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Kermacy Centennial Professor ACSA Distinguished Professor University Distinguished Teaching Professor School of Architecture 310 Inner Campus Drive, B7500 University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 78712-1009 tel: (512) 689-6327 e-mail: [email protected] EDUCATION University of Texas at Austin Ph.D., History, 1993 Dissertation: “Josef Frank and the Crisis of Modern Architecture” M.A., History, 1982 Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria, 1985–87 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany, 1980–81 Karl-Franzens-Universität, Institut für südosteuropäische Geschichte, Graz, Austria, 1977–78 University of Texas at San Antonio B.A., Summa cum laude, History, 1978 SELECTED Kjell och Märta Beijers Stiftelse, Stockholm, research grant for volume three of HONORS Josef Frank: Gesammelte Schriften / Complete Writings, 2019 AND AWARDS 2016-2017 ACSA Distinguished Professor Award, Association of Collegiate School of Architecture, 2016 Book Subvention Award, for The New Space: Movement and Experience in Viennese Architecture, Office of the Vice President for Research, University of Texas at Austin, 2015 Outstanding Scholarship Award, School of Architecture, University of Texas at Austin, 2015 2 Faculty Research Assignment, University of Texas at Austin, 2014-15 Fulbright Grant, Vienna, 2014-15 (declined) Kjell och Märta Beijers Stiftelse, Stockholm, publication grant for Josef Frank: Gesammelte Schriften / Complete Writings, 2012 Architectural Research Support Grant, School of Architecture, University of Texas at Austin, 2012 Texas Institute of Letters, Best Scholarly Book Award, 2011 (for The Looshaus) Harwell Hamilton Harris Professorship, School of Architecture, University of Texas at Austin, 2011 Regents Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Texas System, 2010 Academy of Distinguished Teachers, University of Texas at Austin, 2010 Kjell och Märta Beijers Stiftelse, Stockholm, research and translation grant for Josef Frank: Gesammelte Schriften / Complete Writings, 2010 Outstanding Lecture Teacher Award, School of Architecture, University of Texas at Austin, 2009 Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, Chicago, research grant for “Kem Weber and Modern Design in Southern California,” 2008 Royal Institute of British Architects, London, finalist for the RIBA International Books Award, 2008 Outstanding Scholarship Award, School of Architecture, University of Texas at Austin, 2008 Texas Exes Teaching Award, University of Texas at Austin, 2008 Special Research Grant, Vice President for Research, University of Texas at Austin, 2007 Outstanding Lecture Teacher Award, School of Architecture, University of Texas at Austin, 2005 Distinguished Service Award, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, 2004 Outstanding Scholarship Award, School of Architecture, University of Texas at Austin, 2004 3 Journal of Architectural Education Best Article Award, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, 2003 Hogg Research Grant, School of Architecture, University of Texas at Austin, 2000-02 University Cooperative Society Book Subvention, for Josef Frank: Life and Work (University of Chicago Press), 2000 Outstanding Scholarship Award, School of Architecture, University of Texas at Austin, 2000 Summer Research Award, University Research Institute, University of Texas at Austin, “Paul T. Frankl and Los Angeles,” Summer 2000 Outstanding Lecture Teacher Award, School of Architecture, University of Texas at Austin, 1999 Svenskt Tenn AB, Stockholm, translation grant, 1998 Kjell och Märta Beijers Stiftelse, Stockholm, research and publication grant, 1996 Internationales Forschungszentrum Kulturwissenschaften, Vienna, research grant, 1995 Annual Teaching Award, Central European University, Prague, 1995 Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal, research grant, 1994-95 Lathrop Prize for Best Dissertation, Department of History, University of Texas at Austin, 1993 Alpbach Foundation Fellowship, Austria, 1990 Dora Bonham Fellowship, Department of History, University of Texas at Austin, 1990 Centennial Graduate Student Support Fund Grant, Department of History, University of Texas at Austin, 1987-89 Fulbright Fellowship (Austria), 1985–87 University of Texas at Austin Graduate School Research Grant, 1981 Dora Bonham Research Grant, Department of History, University of Texas at Austin, 1981 4 Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (German Academic Exchange Service) Fellowship, 1980–81 TEACHING University of Texas at Austin, School of Architecture and Planning, EXPERIENCE Professor, 2009-present; Associate Professor, 2003-2009, Assistant Professor, 1999-2003; Lecturer, 1995-99 Vysoká škola uměleckoprůmyslová v Praze (Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design, Prague), Department of Architectural History and Criticism, Visiting Professor, Spring 2019. Technische Universität Wien (Technical University Vienna), Department of Architectural Theory, Visiting Professor, Spring-Summer 2016; Department of Art History, Fall 2017 Central European University, Prague, History and Philosophy of Art and Architecture Department, Visiting Professor, 1994–95 University of Texas at Austin, Department of History, Instructor, 1987–88; Teaching Assistant, 1980-81, 1982-85 PROFESSIONAL University Administrative Positions EXPERIENCE Director, Architectural History Program, School of Architecture, University of Texas at Austin, 2006-18 Director, Ph.D. Program, School of Architecture, University of Texas at Austin, 2009-13 Director, Historic Preservation Program, School of Architecture, University of Texas at Austin, 2004-06, 2011-12 Professional Service Board member, Preservation Committee, Elisabet Ney Museum, Austin, Texas, 2001-11 Assistant curator, Architectural Drawings Collection, University of Texas at Austin, 1987–88 Editorial and advisory boards and grant reviews Editorial board, Jahrbuch des Bundesinstitutes für Geschichte und Kultur der Deutschen 5 im östlichen Europa, 2009-present Advisory Board, Centropa: A Journal of Central European Architecture and Related Arts, 2012-16 Member, Antoinette Forester Downing Book Award Committee, Society of Architectural Historians, 2013-14 Book review editor, Centropa, 2003-11 Grant reviewer, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2004- 05 Grant reviewer, Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung (FWF), Vienna, Austria, 2003, 2008, 2013, 2019 Board of Editors, Journal of Architectural Education, 2001-04 Manuscript reviews Ars Nova Media, Vienna, 1986-87 Ashgate Press, 2009, 2014 Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015, 2016 Böhlau Verlag, Vienna, 2013 Cambridge University Press, 1995-97 University of Chicago Press, 2002-03, 2009, 2010 DoppelHouse Press, Los Angeles, 2013, 2014, 2018 Fairchild Books, New York, 2004-05 Harcourt Brace Jovanovitch, 1985-86 Journal of Architectural Education, 2008-10 Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, 2000-03, 2013, 2014 Oxford University Press, 2009 Penn State University Press, 2012, 2014 6 The Plan Journal, 2019 Pointed Leaf Press, New York, 2000-01 Studies in the Decorative Arts, 1998-2009 University of Washington Press, 2003-04 University Press of New England, 2015 West 86th: A Journal of Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture, 2014, 2015 Yale University Press, 2006-09, 2014, 2020 Consulting Bonhams, Los Angeles, 2018, 2019 Bonhams, New York, 2019 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2007-08, 2010 Carlton Hobbs, New York, 2009 Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, 2007-08, 2010 Cincinnati Art Museum, 2014 Cleveland Museum of Art, 2005 Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, 2016 Dallas Museum of Art, 2005-06, 2008, 2011, 2012 Discovery Channel, 2005 Disneyland Shanghai, 2016 Donzella 20th Century, New York, 2016, 2018, 2019 DoppelHouse Press, Los Angeles, 2015, 2018, 2019 Getty Foundation, 2015, 2016, 2017 High Museum, Atlanta, 2012 7 Jackson Design AB, Stockholm and Berlin, 2008 Jüdisches Museum der Stadt Wien, Vienna, 2005, 2007 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2008-13, 2014-15, 2016, 2019, 2020 Mark McDonald, Ltd., Hudson, New York, 2018 Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute of Arts, Utica, New York, 2016 Die neue Sammlung—Staatliches Museum für angewandte Kunst, Munich, 2007 Oxford University Press, 2012 Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2010 Phillips, New York, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 Rago Arts and Auction Center, Lambertville, New Jersey, 2012, 2015, 2016 Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, 2010-12, 2016-2018 Richard Wright Auctions, Chicago and New York, 2004-10, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 Sotheby’s, New York, 2004-14, 2016, 2017-18 Stewart Program for Modern Design, Montreal, 2010 Toomey & Co. Auctioneers, Oak Park, Illinois, 2019 University of California, Santa Barbara, Architecture and Design Collection, 2017 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2008, 2011 Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany, 2015 Yale University Art Gallery, 2006, 2010 Yale University Press, 2014, 2016 Private collectors, dealers, and gallery owners in New York, Boston, Los Angeles, and many other cities, 2001-present Exhibitions “The Rise of Everyday Design: The Arts and Crafts Movement in Britain and 8 America,” Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, February 9 to July 14, 2019 (co-curator, with Monica Penick) “Paul T. Frankl: Ein Wiener Designer in New York und Los Angeles,” Österreichische Friedrich und Lillian
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