Ellen Dunham-Jones Explained
Ellen Dunham-Jones |
Birth Date: | 17 January 1959 |
Nationality: | American |
Occupation: | Architect |
Alma Mater: | Princeton University School of Architecture |
Discipline: | Architecture |
Workplaces: | Georgia Tech |
Ellen Dunham-Jones (born January 27, 1959) is an architectural educator and urbanist best known for her work on re-educating the public how to interact with their environment. She is also an authority on suburban redevelopment.[1]
Education
Ellen Dunham-Jones studied at Princeton University, graduating with an AB in architecture and planning in 1980 and a Master of Architecture in 1983.[2] She is a registered architect in New York State.
Career
She is a professor in the School of Architecture at Georgia Tech, where she also serves as director of its MS in Urban Design Program in the College of Design.
Work
Dunham-Jones and June Williamson co-authored Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Solutions for Redesigning Suburbs which was awarded the Architecture & Urban Planning category of the 2009 PROSE Award.[3]
Awards and professional leadership
- PROSE Award, 2009 for Professional and Scholarly Excellence from the Association of American Publishers as the 2009 best book of the year in architecture and urban planning.[4]
- Retrofitting Suburbia featured in Time March 23, 2009, cover story[5]
- Fellow of the Congress for the New Urbanism[6]
- #71 on Planetizen's list of the Top 100 Most Influential Urbanists of All Time[7]
In popular culture
Dunham-Jones appeared as herself on the show Adam Ruins Everything.[8]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Voices: Ellen Dunham-Jones, AIA. Architect Magazine. October 27, 2018.
- Web site: Ellen Dunham-Jones . School of Architecture Georgia Institute of Technology. October 27, 2018.
- News: 2009 Award Winners . PROSE Awards. October 27, 2018. en-US.
- Web site: 2009 Award Winners - PROSE Awards. October 27, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180927122434/https://proseawards.com/winners/2009-award-winners/. September 27, 2018. live.
- 10 Ideas Changing the World Right Now . March 23, 2009. Time. cover. October 27, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20171109080541/http://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,20090323,00.html. November 9, 2017. live.
- News: Fellows. amckeag. July 17, 2015. CNU. October 27, 2018. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20180605051612/https://www.cnu.org/who-we-are/fellows. June 5, 2018. live.
- News: The 100 Most Influential Urbanists. Planetizen. October 28, 2018.
- Web site: Ellen Dunham-Jones. IMDb. October 27, 2018.