Roberto Behar

Title:                          Associate Professor in Practice
Office Location:        Room 303, Bldg. 35
Office Phone:            305-284-5271
E-Mail Address:       rbehar@miami.edu

          
Teaching Area:
Architectural Design, Urban Design, Architectural and Urban Design Theory.

Education:
Postgraduate Studies, Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies. New York, New York, 1982-83

Diploma de Arquitecto, Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina, 1978

Licensure: Registered Architect Argentina

Professional Experience:
Roberto Behar is co-founder with Rosario Marquardt of R & R Studios of Miami, an interdisciplinary studio devoted to bridging Art, Architecture and Urban Design. R & R Studios has realized urban and architectural projects in the United States, France, Mexico and Argentina. Among them; the landmark projects “M” and “All Together Now” in downtown Miami and Denver, the internationally acclaimed urban intervention “The Living Room”   and “Little Guatemala” a 40 acres neighborhood in Florida City after hurricane Andrew. R & R Studios current work projects in Scottsdale, AZ; Asheville, NC; Guatemala, and India and exhibitions at the Bass Museum in Miami Beach and Museum of Contemporary Art in Madison, Wisconsin.   

The work of Behar & Marquardt has been presented in museums and art galleries in the United States and abroad, including the Institut Français d’Architecture in Paris, France, The Centrum voor Architectuur in Groningen, Holland, The Fondation pour l’Architecture and the Center International  pour la Ville et l’Architecture, in Brussels, Belgium, the Miami Art Museum, the Neuberger Museum of Art in Purchase New York and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver.

Academic and Professional Honors:
American Academy in Rome Fellowship
Visiting Artist at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles, CA.
Visiting Professor at Harvard University, Cornell University & the University of Maryland.
South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship for Visual & Media Artist. w/ Rosario Marquardt
Williamsburg Town Plan Competition Honorable Mention w/ Jaime Correa
ACSA Design Award Program.  Design Jury Special Mention Project   
Brickell Bridge Competition.  Selection Award w/ Teofilo Victoria.
San Diego Gateway Competition. Honorable Mention. w/ Rosario Marquardt
Ybor City Gateway Competition.  Second Prize
Little Havana Gateway Competition. First Prize   w/ Teofilo Victoria.
Venice Biennale.  Selection Award.  w/ Teofilo Victoria.  
American Field Service. Argentina-United States Foreign Exchange Student.

Publications:
Newspapers articles include: The New York Times, Miami Herald, Rocky Mountain News, Denver Post, New Times & La Nacion.

Journals publishing art, architectural and urban design work include: Casabella, Area, Abitare & Lotus of Milan, Wallpaper & Blueprint of London, Arquitectonica of Bilbao, Architektur Aktuell of Vienna, Summa of Buenos Aires, Elle of Paris, Archivos de Arquitectura Antillana of the Dominican Republic and The New City , Art in America, Art Nexus, Dwell, ID, Metropolis and numerous  others in America.

Books related to professional and academic work include:

The Peace Project. Roberto Behar & Rosario Marquardt. Museum of Contemporary Art / Denver.
Between Two Towers: The Drawings of the School of Architecture. Vincent Scully, Jorge Hernandez & Teofilo Victoria. Monacelli Editions.
Coral Gables:  An American Garden City. Roberto Behar & Maurice Culot Editors. Norma Editions.
Coral Gables:  A Cite-Jardin Americain. Roberto Behar & Maurice Culot Editors. Norma Editions.
The Architecture of Politics: 1910-1940.   Roberto Behar, Editor. The Wolfsonian Foundation

Community Service:
Bass Museum. Board of Directors.
The Architectural Club of Miami. Director.
Art in Public Places Miami Beach. Committee Member.
Centro de Arquitectos de Rosario. Cultural Programs Director.
Creative Acts that Matter. Compton Foundation & Museum of Contemporary Art / Denver
Puppies Against Cancer. University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Jackson Memorial Foundation / International Kids Fund Benefit. 
Fairchild Botanical Tropical Garden Benefit                                                                                            
Design Aids Benefit. People for the American Way Benefit.
Coral Gables Charrette. Knight Program. School of Architecture, University of Miami.
Flight 592 Memorial Charette. United Way of Miami-Dade                                                                      
New South Dade Master Plan. We Will Rebuild & The University of Miami.