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Barton Phelps & Associates, Architects and Planners

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Barton Phelps & Associates, Architects and Planners
Los Angeles, CA

Bio

Born Brooklyn, New York, 1946.

Father, Julian Orville Phelps, Milton, Vermont; Mother Elizabeth (Willis) Faulk Phelps, Brooklyn, New York. Resided Highland Park, Illinois and Westfield, New Jersey.

EDUCATION

Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, Master of Architecture, 1972
Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Art, 1968
Westfield Senior High school, Westfield, New Jersey, Diploma, 1964

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

School of the Arts and Architecture, UCLA
(Formerly Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning):
Adjunct Professor (Step III), 1991-2000
Associate Professor (Adjunct), 1984-90
Assistant Dean, 1980-1983
Assistant Professor, 1979-83

Rice University School of Architecture, Houston, Texas:
Assistant Professor, 1977-1979

Yale University, History of Art Department,
Teaching Assistant to Professor Vincent Scully, Jr., 1970-71

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

Barton Phelps & Associates, Architects and Planners, Los Angeles: Principal, 1984 - present
Urban Innovations Group, UCLA: Director of Architecture, 1980-1984
Appleton / Phelps Architects, Inc., Los Angeles: Principal, 1978-1980
Charles W. Moore / Urban Innovations Group, Los Angeles, Project Architect, 1976-1978
Frank O. Gehry and Associates, Inc., Santa Monica, California: Project Manager, 1973-1976
Sir Colin St. John Wilson and Partners, London, U.K.: Architectural Assistant, 1972

HONORS, FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS

National Chair, Committee on Design, American Institute ofArchitects, 1996

Member, College of Fellows, American Institute of Architects, elected 1993

AIA / CC Presidential Citation for founding the professional journal, Architecture California, 1992

Williams College:
Graves Essay Prize in the History of Art, 1968;
Sanderson Prize in Architecture, 1968

Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts:
Corridor: The High-Speed Roadway as Generator of New Urban Form, 1990 (exhibition)
Views from the River, 1996 (publication)

National Endowment for the Arts: Design Advancement:
Critics and Cranes: A Symposium on Architectural Criticism, 1987 (publication)
Corridor - The High-Speed Roadways as Armature for New Urban Form, 1990 (exhibition)

American Institute of Architects: Professional Interest Area Council:
Views from the River, 1996 (publication)

DESIGN AWARDS

American Institute of Architects:

Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad, Institute Honorfor Collaborative Design, 1985.
AIA / National Concrete Masonry Inst.: East Building,University Elementay School, UCLA, First Award,1996. AIA / Brick Institute of America: North Range, Clark Memorial Library, UCLA, National Design Award, 1995. American Architecture Award, Chicago Athenaeum: River House, Osage County, Missouri, 2002.
Building Stone Institute: Tucker Award, River House, 2004.
United States Institute for Theater Technology: Royce Hall,1999.

AIA / California Council:

East Building, University Elementary School, UCLA, 1996
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, North Hollywood Pump Station, 1993
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Central District Headquarters, Los Angeles, 1992
North Range, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA, 1991
Arroyo House, Los Angeles, 1986.
AIA / California Council Western Home Award:
Kranz House, 1993;
Arroyo House, 1987.
AIA/California Council/Concrete Masonry Institute California:
Los Angeles Public Library, Will and Ariel Durant Hollywood, 2004;
East Building, University Elementay School, UCLA Grand Award, 1994.

McGraw-Hill California Construction:Best of 2006 Arts Building / Commons, The Thacher School.

Learning by Design, Arts Building / Commons, The Thacher School, 2008.

AIA / Los Angeles:
Royce Hall Seismic Renovation, UCLA, 2000;
Los angeles Department of water and Power, Norht Hollywood Pump Station, 1992;
North Range, Clark Memorial Library, UCLA, 1990;
Arroyo House,1985.

AIA / St. Louis:
River House, Missouri, 2004.

California Preservation Foundation: Royce Hall, 1999.

City of Los Angeles, Cultural Affairs Commission: Design Excellence:
Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, 2001;
Los Angeles Public Library: Hollywood, 2003;
Los angeles Public Library Woodland Hills, 2001;
Los angeles Public Library, Los Feliz, 1997;
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Central District Headquarters, 1989;
Los Angeles Department of water and Power, North Hollywood Pump Station, 1989.

City of Los Angeles, Office of the Mayor: Finalist, Pershing Square Design Competition, 1986.

EXHIBITIONS

Yale School of Architecture: 10 Years Out: Houses by Alumni within Ten Years of Graduation, 1995
American Institute of Architects National Convention: L. A.100 Architects, Los Angeles, 1994
L.A. Municipal Art Gallery, Corridor: The High-Speed Roadway as Generator of New Urban Form, 1991
Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning, UCLA: Barton Phelps & Associates, 1991
Crocker Center, Los Angeles: Californians on the Square - Pershing Square Competition Finalists, 1986
Farish Gallery, Rice University, Houston, Texas, Proposals for Hermann Park, 1983

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

U.S. Department of State, Overseas Building Operations: Architectural Advisory Board, 2005- present.

U.S. General Services Administration, Design Excellence Program: Architectural Peer Reviewer, 1998-2002.

U.S. Conference of Mayors/NEA/AIA, Mayors’ Institute for City Design: Faculty Member, 1990,-92,-98.

National Endowment for the Arts, Design Arts:

Challenge III Grants,1989-90 (Chair), 1994-95;
Design Advancement 1987-88(Chair),1995-96;
Southwest Gateway Project, Charette,1991; Jury 1994; Peer 1995-96

American Institute of Architects: (National)
21st Century Embassy task Group, 2009; Committee on Design, National Chair, 1996;
Gold Medal Task Group, 1997; Competitions Task Group, 1995; Awards Task Group, Chair, 1990-2;
Architectural Record, member, Editorial Advisory Board, 1998-2000.

City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Commission, Mayor’s Design Advisory Panel, 2003 - present.
University of California Santa Barbara, Professional Advisor, Design Review Committee, 2000 - present.
University of California Los Angeles, Architectural Peer Reviewer, 1998 - present.
AIA / California Council, Architecture California: Chair, Editorial Board, 1989-92;Member, 1988-92,2000-3. AIA / Los Angeles: Board of Directors, 1985-87, Chair, Editorial Board, L. A. Architect, 1985-1990

SELECTED PUBLISHED WRITING

Landscape Stories:TheArchitecture of Barton Phelps, forthcoming
Timing and Triggering: Clues from Antiquity, Places, 2007
Serial Colonizations, Succession Landscapes, and the California Problem, Places, 2005
A House at the Meeting of Two Landscapes, Places, 2002
Awarding Honor, arcCA, 2001
Cultivating the Civilisé, Taming the Sauvage, Places, 2000
Views From the River, Editor, American Architectural Foundation, 1998
Transformations on the Prime Object: Royce Hall and the Lombard Romanesque Mode, UCLA,1997
The Place of Design in the American Landscape, Architecture California, Winter, 1996/1997

SELECTED AWARDS JURIES

American Institute of Architects,
Ideas Competition, Young architects Forum / Committee on Design, 2010
Honor Awards in Architecture 2003
U. S. General Services Administration, Presidential Design Awards 2000
U. S. General Services Administration, U. S. Courthouse Competition, District of Oregon, 2003
AIA / National Concrete Masonry Institute, 1998
U. S. Bureau of Printing & Engraving / NEA,Southwest Gateway Competition, 1994-95
San Antonio Library Competition, Chair,1991
AIA / Sunset Western Home Awards, 1989
AIA / ACSA Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education, 1989 and 1993
AIA / Brick Institute of America, 1989
AIA component Juries: Chicago,1998; Western States, 1988,1995; New York, Oklahoma, Houston,1997;
Nevada,1995;Ventura County, 1995; Fresno, 2000, Golden empire, 2010

SELECTED MEDIA COVERAGE

1000x Architects of the Americas. Braun (Switzerland), 2008
Dream Houses Los Angeles. Panache, 2008
Architectural Inspiration, Styles, Details & Sources. Boston Mills Press (Canada), 2007
Out of Town. Images, (Australia) SinquefieldHouse, 2006
Arkinetia internet, (Madrid) Arts Building / Commons, Thacher School, 2006
Arkinetia internet, (Madrid) Sinquefield House, 2006
New Houses. Loft (Barcelona), Sinquefield House, 2005
Architectural Digest, Joseph Giovannini, Architects’ Houses in L.A., (Arroyo House), Sept., 2004
Television: The Travel Channel:
Amazing Vacation Houses (Sinquefield House), Mathis Productions, 2004
Architecture for the Books, Michael Crosbie, (Los Feliz Library), Images, (Australia), 2003
Advanced Geometry in Missouri, Susan Morgan, Western Interiors and Design November, 2003
Television:The History Channel: Greatest Buildings, 2003
International Architecture Yearbook, Images (Australia) Royce Hall Seismic Renovation, 2000
Architects of the New Millennium, Barton Phelps & Associates, Images (Australia), 2000
Architecture, Joseph Giovannini, Double Identity, (Los Feliz Library), September, 1999
Los Angeles Times, Nicolai Ourousoff, A Proud Chapter, (Los Feliz Library), March, 1999
Los Angeles Times, Rebirth of Royce Hall, March, 1998
Architectural Record, Thomas Hine, Royce Hall, November, 1998
Architectural Record, Charles Hoyt, Welcoming Waters, (N.Hollywood Pump Station),June,1994
Architecture, Joseph Giovannini, Modular Learning, (University Elementary School), July, 1994
World Cities: Los Angeles, Architectural Review (London), U.E.S., Epstein House, 1994
Architecture, Los angeles Department of Water and Power Central District H.Q., Oct., 1992
The AD 100 Architects, Barton Phelps, Architectural Digest, 1991
Progressive Architecture, Corridor, September, 1991
Progressive Architecture, Peter Papademetriou, Image of the House, (Arroyo House),Dec.,1987
New York Times Magazine, Paul Goldberger, Where is Architecture Headed?, October, 1987
Architectural Digest, Thomas Hines, Configuration for a Canyon, (Arroyo House), Sept., 1987
Young American Architects, Kajima (Tokyo), 1982







Education

Yale School of Architecture
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Master of Architecture, 1972
1968 To 1972
Dissertation: Architectural Alternatives for Pre-Trial Detention
Advisor: Allan Greenberg and faculty of Yale Law School.

Williams College
Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States
B.A. with Honors in Art, 1968
Art (History and Studio)
1964 To 1968
Dissertation: The Pfall Church of Altomunster: Johann Michael Fischer and South German Baroque Architecture
Advisor: Profs: S. Lane Faison, Jr., Whitney Snow Stoddard, William Pierson

Job History

Barton Phelps & Associates, Architects and Planners
Principal
Los Angeles, CA, United States
January 1984 - present

Urban Innovations Group, Inc.
Director of Architecture
Los Angeles, CA, United States
January 1980 - January 1984

Appleton / Phelps Architects, Inc.
Principal
Los Angeles, CA, United States
January 1978 - January 1980

Charles W. Moore / Urban Innovations Group, Inc.
Project Architect
Los angeles, CA, United States
January 1976 - January 1978

Frank O. Gehry & Associates, Inc.
Designer / Project Manager
Los Angeles, CA, United States
January 1973 - January 1976

Sir Colin St. John Wilson and Partners
Architectural Assistant
London, United Kingdom
January 1972 - January 1973