1- Brandon, Vermont (In Process) Cuti Netburn Residence - Millwork Insertion (In Construction) Bonazzi-Buchanan Apartment - Interior renovation (In Process) Perch Cafe - Cafe / Bar in Park Slope, Brooklyn (In Construction) D/R - Custom furniture pieces: dining + coffee tables (In Process) S2 Residence - WInterhouse Kitchen + Servery + Summer House Kitchen (complete 2005), Horse Run-In (In Construction) Equipment Barn First Step Housing Competition - Transitional “Housing” Furniture Elements Women Make Movies - Office renovation for a non-profit film distribution company (project) “La Chute” – consulting on a site-specific installation by Lebbeus Woods Consulting for Ateliers Jean Nouvel - Broadway Hotel, DUMBO hotel + cinemas Z Residence - “superwall” - wall w/ desk, shelves, headboard, bedstand...(complete 2003) S1 Residence - Home Office + Library (complete 2002) B/J Residence - 4 story townhouse renovation (complete 2001) S/Y Residence - 4 story townhouse renovation (complete 2001) F Residence - Sculptor’s Loft and Rooftop addition (project) F/T Residence - translucent wall (complete 2000)
	1998 – 2002	Partner, Riebe Weinstein Architecture, NYC, NY French Institute/Alliance Francaise - Proposal G Residence - Addition to an 18thC farm house, New Milford, CT (complete 2003) VanDam Inc. - Map + information design office renovation, NYC, NY (complete 2001) Flemington Jewish Community Center Competition, Flemington, NJ Beyond the Gowanus Expressway Competition - Urban infrastructure proposal, Brooklyn, NY Europan-DOM competition, Le Vauclin, Martinique - Urban + new housing / community space proposal Silent Amplification Competition - 2 out door performance spaces, Deep Ellum, Dallas, Texas
	1992 – 1997	Architectures Jean Nouvel, Paris, France Gasometers, Vienna, Austria - 14,000 m2 housing + 6,000 m2 commercial center - project architect H-Project, Seoul, Korea - 7,000 m2 International Conference Center - assistant project architect ING-NN, Prague, Czech Republic - 14,000 m2 bank office building - assistant project architect Cognacq-Jay Foundation, Paris, France - 7,500 m2 retirement home renovation and addition - assistant project architect Publicity Museum, Louvre, Paris, France - competition phase - project architect 75 Social Housing Units, Vienna, Austria - assistant project architect National Audiovisual Institute Competition, Paris - office blgd for a government agency - assistant project architect Tenaga National Headquarters Competition, Kuala Lumpur - assistant Swatchmobile Factory Competition, Metz, France - assistant Congress + Culture Center, Lucerne, Switzerland - 3 concert / performance spaces + museum - assistant Galeries Lafayette, Berlin, Germany - 53,000 m2 department store, office space + housing units - assistant
	1988 – 1990	Asymptote Architecture, NYC, NY West Coast Gateway Competition, Los Angeles - multi-program monument, phases 1 +2 - project architect Alexandria Library Competition - project architect Moscow Theatre Arts Center Competition - project architect
	1988 – 1990	Partner, A(d+V) u2z, NYC, NY On-Site - Installation / Camera Obscura - The Young Architects Forum, The Architectural League, NYC, NY Siteline - Interactive Stage Set in collaboration with Solomons Co. /Dance, performed @ St Marks on the Bowerie + in New Haven Body Mapping - Mise en Lumiere - Postcrypt Gallery, Columbia University, NYC Broadway Mapping - Mise en Reflet - Windows 462, NYC
	1989	Richard Meier + Partners, NYC, NY
	1998	Tod Williams, Billie Tsien + Associates, NYC, NY
	1987	Torres Tur y Martinez Lapeña, Barcelona, Spain
	Teaching Experience:
	1999 – present	Adjunct Assistant Professor, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY Design 202: Intermediate Design (Kindergarten) Design 301: Comprehensive Design (Housing / Mixed Use) Design 302: Comprehensive Design (Public Program + Landscape/Site Design) Design 400: Vertical Design Studio (Challenging utopia) International Summer Studio Charrette: Mexico DF: 3 day workshop, Dept. of Industrial Design, Univ. Iberoamericano Mexico DF
	2003 – present	Visiting Professor, Parsons School of Design / New School for Social Research, NYC, NY Representation + Spatial Reasoning: 1st year M. Arch required drawing class
	2000 – present	Adjunct Assistant Professor, Columbia University, GSAP, NYC, NY New York-Paris Program Architectural Design Studio 3rd Year / AAD Design Studios co/taught w/ Odile Decq (2001 “paris Utopia” + 2003 “Living Tomorrow”) and w/ Ibos/Vitart (F00)
	1997 – 1999	Adjunct Assistant Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY Design III, Design IV, Design V: Option Studio , Design Development Studio Production Installation Performance (PIP) - a multidisciplinary project investigating sonics + architecture Thesis / Final Project Advisor
	1993 – present	Invited Critic Columbia University, Barnard College, Parsons School of Design, Pratt Institute, RPI, Princeton Univ., Cornell Univ., Yale, Syracuse Univ., City College of New York, NYIT, NJIT, Universidad Iberoamericano, Ecole Speciale d’Architecture Paris
	Awards & Honors:
	2005	Lecture: “Practice + Agency”, Columbia University, GSAP Jury Member @ The Architectural League for the Young Architects Forum Award 2006
	2003	First Step Housing Competition Exhibition, Common Ground / Architectural League, NYC, NY Lecture: “Skins, Networks, Choreography, Landscapes” - Universidad IberoAmericano, Mexico D.F.
	2000	Honorable Mention, Beyond the Gowanus Expressway - Revisioning Sunset Park, Int’l Design Competition Beyond the Gowanus Expressway - Revisioning Sunset Park, Roundtable @ the Van Alen Institute, Speaker
	1999	Honorable Mention, Silent Amplification Competition Exhibition, Int’l Design Competition Silent Amplification Competition Exhibition, Young Architects Forum, AIA National Convention Dallas Bathroom, Group Exhibition curated by Wayne Koestembaum, Thomas Healy Gallery, NYC, NY Henry Urbach Architecture Gallery, Gramercy Int’l Contemporary Arts Fair, Miami
	1998	Progressive Architectural Practice, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Symposium Chair + Speaker
	1996	Awarded Commission, Publicity Museum Competition, Musée des Arts Decoratifs, France (w/ Jean Nouvel)
	1994	Casa de Velazquez Residency Grant, Madrid, Spain (Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Higher Education, France)
	1992	First Prize, National Audiovisual Institute Competition, Ministère de la Culture, France (w/ Jean Nouvel)
	1990	The Young Architects Forum, The Architectural League, NYC, NY
	1989	Honorable Mention, Moscow Theatre Arts Center Competition (with Asymptote)
	1988	First Prize, West Coast Gateway Competition, Los Angeles (with Asymptote)
	Publications:
	2005	New York TImes, “New York’s New Architecture District”, Robin Pogrebin, August 21, 2005
	2001	Journal of Architectural Education, “Conduits + Communication”, Volume 56 Issue 2, Nov. 2001 Competitions, “Anticipating the Big Dig”, Kira Gould, Spring 2001 ReView 20, Tulane University, School of Architecture
	1995	Casa de Velazquez Catalog, 1995
	1991	Dance Ink, “Framing the Dance”, Victoria Geibel, Winter 1991-92, Volume 2/N3
	1989	New York Times, “Games for the Eyes, by Beals and Solomons”, Jack Anderson, April 23, 1989 The Village Voice, “Airy Bondage”. Laura Jacobs, May 2, 1989 Metropolis, “Dancing Through Structure”, Victoria Geibel, September 1989 Newsline, Construction for Dance Explores the Body’s Relation to Architectural Space”, April 1989
	Academic and Public Service:
	Pratt Institute	3rd Year Design Studio Coordinator (2001 - present) Ecole Speciale d’Architecture / Pratt Exchange Program Coordinator Committee Participation: Technology Faculty Search, Peer Review, Affordable Housing Grant Proposal
	RPI	Lecture + Exhibition Committee Chair / Coordinator Habitat for Humanity Faculty Sponsor Committee Participation:: Technology Search
	Learning by Design	AIA Branch for Teaching within the NYC Public School System
	Membership:	Architectural League of New York Van Alen Institute Municipal Art Society Storefront for Art + Architecture
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