John Lobell<\/p>\n
Voice: (212) 679-1935 \u2028Cell: 646-734-2860
\nEmail: JohnLobell@mac.com
\nJohnLobell.com<\/p>\n
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Education<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n M. Arch., 1966 M. Arch., 1965 B.A., 1963 University of Pennsylvania, 1967 Enrolled for a Ph.D. in philosophy Continuing Studies, 1970 \u2013 present Nanotechnology with Eric Drexler and Ralph Merkle. Computer science with Herb Tesser. Mythology with Joseph Campbell (founding board member, Joseph Campbell Foundation). Buddhism with the Dali Lama, Robert Thurman, Lobsang Sampton, and Chogyam Trungpa. Shamanism with Michael Harner. Tai Chi with Professor Cheng Man-Ch\u2019ing.<\/p>\n Recent Conference Attendance<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 2002 \u2013 present Teaching<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Pratt Institute, School of Architecture<\/strong>, since 1969 Teaching<\/em> Administration<\/em> Committees<\/em> Hunter College<\/strong> School of Visual Arts<\/strong> Current Consulting<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Milgo-Bufkin, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1970-88, 1996-present Timeship, 2000-present Architectural Offices<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u2022 Ulrich Franzen and Associates, Architects, New York, 1967-69 Tech Experience<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u2022 Designed various Web Sites, 1993-present Other Experience<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u2022 New York Open Center, 1989-91: Editorial director, New York Open Center\/Prentice Hall Books. Publications: Books<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u2022 Visionary Creativity: How New Worlds are Born<\/em>, JXJ Publications, 2015.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0Joseph Campbell: The Man & His Ideas,<\/em> Joseph Campbell Foundation, 1993. Publications: Contributions To Books<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u2022 Timeship: The Architecture of Immortality<\/em>, by Stephen Valentine. 2009. Contribution to the writing. Publications: Electronic and Online<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u2022 GenerativeGenomics.com.<\/em> Web site addressing genomic architecture and fabrication. Publications: Articles<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cQuantum Theoretical Issues in Architecture: It\u2019s a Lot Stranger Than We Think.\u201d Tarp, Issue 2, Spring 2004. Publications: Book Reviews<\/span> (<\/strong>by title and author of book reviewed)<\/p>\n Journal of Architectural Education:<\/strong> AIA Journal:<\/strong> Quadrant:<\/strong> Skyline:<\/strong> Smithsonian:<\/strong> Progressive Architecture:<\/strong> Arts Magazine:<\/strong> Conferences and Papers<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u2022 \u201cGenomic Fabrication,\u201d presented to Humanity+, New York, 2011. Lectures<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 2012: Adriatic architecture and culture, the Adriatic Exhibitions<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 2004: Timeship: The Architecture of Immortality by Stephen Valentine. Contributions to the text for the exhibit. Municipal Art Society, NYC. 1967: Environment IV, Corridors, The Architectural League of New York. Trophies, Tombstones and Monuments, The Museum of Contemporary Crafts, entry with Michael Steiner in group show<\/p>\n Grants and Awards<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 2005: Pratt Institute Faculty Development Grant jointly with Michael Silver Professional\/Academic Organizations<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n The Architectural League of New York<\/strong>, 1967-present Shows curated as Chair of the Architectural League Current Works Committee:<\/em><\/strong> College Art Association<\/strong>, 1997 John Lobell Voice: (212) 679-1935 \u2028Cell: 646-734-2860 Email: JohnLobell@mac.com JohnLobell.com Education M. Arch., 1966 University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Fine Arts Degree for independent studies and thesis in architectural and cultural theory under Dean G. Holmes Perkins M. Arch., 1965 University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Fine Arts Design critics and instructors included […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nUniversity of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Fine Arts
\nDegree for independent studies and thesis in architectural and cultural theory under Dean G. Holmes Perkins<\/p>\n
\nUniversity of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Fine Arts
\nDesign critics and instructors included Denise Scott Brown, Robert Geddes, Romaldo Giurgola, G. Holmes Perkins, and Robert Venturi. Audited courses with Edmund Bacon, Ian McHarg, and Louis Kahn.<\/p>\n
\nhonors major in architecture<\/p>\n
\nThe New School for Social Research. Did not complete.
\nProfessors included Paul Goodman and Hans Jonas. Faculty advisor was Aaron Gurvitch.<\/p>\n
\nCourses, lectures, and workshops at the AIA, Institute for Architecture present and Urban Studies, the New York Open Center, the New School for Social Research, NYU, Pratt, Parsons, the School of Visual Arts, etc. Subjects include the arts; design; computer science, graphics, and applications; and culture. Courses and workshops on Buddhism. Seminars with Joseph Campbell. Various conferences.<\/p>\n
\nI have attended numerous conferences on nanotechnology (Foresight Institute), futurism (Accelerating Change), architecture and computation, building technology (NY AIA), cryopreservation, consciousness, computer gaming.<\/p>\n
\nFull Professor with tenure since September 1980<\/p>\n
\nTeaching has included design, history of architecture (survey courses, contemporary architecture, Frank Lloyd Wright, Kahn and Venturi), architectural theory, transportation and communication, city planning, impact of technology, computers and society.<\/p>\n
\nCoordinator off-and-on for history\/theory, 1980-2012.
\nActing Director, Summer 1973.
\nChair for Curriculum, Spring 1973.
\nChair for Faculty, Fall 1973.<\/p>\n
\nNumerous<\/p>\n
\nVisiting instructor, 1979-80. Course on modern architecture.<\/p>\n
\nVisiting instructor, 1969-71. Course on environmental art.<\/p>\n
\nArchitectural consultant; supervising of fabrication of large-scale sculptures for major artists; corporate planning. Product development for AlgoRhythms, complex curved metal based on the higher mathematics of surfaces, created by the architect\/morphologist Haresh Lalvani.<\/p>\n
\nDirector of Research. A complex for the storage of cryogenically preserved people traveling to the future. The Architect for the project is Stephen Valentine, and the clients are the owners of Life Extension Foundation.<\/p>\n
\nResearch for New Forms of the Evolving City, urban design in Manhattan, under a $250,000 grant from the Ford Foundation. Job captain on three housing projects.
\n\u2022 Abraham W. Geller, Architect, New York, 1966-67
\nDesigner. Projects included housing, synagogue, mall, interiors.
\n\u2022 Harrison and Abramovitz, Architects, New York, 1966
\nAlbany State Capital Mall.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 TelZero, 2000-2001
\nResearch Analyst. Telecom offering free long distance service and telephone portal features.
\n\u2022 NetNames USA, 1996-1998
\nInternational Internet domain name registration and services. Founding director and officer.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Arts Magazine, 1968-70: Architectural Contributor
\n\u2022 Joseph Campbell Foundation: Founding Advisory Board Member, 1990-1996
\nOther roles included presentations, publications, management, etc.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 The Little Green Book: A Guide to Self-Reliant Living in the \u201980s. <\/em>Shambhala Publications, 1981.
\n\u2022 Between Silence and Light: Spirit in the Architecture of Louis I. Kahn, <\/em>Shambhala Publications, 1979, reissued with new introduction, 2009.
\n\u2022 Louis I. Kahn: Building As Philosophy<\/em> (Working title), in process.
\n\u2022 Architecture and Structures of Consciousness<\/em>, in progress.
\n\u2022 The Philadelphia School: 1955 to 1965<\/em>. Not published.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 \u201cThe Philadelphia School: An Architectural Philosophy,\u201d with Mimi Lobell in Louis I. Kahn, l\u2019uomo, il maestro, <\/em>Alessandra Latour, ed., 1986.
\n\u2022 Master Builders,<\/em> National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1985. Entry on Louis Kahn.
\n\u2022 The American Academic Encyclopedia, <\/em>1982. Entry on Louis Kahn.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Journal of Architecture and Computation <\/em>(CompArch.org, now on FutureFeeder.com). An online journal and informational resource in collaboration with Michael Silver and Che-Wei Wang.
\n\u2022 Cinema Discourse<\/em> (CinemaDiscourse.com). Various articles and reviews.
\n\u2022 The American Academic Encyclopedia,<\/em> entry on Louis Kahn. This encyclopedia has been published on various electronic services (Compuserve, Protegy, etc.), and on CD.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cCampbell on Freud and Jung.\u201d Joseph Campbell Foundation Newsletter, <\/em>No. 1, Fall 1993.
\n\u201cA Primer on Joseph Campbell.\u201d Whole Earth Review,<\/em> Summer 1988.
\n\u201cArchitecture and Structures of Consciousness, Pratt Journal of Architecture, <\/em>Vol II, Spring 1988.
\n\u201cAn Interview with John Hejduk,\u201d with Mimi Lobell. Pratt Journal of Architecture, <\/em>Vol I, Fall 1985
\n\u201cMyth in Architecture: The Work of Alice Aycock.\u201d Skyline,<\/em> Apr. 1980.
\n\u201cDoric, Ironic, & Labyrinthian: Classical Architecture in America.\u201d Skyline, <\/em>Feb. 1980.
\n\u201cA Lucid Mystic.\u201d Smithsonian, <\/em>Jul. 1979. Article on Louis Kahn.
\n\u201cKahn and Venturi: An Architecture of Being-in-Context.\u201d Artforum, <\/em>Feb. 1978.
\n\u201cAmerican Women Architects.\u201d Artforum, <\/em>Summer 1977.
\n\u201cThe Beaux-Arts: A Reconsideration of Meaning in Architecture.\u201d AIA Journal, <\/em>Nov. 1975.
\n\u201cTowards A Zero Energy Architecture.\u201d On Site On Energy, <\/em>Fall 1974. Article on architecture and information theory.<\/p>\n
\nThe Act of Creation and the Spirit of a Place,<\/em> Nili Portugali, Nov. 2008<\/p>\n
\nLe Corbusier,<\/em> von Moos, Mar. 1980.
\nBorromini,<\/em> Blunt, Jan. 1980.
\nThe Drawings of Louis Henry Sullivan,<\/em> Sprague, Jul. 1979.
\nLouis I. Kahn,<\/em> Ronner, Jul. 1978.
\nDimensions,<\/em> Moore, Jun. 1977.
\nGreene and Greene,<\/em> Makinson, Oct. 1977.
\nBoulle and Visionary Architecture,<\/em> Rosenau, Feb. 1977.
\nLouis I. Kahn, <\/em>Giurgola; 18 Years With Architect Louis I. Kahn,<\/em> Komendant, Jul. 1976. Architecture & Utopia,<\/em> Tafuri, Oct. 1976.<\/p>\n
\nInner Reaches of Outer Space<\/em>, Campbell, 1988.<\/p>\n
\nThe Timeless Way of Building, A Pattern Language, The Oregon Experiment, <\/em>Alexander, Feb. 1980.
\nWhite Towers,<\/em> Hirshorn & Izenouer, Sept. 1979.<\/p>\n
\nMy Works and Days,<\/em> Louis Mumford, Sept. 1979.<\/p>\n
\nMultistory Housing<\/em>, Schnitt; High Density Living<\/em>, Jensen, Jan. 1967.
\nHighways and Our Environment,<\/em> Robinson; Autokind vs. Mankind,<\/em> Schneider; Beyond the Automobile,<\/em> Stone, Sept. 1971.<\/p>\n
\nComplexity and Contradiction in Architecture,<\/em> Venturi, Feb. 68.
\nMatrix of Man, Moholy-Nagy,<\/em> Dec.\/Jan. 1969.
\nBeyond Modern Sculpture,<\/em> Burnham, Nov. 1968.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 \u201cEnvisioning a Zero Energy Future\u201d presented at the Oxford Round Table, Oxford, August 2008.
\n\u2022 \u201cQuantum Issues in Architecture\u201d presented at Universal Machines, Pratt, February 2005. (Co-organizer of the conference.)
\n\u2022 \u201cArt and the Malleability of Merleau-Ponty\u2019s Body Subject\u201d presented at Merleau-Ponty symposium, Pratt, Spring 2005.
\n\u2022 \u201cHow Culture Reveals Structures of Consciousness\u201d Toward a Science of Consciousness 2004, Center for Consciousness Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, April 2004.
\n\u2022 Presentations at \u201cA Parliament of the World\u2019s Religions,\u201d Chicago, August-September, 1993.
\n\u2022 Presentations at \u201cA Mythological Toolbox,\u201d a program presented by the Joseph Campbell Foundation at Esalen Institute, CA. March, 1993, 94, 95.
\n\u2022 Presentation at \u201cPassing the Torch,\u201d a program presented by the Joseph Campbell Foundation at The Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C. January, 1993.
\n\u2022 Participated in a conference, \u201cBuilding a Free Media in the CIS,\u201d Sochi, Russia. American and Russian journalist, publishers, politicians, and academics. Spring 1992.
\n\u2022 \u201cDesign and the Powerful Logics of the Mind\u2019s Deep Structures.\u201d DMG-DRS Journal,<\/em> Design Research and Methods,<\/em> Vol. 9, No. 3, Jul.-Sept. 1975.
\n\u2022 \u201cA Unified Theory of Transportation and Communication.\u201d The International Symposium on Urban Housing and Transportation, Wayne State Univ. Spring 1975.<\/p>\n
\n2010: Cryopreservation focus group, Dearfield Beach, FL.
\n2009: Urban Center. Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture.
\n2008: Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture. New York AIA.
\n2006: Philharmonic, Naples FL. CIMA NY.
\n2005: CIMA, NY. Pratt Institute, Brooklyn N.Y.
\n2004: Judson College, Illinois. Pratt Institute, Brooklyn NY.
\n1998: Beaux Arts Society. Brooklyn Museum Architectural Film Festival.
\n1994: Hampton University, Virginia.
\n1993: Louisiana Tech, Ruston. University of New Mexico, Albuquere. Oklahoma State University, Stillwater. Texas Tech, Lubbock.
\n1989-92: Various lectures at the New York Open Center.
\n1992: Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston. Hammons School of Architecture,
\nDrury College, Springfield Missouri. University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
\n1991: University of Detroit Mercy. University of Manitoba. Long Island Chapter AIA.
\n1987: Syracuse University, Regional ACSA.
\n1986: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. New York State College of
\nCeramics at Alfred University. Steelcase, N.Y.
\n1985: Washington University, St. Louis (Regional ACSA conference). University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City.
\n1984: The Catholic University of America, Washington DC. A.I.R. Gallery, NY.
\n1983: Assumption College, Worcester, Mass. Pratt Institute, Brooklyn N.Y.
\n1982: Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio.
\n1980: UC Berkeley. UC Los Angeles. USC Los Angeles. Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. Esalen Institute. University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. HLW, N.Y.
\n1979: University of Detroit. The Graham Foundation.
\n1978: Association of Architectural Librarians, New York. EDRA 9, University of Arizona. Lawrence Institute of Technology, Southfield, Michigan.
\n1977: New York University. Rensselear Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York. Kent State University, Ohio. University of Idaho
\n1976: The Architectural League of New York.
\n1974: Energy and Evolution Conference, University of Texas at Austin. Design Methods Conference, Berkeley.
\n1968: The School of Visual Arts. Columbia University.
\n1967: The Architectural League of New York.<\/p>\n
\n1971: The Architecture of Speed: Form, Function and the Racing Motorcycle. With Jonathan Morse. Scheduled showing at the New York Cultural Center. Show did not materialize.
\n1970: Words, a collaborative media, by Bud Wirtschafter, Loeb Student Center, NYU<\/p>\n
\n2005: Pratt Institute Faculty Development Grant
\n2002: Pratt Institute Faculty Development Grant
\n1998: Pratt Institute Faculty Development Grant
\n1985-86: Title III grants through Pratt Institute for computer studies
\n1980: Graham Foundation grant
\n1968: Grant awarded from the J. Clawson Mills Award of the Architectural League for the funding of the 1968-69 lecture series
\n1967: Grants awarded for financing Environment IV, Corridors at The Architectural League from the J. Clawson Mills Fund of the League, the Kaplan Fund, and the American Federation of Arts.
\nNew York State Scholar Incentive Award.<\/p>\n
\n1973-74, Member of the Board. 1970-73, member scholarships and awards committee. 1973, Chair of Scholarship and Awards Committee. 1968-70: Chair of Current Works Committee. 1969, Chair of the Nominating Committee.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Bruce Goff Show, first major show of Goff\u2019s work, January 1970
\n\u2022 Dial-a-Poem, Winter 1969
\n\u2022 Hyperspaces by Raimund Abraham, February 1969
\n\u2022 Street Works, October 1969
\n\u2022 Urban Design New York, May 1969
\n\u2022 James Lee Byars participatory events of communal clothing, Sept. 1968<\/p>\n
\nModern Language Association<\/strong>, 1993-94<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"