Sylvia Gottwald-Thapar
General Information
Occupation: Architect, Urban Designer, Planner
Resident State/Province: Maryland
Resident Country: United States
Archive/Repository: IAWA, Special Collection, Newman Library, Ms2000-038
Sources: Curriculum Vitae
Specialties
Subject: Urban design/planner
Description: As an urban designer/planner for The Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Comission, Ms. Gottwald-Thapar is responsible for professional planning work in comprehensive areas such as urban design, housing, transportation, land use economics and zoning. She is required to write reports and recommendations on complex issues related to urban development. Her specific assignment is the creation of an urban design framework (master plan) for large scale mixed-use developments in the Silver Spring central business district.
Jobs
Employer: David Bulova Cleve and Associates
City: Montreal
State: District of Columbia
Country: United States
Employer: The Architects Collaborative Inc.
City: Cambridge
State: District of Columbia
Country: United States
Employer: Webb, Zerafa, Menkes and Associates; Architects, Engineers, Planners
City: Montreal
State: District of Columbia
Country: United States
Employer: World Bank
City: Washington
State: District of Columbia
Country: United States
Employer: The Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Comission
City: Silver Spring
State: District of Columbia
Country: United States
Employer: V. Koublek AIA
City: Washington
State: District of Columbia
Country: United States
Employer: The Catholic University of America
City: Washington
State: District of Columbia
Country: United States
Collaborators
No collaborators on record
Apprenticeships
No apprenticeships on record
Awards
No awards on record
Exhibitions
Title: .
Description: Presentation of recent work at AIA Washington Chapter for Washington Women in Architecture
City: Washington
Start Date: October 01, 1984
Notable Projects
Title: John Abbot College
Description: Revitalization of an English-speaking college
City: Montreal
Country: Great
Title: Aqaba Tourist Resort
Country: Yugoslavia
Title: Futuro Fiberglass Homes Ltd.
Description: Responsible for the design and construction of the prototypical emergency housing unit.
City: Montreal
Country: Yugoslavia
Title: Renovation and reconstruction of a fifteenth century Venetian Gothic palace.
Country: Yugoslavia
Title: Place Guy Favreau
Description: Multi-use urban renewal project in downtown Montreal
Country: Yugoslavia
Title: Metro Center
Description: Mixed use project in retail district of downtown Washington. Responsible for conceptual design.
Country: Yugoslavia
Title: Gallery Place
Description: Mixed use project in historic center of Washington. Responsible for design development.
Country: Yugoslavia
Title: Official Disney World Hotel
Description: Responsible for conceptual design
City: Orlando
Country: Yugoslavia
Title: Place Mercantile
Description: Commercial and office urba renewal project in downtown Montreal.
Country: Yugoslavia
Title: The Urban Projects Department in East Asia and Pacific region
Description: Consultant and responsible for the monitoring and evaluation of two high density urban development projects in Bangkok, Thailand; housing projects in Chiang Mai, North Thailand and Songkla, South Thailand.
Country: Yugoslavia
Title: Museum of Fine Arts
Description: Department of Prints and Drawings
Country: Yugoslavia
Title: Complex Ball Canada and Banque Nationale
Description: Multi-use urban renewal project in downtown Montreal.
Country: Yugoslavia
Title: The Urban Projects Department in Europe, Middle East and North Africa
Description: Consultant and responsible for the supervision of the design and planning development of: two vocational centres, four secondary schools and four dispensaries in Rabat, Morocco.
Country: Yugoslavia
Title: The Urban Projects Department in Southeast Asia region
Description: Consultant and responsible for pilot urban renewal project on Bombay
Country: Yugoslavia
Title: Beverly Housing
City: Beverly
Country: Yugoslavia
Title: Bernandin Tourist Complex
City: Bernandin
Country: Yugoslavia
Education
Institution: Harvard University / M.I.T., Cambridge, Massachussetts, USA
Department: School of Architecture and City Planning
Notes: Graduate work in City Planning, 1975
Institution: University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada / Univeristy Cattolica di Milano, Rome, Italy
Department: Department of Art History and Languages
Degree: Bachelor of Arts cum laude
Institution: Harvard University / M.I.T, Cambridge, Massachussetts, USA
Department: Graduate School of Design
Degree: Master of Architecture
Licensing
No licenses on record
Professional Affiliations
Organization: Institute of Urban Affairs and Research, Howard University, Washington D.C.
Role: Member of the Advisory Board
Publications By
Title: 1905 Adams Style House, Renovation
Publisher: Washington Post
Date Published: April 01, 1985
Title: Interpretation of the Traditional Elements in Contemporary Architecture, survey of recent Indian architecture
Publisher: Architecture
Date Published: September 01, 1984
Publications About
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