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Lance Hosey
Born(1964-09-11)September 11, 1964
DiedAugust 27, 2021(2021-08-27) (aged 56)
Alma materColumbia University, Yale School of Architecture

Lance Hosey (September 11, 1964 - August 27, 2021) was an American architect. In 2020, he joined HMC Architects, a large California-based firm, as the design industry's first Chief Impact Officer.[1] Previously, he was a principal, design director, and co-leader of design resilience at Gensler.[2] He had been a project director with "green pioneer" William McDonough and was the first chief sustainability officer with the international architecture firms RTKL Associates[3] and Perkins Eastman.[4]

Earlier in his career, Hosey worked as a designer with Rafael Viñoly[5] and with Charles Gwathmey[6] in New York. He also served as president and CEO of the sustainability research institute GreenBlue,[7] founded by McDonough and Michael Braungart and named one of "10 Green NGOs Business Should Know About."[8]

Hosey was born and raised in Houston, TX, where he studied jazz saxophone[9] at the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. He graduated from Columbia College, in New York, in 1987 and Yale School of Architecture.[10][11] Hosey was featured in the “Next Generation” program of Metropolis (architecture magazine)[12] and Architectural Record’s “emerging architect” series,[13] and was a fellow of the Michael Kalil Endowment for Smart Design[14] and a resident of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center.[15] In 2014, he was elevated to the American Institute of Architects College of Fellows, which recognizes "architects who have made a significant contribution to architecture and society."[16] In 2015, the US Green Building Council / Green Building Certification Institute named him a LEED Fellow, the "most prestigious designation" for a green building professional.[17] As of 2016, he was one of only 30 people to receive both honors.[18]

In 2021, Forbes cited Hosey as a "visionary architect."[19] Builder magazine has written that he is "on a crusade to revolutionize what it means to be sustainable."[20] Metropolis magazine said Hosey was "inventing a new kind of architecture that instead of being at odds with the environment, works with it."[21]

Hosey's writings appeared in The New York Times,[22] The Washington Post,[23] and Fast Company,[24] and he had been a columnist with The Huffington Post[25] and Architect magazine (2007-2010).[26] His books include The Shape of Green: Aesthetics, Ecology, and Design (Island Press, 2012), the first book to study the relationships between beauty and sustainability;[27] Women in Green: Voices of Sustainable Design (Ecotone, 2007) (co-authored with Kira Gould), the first book in the design industry dedicated to sustainability, diversity, and innovation;[28] and Green Homes: New Ideas for Sustainable Living (HarperCollins, 2007), for which he wrote the introduction, “The Ecology of Home.”[29] In 2018, he won the Sarah Booth Conroy Prize for Journalism and Architectural Criticism from the Washington, DC chapter of the American Institute of Architects.[30]

Hosey gave keynotes at TED,[31] the Idea Festival,[32] and SXSW Eco.[33] Hosey died on August 27, 2021.[34]

References

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  1. ^ Baldwin, Eric. ""Architects Never Waste a Good Crisis": HMC's New Chief Impact Officer on Reframing Design". www.archdaily.com//. ArchDaily. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Aim Higher: How to Transition Your Firm to Zero Net Carbon". Architect Magazine. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Hosey Joins RTKL as Chief Sustainability Officer and SVP," Contract Magazine
  4. ^ "Lance Hosey FAIA Joins Washington, DC, Office of Perkins Eastman as Firm's First Chief Sustainability Officer," WSPA
  5. ^ Viñoly, Rafael (1 January 2002). Rafael Vinoly. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9783764366162.
  6. ^ Collins, Brad (1 January 2003). Gwathmey Siegel: Buildings and Projects, 1992-2002. Random House Incorporated. ISBN 9780847825295.
  7. ^ "Lance Hosey Named GreenBlue President and CEO – Press Releases on CSRwire.com". www.csrwire.com. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  8. ^ Herrera, Tilde. "10 Green NGOs Businesses Should Know About". www.greenbizgroup.com/. GreenBiz. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  9. ^ HSPVA, "Morning Glory," 1984."This Bass was Made for Walkin'". YouTube. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  10. ^ "In Memoriam: Space Architect and "Design Outlaw" Constance Adams". Metropolis. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  11. ^ "Class Notes". Columbia College Today. Fall 1999. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  12. ^ Metropolis magazine
  13. ^ Architectural Record
  14. ^ Michael Kalil Endowment for Smart Design Archived 19 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  15. ^ "Lance Hosey". Rockefellerfoundation.org. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  16. ^ "2014 FAIA Announcement". www.aia.org. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  17. ^ "2015 Class of LEED Fellows Announced | U.S. Green Building Council". www.usgbc.org. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  18. ^ USGBC, "Leading in design and function: Fellows of AIA and LEED Fellows," September 14, 2016. Retrieved September 15, 2016.
  19. ^ Gold, Kym (18 June 2021). "Success And The Science Of Beautiful Things". Forbes. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  20. ^ Easley, Claire (7 August 2012). "Not Pretty? Then It's Not Green". Builder. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  21. ^ Manfra, Laurie (January 2012). "Living, Breathing Buildings". Metropolis. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  22. ^ "Why We Love Beautiful Things," The New York Times, February 15, 2013
  23. ^ "More Constructive Ways To Build a City," The Washington Post, January 9, 2005
  24. ^ Fast Company, author list
  25. ^ Huffington Post, author list
  26. ^ ARCHITECT, author list
  27. ^ Hosey, Lance (11 June 2012). The Shape of Green: Aesthetics, Ecology, and Design. ISBN 9781610912143.
  28. ^ "For a Crash Course in Sustainable Business, What Are the "Must Read" Books?". Triple Pundit: People, Planet, Profit. 3 February 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  29. ^ Green Homes. Harper Collins. 2007. p. 6. Retrieved 5 October 2014 – via Internet Archive. The Ecology of Home HOSEY.
  30. ^ Goldchain, Michelle (21 February 2018). "Architect, author Lance Hosey wins architectural journalism prize". Curbed. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  31. ^ TEDCity2.0, September, 2013
  32. ^ "Idea Festival, 2013". Archived from the original on 19 October 2014.
  33. ^ "SXSW Eco keynote". Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  34. ^ "Lance Hosey, architect and sustainable design advocate, has died at 56". The Architects News Paper. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
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