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VJAA Inc. | CV Jennifer Yoos FAIA, LEED AP EDUCATION Harvard University Graduate School of Design. 2002-2003 Loeb Fellowship in Urban and Environmental Studies Architectural Association; London, England; Graduate Diploma in Design [GradDiplDes (AA); Master of Architecture 2 Equivalent] College of Architecture; University of Minnesota, Bachelor of Architecture (Professional Degree) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Design Principal, VJAA, 1997-present Current Position, 2014: Director; Chief Executive Officer. Co-Founder, Studio Construct, 1995-1996 Project Designer, CHQ P.A., Minneapolis, 1992-1996 Community/Public Projects (Public Schools, Native American Community Projects) Intern Architect, HGA, Minneapolis, 1989-1991 Higher Education and Institutional Projects Intern Architect, D. Y. Davies Associates, London, England, 1988 Reconstruction of the 1874 Liverpool Street Station in the Broadgate Redevelopment PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS 2013 Fellow, American Institute of Architects, Category: Design Architect Licensure (Minnesota # 41796), Colorado, Ohio, North Dakota, Maryland, New Jersey National Council of Architectural Registration Boards Certification LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) Accredited Professional ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Visiting Professor, Washington University-St. Louis, Fall 2015-Present Ruth and Norman Moore Visiting Professor, Washington University-St. Louis, 2016 Adjunct Full Professor, School of Architecture, University of Minnesota, Spring 2011-Spring 2015 John G. Williams Fellow and Distinguished Professor, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Fall 2012 Professor in Practice, Department of Architecture, University of Minnesota, Fall 2005-Fall 2010 Loeb Fellowship Selection Committee, Harvard Graduate School of Design, 2005 Visiting Fellow, Design Institute, University of Minnesota, Summer 2002 Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, 2001-2004 Adjunct Faculty Member, University of Minnesota, 1997-2001 AUTHORED PUBLICATIONS: BOOKS Parallel Cities, Walker Art Center and DAP Publishers, July 2016. With Vincent James. (Andrew Blauvelt, editor) VJAA (Monograph) New York: Princeton Architectural Press, November 2006. With Vincent James. (Introduction, Hashim Sarkis) AUTHORED PUBLICATIONS: ARTICLES “Research As A Tool For Reflexive Practice”, in Building Research Practices edited by Andrea Johnson and Renee Cheng, University of Minnesota and ORO Editions. 2019. With Vincent James. “In Parallel: A Conversation with Vincent James and Jennifer Yoos”, in Pamphlet Architecture 36: Buoyant Clarity by Shawna Meyer, Christopher Meyer, and Daniel Hemmendinger, Princeton Architectural Press. 2018. With Vincent James. “Skyways”, in The Arsenal of Exclusion & Inclusion by Interboro Partners, Barcelona: Actar. 2017. With Vincent James. “VJAA’s Work at Saint John’s Abbey”. 2A-Architecture and Art Magazine, Dubai, 2010. With Vincent James. “The Paradox in Craft”. THERE; Journal of Design, University of Minnesota, 2010. With Vincent James. “Tempering Program: Tulane University Center”. Praxis 8, 2006. With Vincent James. (Ashley Schafer and Meejin Yoon, Editors) “The 3-D City”. Architecture 93, no. 5, May 2004. With Vincent James. “Repetition and the Frame”. Special Issue, OZ 22, 2000. With Vincent James. “Conversation”. A+U: Architecture and Urbanism 11, Nov. 1998. With Vincent James. DESIGN AWARDS - VJAA AIA National Design Awards 2012 The Architecture Firm Award, American Institute of Architects; VJAA 2016 American Institute of Architects /American Library Association Library Building Award; Walker Library 2013 Institute Honor Award for Interior Architecture, American Institute of Architects; St. John’s Abbey Chapterhouse and Chapel Institute Honor Award for Interior Architecture, American Institute of Architects; Chicago Apartment 2010 Institute Honor Award for Housing, American Institute of Architects; T42 House 2009 Institute Honor Award for Architecture, American Institute of Architects; Charles Hostler Student Center 2009 Institute Honor Award for Architecture, American Institute of Architects; The Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life 2009 Top Ten Green Building Award, American Institute of Architects/Committee on the Environment (AIA/COTE); Charles Hostler Student Center 2009 Institute Honor Award for Housing, American Institute of Architects; Saint John’s Abbey and Monastery Guesthouse 2009 Institute Honor Award for Religious Architecture, AIA/ Faith & Form/ IFRAA International Award; St. John’s Abbey Chapter House and Chapel 2008 Top Ten Green Building Award, American Institute of Architects/Committee on the Environment (AIA/COTE); The Lavin-Bernick Center National Design Awards 2010 2010 Architect 50 Award; VJAA 1st for Design Recognition, VJAA 6th Overall; Architect magazine Top 50 National rankings 2007 Honor Award, The Wood Design Awards; Private Apartment, Chicago 2006 Progressive Architecture Award; Charles Hostler Student Center 2006 Progressive Architecture Award; University of Cincinnati Gatehouse 2003 Honor Award, The Wood Design Awards; Minneapolis Rowing Club 2002 Progressive Architecture Award; Longitudinal House(s) 2001 Progressive Architecture Award; Cable Natural History Museum 2000 Progressive Architecture Award Citation; Tulane University Center 1999 Progressive Architecture Award; Minneapolis Rowing Club 1998 Van Alen Prize in Public Architecture--Honorable Mention; East River Design Proposal (Individual) AIA Chapter Design Awards 2013 American Institute of Architects Minnesota Honor Award; Walker Library 2013 American Institute of Architects Minnesota Honor Award; Welland International Flatwater Centre 2010 American Institute of Architects Minnesota Honor Award; Urban Penthouse, Chicago 2010 American Institute of Architects Minnesota Honor Award; Gunflint Lake Cabin 2009 American Institute of Architects Minnesota Firm Award; VJAA 2009 American Institute of Architects Minnesota Honor Award; Christ Church Lutheran-Saarinen Exhibit 2008 American Institute of Architects Minnesota Honor Award; Saint John’s Abbey and Monastery Guesthouse 2008 American Institute of Architects Minnesota Honor Award; The Blessed Sacrament Chapel, Saint John’s Abbey 2008 American Institute of Architects Minnesota Honor Award; Charles Hostler Student Center 2007 American Institute of Architects Minnesota Honor Award; The Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life 2007 American Institute of Architects Minnesota Honor Award; Saint John’s Abbey Chapter House 2007 American Institute of Architects Minnesota Honor Award; Porter Boathouse 2006 American Institute of Architects Minnesota Honor Award; Private Apartment, New York 2005 American Institute of Architects Minnesota Honor Award; Private Apartment, Chicago 2001 American Institute of Architects Minnesota Honor Award; Minneapolis Rowing Club LECTURES, CONFERENCES, SYMPOSIA 2018 “A Reflexive Practice”, College of Architecture, Auburn University, Spring “Current Work”, Rural Studio, Auburn University, Spring “A Reflexive Practice”, Washington University-St. Louis, Spring 2017 “Parallel Cities”, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Spring 2016 “Parallel Cities”, Symposium on Decoding Asian Urbanism, Harvard University The Ruth and Norman Moore Lecture, Washington University, St. Louis “Current Work”, AIA National Convention 2015 “Design Central”, AIA Central States Regional Conference (Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, and Oklahoma), October 2014 “Current Work”, AIA Minnesota Convention, November 2013 “Material-Immaterial”, July 2013; Monterey Design Conference “Current Work”, August 2013, University of Texas-Arlington “Keynote”, AIA Convention--Ohio Valley; September 2013 “Material-Immaterial”, AIA Convention—Nashville; October 2013 2012 Speaker, AIA National Convention, May 2012; Awards Presentation & Firm Award Lecture 2011 “Material-Immaterial”, University of Washington-Seattle 2011 “A Reflexive Practice”, Ghost 13 International Architecture Conference: Ideas in Things, Nova Scotia 2010 “St. John’s Abbey-Guesthouse, Chapterhouse and Chapel.”, Architecture, Culture and Spirituality Symposium 2009 “Current Work- VJAA” Design Catalyst Lecture, Keynote Speaker, Des Moines Art Museum 2008 “Architecture Forum--Work”, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, Nebraska 2008 “The Temporal Field”, Northeastern University 2008 “Current Work”, University of Kansas, Lawrence 2007 “Drawn Here”, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis 2007 “Current Work”, AIA Louisiana, “Celebrate Architecture” 2006 “From New Orleans to Beirut”, Kansas City Young Architects Forum 2004 “Current Work” University of British Columbia-Vancouver 2002 “Ecology in Design Series: The Environment of Social Space”, Harvard Graduate School of Design 2002 “Loeb Lecture: Current Work”, Harvard Graduate School of Design 2000 “A Polyvalent Strategy for Architecture”, College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, University of Minnesota DESIGN PROJECTS - VJAA Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, 2013-2019 Phase 1, Phase 2 2020 Art Galleries and Arts Education, Historic Renovation of Cass Gilbert Commercial Arcade Upper Canada College Rowing Facility, Toronto (Schematic Design), 2019-Present Boathouse on the Lakefront near Downtown Toronto Victoria Theater Arts Center, St. Paul, (Schematic Design), 2019-Present Community and Performing Arts, Historic Theater Renovation Goose Creek Safety Rest Area, 2016-2019 Rest Stop and Park at Gateway to the Arrowhead Region Chicago Infill House, 2016-2019 New 4-story Residence in Lincoln Park The Falls: St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam Park and Visitor Center,