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Place and Date of birth |
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Actual position |
London School of Economics, Cities Programme,
London, UK Co-Director & Course Director (MSc City Design & Social
Science) |
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Addresses |
48 Addison Gardens, Flat 4, London, W14 ODP |
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Tel |
020 7955
6593 |
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Fax |
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E-mail: |
k.firth@lse.ac.uk |
Education
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1992 - 1994 |
Master of Architecture in Urban Design with
distinction, Harvard University, USA
Graduate School of Design. |
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1980-1984 |
Bachelor of Architecture, University of Toronto,
Canada, School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture. |
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1978-1980 |
Curriculum in Philosophy, University of Toronto,
Canada, Faculty of Arts & Science. |
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1976-1977 |
Completed first year architecture, University of
Waterloo, Canada, Faculty of Environmental Design, School of
Architecture. |
Academic (teaching) Experience
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July 1999 - |
Course Tutor, Course Director, London School of
Economics, Cities Programme, MSc City Design & Social Science |
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Fall 1997 |
Studio Instructor, Elements of Urban Design, Harvard
University Graduate School of Design, Department of Urban Planning &
Design |
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Fall 1996 |
Studio Instructor, Junior Core, Housing & Urbanism,
Rhode Island School of Design, Department of Architecture |
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Winter 1997
Winter 1996 |
Studio Instructor, Design IV, Introduction to Urban
Design, Northeastern University, Department of Architecture |
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Fall 1996
Fall 1995 |
Guest Critic, Master of Architecture in Urban Design,
Harvard University
Graduate School of Design, Department of Urban
Planning & Design |
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Fall/Spring
1995
Fall/Spring
1994 |
Guest Critic, Rhode Island School of Design
Department of Architecture |
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Fall 1993 |
Teaching Assistant, Harvard University, Graduate
School of Design, Department of Urban Planning & Design |
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1991 - 1992 |
Studio Instructor, The Ontario College of Art,
Department of Environmental Design |
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1985 - 1991 |
Studio Instructor & Thesis Advisor, University of
Toronto, School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture |
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Winter 1988 |
Guest Critic, University of Waterloo, School of
Architecture |
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Spring 1987 |
Studio Instructor, Ryerson Polytechnic University,
School of Interior Design |
Professional Experience
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1999- |
London School of Economics, Cities Programme,
London, UK
Co-Director & Course Director (MSc City Design &
Social Science) |
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2004- |
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (International) PA,
London, UK
Senior Urban Designer |
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2000-2004 |
LSE Cities Programme consultancy/Enterprise LSE
Cities, London, UK
Head of Urban Design |
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1999-2000 |
Jeremy Dixon . Edward Jones, London, UK
Project Manager & Senior Urban Designer |
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1998-1999 |
The Architecture Foundation, London, UK
Projects Director |
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1998-1999 |
Urban Initiatives, London, UK
Project Manager & Senior Urban Designer |
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1995-1997 |
Chan Krieger & Associates, Architecture & Urban
Design, Boston, USA
Associate and Director of Urban Design |
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1994-1995 |
David Dixon/Goody Clancy • planning & urban design,
Boston, USA |
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1994 |
UrbanArts, Boston, USA |
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1988-1992 |
Firth Hannah Wong, Toronto, Canada
Founding Principal |
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1987-1988 |
Define Design, Toronto, Canada
Founding Principal |
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1986-1987 |
Wood Wilkings Limited, Toronto, Canada |
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1984-1985 |
Yabu Pushelberg, Toronto, Canada |
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1981 |
Coombes, Kirkland, Berridge Urban Design, Toronto,
Canada |
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1981 |
Sievenpiper Architect Planner, Toronto, Canada |
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1980 |
Architekturburo Hlaweniczka, Vienna, Austria |
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1976-1980 |
Robinson & Heinrichs Architects, Toronto, Canada |
Advisory
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2003- |
Design Advisors Panel, London Development Agency.
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Main Publications
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2004 |
Housing Vistas/Summary Paper with Roger Zogolovitch
in Housing Futures 2024 A provocative look at Future Housing
Trends (CABE & RIBA iniziative). |
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2003 |
Een interdisciplinaire benaderingvan de stedebouw:
Het Cities Programme aan de LSE in Stedebouw & Ruimtelijke Ordening
onderzoek en ontwerp. |
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2003 |
Greenwich Peninsula Regeneration in TOPOS
European Landscape Magazine
#44 Conversion. |
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2002 |
Der neue Masterplan Staedtebauliche Projekte als
Prozess in Garten & Landscaft
#10 Stadtplanung (City Planning). |
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2001 |
Book review: Here Comes the Sun: Architecture and
Public Space in Twentieth Century European Culture by Ken Warpole in
Regeneration Magazine. |
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2001 |
Thames Barrier Park – a catalyst for regeneration in
TOPOS European Landscape Magazine #35 Designing the City. |
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2000 |
Promoting Dense Urban Living: Living in the City- an
ideas competition in Stadtplaene, Vienna #23 Stadt als Buehne. |
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1994 |
Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Book
review: Local Code by Michael Sorkin in GSD News: Harvard Design
Journal. |
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1991 |
Aztex, dance club, Hamilton, Ontario in Canadian
Interiors. |
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1990 |
Bothern-Smith Residence, Toronto in Select Homes &
Food: No.3. |
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1989 |
Molinaro
Fine Italian Cuisine, Toronto in Contract Magazine: Vol.8, No.3. |
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1986 |
Image: Reflections on an Asian Journey in Impulse:
Vol.12, No.3. |
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1985 |
Utopia Issue - article: Nature as Poetry - Nature as
Science in The Fifth Column: Vols. 3 & 4. |
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1985 |
Image: Toronto Plans in Section A: Vol.3,
No.1. |
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1984 |
Women's Cultural Building Competition entry in
Section A: Vol.1, No.6. |
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