Robert S. Harris, FAIA
ProfessorTeaching Area
Urban Architecture and Urban Design.Education
M.F.A., Princeton University 1960, Lowell Palmer Fellow
B.A., Rice University, 1957, Hohentahl ScholarTeaching and Administrative Experience
Courses Taught
ARCH 402 - Topic Studio
ARCH 432 - People Places & Culture: Architecture of the Public Realm
ARCH 501 - Thesis Preparation
ARCH 532 - Elements of the Urban Landscape
ARCH 533 - Urban Landscape Case Studies
ARCH 605 - Graduate Architecture Design
ARCH 693/695 - Master of Architecture ThesisPositions
Professor, USC School of Architecture, 1981-present
Director, USC School of Architecture, Master of Architecture Program, 1993-present
Dean, USC School of Architecture, 1981-92
Dean, University of Oregon, School of Architecture and Allied Arts, Eugene, 1967-71
Professor and Department Head;1971-81
Visiting Andrew Mellon Professor of Architecture, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 1969-70, 1970-71
Associate Professor of Architecture and Planning, University of Texas, Austin, 1960-67Memberships
Friends of the Los Angeles River, 1993-present
Urban Land Institute, 1990-present
Museum of Contemporary Art Architecture and Design Council, 1990-present
American Society of Landscape Architecture (associate), 1989-present
Urban Design Advisory Coalition, 1986-present
Institute for Urban Design, 1985-present
Los Angeles Conservancy, 1984-present
American Institute of Architects, 1964-present
Academic and Professional Honors
Excellence in Education Award, A.I.A. California Council, 1994
Community Planning and Design Honor Award, A.I.A. California Council, 1993, 1994
Citation, Progressive Architecture 35th Annual Awards Program, Los Angeles Children's Museum, Program and Site Selection (with Victor Regnier and William Morrish), 1988.
Fellow, A.I.A., 1985
ACSA Distinguished Professor, 1984
Merit Award, Champignon Planned Unit Development, Southwest Oregon Chapter, AIA, 1979.
Merit Award, Harris Residence, Southwest Oregon Chapter, AIA, 1971.
Publications (Selected)
Places of Privilege, Places, 1994
Keynote Addresses: Mayor's Institute for City Design, UC Berkeley, 1993, U. of Virginia 1994.
Research (Selected)
Occupational and Organizational Behavior in Earthquakes (with Michael Durkin), National Science Foundation, 1983
Patterns for Design for the Office in the Home (with Michael Durkin), National Endowment for the Arts
Service
School
Secretary, Academic Policy Council (School), 1994-1996
Committee on Appointment, Promotion, Tenure (USC), 1994-1996
Budget Advisory Committee (USC), 1993-1995
Director, M. Arch Program (School), 1992-present
Graduate & Professional Studies Committee (USC), 1992-1993
School of Cinema-Television, Dean Search Committee Chairman (USC), 1985
Campus Design Committee (USC), 1984-1992
Council of Deans, Chairman (USC), 1984-1985
Council of Deans Costs & Services Committee Chair (USC), 1983-1984
Gamble House Board of Overseers (School), 1981-present, Vice-Chairman, 1983-present
Professional Experience
Member, Central City Association Executive Committee, 1995-present
Co-Chairman, Downtown Strategic Plan Advisory Committee, City of Los Angeles, 1989-1994
Chair, Barnsdall Art Park Planning and Design Committee, 1989-present
Vice President for Advocacy, Los Angeles Conservancy, 1989-present
Chair, Mayor's Design Advisory Panel, 1988-present
Chair, Central City Association Downtown Plan Implementation Committee
Registration
California, 1981
Professional Experience (Selected)
Robert S. Harris, FAIA, Architect: Architecture and Urban Design, 1981-present
Commissioned to design 5 Blue Line stations between downtown Los Angeles and Watts, 1996
Strategic Plan for the Veterans Park Preserve, West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 1990-present
Veterans Parkway (Wilshire Blvd.) Urban Design Plan, for the Veterans Park Preserve, 1995-present
Stone Canyon Water Treatment Facilities, Consultant to CH2M hill, 1993-1994
Los Angeles Children's Museum, Program and Site Selection, with Bill Morrish and Victor Regnier
Helen Lindhurst Galleries, University of Southern California
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