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Julie Larsen

Assistant Professor

Education

2002 Columbia University, New York, NY - Master of Architecture
2001 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETHZ; Zurich, Switzerland - Study Abroad Program
1997 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois - Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies
1997 Tong Ji University; Shanghai, China - Study Abroad Program

Academic Experience

2008-present Assistant Professor in Architecture, College of Fine and Applied Arts School of Architecture at the University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign

2007-08 Instructor, Department of Architecture, Design + Urban Planning Chair Prof. Dr. Marc Angélil, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETHZ

2003-07 Lecturer II in Architecture Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan

Professional Experience

2002-p APTUM Architecture, Champaign, Illinois, USA + Zurich, Switzerland; co-founder
Architectural Designer, e-Solutions, Inc. Pasadena, CA, 2006 – 07
Architectural Designer, The Gore Group, Ltd., Grosse Pointe Farms, MI, 2004 – 05
Architectural Designer, McIntosh Poris Associates, Birmingham, MI, 2002 – 03
Designer/Animator, I O Media, New York, NY, 2001 – 02
Architectural Designer, Hellmuth, Obata, and Kassabaum Architects, Kansas City, MO 1996 - 99

Publications

2008 99k House Competition, RDA/AIA Houston 2008
2008 Bustler “Winners in “Flip a Strip” Mall Redesign Contest Announced" retrieved October 14, 2008 from http://bustler.net/index.php/article/winners_in_flip_a_strip_mall_redesign_contest_announced/
2008 Petriello, Laurel Interior Design “Winners Announced in Strip Mall Redesign Contest” retrieved October 13, from http://www.interiordesign.net/article/CA6604304.html
2008 Buchholz, Jan Phoenix Business Journal “Exhibit of Flip A Strip finalists draws large crowds; three winners named” retrieved October 14, 2008 from http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2008/10/13/focus2.html?b=1223870400^1713410
2007 Two Project Competitions for Elderly Homes “Trotte” in Zurich-Wipkingen and “Koeschenrueti” in Zurich-Seebch”, Building Department City of Zürich, January 07
2002 Third Year Project, Kramer Woodard Studio, Columbia GSAP Abstract
2000 Third Year Group Building Systems Project, 8 of 30 Selected Groups, Columbia GSAP Abstract
2000 First Year Project, Gisela Baurmann Studio, Columbia GSAP Abstract
1999 First Year Project, William MacDonald Studio, Columbia GSAP Abstract
1999 USA Today – feature sports article ‘Baseball Park of the 21st Century’; HOK Sport Architects

Exhibits

2008 FLIP-A-STRIP Competition, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, Arizona, Third Prize
2008 99K Sustainable House Competition; Houston, Texas, US
2008 Tools to Clarify and Convey Complex Questions of Urban Design and Urban Planning in Schwyz Architecture Department ETH, Zurich, Switzerland
2007 [Seeing] Switzerland: Student Work from the Study Abroad Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2006 [Seeing] Switzerland: Student Work from the Study Abroad Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2005 [Seeing] Switzerland: Student Work from the Study Abroad Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Presentations and Lectures

2008 FLIP-A-STRIP Competition, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, Arizona, Third Prize
2008 99K Sustainable House Competition; Houston, Texas, US
2008 Tools to Clarify and Convey Complex Questions of Urban Design and Urban Planning in Schwyz Architecture Department ETH, Zurich, Switzerland
2007 [Seeing] Switzerland: Student Work from the Study Abroad Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2006 [Seeing] Switzerland: Student Work from the Study Abroad Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2005 [Seeing] Switzerland: Student Work from the Study Abroad Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Professional and University Service

2005-07 Student Advisor, AIAS Michigan Chapter, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2008 Presentation ‘Being an Architect’, Children's Research Center, Champaign, IL

Awards and Honors

2008 3rd Prize, FLIP-A-STRIP Competition, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, Arizona
2005 1 of 8 finalists, Workshops for Disabled + Market Rate Housing Competition; Lenzburg, Switzerland
2002 Final Studio Project, Lucille Smyser Lowenfish Memorial Prize; Columbia University, New York, NY
2002 Third Year Project, Kramer Woodard Studio, 24 of 80 Selected Projects, Columbia GSAP Abstract
2000 Third Year Group Building Systems Project, 8 of 30 Selected Groups, Columbia GSAP Abstract
2000 First Year Project, Gisela Baurmann Studio, 24 of 80 Selected Projects, Columbia GSAP Abstract
1999 First Year Project, William MacDonald Studio, 24 of 80 Selected Projects, Columbia GSAP Abstract
2002 Post Graduate William Kinne Research Fellowship; Accepted
Proposal: ‘Emerging Urban Peripheries: ‘Ganish Rides the IT mouse’;
Research cities: Hyderabad | New Chennai | Bangalore | Madras, India
2002 Fackenthal Academic Scholarship; Columbia University Graduate Program
2001 Kate Neal Kinley Fellowship University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign; Academic Year 01-02; Accepted
Proposal: ‘Redefining 21st Century City – Revitalization through Regional Strategies’
2001 Renwick Academic Scholarship; Columbia University Graduate Program
1996 Nominee, Edward C. Earl Prize; School or Architecture, University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign
1995 Nominee, Edward C. Earl Prize; School or Architecture, University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign
1994 3rd Prize, Edward C. Earl Prize; School or Architecture, University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign

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