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Richard Sommer
Richard Sommer
Alma mater	Harvard Graduate School of Design, Rhode Island School of Design
Occupation(s)	Director, Global Cities Institute, University of Toronto, Professor (Dean Emeritus), John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at the University of Toronto
Spouse	Laura Miller
Awards	Distinguished Professor Award (The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, 2020), Arthur Wheelwright Fellowship (Harvard University, 1994) Legislative Award for Teaching Excellence (Iowa State University, 1991)

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Richard M. Sommer is an architect, urbanist, and scholar of the built environment. He was born in Philadelphia, USA, and now resides in Toronto, Canada. From 2009 - 2020 he was the Dean of the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at the University of Toronto, succeeding George Baird.^[1] He is currently the Director of the Global Cities Institute at the University of Toronto, and Professor of Architecture and Urbanism at the Daniels Faculty.^[2]

Career

Prior to his appointment as Dean at the Daniels Faculty, Sommer was a member of the professoriate at the Harvard Graduate School of Design for eleven years, and served as Director of the school's Urban Design programs.^[3] He has held several other academic appointments including the O’Hare Chair/Visiting American Scholar at the University of Ulster (2005–2010), Scholar-in-Residence at the California College of the Arts (1995–1998), as well as visiting professorships at K.U. Leuven, Washington University (1993–1995), Columbia (1993) and Iowa State University (1989–92).^[3] In 1995 he founded a design practice called borfax/B.L.U.^[3]

Education and Scholarship

Richard Sommer completed a Bachelor of Architecture and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Rhode Island School of Design in 1984 and 1983 respectively. Following this he completed a Master of Architecture at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design in 1988, where the architect Jose Rafael Moneo served as his thesis advisor. His research focuses on design in the context of trends in urbanization. He has also been pursuing a related long-term research project (with Glenn Forley) examining the monument as a historical exemplar of architecture's political function, particularly in relation to American democracy, and claims to American exceptionalism.^[3]

Notable Projects

Led the transformation of 1 Spadina Crescent^[4] with NADAAA Architects^[5]
Quadrupled the size of the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, adding five new programs including a renewed undergraduate program in Architectural Studies, a PhD in Architecture, Landscape, and Design, and amalgamating UofT's programs in Art/Visual Studies and Forestry^[2]
Co-curated New Circadia (Adventures in mental spelunking), a collaboration with Pillow Culture, NYC and the inaugural exhibition at the Architecture and Design Gallery at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design^[6]
His writings and projects have been included in: Perspecta: The Yale Architecture Journal, ANY Magazine, Metropolis, The Journal of Architectural Education, Arcade, The Harvard Design Magazine, and the books Supernatural Urbanism: the L.A. River Studio; Shaping the City: Studies in History, Theory and Urban Design; Regenerating Older Suburbs; Urban Design and Third Coast Atlas^[3]
Key writings include: Beyond Centers, Fabric and the Culture of Congestion: Urban Design as a Metropolitan Enterprise; Four Stops along and Architecture of Post-War America; The Urban Design of Philadelphia: Taking the Town for the City; Time Incorporated, The Romantic Life of the Modern Monument, and a series of publications/books with Glenn Forley including: The Democratic Monument in America: A Twentieth Century Topography; Highway Beautiful: The March from Selma to Montgomery, and Dy-no-mite Fiends: The Weather Underground at Chicago's Haymarket

Awards

In 2020 Sommer received a Distinguished Professor Award from The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture in 2020.^[7] In 1994 he was awarded Harvard's Arthur W. Wheelwright Traveling Fellowship (now called the Wheelwright Prize). In 1991 he received the Legislative Award for Teaching Excellence from Iowa State University.

Sommer's research has been supported by awards and grants including: the National Endowment for the Arts, the LEF Foundation, the Wheelwright Fellowship, the Tozier Fund and the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts.

References

^ Lorinc, John (July 12, 2010). "Ghostly Spadina structure could get new lease on life". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2020-03-20.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ ^a ^b "Richard Sommer to conclude his appointment as dean of the Daniels Faculty on June 30". Daniels. 2020-06-26. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Professor Richard M. Sommer appointed as Dean, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at the University of Toronto". Canadian Architect. 2009-04-24. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
^ Leblanc, Dave (November 16, 2017). "An overlooked University of Toronto gem brought back to the spotlight". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2020-03-20.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ Bozikovic, Alex. "Merging the Past with the Future". Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2020-07-03.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ Roussy, Kas (December 15, 2019). "Napping has been redeemed by health experts, but don't overdo it". CBC News.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "ACSA Announces 2020 Architectural Education Award Winners". Architect Magazine. February 28, 2020. Retrieved 2020-03-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

External links

Dy-no-mite Fiends: The Weather Underground at Chicago's Haymarket by Richard M. Sommer with Glenn Forley
Four Stops along an Architecture of Postwar America, Richard M. Sommer, Perspecta, Vol. 32, Resurfacing Modernism (2001), pp. 76
Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design

[1] Lorinc, John (July 12, 2010). "Ghostly Spadina structure could get new lease on life". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2020-03-20.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[:1-2] "Richard Sommer to conclude his appointment as dean of the Daniels Faculty on June 30". Daniels. 2020-06-26. Retrieved 2020-07-03.

[:0-3] "Professor Richard M. Sommer appointed as Dean, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at the University of Toronto". Canadian Architect. 2009-04-24. Retrieved 2020-03-20.

[4] Leblanc, Dave (November 16, 2017). "An overlooked University of Toronto gem brought back to the spotlight". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2020-03-20.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[5] Bozikovic, Alex. "Merging the Past with the Future". Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2020-07-03.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[6] Roussy, Kas (December 15, 2019). "Napping has been redeemed by health experts, but don't overdo it". CBC News.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[7] "ACSA Announces 2020 Architectural Education Award Winners". Architect Magazine. February 28, 2020. Retrieved 2020-03-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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-'''Richard M. Sommer''' is an [[architect]], urbanist, and scholar of the built environment. He was born in Philadelphia, USA, and now resides in Toronto, Canada. From 2009 - 2020 he was the Dean of the [[John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design|John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design]] at the [[University of Toronto]], succeeding [[George Baird (architect)|George Baird]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lorinc|first=John|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/ghostly-spadina-structure-could-get-new-lease-on-life/article1368345/|title=Ghostly Spadina structure could get new lease on life|date=July 12, 2010|work=The Globe and Mail|access-date=2020-03-20|url-status=live}}</ref> He is currently the Director of the Global Cities Institute at the University of Toronto, and Professor of Architecture and Urbanism at the Daniels Faculty<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2020-06-26|title=Richard Sommer to conclude his appointment as dean of the Daniels Faculty on June 30|url=https://www.daniels.utoronto.ca/news/2020/06/26/richard-sommer-conclude-his-appointment-dean-daniels-faculty-june-30|access-date=2020-07-03|website=Daniels|language=en}}</ref>.
+'''Richard M. Sommer''' is an [[architect]], urbanist, and scholar of the built environment. He was born in Philadelphia, USA, and now resides in Toronto, Canada. From 2009 - 2020 he was the Dean of the [[John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design|John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design]] at the [[University of Toronto]], succeeding [[George Baird (architect)|George Baird]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lorinc|first=John|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/ghostly-spadina-structure-could-get-new-lease-on-life/article1368345/|title=Ghostly Spadina structure could get new lease on life|date=July 12, 2010|work=The Globe and Mail|access-date=2020-03-20|url-status=live}}</ref> He is currently the Director of the Global Cities Institute at the University of Toronto, and Professor of Architecture and Urbanism at the Daniels Faculty.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2020-06-26|title=Richard Sommer to conclude his appointment as dean of the Daniels Faculty on June 30|url=https://www.daniels.utoronto.ca/news/2020/06/26/richard-sommer-conclude-his-appointment-dean-daniels-faculty-june-30|access-date=2020-07-03|website=Daniels|language=en}}</ref>
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 == Career ==
-Prior to his appointment as Dean at the Daniels Faculty, Sommer was a member of the professoriate at the [[Harvard Graduate School of Design]] for eleven years, and served as Director of the school’s Urban Design programs.<ref name=":0" /> He has held several other academic appointments including the O’Hare Chair/Visiting American Scholar at the [[Ulster University|University of Ulster]] (2005–2010), Scholar-in-Residence at the [[California College of the Arts]] (1995–1998), as well as visiting professorships at [[KU Leuven|K.U. Leuven]], [[Washington University in St. Louis|Washington University]] (1993–1995), [[Columbia University|Columbia]] (1993) and [[Iowa State University]] (1989–92).<ref name=":0" /> In 1995 he founded a design practice called borfax/B.L.U.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.canadianarchitect.com/professor-richard-m-sommer-appointed-as-dean-john-h-daniels-faculty-of-architecture-landscape-and-de/|title=Professor Richard M. Sommer appointed as Dean, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at the University of Toronto|date=2009-04-24|website=Canadian Architect|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-20}}</ref>
+Prior to his appointment as Dean at the Daniels Faculty, Sommer was a member of the professoriate at the [[Harvard Graduate School of Design]] for eleven years, and served as Director of the school's Urban Design programs.<ref name=":0" /> He has held several other academic appointments including the O’Hare Chair/Visiting American Scholar at the [[Ulster University|University of Ulster]] (2005–2010), Scholar-in-Residence at the [[California College of the Arts]] (1995–1998), as well as visiting professorships at [[KU Leuven|K.U. Leuven]], [[Washington University in St. Louis|Washington University]] (1993–1995), [[Columbia University|Columbia]] (1993) and [[Iowa State University]] (1989–92).<ref name=":0" /> In 1995 he founded a design practice called borfax/B.L.U.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.canadianarchitect.com/professor-richard-m-sommer-appointed-as-dean-john-h-daniels-faculty-of-architecture-landscape-and-de/|title=Professor Richard M. Sommer appointed as Dean, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at the University of Toronto|date=2009-04-24|website=Canadian Architect|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-20}}</ref>
 == Education and Scholarship ==
-Richard Sommer completed a [[Bachelor of Architecture]] and a [[Bachelor of Fine Arts]] from [[Rhode Island School of Design]] in 1984 and 1983 respectively. Following this he completed a [[Master of Architecture]] at [[Harvard Graduate School of Design|Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design]] in 1988, where the architect [[Rafael Moneo|Jose Rafael Moneo]] served as his thesis advisor. His research focuses on design in the context of trends in urbanization. He has also been pursuing a related long-term research project (with Glenn Forley) examining the monument as a historical exemplar of architecture’s political function, particularly in relation to American democracy, and claims to American exceptionalism.<ref name=":0" />
+Richard Sommer completed a [[Bachelor of Architecture]] and a [[Bachelor of Fine Arts]] from [[Rhode Island School of Design]] in 1984 and 1983 respectively. Following this he completed a [[Master of Architecture]] at [[Harvard Graduate School of Design|Harvard University's Graduate School of Design]] in 1988, where the architect [[Rafael Moneo|Jose Rafael Moneo]] served as his thesis advisor. His research focuses on design in the context of trends in urbanization. He has also been pursuing a related long-term research project (with Glenn Forley) examining the monument as a historical exemplar of architecture's political function, particularly in relation to American democracy, and claims to American exceptionalism.<ref name=":0" />
 == Notable Projects ==
 * Led the transformation of [[1 Spadina Crescent]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Leblanc|first=Dave|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/toronto/an-overlooked-university-of-toronto-gem-brought-back-to-thespotlight/article36984536/|title=An overlooked University of Toronto gem brought back to the&nbsp;spotlight|date=November 16, 2017|work=The Globe and Mail|access-date=2020-03-20|url-status=live}}</ref> with NADAAA Architects<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bozikovic|first=Alex|date=|title=Merging the Past with the Future|work=Globe and Mail|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/home-and-garden/architecture/spectacular-new-home-of-u-of-ts-daniels-faculty-merges-past-andfuture|url-status=live|access-date=2020-07-03}}</ref>
-* Quadrupled the size of the [[John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design|John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design]], adding five new programs including a renewed undergraduate program in Architectural Studies, a PhD in Architecture, Landscape, and Design, and amalgamating UofT’s programs in Art/Visual Studies and Forestry<ref name=":1" />
+* Quadrupled the size of the [[John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design|John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design]], adding five new programs including a renewed undergraduate program in Architectural Studies, a PhD in Architecture, Landscape, and Design, and amalgamating UofT's programs in Art/Visual Studies and Forestry<ref name=":1" />
 * Co-curated ''[[New Circadia|New Circadia (Adventures in mental spelunking)]],'' a collaboration with Pillow Culture, NYC  and the inaugural exhibition at the Architecture and Design Gallery at the [[John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design|John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Roussy|first=Kas|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/nap-health-canada-snooze-neurology-napping-snooze-1.5394362|title=Napping has been redeemed by health experts, but don't overdo it|date=December 15, 2019|work=CBC News|access-date=|url-status=live}}</ref>
 * His writings and projects have been included in: ''[[Perspecta (journal)|Perspecta: The Yale Architecture Journal]]'', ''[[ANY (magazine)|ANY Magazine]]'', ''Metropolis'', ''The Journal of Architectural Education'', ''[[Arcade (architecture magazine)|Arcade]]'', ''[[Harvard Design Magazine|The Harvard Design Magazine]]'', and the books ''Supernatural Urbanism: the L.A. River Studio''; ''Shaping the City: Studies in History, Theory and Urban Design''; ''Regenerating Older Suburbs''; ''Urban Design and Third Coast Atlas''<ref name=":0" />
-* Key writings include: ''Beyond Centers, Fabric and the Culture of Congestion: Urban Design as a Metropolitan Enterprise''; ''Four Stops along and Architecture of Post-War America''; ''The Urban Design of Philadelphia: Taking the Town for the City''; ''Time Incorporated'', ''The Romantic Life of the Modern Monument'', and a series of publications/books with Glenn Forley including: ''The Democratic Monument in America: A Twentieth Century Topography''; ''Highway Beautiful: The March from Selma to Montgomer''y, and ''Dy-no-mite Fiends: The Weather Underground at Chicago’s Haymarket''
+* Key writings include: ''Beyond Centers, Fabric and the Culture of Congestion: Urban Design as a Metropolitan Enterprise''; ''Four Stops along and Architecture of Post-War America''; ''The Urban Design of Philadelphia: Taking the Town for the City''; ''Time Incorporated'', ''The Romantic Life of the Modern Monument'', and a series of publications/books with Glenn Forley including: ''The Democratic Monument in America: A Twentieth Century Topography''; ''Highway Beautiful: The March from Selma to Montgomer''y, and ''Dy-no-mite Fiends: The Weather Underground at Chicago's Haymarket''
 == Awards ==
-In 2020 Sommer received a Distinguished Professor Award from The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=February 28, 2020|title=ACSA Announces 2020 Architectural Education Award Winners|url=https://www.architectmagazine.com/awards/acsa-announces-2020-architectural-education-award-winners_o|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-03-20|website=Architect Magazine}}</ref> In 1994 he was awarded Harvard’s  Arthur W. Wheelwright Traveling Fellowship (now called the [https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/architecture/fellowships-prizes-and-travel-programs/wheelwright-prize/ Wheelwright Prize]). In 1991 he received the Legislative Award for Teaching Excellence from Iowa State University.
+In 2020 Sommer received a Distinguished Professor Award from The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=February 28, 2020|title=ACSA Announces 2020 Architectural Education Award Winners|url=https://www.architectmagazine.com/awards/acsa-announces-2020-architectural-education-award-winners_o|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-03-20|website=Architect Magazine}}</ref> In 1994 he was awarded Harvard's Arthur W. Wheelwright Traveling Fellowship (now called the [https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/architecture/fellowships-prizes-and-travel-programs/wheelwright-prize/ Wheelwright Prize]). In 1991 he received the Legislative Award for Teaching Excellence from Iowa State University.
-Sommer’s research has been supported by awards and grants including: the [[National Endowment for the Arts]], the LEF Foundation, the Wheelwright Fellowship, the Tozier Fund and the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts.
+Sommer's research has been supported by awards and grants including: the [[National Endowment for the Arts]], the LEF Foundation, the Wheelwright Fellowship, the Tozier Fund and the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts.
 == See also ==
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 == References ==
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 == External links ==
-* [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1531-314X.2007.00165.x Dy-no-mite Fiends: The Weather Underground at Chicago’s Haymarket] by Richard M. Sommer with Glenn Forley
+* [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1531-314X.2007.00165.x Dy-no-mite Fiends: The Weather Underground at Chicago's Haymarket] by Richard M. Sommer with Glenn Forley
 * [https://www.jstor.org/stable/1567285?seq=1 Four Stops along an Architecture of Postwar America], Richard M. Sommer, [[Perspecta (journal)|Perspecta]], Vol. 32, Resurfacing Modernism (2001), pp. 76
 *[https://www.daniels.utoronto.ca/ Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design]
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