Ellen Dunham-Jones

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]

Ellen Dunham-Jones
Born (1959-01-17) January 17, 1959
NationalityAmerican
OccupationArchitect
Academic background
Alma materPrinceton University School of Architecture
Academic work
DisciplineArchitecture
InstitutionsGeorgia Tech

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.[2]

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's 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]

Dunham-Jones appeared as herself on the show Adam Ruins Everything.[8]

References
  1. "Voices: Ellen Dunham-Jones, AIA". Architect Magazine. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
  2. "Ellen Dunham-Jones". School of Architecture | Georgia Institute of Technology. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
  3. "2009 Award Winners". PROSE Awards. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
  4. "2009 Award Winners - PROSE Awards". Archived from the original on September 27, 2018. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
  5. "10 Ideas Changing the World Right Now". Time. March 23, 2009. cover. Archived from the original on November 9, 2017. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
  6. amckeag (July 17, 2015). "Fellows". CNU. Archived from the original on June 5, 2018. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
  7. "The 100 Most Influential Urbanists". Planetizen. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
  8. "Ellen Dunham-Jones". IMDb. Retrieved October 27, 2018.


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