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 Biographical Sketch & Bibliography

Neil P. Frankel, FAIA, FIIDA
Adjunct Professor
Fitzhugh Scott Distinguished Visiting Design Critic
 

neil@frankelcoleman.com

 

 

Education
University of Illinois, Bachelor of Architecture, 1960

 

Registered Architect
Illinois, 13 other states, National Council of Architectural Registration Boards

 

Professional Experience 1980-Present
Fitzhugh Scott Research Fellow, University of Wisconsin/Milwaukee School of Architecture and Urban Planning 1999-Present
Design Partner, Frankel + Coleman/Chicago 1998-Present
Director of Interiors, Skidmore, Ownings & Merrill/Chicago 1994-1998
Design Principal, Perkins&Will/Chicago/New York 1987-1994
Associate Principal, Swanke Hayden Connell Architects/ Chicago 1980-1987

Professional Associations 1990-Present
Fellow, American Institute of Architects
Fellow, Design Futures Council
Fellow, International Interior Design Association
Worldesign Foundation: Board of Trustee 1998-Present
The American Institute of Architects: Committee on Interior Architecture, 1982-Present
International Interior Design Association 1990-Present, President, Board of Director 1998-1999

 

Design Awards 1990-Present
The American Institute of Architects National Interior Architecture Design Honor Award, 1998
The American Institute of Architects, Chicago Chapter, Distinguished Interior Architecture Honor Award, 1997
IIDA/International Interior Design Association, Interior Design Award, 1997
Design Wise, IIDA/Department of Architecture, Art Institute of Chicago, Interior Design Award 1995
IBD/Institute of Business Designers, Interior Design Award 1994
IBD/Institute of business Designers, Chicago Chapter, The Chicago Athenaeum Interior Award 1993
The American Institute of Architects, Chicago Chapter, Interior Award 1993
The American Institute of Architects/Modern Healthcare Magazine, National Design Award 1993
Progressive Architecture Magazine, Architectural Design Citation 1992
The American Institute of Architects, Chicago Chapter, Distinguished Interior Architecture Honor Award 1992
Chicago Lighting Institute, Award of Merit 1992
American Society of Interior Design, National Interior Award 1991
American Society of Interior Design, National Interior Award 1991
The American Institute of Architects, Chicago Chapter, Interior Award, 1991
The American Institute of Architects, Chicago Chapter, Interior Architecture, 1991
IBD/Institute of Business Deisgners/Interior Design Magazine, Design Award, 1990
The American Institute of Architects, Certificate of Merit, 1990

 

Honors/Presentation 1998-Present
Chicago 2004 Leader, award presented by the International Interior design Association
Juror-Presidential Design Awards 2000 U.S. General Services Administration National Endowment for the Arts
Juror-Presidential Millennium Awards For Design Excellence for Federal Projects During the 20th Century, 1999
Fellow-World Design Foundation, 1999
Juror-IF Industrie Form Design 2000 Hannover, Germany 1999
American Institute of Architects Chair - The Year 2000 Honor Awards for Interior Architecture Jury
Presenter-Interior Design Research Summit Salk Institute, La Jolla, California, 1999 Advisory Committee
Video Subject-American Architectural Review - Public Television Special Feature, 1999
Juror-AIA New York Chapter 1999

Design Awards Program, New York, 1999
Okamura Address-Symposium "Strategic Thinking - A Case for User Centered Design," Tokyo, Japan, 1999
National AIA Business Conditions Roundtable, Washington, DC,1998
Presenter-"The Courtship of Business and Design," The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1998
Presenter-Second International Design Congress, "Creating a New Definition of Design," Jackson Hole, Wyoming, 1998
Juror-American Institute of Architects, San Francisco Interior Architecture Awards, San Francisco, California, 1998
Speaker, Interior Designers of Canada Education Forum, Toronto,Ontario, 1998