Charles Lagreco, AIA
Associate ProfessorTeaching Area
Design and Professional PracticeEducation
MFA in Arch, Princeton University, 1969
Dipl. in Arch (Certificate), Cambridge University Kings College, 1967
BA in Arch, Magna Cum Laude, Princeton University, 1966Teaching and Administrative Experience
Courses Taught
ARCH 102 - First Year Design Studio
ARCH 302 - Third Year Design Studio
ARCH 402 - Topic Studio
ARCH 501 - Thesis Preparation
ARCH 502 - Thesis Studio
ARCH 520 - Pro Practice: Pre-Design
ARCH 522 - Pro Practice: Project and Office AdministrationPositions
Visiting Professor, Centre d'Etude d'Architecture et Urbanisme, Saintes, France, fall 1995
Associate Professor, USC School of Architecture, 1989-present.
Adjunct Associate Professor, USC School of Architecture, 1984-1988
Assistant Professor, USC School of Architecture, 1977-1984
Lecturer, USC School of Architecture, 1974-1977
Lecturer, Princeton University, 1967-1969Memberships
American Institute of Architects
Academic and Professional Honors
Finalist, Olympic West Design Competition, West Los Angeles, 1991
CCAIA Design Award, Sunset Multi-Use Building, 1988
LA AIA Design Award, Sunset Multi-Use Building, 1987
Progressive Architecture Design Awards, Sunset Multi-Use Building, 1986
Fulbright-Hays Research Fellowship, Rome, Italy, 1969-1970
AIA Medal for Excellence in the Study of Architecture, Princeton University, 1966
ACSA Traveling Fellowship, 1966
Fulbright-Hays Research Fellowship, Rome, Italy, 1969-1970
Exhibitions
Mapelton Drive Residence, FORM 7, 1996100 Projects 100 Years - Sunset Multi-Use Complex and San Bernardino Residence, AIA Convention, Los Angeles, 1994, Pacific Design Center, 1995
Undergraduate Thesis, A Critical View, FORM 6, 1995
Los Angeles Architecture, The Contemporary Condition, Phaidon Press, 1993 (James Steele)
La Opinion Newspaper, Interior Design Firms, 1993
Architects, LA Magazine, Nov. 1992
La Opinion Headquarters, LA Architect, March 1992
La Opinion Newspaper, Interior Design, Feb. 1992
Museum School, LA Architect, Feb. 1992
Current Work, Lindhurst Gallery, USC School of Architecture, Feb. 1989
Olympic West Garden District, Phase II Design Competition, Finalist Exhibition, Nov. 1988
CCAIA Awards Exhibit, San Francisco, Apr. 1988
LA 12+ 12, An Overview Exhibit & Panel Discussion, West Week, Pacific Design Center, 1988
Buenos Aires Architecture and Design, Biennial '87 "Current Work." Nov. 1987
ACSA 1987 Design Conference, "Topographical Architecture" Lecture/Presentation, March 1987
LA/AIA Awards Exhibit, Pacific Design Center, 1986, 1987
"Broadway Study", USC Exhibit, Lindhurst Gallery, Feb. 1985
"Broadway Study", USC/CRA LA Exhibit, St. Vincent Square, Los Angles, March-April 1985
84 in 84 Los Angeles Architects Exhibit, Museum of Science , Sept. 1984
Research (Selected)
Zumberge Faculty Grant, Educational Facilities Research Grant, Faculty Research and Innovation Fund, University of Southern California, 1991-93Fulbright-Hays Research Fellowship, Urban Morphologies of Italian Hilltowns, 1969-1970
Service
School
Dean's Search Committee, 1994-95
Director, Upper Division , 1994-97
Coordinator, Undergraduate Thesis, 1994-present
Coordinator, First Year Design, 1993
Chairman, Academic Policy Council, 1992-95
Coordinator, Topic Studios, 1992
Chairman, Facilities Committee, 1989-92
Coordinator, Third Year Design, 1988-1993
Coordinator, Professional Practice, 1985-present
Professional
LA AIA Honors and Awards Committee, 1991
Princeton University Alumni Career Network Advisor, 1989-present
CCAIA Educational Symposiums, 1987-88
CCAIA Design Conference, 1987
Registration
California, 1978
Professional Experience
Principal, Architectural Collective, Los Angeles, CA, 1976-present
Associate, Senior Designer, Claudill Rowlett Scott, Architects, Los Angeles, CA, 1971-1976
Principal, Private Practice Rome/Los Angeles, 1970-1971
Designer, Michael Graves, Architect, Princeton, NJ, 1968-1969
Design Consultant, New Jersey Department of Community Affairs Trenton, NJ, 1967-1969
Designer, Griffiths Goad Partnership, London, 1967
Designer, Wilson Womersley Architects, London, 1966
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