Ms. Rebecca Barnes
General Information
Occupation: Urban Designer
Resident City: Boston
Sources: http://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/2004-05/04-131.html; http://speakers.aia.org/speaker/624/profile
Specialties
Jobs
Employer: Providence Mayor's Office
Title: Architect and Planner
City: Providence
Country: United States
Start Date: May 1977
End Date: February 1979
Employer: Roitman's Fine Furniture
Title: Assistant to Interior Design
Country: United States
Start Date: September 1971
End Date: August 1972
Employer: The Conservation Company
Title: Graduate Architect
Country: United States
Start Date: February 1979
End Date: September 1979
Notes: Staff designer planner on team focused on revitalization of historic downtown Providence.
Employer: Jones & Jones
Title: Graduate Architect
Country: United States
Start Date: May 1979
End Date: October 1979
Notes: Architectural team member on multi-disciplinary design teams for zoo exhibits at Tacoma and Seattle zoos.
Employer: TRA Architects and Engineers
Title: Architect and Planner
Country: United States
Start Date: February 1981
End Date: April 1984
Notes: Design team member for energy conservation project at Fort Lewis, hotel in downtown Tacoma, Washington State Convention Center in downtown Seattle, and various airport expansion and modernization plans.
Employer: Seattle Dept. of Community Development
Title: Sr. Urban Designer
City: Seattle
State: Washington
Country: United States
Start Date: April 1984
End Date: January 1988
Notes: Involved in urban design policy development and project planning for new Washington State Convention Center.
Employer: Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Title: Manager for Architecturae & urban Design
City: Boston
Country: United States
Start Date: November 1988
End Date: October 1991
Notes: Managed design of highway architecture and urban design aspects of the largest US public works project, Bostons Big Dig, during environmental planning and preliminary design phases.
Employer: Seattle Department of Planning
Title: Director of Planning
City: Seattle
Country: United States
Start Date: October 1991
End Date: March 1995
Notes: Led 30-person professional planning staff in concept, development, implementation of Seattle\'s first comprehensive plan since 1965.
Employer: City of Boston
Title: Chief planner
State: Massachusetts
Country: United States
Start Date: 2001
End Date: 2005
Employer: Brown University
Title: Director of Strategic Growth
City: Providence
State: Rhode Island
Country: United States
Start Date: June 01, 2004
Collaborators
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Apprenticeships
No apprenticeships on record
Awards
Name: Mayor's Citatioin of Service
Description: Providence, Rhode Island
Date Received: 2009
Name: Award of Honor
Description: Boston Society of Architects
Date Received: 2006
Name: Award of Excellence
Description: Women in Design
Date Received: 2002
Name: Fellow of American
Description: Institute of Architects
Date Received: 2000
Name: Loeb Fellowship in Advanced Enviromental Studies
Date Received: 1988
Name: NIAUSI Fellowship
Description: Rome
Date Received: 1985
Exhibitions
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Notable Projects
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Education
Institution: Brown University
Department: American Civilzation - Urban Studies
Start Date: 1967
End Date: 1971
Institution: Boston Architectural College
Department: Architecture
Start Date: 1972
End Date: 1974
Institution: University of Oregon
Department: Archiecture
Degree: M. Arch.
Start Date: 1974
End Date: 1976
Institution: Harvard University
Department: Graduate School of Design
Degree: Loeb Fellowship, Urban Design and Public Policy
Start Date: 1987
End Date: 1988
Licensing
No licenses on record
Professional Affiliations
Organization: International Urban Planning & Regional Planning Group
Organization: Boston Society of Architects/ AIA
Role: Secretary and President
Organization: Green Cities
Notes: Smart Growth and Sustainability for th Dense Urban context.
Organization: Urban Land Institute (ULI)
Organization: Nexus Green Building Resource Center
Organization: Women in Design Network
Role: Founder
Organization: American Institute of Architects
Role: Fellow
Publications By
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Publications About
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