EDUCATION
Master of City Planning in Urban Design, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, 1976.
Bachelor of Architecture, University of Cape Town, 1973.
PROFESSIONAL
Architectural registration: Louisiana
ACADEMIC
1997-present Kansas State University, Department of Architecture. Professor
2000-present Director, Kansas City Academic Program
1997-1999 Department Head
1985-1996 Syracuse University, School of Architecture. Associate Professor
1989-1990 Program Director, Master of Architecture II Program in Florence.
Design Year Coordinator: 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th in Florence.
1977-1985 Tulane University, School of Architecture. Assistant Professor
1981 Design and Energy Competition Studio (first place entry)
Tulane/Rice Competition Director.
1976-1977 Boston Architectural Center. Instructor
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VISITING CRITIC POSITIONS
Tulane University, Upper Canal Street Urban Design Charette.
Rice University.
University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
INVITED JUROR
2003 University of Houston
2002 University of Kansas, Kansas City Art Institute.
2001 University Of Arkansas, University of Missouri in Kansas City.
University of Kansas. University of Missouri in Kansas City.
1999 University of Kansas. University of Missouri in Kansas City.
1998 Syracuse University. University of Kansas.
Tulane University.
Tulane University.
Cornell University. University of Arkansas.
Cornell University, Tulane University.
Cornell University.
R.I.S.D. Cornell University. University of Maryland.
1990 E.T.H. Zurich
University of Toronto, Florence.
R.P.I.
Yale University.
1986 Harvard University.
1982 University of Pennsylvania.
Rice University.
1979 University of California at Berkeley.
PRACTICE
2001-present Consultant to BNIM Architects, Kansas City Project Designer
Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Houston Health Science Center
North Charleston Vision Plan
1977-present Mark Shapiro Architecture and Urban Design
Grand Egyptian Museum Competition, Giza Egypt.
Competition for the Flemington Jewish Community Center, New Jersey.
Competition for a National Opera House, Oslo Norway.
Competition for a New Constitutional Court for South Africa.
Town Square and Urban Design Proposal, Ville Platte, Louisiana.
Glenwood Village Hall and Town Square Design Competition.
"Heart of the Park" Competition, Houston.
Eldred Elementary School, Eldred, New York. Design Consultant to Ashley McGraw Architects.
Addition to the Natural History Museum, Livorno, Italy.
Piazza Dante Competition, Genoa, Italy.
Times Tower Competition, New York.
Shinkenchiku Residential Design Competition 1980.
A House of two Typologies, New Orleans.
Schinkenchiku Residential Design Competition 1978.
Supermarket Prototype Study, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
1985-1995 Werner Seligmann and Associates. Cortland, N.Y. Collaborator.
Korean National Museum Competition, Seoul, Korea.
Felix Nussbaum Museum Competition, Osnabruck, Germany.
Cardiff Bay Opera house Competition, Cardiff, Wales.
Residential College Study, Syracuse University.
Hamilton College Invited Competition.
XVII Triennale di Milano: Nove Progetti per Nove Citta, Project for Bologna.
Arizona Historical Society Museum Competition.
1985-1988 Pleskow Shapiro Architecture, New York. Partner
Vacant lots Project, New York.
Barn Conversion, Ancram, New York.
House with a Curved Roof, Ancram, New York.
Shinkenchiku Residential Design Competition 1985.
1982-1985 Nius Shapiro & Associates, New Orleans. Partner
High Tech Pavilion, 1984 Louisiana World Exposition. Project
Country Day School Invited Competition, Metairie, Louisiana.
McCollam Garconier.
New Orleans Museum of Art Competition.
Six City Sites, NEA funded study of new buildings in Historic Districts, New Orleans.
Shotgun House Conversion.
1981-1982 The Architectural Coalition, New Orleans. Associate
Theme Tower, 1984 Louisiana World Exposition. Project
Tulane Law School Renovation.
Tulane Business School Addition.
Tulane Long Range Development Plan.
EMPLOYMENT
1977 Community Development Corporation of Boston.
1976-1977 Wallace Floyd Ellenzweig Moore, Cambridge, Mass.
Benjamin Thompson and Associates, Cambridge, Mass.
Revel Fox and Partners, Cape Town, South Africa.
L.A. Barac Architect, Cape Town, South Africa.
1969-70 & 72 Julian Elliot Architect and Planner, Cape Town, South Africa.
Foster Associates, London.
Douglas Roberts Architect, Cape Town, South Africa.
HONORS AND AWARDS
2003 Rotch Traveling Studio Finalist
2003 Grand Egyptian Museum Project. Selected as one of 250 of 1557 entries as a "Distinctive Project" for publication.
2000 Metal Constructors Institute, Chicago. Sponsoring faculty member for second place entry in the Annual National Student Design Competition.
AIA College of Fellows Grant to support the exhibition and symposium "The Sense of the City, Louis I. Kahn’s Design for an Office Building in Kansas City 1966-1973."
Graham Foundation Grant to support the exhibition and symposium "The Sense of the City, Louis I. Kahn’s Design for an Office Building in Kansas City 1966-1973."
First Honorable Mention. Glenwood Village Hall and Town Square Competition.
First stage entry selected for Catalogue and Exhibition. Cardiff Bay Opera House Competition.
Honorable Mention. "Heart of the Park" Competition, Houston.
Progetto Segnalato. Piazza Dante Competition, Genoa.
Second Place. Arizona Historical Society Museum Competition.
Student Award for Excellence in Teaching, Tulane University.
1984 Selected for Exhibition. Times Tower Competition. New York Historical Society.
1984 Runner up. Architectural League of New York Young Architects Forum.
1983 Invited Participant. Six City Sites Project.
1982 Letter of Recognition for the Theme Tower for the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition. Progressive Architecture Awards.
1981 Honorable Mention. Shinkenchiku Residential Design Competition.
1977 Student Award for Excellence in teaching. Boston Architectural Center.
1974-76 Mushet Educational Trust Traveling Fellowship for Graduate Study.
Hertzog Prize for the Best Student in the Final Year. University of Cape Town.
Helen Gardner Travel Prize. To Support Thesis research in Latin America.
1969-73 University of Cape Town Council Scholarship for Academic Merit.
EXHIBITIONS
2003 "From the Ground Up, the Art of Architecture" Invited group show Greenlease Gallery, Rockhurst Uniniversity, Kansas City. Co-curator and participant.
2003 Grand Egyptian Museum Competition, Giza, Egypt
2001 "Den Norske Opera House: Two Competition Entries." Chang Gallery, Kansas State University.
2000 National Opera House Competition Entries, Oslo Norway
1999 Guest Curator. Mariana Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University. "The Sense of the City: Louis I. Kahn’s Design for an Office Building in Kansas City 1966-1973."
Constitutional Court Competition, Johannesburg, South Africa. Juried International Competition.
Faculty Show, Kansas State University.
1997 North-east Regional ACSA Conference. "Reflections on Heritage and Modernity" Juried Exhibition.
1995 Faculty Work, Syracuse University.
1994 Cardiff Bay Opera House Competition. National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. Oriel Gallery, Cardiff. ITN Building, London. Juried International Competition.
Faculty Work, Syracuse University.
"The Heart of the Park" Competition, Houston. Juried national Competition.
Faculty Work, Syracuse University.
1991 Curator. Work of the Masters Program in Florence, Syracuse University.
1990 Curator. "The Amaranta Project" Cisternino, Livorno.
Curator. "Haegilon" Convento di S. Antonio, Capraia
Piazza Dante Competition. Albergo dei Poveri, Genoa. Juried International Competition.
1989 Recent Faculty Work, Syracuse University.
1988 Recent Faculty Work, Syracuse University.
"Hypotheses", Young Architects Forum of the Architectural League of New York. Work of Pleskow, Shapiro. Juried International Competition.
1987 Vacant Lots. Mercantile Building, New York. Invited.
XVII Triennale di Milano, Le Citta Immaginata: Un Viaggio in Italia, Nove Progetti per Nove Citta. Bologna Project with Werner Seligmann.
Curator. Harlem Housing, Winners of the Second Soling Architecture Student Design Competition. National Institute for Architectural Education, New York.
Recent Faculty Competition Entries, Syracuse University.
Arizona Historical Society museum Competition. Tempe, Arizona. Juried National Competition.
1984 Times Tower Exhibition. New York. Juried International Competition.
Curatorial and Research Consultant. Modernism in Louisiana: A Decade of Change 1930-1940. New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Shreveport, Louisiana.
1983 Three Architectural Projects. Center for Art and Communication, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Invited Group Show.
1983 "Six City Sites" Louisiana State Museum, New Orleans. Competitive Invitation.
1982 Projects and Drawings. New Century Gallery, New Orleans. Invited Group Show.
1979&1984 Tulane Faculty Exhibition.
1977 Harvard University G.S.D. Student projects. University of Virginia.
INVITED LECTURES & PRESENTATIONS
2003 "In the Public Realm: Three Competitions" Kansas State University School of Architecture
2002 "Le Corbusier and the City" UMKC Urban Design and Planning Program
2001 "The Transparency of Space and Time in LeCorbusier’s Villa Savoye" Kansas City Art Institute
2001 Juror for the Arkansas Chapter of the A.I.A. Annual Design Awards
1999 "Felix Nussbaum Museum Competition" Kansas City Art Institute.
1998 "The Space of Democracy" ACSA Central Regional Conference, Washington University in St. Louis.
1998 "The Space of Democracy" A.I.A. Flint hills Chapter, Kansas.
1996 "Recent Competitions". Tulane University.
1993 Design Panel Referee and Panel Moderator. "Architecture on Campus". ACSA North East Regional Meeting, University of Maryland.
1992&1991 "The Machine in the Garden: Two Houses by Le Corbusier". 1992 ACSA Technology Conference, San Diego, Syracuse University and Spring Garden College.
1990 "The Amaranta Project". Instituto Buontalenti, Livorno.
1986 Upper Canal Street Urban Design Charette, Public Presentation. New Orleans Downtown Development District.
1984 "Recent Work". Louisiana Architect’s Association.
1984 "Six City Sites". New Orleans Chapter A.I.A.
1982 Faculty Seminar on Semiology. Tulane University.
1981 Best Products Projects Panel. New Orleans Contemporary Arts Center.
1980 "Housing Typology". Tulane Continuing Education Program.
1979 "Functionalism Versus Typology". Tulane University Parents Week.
1979 "Modern Architecture". Radio Interview WWNO FM.
1978 "The Villa Savoye Re-examined". Tulane Architect’s Week.
PUBLICATIONS
Publications about my work:
Grand Egyptian Museum Competition 2003
Witzling L. & Riordan, P. Putting New Places Into Older Suburbs, Competitions, Fall 1996, Vol. 6, Number 3.
Sudjic, D. ed., An Opera House for Wales, Cardiff Bay Opera House Trust 1994.
.Willis, C., & Genevro, R. eds., Vacant Lots, Princeton Architectural Press and The Architectural League of New York 1989.
Szenasy, S., Making Home Work, Metropolis, March 1989.
McNair, A., American Design School Catalogue, Interiors, Nov 1988.
XVII Triennale di Milano, Le Citta Immaginate: Un Viaggio in Italia, Nove Progetti Per Nove Citta, Edizioni Electa 1987.
Boles, D., Competition Results: Arizona Historical Society, Progressive Architecture Jan. 1986.
Karchmer, A. & Schwartz, M. eds., Six City Sites, Studies in Contextual Design, The Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans 1983.
Six City Sites Project, Preservation in Print Dec. 1983.
New Orleans Contextual Studies, Architecture Nov. 1983.
Six City Sites Project, New Orleans Art Review Nov./Dec. 1983.
Kingsley, K., Six City Sites Project, Louisiana Life Nov. 1983.
Bienn, D., Tower of New Orleans, New Orleans Arts Quarterly Oct.-Dec. 1983.
Tower of New Orleans, Louisiana Architecture: A Documentary History, Tulane University 1983.
Shotgun House, Japan Architect Feb. 1981.
Authored:
Shapiro, M., "Urban Oasis, Tadao Ando’s Pulitzer Foundation" Kansas City Star 2002
Shapiro, M., "The Stone and the Feather: Steven Holl’s Addition to the Nelson-Atkins Museum." Review February 2001, Vol. 3, No. 4, Kansas City Missouri.
Shapiro, M., "The Space of Democracy: A Competition for a New South African Constitutional Court" Proceedings of the ACSA Central Regional Conference 1998.
Shapiro, M., The Machine in the Garden: Two Houses by Le Corbusier, in Making Environments: Technology and Design, Proceedings of the 1992 A.C.S.A. Technology Conference. Santos & Ubbelohde eds. 1992.
Shapiro, M. & Milanesi, G., The Amaranta Project Livorno: Memorie e Disegni, Comune di Livorno 1990.
Shapiro, M. & Milanesi, G., Haegylon, Projects for the Island Capraia, Provincia di Livorno 1990
Shapiro, M., On Riverfront Development, Preservation in Print Dec. 1984
Shapiro, M., Cross Country Reports, Skyline April 1980.
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