Carol Burns
Education
Accomplishments
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects
Book Publications
Site Matters, co-editor with Andrea Kahn, Routledge, 2021
Thinking the Present: Recent American Architecture, co-editor with Michael Hays, Princeton Architectural Press, 1990
Perspecta 21, Journal of the Yale School of Architecture, co-editor with Robert Taylor, MIT Press, 1984
Recent Design Awards
Boston Society of Architects “Women in Design Award of Excellence”
Concord Historical Commission “Concord Preservation Award” for Trinity Episcopal Church Parish House
Society of College and University Planners “Honor Award for Excellence in Architecture: New Building” for Bennington College Student Center
Research Interests
Education
Yale School of Architecture, Master of Architecture
Yale College, Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude
Bryn Mawr College, Bachelor of Arts studies
Academic Appointments
Wentworth Institute of Technology, Associate Professor
Dalhousie University, Adjunct Professor and External Examiner for Master’s thesis students
Roger William University, Visiting Architect
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Associate Adjunct Professor
Yale School of Architecture, Visiting Professor
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Visiting Professor
University of Virginia, Visiting Professor
Harvard Institute of Affordable Housing Program director
Harvard University Joint Center for Housing Studies, Housing Fellow
Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Associate Professor of Architecture, Assistant Chair Department of Architecture
Rhode Island School of Design, Adjunct Professor of Architecture
University of Cincinnati, Assistant Professor of Architecture
Board Service
Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, board member
Boston Society of Architects (BSA), board member
Cofounder and codirector, BSA "Sponsored Research" program
YaleWomen, inaugural alumni council member
Places, online journal, national contributing editor
Ohio State University Design Review Board, member
Henderson Foundation, Designator
US General Services Administration Commissioner's National Register of Peer Professionals
Boston Art Commission, chair (mayoral appointment)
Association of Yale Alumni, Board of Governors
Mass. Dept. of Housing and Community Development: State-Appointed Member, Designer Selection Board (two terms, maximum allowed)
Harvard Design Magazine Editorial Board
Journal of Architectural Education Editorial Board
Harvard Loeb Fellowship Advisory Committee
Recent Exhibitions
Now What?! Advocacy, Activism & Alliances in American Architectures Since 1968, travelling exhibit by ArchiteXX
Seven Women in Architecture exhibit, Guarracino Family Gallery in the Wentworth Schumann Library
BSA Unbuilt Architecture Traveling Exhibit of Red Line Wind Farm
Recent Academic Recognition
Glenn Murcutt Master Class
Bistline Grant
Sagan Faculty Grant with Mark Pasnik and Peter Greenberg
Wentworth President’s Award for Service Leadership