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FARÈS EL-DAHDAH 1701 Hermann Drive #301, Houston, Texas 77004, (713) 528-2759, [email protected]

EDUCATION Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA ⋅Doctor of Design '92 / Master of Architecture in Urban Design '89 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI ⋅Bachelor of Architecture '87 / Bachelor of Fine Arts '86

TEACHING POSITIONS Rice University, School of Architecture, Houston, TX ⋅Associate Professor, 2003 to present ⋅Assistant Professor, 1996 - 2003 / Visiting Critic, 1994 - 1996 / Caudill Lecturer, 1994 Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA ⋅Visiting Design Critic in Urban Planning and Design, 1993 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI ⋅Visiting Design Critic in , 1990

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS Harvard University, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Cambridge, MA ⋅Cisneros Visiting Scholar: Portraits of : An Iconography of Social Change and Urban Reform, 2011. Canadian Center for Architecture, Montreal, Canada ⋅Visiting Scholar: Lucio Costa Monograph, 2005 Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA ⋅Arthur W. Wheelwright Traveling Fellow: Brasilia's Superquadra, 2001 American University of Beirut. Lebanon ⋅Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow: Architecture in Fiction, 2000 Chicago Institute of Architecture and Urbanism, Chicago, IL ⋅Junior Fellow: Divisible by Two, 1988

ONGOING RESEARCH PROJECTS ⋅Article: Death, Transport, Sleep, and Leisure: The Hammock in Brazil [w/ A. Metcalf] ⋅Book: The Brasilia Pilot Plan, 1957 ⋅Book: A Lucio Costa Reader ⋅Book: A Lucio Costa Monograph ⋅Database: Iconic Rio - An Iconographic and GeoTemporal Atlas of Social Change and Urban Reform in the city of Rio de Janeiro (1502 to 2016) [w/ A. Metcalf] ⋅Database: The Lucio Costa Catalogue Raisonné [w/ UniRitter] ⋅Database: arkheBrasil ⋅Exhibition: MMM Roberto: Carioca Arquitects[w/ L. Cavalcanti] ⋅Exhibition: Roberto Burle Marx, Lucio Costa, and : Brazil's Holly Architectural Trinity [w/ L. Cavalcanti]

PUBLICATIONS - Books ⋅El-Dahdah, Farès. The Complete Works of Oscar Niemeyer. London: Phaidon [in preparation]. ⋅El-Dahdah, Farès. The Drawing Albums of Oscar Niemeyer. Los Angeles: Taschen [in preparation] ⋅Cavalcanti, Lauro, Farès El-Dahdah, and Francis Rambert, eds. Roberto Burle Marx: la modernité du paysage. Barcelona: Actar, 2011. ⋅Cavalcanti, Lauro, Farès El-Dahdah, and Francis Rambert, eds. Roberto Burle Marx: The modernity of Landscape. Barcelona: Actar, 2011. ⋅El-Dahdah, Farès. Lucio Costa - Arquiteto/Architect. Rio de Janeiro: Casa de Lucio Costa, 2010. ⋅El-Dahdah, Farès, ed. Oscar 102/Brasilia 50: Eight Cases in Brazil's Architectural Modernity. A@R 46. Houston: RSA, 2010. ⋅Cavalcanti, Lauro, and Farès El-Dahdah, eds. Roberto Burle Marx: kunst und landschaften / Art and Landscapes. Berlin: Brasilianische Botschaft, 2010. ⋅Cavalcanti, Lauro, and Farès El-Dahdah, eds. Roberto Burle Marx 100 Anos: a permanência do instável. Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, 2009. ⋅Cavalcanti, Lauro, and Farès El-Dahdah, eds. A doce revolução de Oscar Niemeyer/Oscar Niemeyer's Soft Revolution. Rio de Janeiro: 19 Design, 2007. ⋅El-Dahdah, Farès, ed. Lucio Costa: Brasilia's Superquadra. Case 5. Munich: Prestel, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, 2005. ⋅Doumet-Serhal, Claude, Anne-Marie Maïla-Afeiche, Farès El-Dahdah, and Anne Rabate, eds. Pierres et croyances: 100 objets sculptés des antiquités du Liban. Beirut: LBFNM and DGA, 1998.

PUBLICATIONS - Book Chapters ⋅El-Dahdah, Farès. "Brasilia: una ciudad letrada." In Utopías urbanas: geopolíticas del deseo en América latina, edited by G. Heffes. Frankfurt: Vervuert. [submitted] ⋅El-Dahdah, Farès. "Brasilia: City as Park." In Shaping the City Studies in History, Theory and Urban Design, edited by R. El-Khoury and E. Robbins (2nd edition). New York: Routledge [submitted] ⋅El-Dahdah, Farès. "A Superquadra de Lucio Costa e a Importância do Lazer." In Fortuna Crítica, edited by A. Xavier. São Paulo: Cosac Naify [submitted] ⋅El-Dahdah, Farès. "Lucio Costa: Brasília como Projeto Paisagístico/Brasilia as a Landscape Architectural Landscape." In Razão e Ambiente/Reason and Environment, edited by L. Cavalcanti. São Paulo: Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo. [submitted]

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⋅El-Dahdah, Farès. "Uma oportunidade perdida: O aeroporto sem precedente de Brasília / A Missed Opportunity: Brasilia's Unprecedented Airport." In Sergio Bernardes, edited by K. Bernardes and L. Cavalcanti, 46-53, 245-247. Rio de Janeiro: Artviva, 2010. ⋅El-Dahdah, Farès. "Niemeyer: sem retas." In Tributo à Niemeyer, edited by R. Segre, 114-27. Rio de Janeiro: Viana & Mosley, 2009. ⋅El-Dahdah, Farès. "La belleza también es function / Beauty is Also a Function." In Oscar Niemeyer, edited by Lauro Cavalcanti, 89-95, 226-229. Madrid: Fundación Telefónica, 2009. ⋅El-Dahdah, Farès. "Schoonheid is ook een functie." In Oscar Niemeyer: loopbaan en hedengaagse projecten (1936-2008), edited by L. Cavalcanti, 58-64. Heerlen: SCHUNK- Glaspaleis, 2009. ⋅El-Dahdah, Farès. "A Beleza também é função." In Oscar Niemeyer: trajetória e produção contemporânea, edited by L. Cavalcanti, 61-72. Curitiba: Museu Oscar Niemeyer, 2008. ⋅El-Dahdah, Farès. "A Beleza também é função." In Oscar Niemeyer: 10/100 produção contemporânia 1996-2006, edited by L. Cavalcanti, 63-74. Rio de Janeiro: Eventual, 2007. ⋅El-Dahdah, Farès. "Une ville en quatre échelles." In Brasilia: l'épanouissement d'une capitale, edited by Gérard Monnier, 163-69. Paris: Éditions A. & J. Picard, 2006. ⋅El-Dahdah, Farès. "The Project of Brasilia." In Shaping the City Studies in History, Theory and Urban Design, edited by R. El-Khoury and E. Robbins, 41-56. New York: Routledge, 2003. ⋅El-Dahdah, Farès. "Latent Parallelepipeds." In Slow Space, edited by M. Bell, 408-25. New York: Monacelli Press, 1998. ⋅El-Dahdah, Farès. "Pleasure 1 and 2." In Unprecedented Realism: The Architecture of Machado Silvetti, edited by K. M. Hays, 242-53. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1995. ⋅El-Dahdah, Farès. "Bonfeu, le 1er mai, 2092." In Queues, Rendez-vous, Riots: Questioning the Public in Art and Architecture, edited by G. Baird and M. Lewis, 26-27. New York: Banff Centre Press, 1994.

PUBLICATIONS - Articles ⋅El-Dahdah, Farès. "The Dislocation of Brazil's Capital: A Long-Standing Project." Docomomo Journal, no. 43 (2010): 14-21. ⋅El-Dahdah, Farès. "Brasilia: A Capital Transfer Project no Longer Postponed." ReVista: Harvard Review of Latin America (April 2010): 10-14. ⋅El-Dahdah, Farès. "Brasília, um objetivo certa vez adiado." Arquitextos 10, no. 119.02 (April 2010).

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⋅El-Dahdah, Farès. "Lucio Costa e a preservação de Brasília." Minha Cidade 11, no. 9 (June 2009): 265. ⋅El-Dahdah, Farès. "La arquitectura contemporánea ante Niemeyer." AV Monografías, no. 125 (2007): 22-29. ⋅El-Dahdah, Farès. "Lucio Costa Preservationist." Future Anterior III, no. 1 (2006): 59-67. ⋅El-Dahdah, Farès. "As redes de Lucio Costa." Arte Futura, no. 3 (2002): 16-17. ⋅El-Dahdah, Farès. "Heavy Metal: Bernard Khoury's B018." Architecture Magazine (February 2000): 78-85. ⋅El-Dahdah, Farès. "Letter from Proudhon to Marx." Assemblage, no. 41 (2000): 21. ⋅El-Dahdah, Farès. "Shedding Light on the Beck." Cite, no. 47 (2000): 16-22. ⋅El-Dahdah, Farès. "The Steel Trap." Architecture Magazine (July 2000): 102-29. ⋅El-Dahdah, Farès. "Veladuras pétreas." Arquitectura Viva, no. 71 (2000): 84-91. ⋅El-Dahdah, Farès. Review of The Little House. ANY, no. 17 (1997): 8-9. ⋅El-Dahdah, Farès. "Letter from Abu Dhabi." ANY, no. 13 (1996): 8-9. ⋅El-Dahdah, Farès. "Project: Inert Atmosphere Cases." National Museum News, no. 4 (1996): 20-21. ⋅El-Dahdah, Farès. "On the First Postwar Exhibition." National Museum News, no. 1 (1995): 12-13. ⋅El-Dahdah, Farès. "For Loos' Pleasure: the Joséphine Baker House." Assemblage, no. 26 (1995): 72-85. ⋅El-Dahdah, Farès. "Inert Atmosphere Cases for the Beirut National Museum Mummies." National Museum News, no. 1 (1995): 8-9. ⋅El-Dahdah, Farès. "La Fiera Internazionale Permanente di Tripoli, 1962." Casabella, no. 622 (1995): 44-45. ⋅El-Dahdah, Farès. "(Love) Letter from Plano: A Play of Sorts." ANY, no. 11 (1995): 10-13. ⋅El-Dahdah, Farès. "The Folly of S/M: Recto Verso." Assemblage, no. 18 (1992): 6-19.

PUBLICATIONS - Conference Proceedings ⋅El-Dahdah, Farès. "Lucio Costa: o 'antropófago'." Seminário Lucio Costa, Arquiteto, edited by Farès el-Dahdah, 47-68. Proceedings of Seminário Lucio Costa, Arquiteto, Museu Nacional, Brasilia, Brazil (Rio de Janeiro: Casa de Lucio Costa, 2011). ⋅El-Dahdah, Farès. "The History of Brasilia." In Villes symboles du XXe siècle, edited by Gérard Monnier, 21-29. Proceedings of Villes symboles du XXe siècle, Mairie du Havre, Le Havre, France (Le Havre: Mairie du Havre, 2007).

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⋅El-Dahdah, Farès. "A arqueologia da modernidade de Lucio Costa." In Um modo de ser moderno: Lucio Costa e a crítica contemporânia, edited by Ana Luiza Nobre, et al., 289- 293. Proceedings of Um século de Lucio Costa, Palácio Capanema, MinC, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (São Paulo: Cosac & Naify, 2004). ⋅El-Dahdah, Farès. "On Solider's Motto: 'Beirut Ancient City of the Future'." In Projecting Beirut: Episodes in the Construction and Reconstruction of a Modern City, edited by Peter Rowe and Hashim Sarkis, 68-77. Proceedings of Projecting Beirut: Episodes in the Construction and Reconstruction of a Modern City, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA (New York: Prestel, 1998). ⋅El-Dahdah, Farès. "Beirut Mythology: Ancient City of the Future." In The Dilemma of Intervention, edited by Ellen Soroka, 51-56. Proceedings of The Dilemma of Intervention Symposium, College of Architecture and Environmental Design, Tempe. Ph.D. Symposium Series (Tempe: Herberger Center for Design Excellence, 1998). ⋅El-Dahdah, Farès and Nader Tehrani. "'Imagineers.' Architects, and their Swans: A Simulacrum." In Architectural Education: Where we Are, 10-12. Proceedings of 80th Annual Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Disney World, Orlando. Washington: ACSA Press, 1992.

PRESENTATIONS ⋅"Lucio Costa and Brazil's Architectural Modernity." In public lecture series, Department of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. December 1, 2011. ⋅"The Urban History of Rio de Janeiro." In Cities by Design, lecture course conducted by Rahul Mehrotra, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. November, 8, 10, 15, and 17, 2011. ⋅"Anthropophagy and Modern Architecture in Brazil." In Brazil Studies Program Seminar Series, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. November, 3, 2011. ⋅"Brasilia: A City Imagined in Text." In Concrete Utopias, symposium hosted by College of Architecture, University of Houston, Houston, TX. February 18, 2011. ⋅"Brazil's Holy Architectural Trinity: Lucio Costa, Oscar Niemeyer, and Roberto Burle Marx." In Brasilia Turns 50, public lecture series, School of Architecture, University of Texas, Austin, TX. 27 September, 2010. ⋅"Brasília, a cidade que veio do mar." In Aula Magna, Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo, Centro Universitário Ritter dos Reis, Porto Alegre, Brazil. August 9, 2010. ⋅"Lucio Costa o antropófago."In Seminário Lucio Costa - Arquiteto held at the Museu Nacional, Conjunto Cultural da República, Brasilia, Brazil. July 28, 2010.

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⋅"Theorist, Preservationist, and Architect: Lucio Costa the Cannibalist." In Tenth International Congress of the Brazilian Studies Association, Centro de Convenções Meliá 21, Brasilia, Brazil. July 22, 2010. ⋅"Occupying the Void: Royal, Imperial, and Republican Narratives in the Quest for a Capital in Brazil." In Conversa Lecture Series, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. April 22, 2010. ⋅"The Cosmopolitism of Brazilian Modernity." In Everything Must Move Symposium, School of Architecture, Rice University, Houston, TX. March 21, 2009. ⋅"The arkheBrasil Database." In The Digital Library and the Archives of Latin American Artists and Architects Workshop, School of Architecture, Rice University, Houston, TX. March 11, 2009. ⋅"Oscar 101: Architecture and its Meanders." In lecture series, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. November 25, 2010. ⋅"Oscar 101: Architecture and its Meanders." In lecture series, Escuela de Arquitectura, University of Puerto, San Juan, PR. December 25, 2008. ⋅"L'Histoire de Brasilia." In Cities, symbols of the XXth Century: Brasilia – Chandigarh – Le Havre – Tel-Aviv, Office de Tourisme du Havre, Département Congrès, Le Havre, France. September 14, 2007. ⋅"Oscar 100: Architecture and its Meanders." In public lecture series, Department of Architecture, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. October 1, 2007. ⋅"Oscar Niemeyer et l'Architecture Contemporaine." In lecture series, Société Française des Architectes, Paris, France. September 17, 2007. ⋅"PPB 50: NOVACAP and the Making of Brasilia." In lecture series, Department of Urban Planning & Design, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. October 2, 2007. ⋅"Brasilia: a City in Four Scales." In Maecenas Lecture Series, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX. October 31, 2006. ⋅"Vernacular Paradigms in the Architecture of Lucio Costa." Seminar conducted by Michelangelo Sabatino, Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture – University of Houston, TX. October 30, 2006. ⋅"Lucio Costa et l'art de vivre moderne." In Fellowship Talk Series, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal, Canada. July 22, 2005. ⋅"The Superquadra." In design studio conducted by Jorge Silvetti, Department of Architecture, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. March 2004.

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⋅"The Space of the Pilotis." In lecture series, Department of Art History, School of Humanities, Rice University, Houston, TX. October 23, 2003. ⋅"La Politique Patrimoniale du Projet de Brasilia." In Journée Lucio Costa, Maison du Brésil, Cité Universitaire de Paris, France. November 14, 2002. ⋅"O Espaço do Pilotis: Entre Modernidade e História." In lecture series, Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 22, 2002. ⋅"Redes, Azulejos, e Cobogós: Paradigmas Vernaculares na Obra de Lucio Costa." In Um Século de Lucio Costa, Palácio Capanema, MinC, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. May 14, 2002. ⋅"The Patrimonial Politics of Lucio Costa." In lecture series, Department of Architecture, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. April 2002. ⋅"The Urbanism of Lucio Costa." In lecture series, Department of Architecture, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. March 2, 2002. ⋅"The Work of Robert Thierren." In Gallery Talk Series, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX. February 18, 2001. ⋅"The Villain's Lair in James Bond among other Architectural Fictions." In Fellowship Talk Series, Center for Behavioral Research, American University of Beirut, Lebanon. 2000. ⋅"Tombs and Cubes." In Scholar's Forum, Department of Art and Art History, School of Humanities, Rice University, Houston, TX. 1999. ⋅"Beirut Mythology: Ancient City of the Future." In The Dilemma of Intervention Symposium, College of Architecture and Environmental Design, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, February 28, 1998. ⋅"Architecture and War." In Dean's Lecture Series, School of Continuing Studies, Rice University, Houston, TX. 1997. ⋅"Object City / Abject Ruins." In Projecting Beirut Conference, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. April 12, 1997. ⋅"Cryptic Stones." In lecture series, Department of Architecture, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. 1996. ⋅"Latent Parallelpipeds." In lecture series, School of Architecture, Rice University, Houston, TX. 1994. ⋅"Imagineers, Architects, and their Swans." In Architectural Education: Where we Are, ACSA 80th Annual Meeting, Disney World, Orlando, FL. 1992. ⋅"Writing on White Walls: The Josephine Baker House." In Graham Foundation Ph.D. Symposium, School of Architecture, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. 1992.

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CREATIVE WORKS ⋅Exhibition: Lucio Costa - Arquiteto. Museu Nacional no Conjunto Cultural da República, Brasilia, Brazil, 2010. [w/ M.E. Costa and L. Cavalcanti, co-curators] ⋅ Exhibition: Oscar 101/Brasilia 51: Eight Cases in Brazil's Architectural Modernity. Anderson Hall, Rice University, Houston, TX, 2009. ⋅Residence: Strip House (5000 sq. ft. private residence), Houston, TX, 2007. ⋅Residence: AK Yali (Renovation of a 19th century yali), Istanbul, Turkey, 2004. [w/F. Smith, co-designer] ⋅Residence: Boerne Barn (4400 sq. ft. private residence), Boerne, TX, 2003. ⋅Exhibition: Les Archives de Michel Chiha: Pages d'Histoire du Liban. Sursock Museum, Beirut, Lebanon, 2001. [w/ J. Atallah and B. Khoury, co-designers] ⋅325 West Friar Tuck Lane (7,000 sq. ft. private residence), Houston, TX, 1999. ⋅Residence: 27 Farnham Park Drive (3,500 sq. ft. renovation in a private residence) Houston, TX, 1999. ⋅Residence: KÜSAV Art Gallery (1,750 sq. ft. art gallery), Izmir, Turkey, 1998. [w/ D. Parke and F. Smith, co-designers] ⋅Residence: FF Residence (18,000 sq. ft. private residence), Rabieh, Lebanon, 1998. ⋅Object: Inert Atmosphere Cases for Mameluke 'mummies'. Beirut National Museum, Lebanon, 1997. ⋅Exhibition: Uprooted Heritage: Phases 1 and 2. Beirut National Museum, Beirut, Lebanon, 1993, 1996. [w/ C. Doumet-Serhal et al., co-curators] ⋅Exhibition: Bathhouse on Frontline [drawings on paper]. Demarcating Lines: Urban Projects for Beirut by Young Architects, MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA / American University of Beirut Museum, Lebanon, 1991.

GRANTS Ministry of External Relations, Brasilia, Brazil ⋅Book Publication Grant: Roberto Burle Marx: la modernité du paysage, 2011 ⋅Book Publication Grant: Roberto Burle Marx: kunst und landschaften / Art and Landscapes, 2009

BNDES, Brasilia, Brazil / CSN, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ⋅Book Publication Grant: Seminário Lucio Costa, Arquiteto, 2011 ⋅Book Publication Grant: Lucio Costa - Arquiteto/Architect, 2010

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Centro Universitário Ritter dos Reis – UNIRITTER ⋅Research Grant: Lucio Costa - Obra Completa, 2010 Rice University, School of Architecture, Houston, TX ⋅Publication Subvention: Oscar 102/Brasilia 50: Eight Cases in Brazil's Architectural Modernity, 2009 ⋅Studio Travel Subvention: ARCH 601 - PPB 50 / Oscar 100, 2007 ⋅Research Subvention: arkheBrasil, 2007 ⋅Research Subvention: The Complete Works of Oscar Niemeyer Rice University, Houston, TX ⋅Faculty Initiatives Fund Grant: The Digital Library and the Archives of Latin American Artists and Architects, 2008 ⋅Graduate Level Teaching Grant: arkheBrasil, 2008 ⋅International Collaboration Travel Grant: Lucio Costa - Arquiteto/Architect, 2007 Fundação , Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ⋅Book Publication Grant: Roberto Burle Marx 100 Anos: a permanência do instável, 2008 Petrobras-USA, Houston, TX ⋅Book Publication Grant: Oscar 102/Brasilia 50: Eight Cases in Brazil's Architectural Modernity, 2009 ⋅Archival and Publication Grant: Arrangement of the Lucio Costa Archives, 2008 Petrobras, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ⋅Archival and Publication Grant: Arrangement of the Lucio Costa Archives, 2008 The Getty Foundation, Los Angeles, CA ⋅Archival Grant: Arrangement of the Oscar Niemeyer Archives, 2007 Duke Energy Foundation, Princeton, NJ / Tramontina-USA, Houston, TX ⋅Studio Travel Grant: ARCH 601 - PPB 50 / Oscar 100, 2007 Repsol, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ⋅Book Publication Grant: A doce revolução de Oscar Niemeyer/Oscar Niemeyer's Soft Revolution, 2006 Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, Chicago, IL ⋅Research Grant: Lucio Costa Monograph, 2002

SERVICE Rice University, Houston, TX ⋅Director, Graduate Studies, School of Architecture, 2010 to present ⋅Co-chair, Curriculum Review Committee, 2010 to present ⋅Member, Latin America Advisory Committee, Office of the President, 2007 to present ⋅Member, Provost’s Fellowships Committee, Provost’s Office, 1999 to present ⋅Member, Graduate Council Committee, Office of Graduate Studies, 1999 to present ⋅Faculty Sponsor, Women in Architecture, Student Activities, 2008 to present

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⋅Faculty Sponsor, Jiu-Jitsu Club, Student Activities, 2009 to present ⋅Member, International strategy Task Force, 2010 ⋅Chair, Graduate Affairs, School of Architecture, 1997 to 2010 ⋅Member, Faculty Search Committee, School of Architecture, 2007, 2010 ⋅Member, Ph.D. Defense Committee, French Department, 1999, 2007, 2010 ⋅Member, Architecture Dean Search Committee, Office of the Provost, 2009 ⋅Member, Council on GLBT Campus Climate, Office of the President, 2006-2009 ⋅Member, Jameson Fellowship Committee, Art & Art History Dep., 1998-2009 ⋅Coordinator, The Digital Library Symposium, School of Architecture, 2009 ⋅Faculty Sponsor, Jiu-Jitsu and Judo Club, Student Activities, 2002-2006 ⋅Coordinator, NAAB Site Visit, School of Architecture, 1999, 2004 ⋅Member, Faculty Search Committee, Art & Art History Department, 2000 ⋅Member, Ph.D. Defense Committee, Anthropology Department, 1998, 2000 ⋅Member, Rice Design Alliance Board, School of Architecture, 1996-2000 ⋅Chair, Faculty Search Committee, School of Architecture, 1998 ⋅Coordinator, 2nd Paul Kennon Memorial Symposium, School of Architecture, 1997 Casa de Lucio Costa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ⋅Trustee, 2004 to present ⋅Symposium organizer, Lucio Costa: Architect. Museu Nacional no Conjunto Cultural da República in Brasilia, July 28-29, 2010 Fundação Oscar Niemeyer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ⋅Board Member, 2007 to present Lebanese British Friends of the National Museum, Beirut, Lebanon ⋅Founding Committee Member, 1993 to present Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA ⋅Reviews Juror, Department of Architecture, 1/1995, 1/1997, 1/1999, 1/2003, 5/2004, 3/2008, 5/2011 California College of Arts, San Francisco, CA ⋅Project Reviews Juror, Department of Architecture, S/2005 University of Texas at Austin, TX ⋅Project Reviews Juror, School of Architecture, S/2002 University of Toronto, Canada ⋅Project Reviews Juror, Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, F/2001 Diverseworks, Houston, TX ⋅16 Houses Competition Juror, 1999

Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA ⋅Organizing Committee Member, Projecting Beirut Conference, 1997

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LANGUAGES Fluent in English, French, Portuguese, and Arabic

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