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Bowersox Named Distinguished Alumnus for 2005
William Bowersox |
William A. Bowersox, FAIA, directs design at Powers Bowersox Associates, St. Louis. The recipient of 29 awards for excellence in design over the last 26 years, his accomplishments have been recognized for their clarity and simplicity.
Besides receiving acclaim for his work as a designer, Bill Bowersox has generously contributed his talent and experience to architecture schools and to his community. He has participated as a juror in numerous design award juries and has served as a visiting critic at the Washington University, Oklahoma State University and Drury University schools of architecture. He was chosen by the mayor of St. Louis to serve as the city’s representative for a peer review panel arbitrating the expansion of the Cervantes Convention Center and Stadium as well as for similar design reviews for the expansion of the St. Louis Art Museum and the proposed City of St. Louis multi-modal transportation center.
Bowersox’ architectural achievements have been recognized by the profession both nationally and regionally. In 1985, he was elected to the American Institute of Architects’ College of Fellows in recognition of his outstanding contributions in architectural design. In 1994, the St. Louis Chapter of the American Institute of Architects awarded Bowersox its first Outstanding Architect of the Year Award.
Bill Bowersox received the Bachelor of Architecture degree at KU in 1964. His widely acknowledged accomplishments in architectural design over the last 40 years make him an outstanding model for young architects and, clearly, a distinguished graduate of the School of Architecture and Urban Design.
School to Host Reception at 2006 National AIA Meeting The School of Architecture and Urban Design will host an Alumni Reception at the 2006 AIA National Convention in Los Angeles. The event is scheduled to take place on Thursday, June 8, from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. All graduates are invited to attend and reconnect with fellow students from their days at KU. |
HKS Provides Nurturing Environment for KU Architects
Some of the KU grads at HKS |
There are clearly a number of firms throughout the country that have made a practice of hiring KU architecture graduates and HKS, Inc. is one of them. Founded in 1939, it is widely recognized as one of the top architectural/engineering firms in the United States. As of 2005, HKS had completed more than $36 billion in construction in more than 400 cities in the U.S. and 21 foreign countries. Headquartered in Dallas, HKS maintains a network of offices located in Atlanta, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Orlando, Richmond, Salt Lake City, Tampa, Washington D.C., and the United Kingdom. KU graduates occupy key positions in many of these offices.
Jeffrey K. Jensen, AIA (B.E.D., 1981) is a principal and senior vice president in the Dallas office. He serves as design director for HKS Hospitality and is involved in the programming, conceptual design, schematic design, and interface of design development with construction documents for projects totaling more than $3 billion in construction costs. His completed projects can be found throughout the U.S., Mexico, the Caribbean, Spain and China.
Steve Terrill, AIA (B.Arch., 1984) is a senior designer in HKS’s Richmond office. In addition to his role as a designer, Terrill is also involved in business development for the mid-Atlantic region. Over the last 20 years, his work has focused on the higher education, hospitality, commercial, sports, entertainment and retail sectors.
Michael Rich, AIA (B.Arch., 1994) is a project architect and associate in HKS’s Los Angeles office. Rich joined HKS in 1997 and specializes in housing, healthcare facilities, and commercial building projects.
Kathy Cope (M.Arch., 2000), is an intern architect in HKS’s Dallas office where she has helped initiate the renewal of the firm’s Sustainable Committee. She was LEED certified in 2003 and was a founding member of the U.S. Green Building Council’s North Texas chapter.
Lisa Morris (B.Arch., 2001) is also an intern architect in HKS’s Dallas office working on commercial projects in Texas as well as a 10 million-square-foot hotel and casino in Macau, China.
Ryan Blaylock (B.Arch., 2004) works in the construction services department of HKS’s Dallas office as an intern architect. Prior to joining HKS, he worked at Odile Decq Architects in Paris. He began work on the Dallas Cowboys Stadium project in 2005.
Stephen Doyel (B.Arch., 2004), an intern architect in the Dallas office has worked almost exclusively on hospitality projects. Doyel worked in Jean Nouvel’s office in Paris before he was hired by HKS. He is also involved in HKS’s recruiting efforts.
Alumni Gather for Regional Reception
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Dean John Gaunt met with graduates of the School in a variety of cities during the month of April, 2005. On April 13th, he was joined by architecture alumni at an evening reception in the Dallas office of Good Fulton & Farrell Architects. On April 21st, he and Professor Emeritus Dave Griffin met at the Kirkland Museum in Denver with host Steve Chucovich (B.Arch., 1977) and other Colorado-based graduates and, on April 27th , Dean Gaunt attended a reception in St. Louis hosted by the Lawrence Group, Inc. The receptions provided an opportunity for the Dean to update many of the School’s graduates on degree changes, new scholarships and other events at Marvin Hall.
KU Alums Contribute to Award-Winning Sunset Drive Office Building
The Sunset Drive Office Building, Olathe, Kansas, LEED Gold-certified |
Six graduates of the School of Architecture and Urban Design have played key roles in developing, designing and building the second LEED Gold building in the Kansas City metropolitan area. The Sunset Drive Office Building, located on the northwest corner of 119th Street and Ridgeview Road in Olathe, was completed in January, 2006, and has already won a number of awards, including a Public Technology Award for the building’s energy technology from the Public Technology Institute and a National Association of Counties Achievement Award for “making the design-build process work for county governments.” The building is owned by the government of Johnson County, Kansas.
KU architects who represented Johnson County in the development and completion of the project include Georgia Gavito, AIA (B.A., 1993; M.Arch., 1995), who served as project manager; Neal Angrisano, AIA, NCARB (B.Arch., 1988; M.Arch., 1995), Deputy Director of Facilities for Johnson County; and Joe Waters (B.E.D., 1980), Director of Facilities for Johnson County.
Richard Wetzel, AIA (B.Arch., 1994) represented McCown Gordon Construction, the company that managed the construction project.
Bill Johnson, AIA (B.E.D., 1982; B.Arch., 1983) and Chris Devolder, AIA (B.Arch., 1993) of 360 Architecture served as Design Director and Project Architect.
Other Alumni News
Christopher Adams (B.Arch., 1996) holds the position of partner, designer and construction administrator at nivel one p.1. architecture + interior design, Miami Beach, Florida. Adams joined the firm in 2000 after serving as a project architect at Spillis Candela DMJM in Coral Gables, Florida. His projects at nivel have included as-built surveys, interior remodeling, additions to private homes, renovations of historically significant houses, design of large private residences, and multi-story commercial developments.
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Eric Bellinger (B.Arch., 1982) has worked in Egypt, Denmark, England and Germany since leaving KU and is currently working for Audi AG in the automotive design studio focusing on both interiors and exteriors. Bellinger’s current position follows transportation design work in Denmark with Lago, AG, where he worked on train design and, in England, where he worked on the Heathrow Express rail link to Heathrow Airport and later joined the BMW Rover Group and became one of three designers of the new Mini car, working on the design of the interior. In his current position in Ingolstadt, Germany (north of Munich), Bellinger is part of a team that is working on new Audi A6 interiors, the LeMans show car interior, and the new A4 and future A8 models. Bellinger returned to Lawrence in 2005 and caught up with former colleague Jim Scott (BED, 1982; B.Arch., 1982; M.Arch., 1987) And former instructor Gaylord Richardson.
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Paul Black (M.Arch., 1983) was named Faculty of the Year at the Art Institute of Atlanta in a commencement ceremony held in December, 2004. The award is given annually to one of the 180 full-time faculty in the school. In January, 2005, Black was appointed Chair of the Interior Design Department where he has taught CAD, Drafting, Architectural History and Design Studio since 1995. Black passed the ARE in 1986 and he holds NCARB certification and registration in Georgia where he practices architecture and interior design. He and his wife, Cassie, have two children: Sarah, a student at Georgia Tech and David, a student in high school. While at KU, Black served as a Teaching Assistant for Professors Victor Papanek and Kent Spreckelmeyer.
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Daniel Bradbury (B.Arch., 2004), an intern with TVA Architects in Portland, Oregon, has received the 2005 “Intern of the Year” award from the Portland chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Selection of “Intern of the Year” was made by AIA Portland staff with input from three nationally recognized architects serving as jurors: Bruce Fowle, FAIA, co-founder of FXFowle Architects of New York City; Edward Jones, AIA, co-founder of Jones Studio, Inc. of Phoenix, Arizona; and Randall Stout, FAIA, principal of Stout Architects of Los Angeles. Architecture firms throughout the state of Oregon were eligible to submit for the award, providing testimonials about interns who had made a significant contribution to their company.
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Jason Briscoe |
Jason Briscoe (B.Arch., 1998) AIA, has been promoted to Associate of Robbins Jorgensen Christopher, a leading California architecture firm with offices in Newport Beach and San Diego. Briscoe holds the position of Creative Director within the firm. He joined the firm’s Newport Beach office in 2001 and holds responsibility for projects including the Corona del Mar State Beach improvements and Coronado City Hall and Community Center.
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Adam Ferrari |
Adam Ferrari (B.Arch., 2005) received second prize in the Pangea Institute Architectural Design Contest. The purpose of this national competition was to create a successful model of sustainability in a design that embodied the mission of the Institute. Architects, designers, artists and other visionaries from throughout the country were invited to enter design proposals for the Pangea Organics manufacturing facility and community housing. Ferrari is employed at Holabird & Root in Rochester, Minnesota.
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Kirsten Malcolm Gatewood |
Kirsten Malcolm Gatewood (B.Arch., 1989) has moved her firm, Gatewood Design Works, to a new location at 44 Public Square, Suite 5, Medina, Ohio 44256. The firm continues to specialize in stone and metal detailing and general drafting services with projects ranging from the Capitol Visitor’s Center in Washington, D.C. to the KU Biomedical Research Center.
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John C. Guenther |
John C. Guenther, AIA (BED, 1976; B.Arch., 1977) a principal at Mackey Mitchell Associates, St. Louis, served as project designer for Alberici Corporation’s new award-winning headquarters in St. Louis. In July, 2005, the U.S. Green Building Council awarded the building the LEED Platinum rating under the category of New Construction making it the first platinum-rated building in Missouri and one of only nine platinum-certified “new construction” buildings in the entire world.Only six of these buildings are located in the United States. Achieving a LEED designation and specific certification level involves the accumulation of points that are
Alberici Corporation Headquarters |
accrued in six categories: site sustainability; water efficiency; energy and atmosphere; materials and resources; indoor environmental quality; and innovation and design process. The building designed by Guenther and built by Alberici Corporation netted the most points ever accrued at that time for a newly constructed building seeking LEED platinum certification. An interesting account of the design and construction processes, the materials and innovative technologies used, and the collaborative approaches employed in the project is found in “Cathedral of Steel,” eco-structure, July/August, 2005, pages 14-20.
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The Urban Future Organization (UFO), with offices in London, Athens, Messina and Utrecht, has been featured in 10x10_2:10 Critics, 100 Architects (Phaidon, 2005). Four KU architecture grads work within the firm, including Steve Hardy (B.Arch., 1995), Jonas Lundberg (B.Arch., 1995), Aaron Casey (B.Arch., 1995), and Andrei Martin (B.Arch., 1995).
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Jennifer Herron (B.Arch., 1991) and Jeff Horton (B.Arch., 1991) of Herron Horton Architects, a Little Rock-based architectural design firm, received a second place award for kitchen renovation in the 2004 Great American Home Awards, presented by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and Old-House Journal. Established in 1989, the contest honors homeowners and professionals for their dedication to the ideals of preservation, as well as for their commitment to excellence in rehabilitating old houses. The Herron Horton project involved the Davis home, an 1884 residence listed on the National Register of Historic Places and located in the Governor’s Mansion Historic District in downtown Little Rock, Arkansas.
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J. Lee Johnson (B.S. Arce, 1957) reports that although he is semi-retired, he completes one or two design projects each year in between golfing (with oldest son, Steve), hiking, swimming, and keeping up with his granddaughter, Katie.
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Jonathan Petry |
Jonathan Petry (B.Arch., 2002) returned in March, 2005, from a five-month stay in Iraq where he served as a project manager in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Resident Office in the city of Mosul. Petry worked on a number of reconstruction projects that included schools, clinics and roads.
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Bill Quatman |
AIA Missouri has honored Bill Quatman (BED, 1980; B.Arch., 1983) with its 2005 Distinguished Service Award, formerly known as the Architect of the Year Award. Quatman, who is the first architect to become both a Fellow of the AIA and a Designated Design-Build Professional of the Design-Build Institute of America, is an attorney with the law firm of Shughart Thomson & Kilroy and a licensed architect in Missouri. The Kansas City chapter of the AIA nominated Quatman for the honor because of his role in advancing the practice of architecture and improving the legal environment for architects in Missouri and across the nation. A key result of his work was an Attorney General’s opinion in 1991 that requires public agencies in Missouri to select architectural firms based upon qualifications before soliciting information on their fees. This helps assure that quality and safety concerns, rather than price, guide the architect selection process on public projects. Quatman also drafted a persuasive position paper arguing for stronger U.S. copyright protection for architects, which influenced Congress in revising federal copyright laws. He has written several bills that have become law in Missouri on topics of licensing, bonds and design-build, has argued cases for architects in the Missouri Supreme Court and has been a strong advocate for improved laws for the construction industry.
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Jason D. Reece (B.Arch., 1997) has formed Focus Architecture, a firm providing services in traditional architectural design, interior design, master planning and architectural design-build. Focus Architecture’s first project is a mixed-use retail and luxury condominium building in downtown Kansas City, Missouri.
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Brad Schrock (B.Arch., 1985) has been featured in a number of local newpapers and magazines as a result of his position as the leader of a multi-firm team that is designing Kansas City’s Sprint Center. Schrock is often cited as one of the most respected sports architects in the country with Coors Field (Denver), Safeco Field (Seattle) and the America West Arena (Phoenix) among the many projects included in his portfolio. In 1995, Schrock left HOK’s sports architecture office in Kansas City and, with George Heinlein (B.Arch., 1986), formed Heinlein Schrock Stearns which recently merged with the Kansas City firm of CDFM as 360 Architecture. The Sprint Center Design Team includes 360 Architecture, HOK Sport + Venue + Event, and Ellerbe Becket.
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Russell K. Stewart (B.E.D., 1974) was elected 2006 First Vice President and 2007 President Elect of National AIA at the Annual Convention in Las Vegas in May, 2005. Stewart is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and a principal in the San Francisco office of Gensler Architecture, Design & Planning Worldwide. He joined Gensler in 1988 and has managed a number of large-scale mixed-use projects, renovation and restoration projects, and high-rise office towers. Stewart has been active in AIA, serving as a two-term national AIA vice president, a former regional director, and a former AIA San Francisco and AIA California Council president. Stewart’s term as AIA National President coincides with the 150th anniversary of the Institute.
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John Trupiano (B.Arch., 1998) was promoted to the position of Associate at Corgan Associates, Inc. The firm has offices in Dallas, Fort Worth, New York, Miami and London.
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Irvetta Williams (B.Arch., 1987) Has been selected as the new real estate development coordinator for Old North St. Louis Restoration Group. In this new position, Williams is helping to expand the organization’s community development activities beyond a $10 million revitalization effort which includes 37 new homes in Phase I, the first market-rate homes in the neighborhood in nearly a century. Williams is responsible for pre-development, project implementation and management, marketing and community-based planning of residential and commercial projects designated for a nearby thirty-acre area.
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Ali Yapicioghu (M.Arch., 1995) is a partner in the five-person firm, In. Site: Architecture (I.S:A) located in the western New York cities of Rochester, Perry and Geneva. I.S:A was recently featured in Residential Architect as one of five emerging residential design firms in the U.S. The firm was awarded a 2004 Design Award for Excellence from AIA Rochester for a residential project that included translucent, corrugated polycarbonate roofing, concrete and bamboo flooring, salvaged slate chalkboard counters, and a salvaged timber structure.
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