Stanley Mathews, AIA

Art Department

Hobart & William Smith Colleges

Geneva, NY  14456

315-781-3476

mathews@hws.edu

 

 

 

EDUCATION:

Columbia University, School of Architecture and Planning                

            Ph.D, History and Theory of Architecture  2003

            Dissertation topic:

                    "An Architecture for the New Britain: The Social Vision of Cedric Price’s Fun Palace and Potteries Thinkbelt."

 

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia

            Master of Architecture   1987                            

 

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

School of Architecture   1982-83

 

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

            Master of Fine Arts    1977  

 

Beloit College, Beloit Wisconsin

            B.A. (Art Major)  1975

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL AND RELATED ACTIVITIES:

Assistant Professor, Art Department, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, 2003 - present

Instructor, Art Department, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, 2000 - 2003

Untenured Faculty Representative, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, 2002

Assistant Professor, Art History, Oberlin College, 1995-97

Registered Architect - State of Ohio reg. #9815   1991

Planning Commission, City of Oberlin  1997-02

Design Review Board, City of Oberlin, Vice Chair  1997-02

Cleveland Public Library - Design Review Board   1992-93

            AIA representative and Panelist

Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art   1992

            Panelist  - "Beyond the Edge: New Frontiers in Architecture"

City of Oberlin, Historic preservation Commission    1991-92

            Commission Chairman

Progressive Architecture 1993

            Contributor 

The New Art Examiner   1992-1994

            Contributor

Inland Architect  1990-1994

            Contributor

Dialogue magazine                                                                                      

            Critic and Columnist: Architecture & Design    1987-1994

 

 

ARCHITECTURAL & DESIGN PROJECTS:                                                                

Contour Bed, 2002

Hopalong Table, 2001

La Grange Memorial Plaza, 2001 $50,000

Smith Residence, Oberlin, 1999    $350,000                    

Avon Lake Medical Offices, 1999  $250,000                    

Mandaren Residence (addition), Oberlin, 1998  $75,000                      

E.H. Roberts Co. shop & offices, Huron  1998     $350,000                     

Oasis Animal Shelter, Oberlin, 1997  $200,000                     

Richards-Gorfain residence, (additions & renovations), Oberlin, 1996     $95,000                       

Coleman Residence, (addition), Oberlin, 1995    $90,000                       

Psychiatric & Psychological services (build-out), Elyria   1995     $175,000                     

Zagarel Residence (renovations), Oberlin   1995      $50,000                       

Koppes-Norris residence, (additions & renovations), Oberlin, 1994   $120,000                     

Zinn residence, (additions and renovations). Oberlin  1993     $90,000                       

Erikson House, (addition), Oberlin, 1993 $45,000

Townsend Group (interior), Cleveland (with HGG Architects)  1992    $187,000                      

INGI Shop (interior), Beachwood    1992     $80,000                       

McDonald & Company, (interior), Cleveland  (with HGG Architects) 1992     $45,000                       

Mt. Sinai Department of Cardiology (interior), Cleveland,   (with HGG Architects)   1992     $90,000                       

Hewitt Associates (interior), Independence   (with HGG Architects)  1992     $725,000                     

Associates in Internal Medicine (interior), Cleveland  (with HGG Architects) 1992    $200,000                     

Society Tower Management Suite (interior), Cleveland (with HGG Architects)  1992   $200,000                     

Progressive Insurance Training Center (interior), Mayfield  (with HGG Architects)  1991   $2,500,000                       

Progressive Insurance National Accounts, Cleveland   (with HGG Architects)  1991   $3,500,000                  

Bruning Health Care Center, Cleveland     (with HGG Architects)   1991    $20,000,000                    

Central Reserve Life Headquarters, Strongsville  (with Payto Architects)  1990    $5,800,000                                  

Mill Run Professional Center, Brecksville (with Payto Architects)  1990    $200,000                    

Laurel School Renovation, Cleveland (with Blunden & Barclay Architects)     1990      $150,000                    

Cleveland Public Library Addison Branch, Cleveland (with Bucchieri Architects)   1989         $1,200,000                 

Murray Hill Condominium Renovation, Cleveland  (with Bucchieri Architects)    1989      $1,500,000                 

 

 

PUBLICATIONS:

"An Architecture for the New Britain: The Social Vision of Cedric Price’s Fun Palace and Potteries Thinkbelt." (forthcoming).

“Potteries Thinkbelt: An Architecture of Calculated Uncertainty.”  Arquitecturas Silenciosas: Thinkbelt de Cedric Price, December 20, 2000 – January 12, 2001.” exh.  cat.  Madrid: Fundación COAM, 2001.

“George Snyder: The Savage and the Serene,”  exhibition catalogue essay, 1998

"Frank Lloyd Wright at MOMA,” DRAWING, November/December, 1995

"Architecture, Science & Aesthetics," (excerpts), PROGRESSIVE ARCHITECTURE, February 1994.

"Architecture in the Age of Hyperreality," Architronic, volume 2, number 1, 1993.

"Learning Curve," INLAND ARCHITECT, June/July 1993

"The Body Politic: The Chicago Armory Show," DIALOGUE, January/February, 1993

"Taliesin Architects In Ohio," INLAND ARCHITECT, January 1993

"The Venice Biennale: Eisenman & Gehry" THE NEW ART EXAMINER, January 1993

"The Big Squeeze: Postmodern Time and Space," DIALOGUE, May/June, 1992

"Indeterminate Evocations: Paintings by George Snyder (Exhibition catalogue), Arden Gallery, Boston, 1992

"Deck the Halls," DIALOGUE, March/April, 1992

"Yesterday's Tomorrows," DIALOGUE, January/February, 1992

"Architecture and Pseudoscience," DIALOGUE, October/November, 1991

"The Rite of Spring," DIALOGUE, August/September,  1991

"The Phantom Monolith," DIALOGUE, April/May, 1991

"Brave New Wharf," DIALOGUE, February/March, 1991

"Dream America," DIALOGUE, December/January, 1990-91

"Letter from London," DIALOGUE, October/November,  1990

"Notes on Camp(ing)," DIALOGUE, August/September, 1990

"The Persistence of Memory," DIALOGUE, June/July, 1990

"The Persistence of Memory" INLAND ARCHITECT, June/July, 1990

"New is okay as long as its old," DIALOGUE,  February/March, 1990

"Post Conceptual Concepts," INLAND ARCHITECT, December/January, 1990

"D-Con Dilemma," DIALOGUE, January/February,  1989

"Fabulous Furniture," DIALOGUE, November/December, 1989

"PoMo Postmortem," DIALOGUE, September/October, 1989

"Deconstruction in Detroit," DIALOGUE, March/April,  1989

"Architecture and Education,"     DIALOGUE, January/February,  1988

"Cities and Cemeteries," DIALOGUE, November/December, 1988

"Somehow, Architecture," DIALOGUE, July/August,  1988

"The Malling of America," DIALOGUE, May/June,  1988

"Is Architecture Okay Now?," DIALOGUE, March/April, 1988

"Against Historic Preservation," DIALOGUE, January/February, 1988

"Sculpture and Space," DIALOGUE, November/December,  1987    

 

 

HONORS, AWARDS & GRANTS:

Graham Foundation, Carter Manny Award, honorable mention  1999

Columbia University, Doctoral Research Grant   1995-99

Virginia Society of the AIA, Competition award    1984

Virginia Society of the AIA, Competition award    1985

Virginia Society of the AIA, Competition award   1986

Phi Kappa Phi, Honor society     1985

Tau Sigma Delta, Architecture honor society   1986

 

 

FOREIGN LANGUAGE:

French: reading and fluent speaking

Italian: reading

 

 

PERSONAL DATA:

Born February 17, 1952

Married to Dr. Patricia Mathews, art historian, Oberlin College

Two children.

 

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