Renee Kemp-Rotan
General Information
Occupation: Architectural Designer, Urban Designer, Planner, Theorist
Birth City: Washington
Birth State/Province: D.C.
Birth Country: United States
Resident City: Birmingham
Resident State/Province: Alabama
Resident Country: United States
Sources: http://www.noma.net/local/news.htm
Specialties
Subject: Urban Design, Media, Interpretive Environments
Jobs
Employer: Urban Design Group
City: New York City
State: New York
Country: United States
Employer: Howard University
Title: Teacher, Architecture
Country: United States
Employer: Parsons School of Design
Title: Teacher, Architecture
Country: United States
Employer: Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech)
Title: Teacher, Architecture
Country: United Kingdom
Employer: Various
Title: Lecturer
Notes: at FAMU, MIT, Harvard, Columbia, University of Michigan, Tuskegee, The Cooper Hewitt, Cairo University and The Sorbonne
Employer: City of Atlanta, Georgia
Title: Director of Economic Development, Chief of Urban Design and Urban Development
Notes: oversaw the construction of the Philips Arena for the city
Employer: Mayor of Birmingham
Title: Director of Capital Projects
City: Birmingham
State: Alabama
Country: United States
Notes: oversees public facility construction
Collaborators
No collaborators on record
Apprenticeships
No apprenticeships on record
Awards
Name: Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo Competition
Description: placed 21 out of 4000 entries
Exhibitions
No exhibitions on record
Notable Projects
No projects on record
Education
Institution: Syracuse University
Department: Architecture
End Date: January 01, 1975
Notes: cum laude
Institution: Architectural Association in London
Notes: studied under Paul Oliver, cultural anthropologist and world history teacher
Institution: Columbia University
Degree: Masters of Science in Urban Planning
Licensing
No licenses on record
Professional Affiliations
Organization: National Endowment of the Arts
Role: headed the Design Demonstration Program and the National Design Competition Program
Organization: National Organization of Minority Architects
Role: 2007 NOMA Design Awards Juror
Organization: RIBA -- Architectural Association (London)
Publications By
Title: Being a black, female architect in a white, male profession
Publication: Architecture: the AIA journal
Volume: 73
Issue: 2
Page: 11
Date Published: January 01, 1984
Publications About
Title: 15 Outstanding NOMA Women
Author: Dowdell, Kimberly N.
Publication: NOMA Magazine
Publisher: NOMA
Date Published: September 01, 2007
Url: www.noma.net/local/documents/FALL08MAGAZINE.pdf