James. M. Steele
Associate Professor
Arch 214a websiteTeaching Area
Architectural History and DesignEducation
MArch, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, Louis I. Kahn Master's Class,
1970BArch, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, College of Architecture, 1968BA,
Lafayette College, Easton, PA, Major in English, Minor in Fine Arts, 1965Teaching and Administrative Experience
Courses Taught
ARCH 102 - First Year Design Studio
ARCH 114 - Introduction to Modern Architecture
ARCH 214abg - History of Architecture
ARCH 304x - Intensive Survey: Prehistory to Present
ARCH 326g - The Modern Movement in Architecture
ARCH 402 - Topic Studio
ARCH 454 - Contemporary Asian Architecture
ARCH 499 - Asian ArchitecturePositions
Associate Professor, USC School of Architecture, 1993-present
Visiting Lecturer, USC School of Architecture, 1991-1993
Faculty, USC School of Architecture, Summer Transfer Studio, Summer 1994, Summer 1995.
Associate Professor, American Institute of Foreign Study; University of London, London, UK, 1990
Associate Professor, Texas Tech University, College of Architecture, Lubbock, TX, 1989-1990Memberships
Member, International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments (IASTE), Berkeley, CA, USA, 1990 Present
Associate Member, International Center for Arid and Semi-Arid Land Studies (ICASALS), 1989-present
Member, The British Society of Authors, London, UK, 1988- present
Member, The American Research Centre in Egypt, 1987-presentAcademic and Professional Honors
Phi Kappa Phi Faculty Recognition Award for Los Angeles Architecture: The Contemporary Condition, 1996
Zumberge Research Innovation Fund for the study of contemporary architecture in Asia, 1995
Lusk Grant for the study of sustainable economics, 1995
Fulbright-Hays Group Study and ICASALS Research Grant for Travel in the Middle East; Texas Tech University,1991
Tau Sigma Delta Honor Society Outstanding Faculty Award; Texas Tech University, 1990
Designated as Nominator for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in the 4th and 5th Award Cycle 1989 - 90
State Organized Research Grant for the Study of Egyptian Vernacular Architecture; Texas Tech University, 1989Publications (Selected)
Books
The Faculty Club at the University of California, Bernard Maybeck, Academy Edition.Theatre Design: A Collaborative Art, Academy Editions, forthcoming
The How House, Rudolf Schindler, Academy Editions, forthcoming
Sustainable Architecture, McGraw Hill, forthcoming
Queen Mary, Phaidon Press, 1995
Twentieth Century European Rationalism, Editor, Academy Editions, 1995
Architecture For Islamic Societies Today, Editor, Academy Editions 1994
Architecture In Process, Editor, Academy Editions 1994
Frank Israel, Editor, Academy Editions, 1994.
Museum Builders, Academy Editions 1994
Charles Rennie Mackintosh: Synthesis In Form, Academy Editions 1994
Moore, Ruble, Yudell, Editor, Academy Editions, 1993
Los Angeles Architecture: The Contemporary Condition, Phaidon, 1993
Architecture In Detail Series, 10 Monographs: Barnsdall House, California Aerospace Museum, Eames House, Lawson Westen House, Salk Institute, Schnabel House, Theater Design: A Collaborative Art (in progress), Louis Kahn (in progress), The Disney Concert Hall (in progress), Phaidon Press, 1992-1995
A Decade Of Architectural Design, Academy Editions, 1991
Hellenistic Architecture Of Asia Minor, Academy Editions, 1991
Turkey: A Traveler's Historical And Architectural Guide, Scorpion, 1990
Hassan Fathy, Academy Editions, 1988
Articles
The Architectural Expressions in the Built Environment of the Muslim World, co-authored, in World Bank for Peoples, Cultures, and History of Islam, Gale Press, forthcomingNubia, for Encyclopedia of the Vernacular Architecture of the World, Cambridge University Press, 1996
Middle Eastern Promise, Perspectives in Architecture, April/May 1996
Country Report: Saudi Arabia, World Architecture, No. 44, March 1996
Face to Face: The Cosmic Dimension, interview with Rasem Badran, World Architecture, No. 44, March 1996
The Translation of Tradition: A Comparative Dialectic, Traditional Dwellings and Settlement Review, 1995
Fin de Siècle Comes Full Circle, Introduction for New Austrian Architecture by Frank Dimster, Rizzoli, New York, 1995.
Expressions of Tradition: A Contemporary Dialectic, IASTE Journal, University of California, Berkeley, March 1995
Obituary: Charles Moore, Architectural Review, December 1993.
California Architecture in Context, Architectural Review, guest editor for the issue, September 1993
The Myth of L.A. and the Reinvention of the City, pp. 66-67, Architectural Design: Pop Architecture, Vol 62 No 7/8, July 1992
Charles Moore: Place, Placelessness and the Res Publica, pp. 92-95, Architectural Design: Pop Architecture, Vol 62 No. 7/8, July 1992
Ricardo Legorreta, pp. 62-67, MIMAR 43, June 1992
Main Street Metaphors, May 1992, Architectural Review
The Rome Mosque, December 1991, pp. 18-19, MIMAR 41
Recent Work of Rasem Badran, December 1991, pp. 42-49, MIMAR 41
The New Traditionalists, September 1991, pp. 40-47, MIMAR 40
New Moderns or Old Moderns: The New Modern Aesthetic, Architectural Design, January 1991
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Architectural Design: Urban Concepts , Denise Scott Brown, guest editor, Vol 60, 1-2, 1990
Obituary: Hassan Fathy, Architectural Review, January 1990.
The International Dictionary of Architects and Architecture, St. James Press, London and Chicago 1991, Articles on architects Raimondo D'Aronco, Abbe Laugier, Bruce Goff, Jean Prouve, and Robert Venturi, as well as the Acropolis of Athens, Ephesus, Priene, St. Peters in Rome, and St. Vitale in Ravenna.
Research (Selected)
Lusk Research Grant, "Sustainable Economics", 1995Zumberge Faculty Research Grant, "Cross-Cultural Influences on Contemporary Architecture between Tokyo and Los Angeles and the Creation of a Visual Digital Archive for USC.", 1995
Architectural History, 1970-present
Islamic Architecture 1982-present
Asian Architecture, 1993-present
LA Contemporary Architecture, 1991-present
Sustainable Architecture, 1993-present
Service
School
Executive Committee, 1995-1997
Academic Policy Council, 1993-1995
Library Committee, 1992-1994
Scholarship Committee, 1992-1994
Registration
Pennsylvania, 1980
Professional Experience
Senior Editor, Academy Editions, London, 1990-1991
In addition to work in each issue of A.D. during this time, projects included editing of Classical Architecture by Demetri Porphyrios and Houses and Housing of Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates in which two signed essays are also included. James Steele, Architect, Doylestown, PA, 1978-1982 Assistant Designer, Bert Klett, Jenkintown, PA, 1976-1978
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