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Construction Design & Engineering
Posted: October 13, 2009
Meet the BSA Member - Alex Krieger
Alex Krieger has combined a career of teaching and practice, dedicating himself in both to understanding how to improve the quality of place and life in our major urban areas.
Krieger is a professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, where he has taught since 1977. He served as chairman of the Dept. of Urban Planning and Design, 1998-2004, as director of the Urban Design Program, 1990-2001, and as associate chairman of the Dept. of Architecture, 1984-1989. He has also served in several university-wide roles including as senior planning advisor for Harvard's campus expansion into Allston, and on the newly established design review committees for both the Allston and Cambridge campuses.
Krieger is a frequent advisor to mayors and their planning staffs, and serves on a number of boards and commissions. Among these: Director of the NEA's Mayor's Institute in City Design, 1994-1999; Founder and co-director of the Large City Planners Institute, 1999-pr.; Boston Civic Design Commission, 1989-1987; Providence Capital Center Commission, 1990-1998; Vice President of the New England Holocaust Memorial 1989-2000; Historic Boston Incorporated, 2004-pr.; Joseph Riley Institute, Charleston, 2000-present.
Krieger received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Cornell University and a Master of City Planning in Urban Design degree from Harvard University.
Chan Krieger Sieniewicz
8 Story St. - Cambridge, MA 02138
617-354-5315
www.chankrieger.com
Chan Krieger Sieniewicz
8 Story St. - Cambridge, MA 02138
617-354-5315
www.chankrieger.com
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