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ARCHITECTURE
STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
(This timeline is clearly incomplete;
additional information is welcome, please email
Carolyn White with any additions or
corrections)
I. Significant Institutional Landmarks
1926
UM classes begin on Oct. 18 in the
Anastasia Building (architect unknown) located at the northeast corner of
University and Riviera Drives in Coral Gables, Fl. (UM Bulletin Vol. 2 #1,
1 July 1927)
1927
UM Department of Architecture is listed
with others in the College of Liberal Arts (UM Bulletin Vol. 2 #1, 1 July
1927)
1928
B.S. Architecture degree program announced
("Architecture Course Organized" The University News, Coral Gables, Fl:
University of Miami, Vol. 1, #20 15 Mar. 1928)
1931
Five students graduate with degrees in
Architecture (B.Arch) in UM's fifth annual commencement at the Miami
Biltmore Club
1932
Architecture program closes, falling
victim to the growing economic depression and on July 14 students are
advised to change to another department or school (Tebeau, Charlton W.
The University of Miami: A Golden Anniversary History, Coral Gables,
Fl)
1947
School of Engineering established (60
Years of Achievement 1926-1986, Office of Public Affairs)
1950
The Department of Architectural
Engineering is formed within the School of Engineering
1951
First B.S.A.E. degree granted (Engineering
Goals Report)
1959
The Architectural Engineering Department
moves with the school from the original Anastasia Bldg. to the J. Neville
McArthur Engineering Bldg. (Architect, Wahl. J. Snyder, AIA & Assoc) on
the current campus.
1961
Department of Architectural Engineering is
renamed Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering (1961-62
UM Catalogue mentions only Arch Eng,1962-63 shows five year curriculum in
Architecture)
1963
First five year UM B. Arch degrees granted
(1994 SOA NAAB Arch. Program Report)
1972
School of Engineering name is changed to
the School of Engineering and Environmental Design
1973
Master of Urban and Regional Planning
Degree is establish (State of the School report, Feb. 1974)
1974
Five year B.Arch Program accredited by the
National Architectural Accreditation Board
Architecture Dept. hosts National Student
AIA Chapters convention at the unrestored Biltmore Hotel
1975
First Masters Degree in Urban and Regional
Planning Degree awarded
1978
Department of Architecture and
Architectural Engineering renamed Department of Architecture and Planning
B.S. in Architectural Engineering is
relocated to the Dept. of Civil Engineering
The School of Engineering and
Environmental Design is renamed the School of Engineering and Architecture
1979
The Master of Architecture
(Non-Professional) and Master of Architecture in Research Degree Programs
are initiated
1983
The Department of Architecture and
Planning is granted independent school status and moves to Buildings 48,
49 (designed in 1945 as student housing by Marion L. Manley, FAIA in
association with Robert Law Weed and renovated for the SOA by Jan
Hochstim, AIA) and part of Eaton Hall
(60 Years of Achievement 1926-1986,
and "University of Miami Moves back to Boom-Bought Campus and into First
Unit of All-Modern Educational Plant," Architectural Forum 89:1, Jul 1948)
1984
Annual Commencement Program lists first
graduates from the School of Architecture
1986
SOA commissions Aldo Rossi to design a
series of buildings which incorporate the existing buildings and creates
an "Academic Village" (Catalogue for Rice University Exhibit "Aldo Rossi,
Three Projects in America, 1990 Text: Drexel Turner)
SOA Alumni Association sponsors first
Reference Library Benefit (SOA News, Fall '87)
John Ames Steffian Scholarship was
established for third or fourth year architecture students who demonstrate
academic merit and excellence in design.
1987
SOA "Model Shop" opens (SOA News, Winter
1987)
B.S. in Land Development and Planning
Program initiated
1988
The Master of Architecture in Suburb and
Town design is initiated
1989
Preston Award was established for second
year architecture students who demonstrate academic merit and excellence
in design.
1990
The Ferguson, Glasgow, Schuster Award was
established for an African-American architecture student who demonstrates
academic merit and excellence in design.
Colin MacDonald Betsch Memorial Award was
established for a fourth year architectural student who demonstrates
academic merit and excellence in design.
1991
M.Arch in Computing in Design initiated
B. Arch Spring Semester in Rome Program
initiated
SOA publishes first volume of The New
City 1992
1992
SOA participates in post Hurricane Andrew
Charrettes and focuses all studios on issues of rebuilding (The New
South Dade Planning Charrette: From Adversity to Opportunity, Gen.
Editors: L. Alvarez, J. Hernandez, C. Leff, D. Williams)
Center for Urban and Community Design
initiated (CUCD) (Profile: University of Miami School of Architecture,
Kathleen Randall, Traditional Building, Mar/Apr. 2004)
The James Branch Scholarship was
established for a senior architecture student who demonstrates academic
merit and excellence in design.
1994
SOA Paul Buisson Reference Library
integrated into the UM Library System as a branch library (SOA News,
Autumn 1994)
1996
Monacelli Press publishes Between Two
Towers, The Drawings of the School of Miami, by Vincent Scully
M. Arch I (Professional) Degree Program
announced (SOA Newsletter, Spring 1996)
SOA Exhibition University of Miami: An
Architectural History mounted (SOA Newsletter, Fall 96 Spring
97)
Lidia Abello Scholarship for Design
excellence established. (SOA Newsletter, Fall 96 Spring 97)
Charles Barrett Book Fund established (SOA
Newsletter, Fall 96 Spring 97)
The Lidia Abello Memorial Scholarship was
established for second year architecture students who demonstrate academic
merit and financial need.
1999
The McLamore Memorial Scholarship was established for a graduate student
who demonstrates academic merit and an interest in landscape design.
2001
SOA sponsors exhibition and catalogue
Building Through Time, The Making of a School of Architecture, 1926 2001
which reviews the history of the school and exhibits received alumni
work (catalogue editors: F. Martinez and C. Penabad
Knight Program in Community Building
established (SOA Newsletter, Winter 01)
2003
Groundbreaking ceremonies are held for the
Jorge M. Perez Architecture Center (architects: Leon Krier; Merrill and
Pastor Architects: Ferguson Glasgow Shuster Soto, Inc.)
2004
Spring construction begins on Jorge M.
Perez Architecture Center
OUTSTANDING EVENTS Undated
* Initiation of Reserve Library and Image
Archives
* Venice Program
* Miami, Architecture of the Tropics Exhibit
& Catalog
* Boat Race (1967?)
* Homecoming Barbeque
II. DEPARTMENT CHAIRMEN AND SCHOOL DEANS
1927-1932 John Llewellyn Skinner,
FATA; M. Arch, Harvard University;
B.A. SC., University of Toronto. Chair
1950-1968 James E. Branch,
AIA, B.S., M.S.A.E.,
University of Illinois. Chair
1968-1970 Robert Anderson,
AIA; M.Arch, Harvard University. Chair
1970-1972 Woodrow W. Wilkins,
AIA; B.S, B.Arch, University of Florida, M.S. in
Arch , Columbia University. Acting Chair
1972-1975 Ralph Warburton, FAIA, AICP,
F.ASCE, M.C.P, B. Arch, M.I.T., M. Arch, Yale University. Chair and
Associate Dean, S.E.E.D.
1975-1976 Felipe
Prestamo, AICP Ed.D. University of Florida;
M.C.P., M.I.T.; B. Arch, U. de la Habana, Cuba.
Acting Chair
(1976 Bulletin shows Malt as Acting Chairman)
1976-1978
Basil Honikman,
AIA: B. Arch, University of Capetown;
Ph.D., University of London. Chair
1979-1983 John Ames Steffian, B.A.
University of Pennsylvania; M.A., Harvard University. Chair
1983-1984 Nicholas Patricios, AICP; FRTPI,
Ph.D., University College, London, England, Diploma T.C.P Distinction,
Victoria Univ. of Manchester, England B.Arch, University of Witwatersrand,
South Africa. Interim Dean
1984-1989 John Thomas Regan, B. Arch,
Auburn University; Ph.D., London University. Dean
1990-1991
Jose Gelabert-Navia,
AIA,
M.F.A.,
B.Arch, Cornell University. Acting Dean
1991-1992 Javier Cenicacelaya, M.A., Joint
Center for Urban Design, Oxford, England, Ph.D. Arch., University of
Navarra, Spain. Dean
1992-1993 Jorge Hernandez
AIA; M.Arch, U. of
Virginia; B.Arch., University of Miami. Acting Dean
1993-1995
Roger Schluntz,
FAIA;
M.Arch., U of Cal.-Berkeley; B.Arch.,
University of Nebraska. Dean
1995-Present Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, FAIA;
M.Arch, Yale B.A. in Architecture and Urban Planning, Princeton
University. Dean
III FACULTY (UM Bulletins 1927,1928-29,
1929-30, 1931-32)
· John
L. Skinner (See Admin.) "Consultant in Architecture";
(Pittsburgh) Museum School of Fine Arts, Art Students League of N.Y.C.,
(Art Director of Coral Gables)
· Denman
Fink AIA "Consultant
in Architecture"; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Supervising Architect
of Coral Gables
·
Earl E. Harvey,
Instructor, B.S. in Civil
Engineering, Union College
· William
Coulton Skinner, Instructor, B.A., University of Toronto
· L.
G. Schreffler, Instructor, B.S. in A.E., Penn State College
·
Robert F. Smith, Instructor, A.B. and
B.Arch, University of Miami
· Ernest
F. Coe, Lecturer in Arch, Yale University
1962-Present Tenured faculty (
listed in order of first appearance in the UM Bulletin. Last appearance is
also noted)
·
James E. Branch 1950 1974 (Arch.
Technology)
· James
P. Samson 1956 1983; B.S.A.E., Illinois University (Materials and
Methods)
· John
E. Sweet 1958-1970 M.S. in Arch., University of Illinois (Design)
· Paul
Buisson 1963-1990; DPLG, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts
(Design, History)
· Jan
Hochstim 1965 present; M.A., B.S.A.E., University of Miami; B. Arch,
University of Illinois, M.A., U. of Miami (Design, History)
· Thomas
A. Spain 1968 present; M. DES, Harvard University; M.Arts, University
of Miami, B.Arch, North Carolina State University (Design, Visual Studies)
· Robert
Anderson 1968-1971 (Design, Theory)
· Felipe
Prestamo 1970- 1999; Ed.D. University of Florida; M.C.P., Massachusetts
Institute of Technology; B.Arch, Universidad de la Habana (Design,
Planning)
· Woodrow
W. Wilkins 1970-1982 (Design, Historic Preservation)
· Tomas
Lopez-Gottardi 1972-Present; M. Arch, M.C.P. U of PA: B.Arch, Rensselear
Polytechnic Institute (Design & Theory)
· Ralph
Warburton 1972-2000; (Design, Planning)
· Herald
Lewis Malt 1973-1989: M.I.D. Syracuse University; B.F.A.I.D., Carnegie
Mellon University (Urban Design, Planning)
·
Joseph Middlebrooks, 1973-present; M. Arch., M.C.P., Yale University;
BArch, Howard University (Design, Professional Practice)
· Gary
Greenan 1974-present; M.C.R.P., Catholic University; BL.A., University
of Florida (Design, Landscape Architecture)
· Aristides
J. Millas, 1974-present; M. Arch in Urban Design, Harvard University; B.
Arch., Carnegie-Mellow University (Design, History)
· Arthur
Bowen, 1976-1988; M.A. London PolyTech; Diploma in Town Planning and Civic
Arch, University of London; B.S., University of Cambridge; B.A. Arch,
London PolyTech (Design, Environment)
· Basil
Honikman, 1977-1990; (Design, Behavioral studies)
· John
Ames Steffian, 1978-1982; (Design, Theory)
· Joanna
Lombard 1981-present; M. Arch., Harvard University, B.Arch., Tulane
University (Design, Theory)
· Nicholas
Patricios, 1978-present; (Design, Planning)
· Elizabeth
Plater-Zyberk, 1981-present (Design, Suburb and Town Design)
· Jose
Gelabert-Navia, 1983-present (Design, History)
·
John Thomas Regan, 1984-1989 (Design, Theory)
·
Teofilo
Victoria, 1987-present;
M.A.U.D., Columbia University, B.F.A, B. Arch.,
Rhode Island School of Design (Design, Theory)
·
Jorge Hernandez 1988 present (Design, History)
· Rocco
Ceo 1990-present; M. Arch., Harvard University; B. Arch, B.F.A., Rhode
Island School of Design (Design, Visual Studies)
· Denis
Hector, 1990-present; M.S., University of Pennsylvania, B.Arch, Cornell
University (Design, Technology)
· Jean-Francois
Lejeune, 1991-present; Diploma Arch., University of Liege (Design Theory)
· Javier
Cenicacelaya, 1991-1992, (Design, Theory)
· Frank
Martinez, 1992-present; M. Arch., Princeton University; B.Arch.,
University of Miami (Design, Theory)
·
Roger Schluntz-1993-1998 (Design,
Theory)
1962-Present Non-Tenured Faculty
in the Department of Architecture
(Listed by first appearance only)
1962 Arthur, Nicolaides, West
1964 Medlin
1965 Gamble
1968 Nichols
1970 Acton, Pearson
1972 Vander Klaauw
1974 D. Branch, Catanese, Chambers, Currie,
Knowles, LaRocca, Rosenberg, Smith, Steel
1976 Casey, Duany, Fort-Brescia
1979 Pratt
1981 Ruiz
1990 Delgado, Llanes,
Medina
1992 Behar, Lynn,
Scully
1993 Correa, Ponce De
Leon, J. Trelles, L. Trelles, Valle
1994 Alhasani,
McLean, Lyn, Nepomeche
1996 Curtis
1999 Burnett, Fix, John
2000 Bohl
2002 Cure, Penabad
(This is clearly incomplete, additional
information is welcome, please email
Carolyn White with any additions or corrections) |
