Ellen Dunham-Jones
Born (1959-01-17) January 17, 1959
NationalityAmerican
OccupationArchitect
Academic background
Alma materPrinceton University School of Architecture
Academic work
DisciplineArchitecture
InstitutionsGeorgia Tech

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.[1]

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.[2] She is a registered architect in New York State.

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.[2]

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.[3]

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.[4]
  • Retrofitting Suburbia featured in Time's March 23, 2009, cover story[5]
  • Fellow of the Congress for the New Urbanism[6]
  • #71 on Planetizen's list of the Top 100 Most Influential Urbanists of All Time[7]

Dunham-Jones appeared as herself on the show Adam Ruins Everything.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Voices: Ellen Dunham-Jones, AIA". Architect Magazine. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Ellen Dunham-Jones". School of Architecture | Georgia Institute of Technology. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
  3. ↑ "2009 Award Winners". PROSE Awards. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
  4. ↑ "2009 Award Winners - PROSE Awards". Archived from the original on September 27, 2018. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
  5. ↑ "10 Ideas Changing the World Right Now". Time. March 23, 2009. cover. Archived from the original on November 9, 2017. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
  6. ↑ amckeag (July 17, 2015). "Fellows". CNU. Archived from the original on June 5, 2018. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
  7. ↑ "The 100 Most Influential Urbanists". Planetizen. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Ellen Dunham-Jones". IMDb. Retrieved October 27, 2018.


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