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.
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- Name
- Ellen Dunham-Jones
- Born
- 17 January 1959
- Occupation
- Architect
- Nationality
- United States
- Education
- Princeton University
- Languages
- English
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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.
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The architect studied at Princeton University. Ellen Dunham-Jones worked for Georgia Tech. Languages used include English.
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• Name — Ellen Dunham-Jones • Born — 17 January 1959 • Occupation — Architect • Alma Mater — Princeton University School of Architecture • Discipline — Architecture • Workplaces — Georgia Tech
Education
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. She is a registered architect in New York State.
Career
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.
Work
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.
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Dunham-Jones appeared as herself on the show Adam Ruins Everything.
Ellen Dunham-Jones and June Williamson answer questions during the discussion period.
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Ellen Dunham-Jones, speaking on "Sprawl Repair"
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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. • Retrofitting Suburbia featured in Time March 23, 2009, cover story • Fellow of the Congress for the New Urbanism • # 71 on Planetizen's list of the Top 100 Most Influential Urbanists of All Time
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- 1.Voices: Ellen Dunham-Jones, AIA. Architect Magazine.
- 2.School of Architecture Georgia Institute of Technology. Ellen Dunham-Jones.
- 3.2009 Award Winners. PROSE Awards.
- 4.2009 Award Winners - PROSE Awards.
- 5.10 Ideas Changing the World Right Now. Time. cover. March 23, 2009.
- 6.amckeag. Fellows. CNU. July 17, 2015.
- 7.Planetizen. The 100 Most Influential Urbanists.
- 8.Ellen Dunham-Jones. IMDb.
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