Gunny Harboe

Adjunct Professor

Expertise

Internationally recognized preservation architect.

Education

M. Arch, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA – 1988 (Included study Royal Academy of Architecture, Copenhagen, Denmark.
M. Sc. Historic Preservation, Columbia University, New York, NY - 1984
B. A. History, Brown University, Providence, RI – 1978
International Course on Conservation of Architectural Heritage and Historic Structures, ICCROM, Italy, April 2 - July 10, 1998

Teaching Experience

Adjunct Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology - College of Architecture, Chicago, IL 2007-present
Instructor, Northwestern University, School of Continuing Studies, Chicago, IL: Historic Preservation (F 06)
Graduate Instructor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. MA - Historic Preservation. (F1985,1986,1987)

Professional Experience

Founder and President, Harboe Architects, PC, Chicago, IL 2006-Present
Vice President McClier, Chicago, IL, 1988-2006

Licenses

Illinois 1991, Arizona 2013, NCARB 2006 all to the present

Selected Publications, Exhibits, and Recent Research

Profiled in article, “New Life for Old Icons,” by Elena Ferrarin, Brown Alumni Magazine, May/June 2012.
Profiled in article, “Chicagoans of the Year 2010: Gunny Harboe,” by Geoffrey Johnson, Chicago Magazine, Jan. 2011.
Profiled in article, “The Multitaskers: The Preservationist,” by John Gendall, Architect Magazine, Jan. 2011.
Profiled in article, “The Preservationist: Chicago’s Gunny Harboe Brings Masterpieces Back to Life,” by Edward Keegan, Architect Magazine, April 2009.
Authored Article, “Preserving Mies: IIT Campus and the Restoration of S.R. Crown Hall,” published in 20th Century Preservation of Cultural Heritage (selective proceedings of the ICOMOS Heritage @ Risk – Preservation of 20th Century Architecture and World Heritage)- Moscow, Russia, April 17-20, 2006
Authored Article, “United States Architecture of the 19th and 20th Centuries,” published in La Representatividad en la Lista del Patrimonio Mundial (Proceedings of the ICOMOS International and the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO - The Representative Nature of the World Heritage List - Cultural and Natural Heritage of Latin America, the United States and Canada) Queretaro, Mexico - December 12th-16th, 2003.
Featured in article, “It’s History Now, So Shouldn’t Modernism Be Preserved, Too?” by Herbert Muschamp, New York Times - Sunday Arts and Leisure Section, December 17, 2000.
Profiled in feature article, “Gunny Harboe, The art of Architectural Preservation,” by Alan Shannon, Viva Magazine, Summer 2000.
Profiled in feature article, “Putting in the Fix”, by Todd Savage, Chicago Magazine, May 2000.
Authored article, “Window Glass Technology in the 20th Century,” Published in Reframing the Moderns, Substitute Windows and Glass Preservation Technology Dossier 3, DOCOMOMO, April 2000.
Co-author of case study, “Restoration of 19th Century Curtain Wall,” Published in Reframing the Moderns, Substitute Windows and Glass Preservation Technology Dossier 3, DOCOMOMO, April 2000.
Featured in article, “Arkitektboom I USA”, by Lotta Lander, Arkitekten (Sweden), Oct.1999
Authored article, “Restoration of Early Terra Cotta Clad Skyscrapers”, Published in the Proceedings of the Fifth International WTA – Colloquium on Materials Science and Restoration – MSR, Edited by Folker H. Wittmann and Andreas Gerdes, AEDIFICATO Publishers, Freiburg, Germany, 1999.
Authored article, “A Recipe for Restoring a Missing Tile Roof: One Part Research, One Part Replication, One Part Reconstruction, and a Sprinkling of Luck”, The Roofing Handbook for Historic
Buildings, Historic Preservation Education Foundation and the National Park Service, Washington, DC, 1999.
Authored article, “The Issue of Authenticity in Restoring 19th Century Landmark Office Buildings”, The Proceedings of the ICOMOS 11th General Assembly and International Symposium, Sofia, Bulgaria, Oct. 1996

Awards

AIA College of Fellows 2010
National AIA Young Architect Award 2001
Chicago Magazine Chicagoan of the Year 2010
Chicago Tribune Chicagoan of the Year 1999
GSA National Peer 2002 to present
Landmarks Illinois Firm of the Year (McClier) 1999
The Rookery has been recognized with 12 awards including:
National Trust for Historic Preservation - Honor Award
National AIA - Honor Award
National AIA - Interior Award of Excellence
Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois - Preservation Project of the Year
The Reliance Building/Hotel Burnham:
National Trust for Historic Preservation - Honor Award
American Institute of Architects – 2001 Institute Honor Award for Architecture
AIA Chicago – Interiors Honor Award
AIA Chicago – Distinguished Building Award – Certificate of Merit
Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois – Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation
Project of the Year, 2000
Commission on Chicago Landmarks – Chicago Landmark Award for Preservation Excellence
Friends of Downtown – Special Recognition
Midwest Construction Magazine – “Best of 1999” Restoration/Renovation Category
S.R. Crown Hall:
Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois – Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation
Project of the Year, 2006
AIA Chicago – Distinguished Building Award – Certificate of Merit, 2006
Chicago Architecture Foundation – Patron of the Year 2007: Institutional
City of Chicago Commission on Landmarks - 2005 Preservation Excellence Award
Marquette Building:
Friends of Downtown - 2006 “Crowning Glory” Award
City of Chicago Commission on Landmarks - 2006 Preservation Excellence Award
Carson Pirie Scott & Co. (Sullivan Center):
AIA Chicago Devine Detail Award – Honor Award, 2006
City of Chicago Commission on Landmarks - 2006 Preservation Excellence Award
The Chicago Bee Building:
National Trust for Historic Preservation - Honor Award
Humboldt Park Stable Building:
1998 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation Award for Restoration and Rehabilitation
Widow Clarke House Museum:
Friends of Downtown - 2005 “Best Restoration” Award
City of Chicago Commission on Landmarks - 2005 Preservation Excellence Award
Landmarks Illinois – Richard H. Driehaus Foundation: Ext. Restoration, 2005
Jury Member, American Academy in Rome – Rome Prize in Preservation/Conservation 2013-2014
Jury Member, AIA Virginia - Historic Preservation Awards – 2013
Jury Member, American Institute of Architects, Institute Honor Awards for Architecture - 2011
Jury Member, GSA Design Awards 2004 – November 2004
Jury Member, UIUC School of Architecture, Preservation Master’s Theses – April 2004
Jury Member, Marble Institute of America/Architectural Record - Prism Stone in Architecture
Awards – February 2004
Jury Member, AIA Houston Design Awards – February 2003
Jury Member, Architectural Record Advertising Awards - 2001
Jury Member, Building Design and Construction – Building Team of the Year Awards – 2001
Jury Member, National Trust for Historic Preservation Honor Awards - 1997

Memberships

American Institute of Architects – National Board of Directors, Class of 2004: Regional Director, Illinois Chairman PIA ExCom 2003, Member Board Knowledge Committee 2004, Member Historic Resources Committee Historic Preservation Education Task Force 2003-2004, AIA Chicago - President 2000; President Elect 1999; Secretary 1997-1998; Vice President 1995-1996, AIA Chicago Historic Resources Committee - Chairman 1991 to 1994
ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on 20th Century Cultural Heritage - Founding Member and Secretary General, Current V.P for Advocacy Fall 2005 to Present
DOCOMOMO/US, Founding Board Member, Vice President, Dec. 1997-2005, Current Board Member
Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy - Board Member 2011 to Present
Union of International Architects, 2007 Member of Refection Group Seven, Heritage Education
Savannah College of Art and Design - School of Building Arts Advisory Board - 2010
MIT Corporation Visiting Committee for the School of Architecture – 2003 - 2004
Glessner House Museum, Board of Directors 2007 to 2013
Partners for Sacred Places, Chicago Advisory Board Member 2009 to Present
Landmark Preservation Council of Illinois, Vice President 2000/2001; Board Member, June 1996 to
2000, Fund Committee Member, 1995 to 1998