Donna V. Robertson

Professor

Office

3360 S. State Street Chicago, IL 60616

Office Hours

By appointment
Phone 312.567.3232
Fax 312.567.5820
robertson@iit.edu

Courses taught

ARCH 454 Contemporary Chicago Architecture: Case Studies (S12)
ARCH 113 Architecture Studio 1 (F14)
ARCH 114 Architecture Studio 2 (S14)

Expertise

Partner and co-founder of Robertson McAnulty Architects, now macro design

Education

B.A. English, Stanford University, 1974
M.Arch., University of Virginia, 1978

Teaching Experience

Assistant Professor, Harvard University, 1983-1984
Assistant Professor and Program Head, Barnard College, Columbia University, 1984-1992
Visiting Critic In Design, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, 1989; Univ. of Virginia, 1991
Associate Professor and Dean, Tulane University, 1992-1996
Associate Professor/Professor, Dean, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1996-2012; Professor, 2012 - present
Hooker Visiting Professor of Architecture, University of New Mexico, 2009

Professional Experience

Intern, Voorsanger and Mills, New York, 1978; The Architectural Studio, Susana Torre, New York 1979
Designer, Mitchell/Giurgola Architects, New York, 1980-1981
Senior Designer, Kohn, Pedersen, Fox Assoc. P.C., New York, 1981-1983
Sole Proprietor, Donna V. Robertson, Architect, New York, 1983-1986
Partner, Robertson McAnulty Architects, Chicago 1986-2009; macro Design, Chicago, IL, 2010-present

Licenses

New York State 1983 to present

Selected Publications, Exhibits, and Recent Research

Essay, “Participating in Architectural Education”, The AIA Practioners Handbook 2012 (Wiley Press)
Essay, BIM In Academia, Phil Bernstein and Peggy Deamer, eds. (Yale University Press 2011)
Editorial Consultant, Praxis Journal of Writing and Building, Issues 1 – 7 (2005 - present)
“Introduction”, State Street Village – IIT, Helmut Jahn, publication (Chicago: Flash Press, 2004)
UmBauhaus: Updating Modernism, Hollwich and Weisbach, eds., Jovis (Berlin, 2004). Interview.
“The IIT Campus Center by OMA”, interview with Rem Koolhaas (Illinois Institute of Technology 2004).

Awards

President, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (term 2012); j Board member 2011-2013
President, Board of Directors,NAAB 2002-2003; Board 1999-2003; Team Chair, 2001 - present
Vice President, Chicago Design Matters non-profit, 2011 – present
National Register of Peer Professionals for the USA General Services Administration, 2005 – present
ASLA Illinois Distinguished Service Award, 2013. AIA Chicago Distinguished Service Award, 2007
IIT Julia Beverage Award for outstanding service, 2008
Program Evaluator, ETHZurich, U. Dannam Saudi Arabia, Ohio State, U. Utah, Arizona State University
One of the "25 Most Admired Educators of 2011”, Design Intelligence journal, Nov/Dec
Artist in Residence, Ragdale Colony, 2009. Advisor, MacDowell Colony artists grants foundation
Juror & Keynote speaker, Asia Pacific Federation of Architects/Interior Designers annual awards, 2009
Juror, Invitational Competition for the Seoul Performing Arts Center, S. Korea, 2006
Keynote speaker, AIA Florida Annual Convention, 2006

Memberships

American Institute of Architects, Chicago Chapter. Vice President and Board member, 2005-2009
Assoc. Member, American Society of Landscape Architects; Chicago Women in Architecture
Society of Architectural Historians, Board Member 2012 - present; DoCoMoMo-USA; Chicago Economic Club; The Chicago Network