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Deborah Berke

Deborah Berke, {http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Institute_of_Architects%7C FAIA,)LEED AP)is an American born architect and a native New Yorker. She is the founding partner of Deborah Berke & Partners Architects (hyperlink to Wikipedia page) in New York City and a Professor (Adjunct) of Architectural Design at Yale University, a post she has held since 1987. [1 Berke has been called the “architect of choice for design insiders” by Elle Décor [2] and “a champion of subtlety” by Interior Design Magazine. [3]

In an interview with Peter Halley (hyperlink: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Halley) for Index Magazine, Berke is described as “a populist with a highly refined sense of what is and what can be elegant, and a minimalist who can’t help but lavish attention on detail. Of course, these contradictions are what make her one of the most interesting architects at work today.” [4] In the late 1980’s, Berke designed more than a dozen houses in Seaside, Florida, (hyperlink: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaside,_Florida) the widely publicized New Urbanist prototype town. Ultimately she grew disillusioned with Seaside's strict pre-modern architectural codes. [5]

Berke continues in her role as a Founding Trustee of the Design Trust for Public Space in New York City[6]. She is also a Trustee of the Forum for Urban Design [7] and a Trustee, serving as Vice President, of desigNYC.[8] Over the past two decades, Berke has served as Chair of the Board of Advisors, Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture at Columbia University, Trustee of the Brearley School, Vice President of the AIA New York Chapter, and a Trustee of the National Building Museum. Berke serves as a juror in numerous architecture and design award programs and lectures throughout the US and Canada. She participated in the Ghost13 Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. [9] She served as a resource team member for the 51st National Session of the Mayors' Institute on City Design held in Charleston, South Carolina.[10] In May, 2011, Berke spoke at the Miller House Symposium, Indianapolis Museum of Art. [11] In October, 2011, she presented the financial and design success of the 21c Museum Hotel in Louisville (hyperlink: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21c_Museum_Hotel) at the Urban Land Institute 2011 Annual Fall Meeting in Los Angeles. [12]

In the fall of 2008, Yale University Press published a book focusing on the firm's work — the first book on a contemporary American architect to be published by this esteemed academic press. It is simply titled Deborah Berke. (13) Berke is the co-editor, with Steven Harris, of The Architecture of the Everyday, published by Princeton Architectural Press in 1997. [14] A new book is currently in progress on the residential work of Deborah Berke & Partners Architects.

Berke’s architecture and interior design work has been featured in publications as diverse as Architecture, Architectural Record, Newsweek, Wallpaper, Elle Décor, the Wall Street Journal, and Vogue.[15]

Berke is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design (B.F.A., 1975; B. Architecture, 1977), (Hyperlink: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhode_Island_School_of_Design) The City University of New York (M. Urban Planning in Urban Design, 1984), (hyperlink: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_University_of_New_York) and in 2005 was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design.

Bibliography Berke, Deborah and Katherine Farley, “Urban Intersections: Sao Paulo.” Yale School of Architecture Edward P. Bass Distinguished Visiting Architecture Fellowship. 2011 Berke, Deborah, “An Architecture of the Workplace,” in Architecture from the Outside In: 2010 Selected essays by Robert Gutman. Berke, Deborah, “Thoughts on the Everyday,” in Constructing A New Agenda. Architectural Theory 1993-2009, edited by A. Krista Sykes. Princeton Architectural Press. 2010 Berke, Deborah, “Austerity Aesthetics,” Monocle. July/August 2009 Myers, Tracy. Deborah Berke. Yale University Press. 2008 Berke, Deborah and Steven Harris. Architecture of the Everyday. Princeton Architectural Press. 1997

References [1] http://www.architecture.yale.edu/drupal/people/faculty/berke_deborah; http://www.yale.edu/printer/bulletin/htmlfiles/architecture/faculty-profiles.html [2] Lowry, Vicky, “Women in Design: Deborah Berke,” Elle Decor 10 October 2010

[3] Renzi, Jen, “Interior Design Hall of Fame”, Interior Design December 2002

[4] “Deborah Berke with Peter Halley 1998”. http://www.indexmagazine.com/interviews/deborah_berke.shtml

[5] Lange, Alexandra. “CHIC SIMPLE” New York Magazine, 25 March 1996 

[6] Design Trust for Public Space, Board of Directors: http://www.designtrust.org/about/bod.html

[7] http://ffud.org/

[8] desigNYC http://www.designyc.org/about [9] McGuigan, Cathleen. “Ghost Lab 13: Plotting a New Course for Architecture”, Architectural Record. 24 February 2011. http://archrecord.construction.com/news/2011/02/110224ghost_lab_13.asp; Hutchins, Shelley D. “The International Ghost Lab Conference” Residential Architect. 19July, 2011. http://www.architectmagazine.com/conferences/haunting-in-halifax.aspx; [10] http://www.usmayors.org/usmayornewspaper/documents/10_03_11/pg10_micd.asp [11] http://www.imamuseum.org/millerhouse/miller-house-symposium-speakers [12] http://www.playbackuli.com/player/index/index/cid/9402/ [13] Yale University Press, Deborah Berke. http://yalepress.yale.edu/book.asp?isbn=9780300134391 [14] “Architecture of the Everyday” Source: http://www.papress.com/html/book.details.page.tpl?isbn=9781568981147 [15] Lowry, Vicky, “Deborah Berke, 12 Things She can’t Live Without,” Elle Décor September 2007 Lowry, Vicky “Women in Design: Deborah Berke”, Elle Décor 14 October, 2010, http://www.elledecor.com/decorating/articles/deborah-berke-architect McGuigan, Cathleen, “Design Gets Real,” Newsweek October, 2003 Hays, M.K., Iovine, J.V., Wright, G. “Exceptionally Ordinary,” Architecture June 2001 Iovine, Julie, ”A Working House,” Architectural Record April 1992 Keates, Nancy, “Top Architects Go Local,” The Wall Street Journal December 30, 2011 Jackson, Candace, “The Joy of Emptiness,” Wall Street Journal 23 July 2010 Brûlé, Tyler, ”The Making of Miss Minimalism,” Wallpaper October 1996 Gandee, Charles, “Leaving her Blueprint,” Vogue April 1993

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