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joseph lambke

Professional Experience:
Animate, Director 1991-Present

Responsible for the creation of spaces, artifacts and ideas as they relate to a client's requirements, from large to small scaled projects.

Argonne National Laboratory 250,000sf
Conceptual design of new computer research facility

Kraft Foods 5,000sf
Design and documentation of 4 story staircase with STR Partners

Single Family Residences 4300sf average
Design and documentation of 5 single family residences

Interior Spaces 6 projects
Design and documentation of offices, night club, museum and retail spaces

Blue Cross Blue Shield 1,600,000sf
Conceptual design of new high rise office building

Amoco Building System
Co-Inventor of new retail building system

Museum of Contemporary Art Office Furniture 3 pieces
Design and production of furniture line sold at Manifesto in Chicago



Holabird & Root, Project Architect 1991

IIT Kent School of Law
Design and documentation of main spaces and exterior curtainwall

Fujikawa Johnson Associates, Architect 1990
Ralph Metcalf Federal Building
Design and documentation of entrance lobby and daycare center

Solomon Cordwell Buenz, Staff Architect 1985-1989
Entry level position leading to promotion as Project Designer of multiple projects.

Pinnacle Hotel and Apartment Highrise
Design of 74 story tower: 522 apartments, 350 hotel rooms, 600 parking spaces
Chicago Public Library
Design of lobby and presentation with Skidmore Owings and Merrill


Research/Teaching Experience:
U.S. Department of Energy 1998
Chattanooga Conference, Presentation: Distinct Places Tool
Sixth International Conference on Artificial Life 1998
Paper: Evolution of Place: Intentionality in the Built Environment
Santa Fe Institute 1995
Complex Systems Summer Program (Grant)
University of Cincinnati 1994
Critical Practice Conference Paper: Architectural Technology
Santa Fe Institute 1993
Workshop: Evolution of Human Cultures
Santa Chiara Study Center, Italy 1992
Studio Professor: Architecture and Community Development Courses
Illinois Institute of Technology 1991-1995
Studio Professor: Architecture and Community Development Courses


Publications:
MIT Press, Artificial Life VI 1998 June
Progressive Architecture, Young Architects Issue 1993 July
Inland Architect, Maritime Museum 1988 August


Professional Registration:
Architect: Illinois 1989


Education:
Illinois Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Architecture 1986


Honors/Awards:
Jerrold Loebl Traveling Fellowship,
travel around the world 1987

   
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