Sept. 2nd Roundtable Panelist - Ted Landsmark
I would like to formally welcome and announce Dr. Theodore C. Landsmark’s, M.E.v.D., J.D., PH.D., Associate AIA, D.F.A. (Hon.) participation in the Sept. 2nd Roundtable being held in conjunction with our Trailer Premier Benefit at the Center for Architecture. The discussion will focus upon how generational recessions have affected design training in the past and how we can evolve the profession under the current economic landscape for a better design future. I’m excited to tap Ted’s depth of experience in both the academic and public sectors for our conversation. He is currently the President of the Boston Architectural College since 1997 and has performed a number of roles within the Mayor’s Office and the communities of Greater Boston. His abbreviated bio can be read below:
“Dr. Landsmark is President and CEO of the Boston Architectural College, an independent, accredited college of spatial design offering degrees in Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, and Design Studies. Ted holds degrees in law and environmental design from Yale University, a Doctorate in American Studies from Boston University and has worked as Special Assistant to the Mayor of Boston. He currently serves as a Trustee of the American Institute of Architects Architectural Foundation and a Trustee of the American Society of Interior Designer Foundation, on the AIA Long Range Planning Advisory Group, and on the Real Estate Advisory Committee at MIT. Ted is a Trustee Emeritus of the MFA Boston and serves as a member of the Boards of Historic Boston, Boston Fund for the Arts, and New England Foundation for the Arts. He currently serves on the Mayor of Boston’s Climate Action Leadership Committee and on the Advisory Committee for the National Trust for Historic Preservation Partner’s in Preservation Advisory Committee, the Boston Society of Architects (1997-present) and served as National Chair for the AIA Committee on Diversity (2003–2006). He received the AIA Whitney Young Jr. Award (2006) and served as the American Collegiate Schools of Architecture President (2006-2007).”
February 14th, 2010 at 2:44 pm
Hi There Dr Theodre I saw your lecture on black architects, well I am graduate and completely qualified black architect. I started a job with a company and there was a fellow black architect also qualified working there.
I was only 26 at the time he was about 43 a group fellow white architects shouted something rascist towards, my colleague. That we don’t allow N’s to our XMAS party. A full scale confrontation took place, and a riot between his white colleagues and people on street nearly erupted. I had to call the cops but since then I have left the profession, as it is white and middle class and profane towards black and Indian, including oriental people.
But keep trying on addressing this subject you may achieve your desired outcome, but I think we are treading a danger when rascism hits any profession, in a Predominatly white country.