Director, Study Abroad Program Versailles
Associate Professor, Design
Education
Master of Architecture, Washington University, St. Louis; 1987
Diploma in Architecture (professional degree), Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina; 1983
Professional Registrations
Arquitecto (professional license for the practice of architecture), Buenos Aires, Argentina; 1985
Academic Experience
Director, Architecture Study Abroad Program in Versailles, France, UIUC; 1994-99, 2002-present
Professor, School of Architecture, UIUC; 2009-present
Associate Professor, School of Architecture, UIUC; 1997-2009
Associate Director for Graduate Studies, School of Architecture; UIUC, 2000-02
Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, UIUC; 1991-97
Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville; 1989-91
Professional Experience
Junior Architectural Designer, Kromm, Rikimaru and Johansen, St. Louis, MO; 1988-89
Architectural Consultant, Housing Solutions, St. Louis, MO; 1987
Architect, Associate Designer, Abal & Cassola Arquitectos, Buenos Aires, Argentina; 1983-86
Publications
The Architecture of Spain, Greenwood, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, (forthcoming)
Le Corbusier's Maison Curutchet, Princeton, NJ: Princeton Architectural Press, 1997
"La Piramide y el Muro," in Massilia (yearbook of Corbusian studies), vol. 1, 2002, Barcelona, Spain
"Le Corbusier et l’Argentine," eav (education, architecture, ville), vol. 4, 1998 (pp. 62-72)
(editor) Desde el Margen; monographic issue of journal Arquis on recent architecture from Rosario, Argentina
"Young Rosario Architects: school, trend or avant-garde?," Arquis #15, June 1998 (pp. 14-23)
"The Pyramid and the Wall," arq (architectural research quarterly), vol. 5, # 3, 2001 (pp. 255-270)
Research
Exhibition and Catalog: 10 x 10: 100 years of South American Architecture (expected 2004)
Book: Le Corbusier and the Americas: chronicle of a mutual misunderstanding (expected 2004-05)
Presentations and Lectures
"The design process of the Curutchet House," delivered at the School of Architecture, Delft Technical University, Holland; February 1998
"La Piramide y el Muro: una obra inedita de Le Corbusier en Venezuela," delivered at the Facultad de Arquitectura, Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago de Chile, Chile; July 2001
"Inventing Artificial Landscapes: homage to Enric Miralles (1955-2000)," presented at the ACSA West Central Regional Conference, Kansas University, Lawrence, KS; September 2001
"Transforming the Type: Le Corbusier’s residential projects for the Americas," delivered at the Hammons School of Architecture, Drury University, MO; February 2002
Professional Memberships
Member, Sociedad Central de Arquitectos, Argentina; 1985-present
Member, Consejo Profesional de Arquitectura de Buenos Aires, Argentina; 1985-present
Member, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, UIUC; 1991-present
Professional and University Service
Member (appointed), Advisory Committee to the Office of International Students, UIUC; 2000-02 Member (appointed), International Council, UIUC; 2001-02
Alejandro Lapunzina