Frances Halsband


General Information


Occupation: Architect

Birth City: New York

Birth Country: United States

Resident City: New York City

Resident State/Province: New York

Resident Country: United States

Sources: http://www.kliment-halsband.com/, Torre, Susana, ed. Women in American Architecture: a Historic and Contemporary Perspective. New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1977.


Specialties



Jobs


Employer: Pratt Institute

Title: Dean of the School of Architecture


Employer: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Title: Visiting Distinguished Professor

State: Illinois

Country: United States


Employer: University of Maryland

Title: Visiting Distinguished Professor

State: Maryland

Country: United States


Employer: Ball State University

Title: Visiting Distinguished Professor

State: Indiana

Country: United States


Employer: University of California at Berkeley

Title: Visiting Distinguished Professor

City: Berkeley

State: California

Country: United States


Employer: R.M.Kliment & Frances Halsband Architects

Title: Co-founder, Architect

City: New York City

State: New York

Country: United States

Start Date: January 01, 1972


Employer: Mitchell/Giurgola Architects

City: New York City

State: New York

Country: United States


Collaborators


Name: R. M. Kliment

Project: U. S. courthouse in Gulfport, Mississippi; the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library Visitors Center in Hyde Park, New York; the Smith College campus plan in Northampton, Massachusetts

Notes: also taught joint studios at Harvard, North Carolina State, Pennsylvania, Rice and Virginia


Apprenticeships


No apprenticeships on record


Awards


Name: AIA New York State Award of Merit


Name: Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art, and Architecture Design Award


Name: Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award


Name: General Services Administration Design Award Citation


Name: AIA New York Chapter Medal of Honor


Exhibitions



Notable Projects


Title: Columbia University Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory Master Plan

City: Palisades

State: New York

Country: United States


Title: Roth Center for Jewish Life, Dartmouth College

City: Hanover

Country: United States


Title: International Business Technology Management Office

City: Stamford

Country: United States


Title: Long Island Railroad Entrance Pavilion to Pennsylvania Station

City: New York City

Country: United States


Education


Institution: Columbia University

Degree: M.S. in Architecture


Institution: Swarthmore College

Degree: Bachelor of Arts


Licensing



Professional Affiliations


Organization: New York Chapter of the AIA

Role: President


Organization: Architectural League of New York

Role: President


Organization: New York Landmarks Preservation Commission

Role: Commissioner


Organization: Architectural Review Board of the Federal Reserve Bank and the Architectural Advisory Board of the U.S. Department of State Foreign Buildings Operations

Role: Member


Organization: U.S. General Services Administration National Register of Peer Professionals

Role: Member


Publications By


Title: R. M. Kliment & Frances Halsband Architects: Selected and Current Works

Co-author: Dobney, Stephen

Publisher: The Images Publishing Group

City: Mulgrave

Country: delete


Title: Equal Partners: Men and Women Principals in Contemporary Architectural Practice

Publication: On Partners

Page: 48-52

Publisher: Smith College Museum of Arts

City: Northampton

State: Massachusetts

Country: United States


Title: R. M. Kliment & Frances Halsband

Page: 94-101

Publisher: Architecture and Urbanism

Country: United States


Title: Defining Four Streams of Current Thought

Publication: American Architecture of the 1980s

Page: 337-338

Publisher: American Institute of Architects Press

City: Washington, D. C.

Country: United States


Title: The Third Step: The Work of R. M. Kliment & Frances Halsband Architects

Co-author: Norberg-Schulz, Christian

Page: 11-54

Publisher: Architecture and Urbanism

Country: United States


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