Françoise Astorg Bollack

Her method is based on the analysis of successful (or simply intriguing) built work.

• Name — Françoise Astorg Bollack • Occupation — Architect educator preservationist writer on architecture and preservation • Birthplace — Paris, France • Parents — Marcel Astorg, architect and painter and Raymonde Astorg, née Bisch

• Diplôme d’Architecte from the École Spéciale d’Architecture in Paris, 1969 • Studied at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts (ENSBA) with George Candilis • Worked in Paris for Marot-Tremblot Associés and for Marcel Astorg Architecte. • Worked in Mexico City for the architect Juan Sordo Madaleno, 1970

1970–1981 Worked as a designer for: • I.M. Pei & Partners • Skidmore, Owings & Merrill • Mitchell Giurgola • Ulrich Franzen as the design coordinator for the Philip Morris Headquarters at 120 Park Avenue, from programming to the building’s completion. 1981–present Principal of Françoise Bollack Architects • 1981: founded Françoise Bollack Architects, at the time, one of very few architectural firms founded and headed exclusively by a woman • 1985: associate professor in the Preservation Program of the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at Columbia University. Architecture works • Restoration and additions at the New York State Capitol in Albany (Assembly Chamber, Assembly Parlor, Speaker’s Office & Conference room, etc.) • Adaptive reuse of a 19th-century school in Greenwich Village for the Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center • Chesterwood Museum Shop and Visitor Center in Stockbridge, Massachusetts • Numerous restoration and new designs for historic apartment building lobbies & renovation/restoration of high-end apartments in New York City. Awards and honors For work on LGBT Center, in New York City: • Village Award from the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation • Certificate of Merit from the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission • Lucy Moses Award from the New York Landmarks Conservancy • Citation of Merit from the Victorian Society of America • Certificate of Merit from the Municipal Art Society: read article here For work in the New York State Capitol in Albany: • Award of Merit from the American Institute of Architects in 2003 For the publication of Old Buildings New Forms: New Directions in Architectural Transformations. • Historic Preservation Book Prize, 2014, awarded by The University of Mary Washington Center for Historic Preservation Her drawings are in Avery Library’s Drawings and Archives collection. Public service • Served at the City and State levels of the American Institute of Architects • Served on the boards of Landmark West!, the Architectural League and the Neighborhood Preservation Center • President of the Historic Districts Council, a citywide non-profit preservation organization, from 2011 to 2014, initiating a Preservation Design Award program, the popular "6 To Celebrate" program, publishing District Lines and heading a task force to preserve the historic buildings in East Midtown Manhattan.

About work in the New York State Capitol • "Stately Restoration: New York State Capitol Assembly Chamber Floor By Françoise Bollack Architects", article by Kristen Richards in archnewsnow.com; 05/01/2004, • "Democratic Process - At The Refurbished New York State Capitol, Françoise Bollack Gives Each Design Challenge Its Own Voice," article by Anna Holtzman, Architecture; 02/2005 •."Portraits Françoise Bollack, Choisie pour la Rehabilitation du Capitole de l'Etat de New York: Une Architecte Engagee", Article by Catya Martin In France-Amerique #1651, 01/2004 • "Access in Albany N.Y. - State Assembly Makes Renovations", Print & Web Issue of ABLE The Newspaper Positively For, By & About The Disabled, 11/2003 • "Capitol Improvements," article by Ned Depew, In The Berkshire Home Style, 10/2003 About the museum in Chesterwood • Chesterwood Barn Gallery & Visitor Center, In e-architect: • Chesterwood Museum Shop and Visitor Center reviewed in DISPATCHES, by Deyan Ranko Brashich, published by New Meridian Arts, 2017. • Chesterwood Barn Gallery & Museum Shop Published In The Monthly Architectural Record.com Building Type Studies: Adaptive Reuse. February 2004 About the LGBT Center • Making A Grand Entrance 250 Cabrini Boardnews, winter 2005-06 • "Return To Center - How Françoise Bollack Restored The HQ For LGBTs In NYC", Feature article by Fred Bernstein in GENRE Magazine, November 200 • NEW YORK NOW, an exhibition of recent work at the AIA New York Chapter; May 2005 • L.G.B.T. Center Celebrates 20 Years In The Village; The Villager June 18–24, 2003 issue. • A Community Center Restored, The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center, New York, NY, Clem Labine's Traditional Building, November 2001 • "The Center Welcomes NYers Home" New York Blade News, July 20, 2001 • "Coming To Fruition," OUT Magazine Competitions • "Roosevelt Island Housing," Competitions 1968-2000, Francoise Astorg Bollack, Tom Killian, LULU Press, 2017 • "Les Halles, Paris," Competitions 1968-2000, Francoise Astorg Bollack, Tom Killian, LULU Press, 2017 • "'Manhattan Parks': Savannah Grid for New York," Competitions 1968-2000, Francoise Astorg Bollack, Tom Killian, LULU Press, 2017 • "A Monument for Melbourne," Competitions 1968-2000, Francoise Astorg Bollack, Tom Killian, LULU Press, 2017 • "The Times Tower Competition, New York," Competitions 1968-2000, Francoise Astorg Bollack, Tom Killian, LULU Press, 2017 • "Clemson University Performing Arts Center," Competitions 1968-2000, Francoise Astorg Bollack, Tom Killian, LULU Press, 2017 • "East Hampton Airport," Competitions 1968-2000, Francoise Astorg Bollack, Tom Killian, LULU Press, 2017 • "Designing The High Line - Ideas For Reclaiming 1.5 Miles Of Manhattan" About apartment buildings and private residences • Apartment Renovation, New York Magazine, May 2014 • Apartment Renovation and Restoration, Part, Desire To Inspire, 2010 • Art Deco Lobby Renovation And Restoration, Habitat Magazine, October 2009 • Eco-Sensitive Apartments Designed By Françoise Bollack Architects Featured In June 2006 Issue Of Interior Design • Illustration — East vestibule, New York State Capitol • Illustration — Chesterwood Barn Gallery & Visitor Center • Illustration — Restored facade 208 West 13th Street • Illustration — Astor Court Lobbies

• 1988: Everyday Masterpieces – Memory and Modernity: A Study of an International Vernacular Between the Two World Wars, Co-authored with Joselita Raspi-Serra and Tom Killian, with Paolo Mascilli-Migliorini & Nicoletta Zanni, Modena Italy, Edizioni Panini, 1988 • 1995: Ely Jacques Kahn – New York Architect, co-authored with Tom Killian, New York: Acanthus Press, 1995. • 2005: Bunshaft House Threatened, published in DoCoMoMo, National News, summer 2005, co-authored with Tom Killian, New York: Acanthus Press, 1995 • 2012: Françoise Bollack Architects: Public Work, Françoise Bollack Architects, LULU Press, 2012 • 2013: Françoise Bollack Architects: Private Work, Françoise Bollack Architects, LULU Press, 2013 • 2013: Old Buildings – New Forms: New Directions in Architectural Transformations, The Monacelli Press, 2013 (2014 Historic Preservation Book Prize from the University of Mary Washington) • 2014: Preservation Under Attack! The Citizens and City Hall: A New Day? Published in the Historical Districts Council’s District Lines, Spring 2014 • 2014: AIA NY Oculus Book Review Of Old Building New Forms • 2015: Defining Appropriateness published in Saving Place: 50 Years of New York City Landmarks by the Museum of the City of New York and the Monacelli Press on the 50th anniversary of the New York City Landmarks Law. • 2015: Four Minutes On... Architectural Transformations With Françoise Astorg Bollack, AIA • 2016: Old Cities – New Forms: A Letter from New York published in l’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui #AA412 as Tissu Ancien – Formes Nouvelles. • 2016: Reflections on the Art of the Incomplete: Old Buildings – New Forms, published in AREA • 2017: Competitions 1968-2000, Francoise Astorg Bollack, Tom Killian, LULU Press, 2017 • AIA NY Oculus Book Review of Old Building New Forms.