JOHN G. WILLIAMS

Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urban Design
School of Architecture
104 Dudley Hall, Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama 36849-5315
334-844-5425; willi44@auburn.edu

EDUCATION

• Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Master of Landscape Architecture [1968]
• University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Master of Architecture [1966]
• Haverford College, Bachelor of Arts, English Literature, [1962]

ACADEMIC AWARDS

• Fulbright Senior Specialist Candidate [2006–2011]
  • To consult with overseas institutions on environmental issues and curriculum content

• Fulbright Distinguished Scholar in the Fulbright-FLAD
  • Endowed Chair of Landscape Architecture and Urban Design [2005]
    In residence at Universidade Lusiada, Lisbon, Portugal

• Asian Cultural Council Fellowship [2004-2005]
  • For travel and research on urban form in rural Chinese villages

• Alabama State Council in the Arts Fellowship [2003-2004]
  • For research on urban form in small southern towns

• Dean’s Award: Outstanding Faculty
  • College of Architecture, Design, and Construction, Auburn University, [1996-1997]

• Outstanding Faculty of the Year
  • College of Architecture, Design, and Construction, Student Government Association, Auburn University [1995-1996]

• The American Institute of Architects Education Honors Program
  • Honorable Mention for the Auburn University Rural Studio [June, 1995]

• Graham Foundation for the Fine Arts Grant
  • Travel to Spain and France for research on the architecture of Jose Luis Sert [1993-1994]

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Auburn University, School of Architecture, Auburn, Alabama
  • Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urban Design: [1992 – Present]
  • Chair, Landscape Architecture Program: [1992-2001 & 2003-2006]

• Fulbright Distinguished Scholar: Universidade Lusiada, Lisbon, Portugal
  • Lecturer & studio critic [2005]

• China Exchange: Director, funded jointly by Auburn University and Beijing Forestry University
  • Travel, lecturers, joint studios with American and Chinese students [1996 – present]

• University of Oklahoma, College of Architecture, Norman, Oklahoma
  • Visiting Critic [1991]

• University of North Carolina, College of Architecture, Charlotte, North Carolina
  • Visiting Critic [1989]

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • Visiting Critic [1983-1984]

• Washington University, Department of Architecture, St. Louis, Missouri
  • Visiting Critic [1981]

• Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Department of Architecture, Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • Visiting Lecturer [1974-1987]

REGISTRATIONS

• Registered Architect, Commonwealth of Massachusetts [1970-2005]
• Registered Landscape Architect, Commonwealth of Massachusetts [1970 - present]
• National Council of Architectural Registration Boards [1982-2002]

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Woo & Williams, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Principal [1978-1992]
  • Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning

• Sert, Jackson Associates, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Associate [1969-1978]
  • Architects/Planners

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• American Institute of Architects, [1972-1992]
• Board of Directors and Commissioner of Professional Practice, Boston Society of Architects [1986-1990]
• American Society of Landscape Architects [1969 - present]
• Boston Society of Landscape Architects [1969-1992]
• Accreditation Visiting Team, Landscape Architecture Accreditation Board [1998 – present]

PROFESSIONAL DESIGN AWARDS

• The Charles Hilgenhurst Medal [1989]
  • Boston Society of Architects Award for Excellence in Architecture for the Athletes’ and Reporters’ Village, 1988 Olympics, Seoul, Korea

• International Design Competition: First Prize, [1985]
  • Athletes’ and Reporters’ Village, 1988 Summer Olympic Games, Seoul, Korea. Firm awarded the commission and construction
  • Completed 1988

• Preservation Award [1985]
  • Massachusetts Historic Commission, Associates Block, Arlington, Massachusetts

• Presidential Design Achievement Award [1984]
  • National Endowment for the Arts:In recognition of Excellence in Design For the Government of the United States of America for the Jordan Pond House Visitors’ Center, Acadia National Park, Mount Desert, Maine

• The Charles Hilgenhurst Medal [1983]
  • Boston Society of Architects Award for Excellence in Architecture for the Jordan Pond House Visitor’s Center, Acadia National Park, Mount Desert, Maine

• Progressive Architecture Awards [1981]
  • Citation for the Design of The Jordan Pond House Visitors’ Center Acadia National Park, Mount Desert, Maine

DESIGNS PUBLISHED IN PEER REVIEW ARTICLES

• The Harvard Faculty Townhouses, Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • Architecture [January, 1990]

• Atheletes’ and Reporters’ Village for the 1988 Summer Olympic Games, Seoul, Korea
  • Architectural Record [November, 1995]
  • Progressive Architecture [October, 1988]
  • Architectural Record [September, 1988]
  • Establishing a Threshold, Twelve Architectural Practices in Boston, catalogue of an invited exhibition at the Harvard Graduate School of Design [1986]

• The Milstein Garden, Springfield, Massachusetts
  • Garden Design: vol. 1, no.II

• Jordan Pond House, Acadia National Park, Mount Desert
  • Maine Architecture: “The Park Service as a Client II” [December, 1984]
  • Landscape Architecture: [January – February, 1984]
  • Progressive Architecture: [January, 1981: Design Awards]

PUBLISHED BOOKS

• East 40 Degrees, An Interpretive Atlas, published by the University of Virginia Press, 2006
  • ISBN 978-0-8139-2524-0
    320 pages 9 x 10 Hardcover
    129 color and 54 b & w illustrations

• The Stream of Time: An Ecology of Settlement, University of Virginia Press
  • In progress, anticipated publication 2008