2018 AIA Fellowship

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2018 AIA Fellowship

Nominee Brian Shea

Organization Cooper Robertson

Location Portland, OR

Chapter AIA New York State; AIA New York Chapter

Category of Nomination

Category One - Urban Design

Summary Statement

Brian Shea has advanced the art and practice of urban design. His approach combines a rigorous method of physical analysis with creative design solutions to guide the responsible growth of American cities, communities, and campuses.

Education

1976-1978, Columbia University, Master of Science in Architecture and Urban Design / 1972-1974, University of Notre Dame, Bachelor of Architecture / 1969-1972, University of Notre Dame, Bachelor of Arts

Licensed in: NY

Employment

1979 - present, Cooper Robertson / 1978 - 1979, Mayor's Office of Midtown Planning and Development / 1971, 1972, Boston Redevelopment Authority

123 William Street

New York NY 10038

cooperrobertson.com

212 247 1717

October 13, 2017

Karen Nichols, FAIAFellowship Jury ChairThe American Institute of Architects1735 New York Ave NWWashington. DC 20006-5292

Dear Karen,

It is a “Rare Privilege and a High Honor” to sponsor Brian Shea for elevation to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects. To keep it simple, let me say that Brian is the single, finest professional I have ever known. Our relationship goes back to 1978 when he became a student of mine at the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture. He then worked at the New York City Office of Midtown Development, and when I started Cooper Robertson in 1979, Brian became the office’s first employee. He became partner in 1988 and has remained one of my closest personal friends as well as an inspiration to some 400 employees over that 40 year period.

As a profound urbanist, Brian chose to concentrate on urban design because of the appeal of its large scale, public agenda. He was the soul and guiding spirit for the Battery Park City Master Plan for New York City in 1980. He followed with the Plan for the 42nd Street Redevelopment at Times Square. And the same at Disney’s Celebration in Florida, at the Inner Harbor in Baltimore and at the 11-mile stretch of the Delaware River in central Philadelphia. Brian has always been attracted to academic campuses. He developed in 2000 the Plan for Yale University’s growth for the next 30 years. He also shepherded for Harvard University their planned expansion across the Charles River into Boston’s Allston neighborhood. Furthermore, Trinity College and the University of Miami have similarly benefitted from his engagement.

He was also sought out for teaching assignments by the Urban Land Institute, the Smithsonian Institution and the Seaside Institute. And did I mention he draws like an angel….artful, iconic images that record and preserve the essence of the ideas pursued. Clients tend to hoard his drawings and I know they hang in the President’s living room in New Haven and in the home of Amanda Burden, former Chair of the New York City Planning Commission. And I am stalking one for myself as well.

I could go on and on and on…… you would not know that he is truly one of the rare polymaths in our profession. In addition to architecture, urban design and planning, he is equally adept in music, playing Bach on the piano and composing contemporary songs, quartets and sonatas. But his wife and three children admire most his culinary skills, especially the dishes rooted in his Greek genealogy. Brian’s leadership within the firm, established by his relentless commitments and revered personal qualities, would strongly benefit the AIA and honor its selection process for Fellowship. This is precisely the kind of architect who gives the profession its glowing reputation.

Sincerely,

Alexander Cooper, FAIAFounding Partner Emeritus

SummaryBrian Shea AIA1

Above Lower Manhattan by Brian Shea

SummaryBrian Shea AIA1 3

Brian Shea has advanced the art and practice of urban design in the United States. His approach combines a rigorous method of physical analysis with creatively integrative design solutions to guide the responsible growth of American cities, communities, and campuses.

For over forty years, Brian Shea has dedicated

himself to the art and practice of urban design. His

work has demonstrated a commitment to creating

memorable cities and places of lasting value

that build upon existing strengths, respect the

environment, and firmly connect to their larger

physical and cultural contexts. Mr. Shea has worked

with public agencies, foundations, corporations,

civic and cultural institutions, and colleges and

universities to create places that are livable,

sustainable, aspirational, and truly catalysts for

transformational change. Combining experience

in the public sector, in academia, and as design

partner at Cooper Robertson, Mr. Shea has

demonstrated the highest level of skill, knowledge,

and commitment to good design, the public

realm, and society in four key areas of strength:

Urban Revitalization

Mr. Shea has spearheaded design projects in over

thirty cities worldwide to revitalize downtowns,

waterfronts, and complex, challenging urban sites.

His commitment has led to widely recognized

innovative design solutions, urban infill strategies,

and quality public spaces for Boston, Baltimore,

New York, Chicago, Memphis, Denver, Dallas, San

Francisco, and Sydney.

New Community Design

Mr. Shea has been at the cutting edge of new

community design. As one of the first members

of the Congress for New Urbanism and the creator

of the ULI real estate program’s neighborhood

design course, he has led the design of many

award-winning projects that have introduced

new strategies for more livable, self-sustaining

communities. He has had a great impact in the

Charleston, SC, region with the planning and design

of Daniel Island and the 72,000-acre East Edisto

Ace Basin. Working in collaboration with RAMSA

and UDA, Mr. Shea was one of the lead designers

of Disney’s Celebration, a widely studied model

of community design.

College, University, and Institutional Campuses

For over twenty years, Mr. Shea has brought his

urban design skills and expertise to help institutions

grow logically over time, re-invent themselves,

or use projects as catalysts for urban revitalization,

as well as build stronger campus-community

connections. He has created plans for Harvard,

Yale, and large public institutions like Ohio State,

but also smaller scaled campuses such as Trinity

College and Colgate University. He has perfected

two strategies as powerful design tools: the

Framework Plan as a strategic way to grow a

campus while reinforcing its existing character,

and the modified charrette process to provide,

within a focused amount of time, a wide variety

of input and consensus on design direction and

academic vision.

In a different type of campus design, Mr. Shea was

instrumental in advising Scenic Hudson on a design

proposal by the Korean corporation LG for its

planned corporate headquarters in NJ. The planned

ten-story complex would have permanently

destroyed a nationally historic view corridor up the

Hudson River. Through Mr. Shea’s design alternative

study, LG agreed to a three-story scheme that

stays below the tree line and preserves the view for

future generations.

Design Guidelines

Mr. Shea has led the formulation of design guidelines

that have become an industry standard for plan

implementation. He has been directly involved in

the writing of over 50 million square feet of

completed development. The four-volume set of

guidelines for Battery Park City in New York guided

the design of the World Finance Center as well as

every residential building within the plan. The design

guidelines for 42nd Street yielded innovative new

office towers and the re-institution of major transit

access improvements.

Committed to working for a small firm, where partner

involvement is hands-on and intensive, Brian Shea

has been a design partner, senior urban designer,

or partner-in-charge on all the projects presented

in this submission. He was responsible for the initial

analysis and visioning and conceptual direction

of each project in text and drawings, developed

detailed design studies, made presentations, and

was responsible for the final framework plan, plan

elements, and design guidelines.

AccomplishmentsBrian Shea AIA2

Above Rector Street Corridor by Brian Shea

AccomplishmentsBrian Shea AIA2 5

42nd Street

Development

Plan and Guidelines

New York, NY

Lead Urban Designer

1982

Battery Park City

Master Plan

New York, NY

Lead Urban Designer

1982

Battery Park City

Commercial Center

Guidelines

New York, NY

Lead Urban Designer

1981

Battery Park City

Stuyvesant High School

Design Guidelines

New York, NY

Lead Urban Designer

1992

Baltimore Inner Harbor

Master Plan and Update

Baltimore, MD

Lead Urban Designer,

Partner-in-Charge

1985 (plan), 2003 (update)

Battery Park City

North Residential Area

Guidelines

New York, NY

Design Partner

1985

Battery Park City

Esplanade and Phase I

Streetscape Design

New York, NY

Designer

1982

2.1 Significant Work Urban Revitalization

Carlyle Master Plan

and Design Guidelines

Alexandria, VA

Partner-in-Charge

1990

Cityfront Center

Chicago, IL

Lead Urban Designer

1985

Hoboken Waterfront Plan

Hoboken, NJ

Lead Urban Designer

1987

Chicago Downtown

Circulator Study

Chicago, IL

Senior Urban Designer

1990

Downtown Strategic

Plan and First Union

Plaza Design

Charlotte, NC

Design Partner

1990


Downtown Columbus

Strategic Framework

Columbus, OH

Partner-in-Charge

2003

Hudson Yards

Master Plan and Design

Guidelines

New York, NY

Design Partner

2003

Chula Vista Bayfront

Master Plan

Chula Vista, CA

Design Advisor

2004

East Riverfront

Vision Plan

Detroit, MI

Design Advisor

2004

Hunter’s Point

Streetscape and Design

Standards, Guidelines

San Francisco, CA

Design Partner

2016

Memphis Riverfront

Master Plan

Memphis, TN

Partner-in-Charge

2001

2.1 Significant Work Urban Revitalization

Walsh Bay Master Plan

Sydney, Australia

Partner-in-Charge

1996

Sunnyside Yards

Sunnyside, Queens, NY

Design Partner

2007

Cityplace Master Plan

Dallas, TX

Design Partner

1992

Boston Seaport

Master Plan and

Transportation Update

Boston, MA

Design Partner,

Partner-in-Charge

1999 (plan), 2015 (update)

Potomac Yard Master

Plan and Design

Guidelines

Alexandria and Arlington

Counties, VA

Partner-in-Charge

1999

Alliance for

Downtown New York

Streetscape Study

New York, NY

Design Partner

2003


Disney Celebration

Village 1 Plan

Celebration, FL

Design Partner

1993

Disney Celebration

Residential

Neighborhoods and

Design Guidelines

Celebration, FL

Design Partner

1997

Daniel Island Master Plan


Charleston, SC

Design Partner

1993

Disney Celebration

Town Center Design

and Guidelines

Celebration, FL

Design Partner

1997

Disney Celebration

Master Plan

Celebration, FL

Lead Urban Designer

1992

2.1 Significant Work New Communities

WaterColor Master Plan

Seagrove Beach, FL

Design Advisor

1998

Liberty Master Plan and

Design Guidelines

Lake Elsinore, CA

Partner-in-Charge

1998

Easton Town Center

Design

New Albany, OH

Urban Design Advisor

1995

Nine Mile Run

Master Plan

Pittsburgh, PA


1996

Stapleton Airport

Redevelopment Plan and

Phase 1 Design Guidelines

Denver, CO

Design Partner

1996

Bay Meadows

Master Plan and Design

Guidelines

San Mateo, CA

Partner-in-Charge

2004

Reynolds Plantation

Master Plan

Greensboro, GA

Partner-in-Charge

2000


RiverOne

Development Plan

Charlotte, NC

Design Partner

2017

2.1 Significant Work New Communities

Euro Disney

Val d’Europe

Paris, France

Design Advisor

2004

Fazenda Boa Vista

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Partner-in-Charge

2007

Hollywood Park

Development Plan

Inglewood, CA

Partner-in-Charge

2006

East Edisto Master Plan

Charleston and Berkeley

Counties, SC

Design Partner

2009


University of Chicago

North Area Master Plan

Chicago, IL

Design Partner, with Tom

Beebe of HBRA Architects

1989

Harvard University

Allston Initiative

Allston, MA

Design Partner

2005

The Ohio State University

New Max M. Fisher

College of Business

Master Plan

Columbus, OH

Design Partner

1993

Trinity College Campus

Master Plan

Hartford, CT

Design Partner

1997

Texas Medical Center

Master Plan

Houston, TX

Partner-in-Charge

1995

Yale University

Campus Framework

Plan and Design

Manual, Guidelines

New Haven, CT

Design Partner

2000

2.1 Significant Work College, University & Institutional Campuses

Colgate University

Lower Campus Quad

Master Plan

Hamilton, NY

Partner-in-Charge

1997

Ethical Culture Fieldston

School Site Plan

Guidelines

Bronx, NY

Urban Design Partner

2003

Thomas Jefferson’s

Monticello Site and

Facilities Master Plan

Charlottesville, VA


1999

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Master Plan

Brooklyn, NY

Partner-in-Charge

2001

Lincoln Center for

the Performing Arts

Master Plan

New York, NY


2003

The Clark Art Institute

Master Plan

Williamstown, MA

Design Partner

2004


2.1 Significant Work College, University & Institutional Campuses

Drury University Campus

Master Plan

Springfield, MO

Design Partner

2017

Georgia State University

Master Plan Update

Atlanta, GA

Design Partner

2018

Children’s Hospital of

Philadelphia Schuylkill

Research Campus

Master Plan

Philadelphia, PA

Design Partner

2012

Stavros Niarchos

Foundation Cultural

Center Master Plan and

Design Guidelines

Athens, Greece

Design Partner

2008

North Carolina State

University Research

Campuses Master Plan

Raleigh, NC

Design Partner

2017

University of Delaware

Campus Framework Plan

Newark, Delaware

Design Partner

2016

Longwood University

Campus Master Plan

Longwood, VA

Design Partner

2016

University of Miami-Coral

Gables Master Plan

Coral Gables, FL

Design Partner

2012

Lyford Cay International

School Master Plan

Nassau, Bahamas

Design Partner

2016

Massachusetts Institute

of Technology Graduate

Commons and Pedestrian

Connection Studies

Cambridge, MA

Design Partner

2007


Columbus Cultural Park

Columbus, OH

Partner-in-Charge

1991

Camden Yards Stadium

Master Plan Completion

Baltimore, MD


1992

Detroit Cultural District

Master Plan

Detroit, MI


1989

Disneyland Expansion

Master Plan

Anaheim, CA

Design Partner

2001

2.1 Significant Work Special Use Districts

Rockefeller Group

International Trade

Center Foreign

Trade Zone

Mount Olive, NJ

Lead Urban Designer

2006

MGM Resorts Master Plan

Mississauga, ON

Design Partner

2013

Milwaukee Brewers Ball

Park Design Competition

Milwaukee, WI

Design Partner

2001

Proctor + Gamble

Headquarters Master

Plan and Guidelines

Cincinnati, OH

Lead Urban Designer

1987

LG U.S.A Headquarters

Design Alternative Study

Englewood, NJ

Design Partner

2015-2016


American Institute of Architects

New York State – Citation for Excellence, Val d’Europe, 2007

SCUP / AIA CAE Honor Award, Yale University Framework Plan, 2005

Boston Society of Architects / AIA NY Chapter Special Citation for a Bold

and Integrative Concept, Memphis Riverfront Master Plan, 2005

Professional Interest Area Housing and Community Design,

WaterColor Master Plan, 2002

Boston Society of Architects / AIA NY Chapter Willo von Moltke Urban Design

Honor Award, Boston Seaport Master Plan, 1999

New York State Design Award for Excellence, Stapleton International Airport

Redevelopment Plan, 1998

NY Chapter Award of Excellence, Daniel Island Master Plan, 1994

South Carolina Chapter Award for Excellence, Daniel Island Master Plan, 1994

NY Chapter Merit Award, Stuyvesant High School, 1994

Citation for Excellence in Urban Design, Battery Park City Master Plan, 1991

Honor Award, Battery Park City Master Plan, 1988

American Planning Association

San Diego Chapter Award, Chula Vista Bayfront Master Plan, 2005

Special Citation for Comprehensive Planning, Stapleton International

Airport Redevelopment Plan, 1996

Colorado Chapter Award, Stapleton International Airport

Redevelopment Plan, 1995

South Carolina Chapter Award, Daniel Island Master Plan, 1994

National Capital Area Chapter Merit Award, Carlyle Master Plan, 1990

American Society of Landscape Architects

Design Merit Award, WaterColor Master Plan Cerulean Park, 2003

Merit Award, WaterColor Master Plan, 2002

Award for Excellence, Battery Park City Esplanade I and II, 1988

Urban Land Institute

Heritage Award, Battery Park City, 2010

Award for Excellence, Val d’Europe, 2008

Award for Excellence, Daniel Island Master Plan, 2007

Award for Excellence, WaterColor Master Plan, 2004

Award for Excellence, Disney Celebration Master Plan, 2001

Award for Excellence, Battery Park City Rector Place, 1988

Congress for the New Urbanism

Charter Award, Val d’Europe, 2006

American Association of Museums Design

Excellence in Publication Design for Assuring the Jefferson Legacy:

Site and Facilities Plan for Monticello, 2002

2.2 Significant Awards, Honors, and Recognition Awards


Progressive Architecture Magazine

Design Award, Battery Park City North Residential Area, 1989

Design Award, Battery Park City Master Plan Guidelines, 1984

Learning by Design

Citation of Excellence, Ethical Culture Fieldston School, 2009

Building Stone Institute

Tucker Design Award, Battery Park City Esplanade, 1984

Municipal Art Society of New York

Certificate of Merit, Battery Park City Master Plan, 1984

New York City Art Commission

Award for Excellence in Design, Alliance for Downtown New York

Streetscape, 2000

Waterfront Center

Award, Battery Park City Master Plan, 1987

City Club of New York

Albert S. Bard Award, Battery Park City Esplanade, 1984

Council for Sustainable Florida

Sustainable Florida Award, WaterColor Master Plan, 2003

Charlotte Clean City Committee

Business Beautification Award, First Union Plaza, 1990

European Prize of Architecture Philippe Rotthier

Best New Town Award, Val d’Europe, 2008

2.2 Significant Awards, Honors, and Recognition Awards


2.2 Significant Awards, Honors, and Recognition Select Speaking Engagements

2.2 Significant Awards, Honors, and Recognition Select Public Service

Baruch College Newman Real Estate Institute, Presenter

“Battery Park City: Coming of Age / Lessons Learned From One

of the World’s Most Successful Planned Communities”

Congress for The New Urbanism, Battery Park City Tour, Presenter

Congress for The New Urbanism 17, Panelist

“Stapleton Experience”

Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Speaker

“Baltimore’s Inner Harbor: Past, Present and Future”

Congress for The New Urbanism IX, Presenter

“Neighborhood Models at the Edge: Radburn, Usonia,

and Forest Hills”

The Seaside Institute Debates, Presenter. (Later published as a book)

Congress for The New Urbanism VI, Presenter

“The Stapleton Redevelopment Plan and Three Master Plans”

2012

2010

2009

2002

2001

2001, 1998

1998

Scenic Hudson, Design Advisor

LG Headquarters Design Review, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

Thomas Cole/Frederic Church Cultural Trail, NY

Columbia County Land Trust, Design Advisor

Urban Land Institute, Real Estate Degree Program Instructor, Community

and Neighborhood Design

The Congress for The New Urbanism, Founding Member

Mayor’s Institute on City Design, Resource Team

Smithsonian Institution Neighborhood Design Workshop, Instructor

University of Maryland / Kea Fellowship, Distinguished Visiting Professor

American Institute of Architects, Regional and Urban Design

Sub-Committee

Jury Member and Visiting Professor at University of Notre Dame, Yale

University, Harvard University, Pratt Institute, Boston Society of Architects

Columbia University, Urban Design Studio Lecturer and Critic

2014 - present

2014 - present

2003 - 2004

1993 - 2003

2001

2000

1996

1991

1979 - present

1979 - 1985


There are a few exceptions to this grim situation (of the urban public realm)...

within each is some element of promise both for cities and for the profession of

architecture… The first is Battery Park City… The critical thing here was the decision

to make the public realm primary, and to let individual pieces of architecture take a

back seat to handsome public spaces like the esplanade along the Hudson River.

Paul Goldberger, “Why Design Can’t Transform Cities,” The New York Times, 25 June 1989

Cooper, Alexander, and Brian Shea. “Designing for Public Approval and for

Changing Markets.” Urban Land, July 1986.

Bressi, Todd W., ed. (The Seaside Debates: A Critique of the New Urbanism).

Rizzoli, 2002.

Alliance for Downtown New York Streetscape Project, New York, New York

Dunlap, David W. “Heavy Days, Immortalized Where the Ticker Tape Fell.”

The New York Times, 30 September 2004.

Muschamp, Herbert. “Design Review: Downtown Lighting with Hints of Jazz.”

The New York Times, 24 July 2003.

Kirby, David. “Trashcraft, or Making an Art of Garbage Cans.”

The New York Times, 11 April 1999.

Dunlap, David W. “Plan Seeks to Clarify Muddled Lower Manhattan.”

The New York Times, 1 June 1998.

Baltimore Inner Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland

Calvert, Scott. “Planning a Better Inner Harbor.” The Baltimore Sun,

13 February 2003.

Millspaugh, Martin L. “The Inner Harbor Story.” Urban Land, April 2003.

Battery Park City Master Plan, New York, New York

Barnett, Jonathan, and Larry Beasley. Ecodesign for Cities and Suburbs.

Island Press, 2015.

Firley, Eric, and Katharina Gron. The Urban Masterplanning Handbook.

Wiley, 2013.

Gill, Brendan. “The Sky Line, Battery Park City.” The New Yorker,

20 August 1990

Angelo, Bonnie. “Where the Sky Meets the Shore.” Time, 23 October 1989.

Goldberger, Paul. “Why Design Can’t Transform Cities.” The New York Times,

25 June 1989.

Goldberger, Paul. “Public Space Gets a New Cachet in New York.” The New

York Times, 22 May 1988.

Goldberger, Paul. “Battery Park City is a Triumph of Design.” The New York Times,

31 August 1986.

Wiseman, Carter. “The Next Great Place, The Triumph of Battery Park City.”

New York, 16 June 1986.

Bay Meadows Master Plan, San Mateo, California

Dineen, J.K. “Developer ready to start building at Bay Meadows.” San Francisco

Business Times, 27 January 2012.

King, John. “Smart Growth at the San Mateo Racetrack.” San Francisco

Chronicle, 17 August 2008.

Boston Seaport Public Realm Plan, Boston, Massachusetts

Campbell, Robert. “Adhere to Priorities for Seaport.” The Boston Globe,

18 January 1999.

“Much Improved Seaport Plan.” The Boston Globe, 6 January 1999.

Ebbert, Stephanie. “BRA Selects Consultant for Waterfront Plan.” The Boston

Globe, 11 September 1998.

2.3 Significant Publications

AccomplishmentsBrian Shea AIA

1622.3 Significant Publications

Flint, Anthony. “Officials Unveil Seaport Concepts; Housing, Connection to

Water Seen as Keys.” The Boston Globe, 8 December 1998.

Campbell, Robert. “With Some Outside Help, Boston Gets a Seaport Vision.”

The Boston Globe, 21 December 1998.

Carlyle Master Plan, Alexandria, Virginia

Shea, Brian. “Extending a City: The Carlyle Master Plan, Alexandria, Virginia.”

Urban Land, June 1992.

Lewis, Roger K. “Carlyle New Approach Near Old Town.” The Washington Post,

16 June 1990.

Oppenheimer Dean, Andrea. “Taming the City Edge.” Architecture, April 1990.

Forgey, Benjamin. “Alexandria Alternative.” The Washington Post, 14 October 1989.

Cityfront Center, Chicago, Illinois

Sinkevitch, Alice, and Laurie McGovern Petersen. AIA Guide to Chicago.

University of Illinois Press, 3rd ed., 2014.

Goldberger, Paul. “In Chicago, A New Romanticism.” The New York Times.

29 Oct 1989.

Kogan, Rick. “A Moving Experience.” Chicago Tribune. 1 Oct 1989.

Daniel Island Master Plan, Daniel Island, South Carolina

Bush, Elizabeth. “From Cows to Cornfields to an Award-Winning Community.”

Daniel Island News, 13 July 2013.

Wright, Christian L. “The Small-Town Appeal Of a Southern Island.”


Newberg, Sam. “Development Case Study: Daniel Island.”

Urban Land Institute, 2006.

Riddle, Lynn. “A Village Proposed for a Pastoral Island.” The New York Times,

13 December 1992.

Harvard University Allston Initiative, Allston, Massachusetts

Sokol, David. “Green’s the New Color at Harvard and Yale.” Architectural

Record, 24 September 2007.

Hudson Yards Master Plan, New York, New York

Dunlap, David. “Clinton South; New Dimensions for a Low-Density Neighborhood.”

The New York Times, 1 April 1990.

Dunlap, David. “Far West Side: a Vision of the Far Future.” The New York Times,

30 March 2003.

RiverOne Development Plan, Charlotte, North Carolina

Murray, Barbara. “Lincoln Harris, Crescent Communities Team up in Charlotte.”

Commercial Property Executive, 16 January 2017.

Dunn, Andrew. “A Vision for the River District is Coming Together.”

Charlotte Agenda, 13 January 2017.

Portillo, Ely. “The River District Will Reshape a Chunk of Charlotte.”

The Charlotte Observer, 23 December 2016.

Stapleton International Airport Redevelopment Plan, Denver, Colorado

Pristin, Terry. “New Urbanism in Denver.” The New York Times, 1 June 2005.

“Development Case Study: Stapleton, Denver, Colorado.” Urban Land Institute, 2004.

Steuteville, Robert. “Stapleton Ready for Takeoff.” Public Square, A CNU Journal,

1 September 2001.

Cooper, Alexander, and Brian Shea. “A Sustainable Redevelopment Plan for

Stapleton Airport.” Urban Land, July 1996.

Fortmeyer, Russell. “An Abandoned Airport Brownfield Takes Off.”

Architectural Record, July 2006.

Shea, Brian. “The Stapleton Redevelopment Plan and Three Master Plans.”

Congress for the New Urbanism, 1998.

Yale University Framework Plan, New Haven, Connecticut

Haar, Sharon. “Campus Life.” The Architect’s Newspaper, 21 September 2005.

Sullivan, Tom. “Plans Change, Two Campus Visions Confirm.” Yale News,

14 April 2004.

“Highs and Lows of Town and Gown.” Yale Alumni Magazine, March 2001.

Branch, Mark Alden. “Framing the Future.” Yale Alumni Magazine, Summer 2000.

ExhibitsBrian Shea AIA3

Above Wall Street by Brian Shea

ExhibitsBrian Shea AIA3 18

3.0 List of Exhibits with photo credits

3.1 Battery Park City Master Plan

New York, NY

Lead Urban Designer

19 Battery Park City / photo: Melpomene, Fotolia

20 Aerial looking east showing all of Battery Park

City from Stuyvesant High School at the extreme

north to Battery Park at the extreme south /

photo: Stan Ries

20 Model / photo: Stan Ries

22 South Esplanade / photo: Stan Ries

22 World Financial Center / photo: Stan Ries

22 Street and open space system, preceding

build-out / photo: Stan Ries

22 Mid build-out development / photo: BPC Authority

22 Post build-out / photo: BPC Authority

3.2 Boston Seaport Master Plan

Boston, MA

Design Partner

24 Aerial view of South Boston Waterfront

pre-development / photo: Alex S. MacLean/

Landslides

24 The Seaport as a natural extension of downtown

Boston / artist: Michael McCann

24 Boston waterfront dining /

artist: Michael McCann

25 View towards Summer Street / artist:

Michael McCann

3.3 Carlyle Master Plan and Design Guidelines

Alexandria, VA

Partner-in-Charge

27 Market Square model / photo: Jock Pottle/Esto

27 Aerial / photo: Google Earth

27 The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Complex

2005 / photo: Alan Karchmer

3.4 Daniel Island Master Plan


Charleston, SC

Design Partner

28 Daniel Island aerial / photo: Pictometry

29 Daniel Island aerial / photo: Daniel Island

Development Corporation

30 Daniel Island Golf Course and March Access /

photo: Daniel Island Development Company

3.5 Yale University Campus Framework

Plan and Design Manual

New Haven, CT

Design Partner

31 Hewitt Quadrangle, Woolsey Hall, Beinecke

Library / photo: Yale University

3.6 Longwood University Campus Master Plan

Farmville, VA

Design Partner

34 Longwood University campus aerial / artist:

Barbara Worth Ratner

35 Brian Shea presents at Longwood University /

photo: Longwood University

3.7 Stapleton Airport Redevelopment Plan

and Phase 1 Design Guidelines

Denver, CO

Design Partner

37 Stapleton as urban refuge / photo:

Forest City Stapleton, Inc.

37 Stapleton aerial today / photo: Google Earth

38 Aerial perspective of northeast precinct

at edge of Prairie Park / photo: Forest City

Stapleton, Inc.

38 Aerial perspective of southwest precinct /

photo: Forest City Stapleton, Inc.

38 Residential neighborhood and open space

as implemented / photo: Jesse Goff

38 Greenbelt Park at Stapleton /

photo: Jesse Goff


Declaration of Responsibility

I have personal knowledge that the nominee was largely

responsible for the design of this project.

Awards (cont.)

Urban Land Institute Award for Excellence, 1988

Waterfront Center Award, 1987

Building Stone Magazine Tucker Award, 1984

City Club of New York Albert S. Bard Award, 1984

Municipal Art Society of New York Certificate of Merit, 1984

Progressive Architecture 31st Annual Award, 1984

Press

Huxtable, Ada Louise. “Is This the Last Chance for Battery

Park City?” The New York Times, 9 December 1979.

Wiseman, Carter. “The Next Great Place, The Triumph of Battery

Park City.” New York Magazine, 16 June 1986.

Goldberger, Paul. “Battery Park City is a Triumph of Design.

The New York Times, 31 August 1986.

Goldberger, Paul. “Public Space Gets a New Cachet in New

York.” The New York Times, 22 May 1988.

Gill, Brendan. “Battery Park City Esplanades I & II.”

Landscape Architecture, November 1988.

Goldberger, Paul “Battery Park City: New York’s Newest

Neighborhood, To the Heights of Simplicity.” The New York

Times Magazine, 20 November 1988.

Goldberger, Paul. “Why Design Can’t Transform Cities.”

The New York Times, 25 June 1989.

Angelo, Bonnie. “Where the Sky Meets the Shore.”

Time Magazine, 23 October 1989.

Gill, Brendan. “The Sky Line, Battery Park City.” The New Yorker,

20 August 1990.

Yost, Carl. “Battery Park City: It’s a Wrap.” Architectural Record,

29 August 2011.

Books

Cooper, Robertson & Partners: Cities to Gardens. Images

Publishing Group, 2007.

Barnett, Jonathan, and Larry Beasley. Ecodesign for Cities

and Suburbs. Island Press, 2015.

Firley, Eric, and Katharina Gron. The Urban Masterplanning

Handbook. Wiley, 2013.

Battery Park City

Awards

Urban Land Institute Heritage Award, 2010

Citizens Housing & Planning Council Distinguished

Service Award, 2006

American Institute of Architects – Citation for Excellence

in Urban Design, 1991

Progressive Architecture – 37th Annual Award for Large

Scale Design, 1989

American Institute of Architects Honor Award, 1988

American Society of Landscape Architects Award for

Excellence, 1988

3.1 Battery Park City Master Plan, North Residential Area Plan, and Commercial Center Design and Guidelines

New York, NY

Design Partner

Built upon an empty and defunct landfill area created from the spoils of the World Trade Center site, Battery Park City today is a premier waterfront destination in New York and perhaps the most successful ground up commercial development in the country. It has become a model for high-density urban infill, city-making design strategies, and contextual design.

Designed by Brian Shea as lead urban designer, with Alexander Cooper as partner-in-charge, the Master Plan proposed two then-radical concepts: first, extension of the adjacent street grid to create a normalized development pattern while discouraging through traffic; second, an open space system consisting of a continuous esplanade, a commercial plaza, and several neighborhood-scaled parks with walkways to connect them to one another and the city. Over 30% of the land was set aside as public open space. The master plan and implementation of Battery Park City was the first time the city and state worked together to achieve a long sought goal of mixed–use waterfront development on landfill sites in Lower Manhattan.

Client Battery Park City Authority

Land Area 92 acres

Building Area 18,000,000 square feet

Completion 1979-1982 (plan), 2011 (build out)

Firm of Record Cooper Robertson

Richard Kahan Client (Chairman)


Streets are set at an angle to the waterfront, providing dramatic

views of the Hudson River

Aerial looking east showing all of Battery Park City from Stuyvesant High School at the extreme north to Battery Park at the extreme south

Battery Park City Master Plan Model


Elevation detailMaster Plan

Elevation

Materials Plan (top) and typical section of Esplanade


Street and open space system, preceding build-out Mid build-out development Post build-out

World Financial CenterSouth Esplanade





Streetscape plan emphasizing streetwalls and open spaces

Awards

Boston Society of Architects / AIA NY Chapter – Willo von Moltke

Urban Design Honor Award, 1999

Press

Campbell, Robert. “With Some Outsidbatte Help, Boston Gets

a Seaport Vision.” Boston Globe, 21 December 1998.

Ebbert, Stephanie. “BRA Selects Consultant for Waterfront Plan.”

Boston Globe, 11 September 1998.

Flint, Anthony. “Officials Unveil Seaport Concepts; Housing,

Connection to Water Seen as Keys.” Boston Globe,

8 December 1998.

Press (cont.)

Campbell, Robert. “With Some Outside Help, Boston Gets

a Seaport Vision.” Boston Globe, 21 December 1998.

“Much Improved Seaport Plan.” Boston Globe, 6 January 1999.

Campbell, Robert. “Adhere to Priorities for Seaport.”

Boston Globe, 18 January 1999.

Books



3.2 The Boston Seaport Public Realm Plan

Boston, MA

Design Partner

As design partner, Brian Shea led the design effort for the Boston Seaport District Public Realm Plan. Located adjacent to Boston’s Downtown, the Seaport District represents the next growth frontier for Boston. Mr. Shea created a plan that addresses the City’s five goals; the promotion of access to the harbor; the preservation and enhancement of the industrial port; the planning of a mixed-use community; the development of the Seaport as an integral part of Boston’s economy; and the enhancement of the South Boston community.

To overcome the perceived isolation of the 300-acre site, the plan preserves the sense ofscale and character of Boston, calling for smallerblock sizes, narrower streets, a variety of publicopen spaces concentrated along the water’sedge, and relatively low building heights alongthe water’s edge. Phasing of the plan anticipatesnew streets and public places as focal points forstaged development. This vast expanse of under–utilized industrial waterfront is now earmarkedas the City’s new downtown innovation district.

Client Boston Redevelopment Authority

Land Area 300 acres

Completion 1999 (plan), 2015 (transportation plan update)


Kairos Shen Client (Director)

“Working with urban designer Brian Shea, a native Bostonian who’s

now with the New York urban design firm of Cooper Robertson, the

city came up with a street layout that works

well and maintains the intimacy of Boston.“

- Robert Campbell, Boston Globe

ExhibitsBrian Shea AIA3 24 24

Aerial view of South Boston Waterfront pre-development The Seaport as a natural extension of downtown Boston

Boston waterfront dining


Site as it relates back to Downtown Boston and its surrounding harbor

Street and block plan

View towards Summer Street


Tom Ikeler




Master Plan

Awards

American Planning Association National Capital Area

Chapter – Merit Award, 1990

Press

Clardy, Jim. “Carr plans $1 billion Alexandria complex.”

The Washington Times, 18 May 1988.

Foote, Cornelius F. Jr. “$1 Billion Project Slated in Alexandria.”

The Washington Post, 24 March 1989.

Forgey, Benjamin. “Alexandria Alternative.” The Washington

Post, 14 October 1989.

Press (cont.)

Oppenheimer Dean, Andrea. “Taming the City Edge.”

Architecture, April 1990.

Lewis, Roger K. “Carlyle New Approach Near Old Town.”

The Washington Post, 16 June 1990.

Shea, Brian. “Extending a City: The Carlyle Master Plan, Alexandria,

Virginia.” Urban Land Magazine, June 1992.

Books



3.3 Carlyle Master Plan

Alexandria, VA

Partner-in-Charge

Mr. Shea led the design of Carlyle in Alexandria, Virginia, which became a model for large-scale site planning that directs higher density development to Metro while protecting the historic core of Old Town. The guidelines for Carlyle provided the City of Alexandria with its first ever tool to review large-scale development.Located on a former railroad yard, the Carlyle Master Plan incorporates features of traditional urbanism and serves as a model for the infill of urban areas adjacent to mass transit with mixed-use, mid-density development. Mr. Shea’s design extends and complements the street and block plan and building relationships of the adjacent Old Town. The plan instills a strong sense of place in the pedestrian realm and minimizes the impact of the automobile. The phasing strategy enabled each of the five districts to be fully completed in sequence.The project is essentially complete, now a part of the urban fabric of Alexandria with offices (including the US Patent Office Headquarters), ground-floor retail, and a range of housing types, from townhouses to apartment towers.

Client Oliver Carr Company,

Norfolk Southern Corporation

Area 72 acres

Completion 1990 (plan), 2000 (build out)


Client (Director)

“The Cooper, Robertson design is everything that places such

as Rosslyn, Crystal City and Tysons Corner are not—rationally

arranged, street-oriented, pedestrian-friendly, integrative

and inclusive.”

– Roger K. Lewis, Washington Post


The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Complex 2005Market Square model

Market Square: an outdoor plaza

Aerial Design Guidelines





Daniel Island aerial

Awards

Urban Land Institute Award for Excellence, 2007

AIA New York Chapter Award of Excellence, 1994

AIA South Carolina Chapter Award for Excellence, 1994

American Planning Association South Carolina Chapter

Award, 1994

Press

Riddle, Lynn. “A Village Proposed for a Pastoral Island.” The New

York Times, 13 December 1992.

Press (cont.)

“Development Case Study: Daniel Island.” Urban Land

Institute, 2006.

Wright, Christian L. “The Small-Town Appeal Of a Southern Island.”


Bush, Elizabeth. “From Cows to Cornfields to an Award-Winning

Community.” Daniel Island News, 13 July 2013.

Books



3.4 Daniel Island Master Plan

Charleston, SC

Design Partner

Working together with Duany Plater-Zyberk and Jonathan Barnett, Brian Shea as Cooper Robertson’s design partner won a competition to prepare a master plan for 4,500 acres of beautiful abandoned agricultural land on a peninsula across the river from Charleston. A newly constructed highway had given the site regional access; the City annexed the area and committed public funds to build its infrastructure and public park system. Mr. Shea developed a plan for new community shaped equally by the natural features of the land—its marshes, creeks, majestic tree stands, and exceptional riverfront frontages—and a development program of mixed-use residential neighborhoods, a village center, commercial precinct, golf course, as well as sites for schools, post offices, fire stations, and athletic facilities. A network of old and new roads and paths links the development to waterfront access and inland wetland parks. The balancing of old and new with sound planning, regionally appropriate architecture, innovative mixed-use zoning, and sensitive environmental design won unanimous City approval. The implementation of the plan has resulted in a community that has become both very popular and commercially successful.

Client The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation,

Daniel Island Development Corp.

Land Area 4,500 acres

Completion 1993 (plan)


John H. Alschuler Client (Representative/Chairman of HRA)


Daniel Island aerialWatercolor rendering

Master Plan


Natural features assessment images and neighborhood layouts

Daniel Island Golf Course and marsh access


3.5 Yale University Framework for Campus Planning

New Haven, CT

Design Partner

The Yale University campus is one of the most cherished cultural settings in the United States. Developed by Brian Shea as design partner, the Framework Plan identifies the key characteristics, systems, and influences operating within and surrounding the campus. Seven separate but interrelated frameworks including building form, open space, circulation, parking, signage, lighting, and neighborhood connections provide a comprehensive vision of how the campus will work in the future. The development of the coordinated frameworks was milestone for the university to guide development while allowing for more detailed design plans on a precinct-by-precinct basis. The plan identifies seventy-seven development sites for both buildings (forty-two) and landscape (thirty-five) within seven distinct planning precincts. A manual of design standards provides background data and surrounding context for each site and suggests uses, density, massing, and, in the case of open space, character for future development. The design manual became a milestone in institutional oversight to regulate the growth of the school in a coordinated way—over a fifty-year time frame on over 150 sites without the need for a detailed academic program.

Client Yale University

Area 492 acres






Hewitt Quadrangle, Woolsey Hall, Beinecke Library

Awards

SCUP / AIA CAE Honor Award in Planning for an Established

Campus, 2007

Press

Branch, Mark Alden. “Framing the Future.” Yale Alumni Magazine,

Summer 2000.

“Highs and Lows of Town and Gown.” Yale Alumni Magazine,

March 2001.

Sullivan, Tom. “Plans change, two campus visions confirm.”

Yale News, 14 April 2004.

Press (cont.)

Haar, Sharon. “Campus Life.” The Architect’s Newspaper,

21 September 2005.

Dach, Jonny. “The Old College Try.” The New Journal, 1 April 2006.

Books



Brescia, Ray and John Travis Marshall. “How Cities Will Save

the World: Urban Innovation in the Face of Population.”

Routledge, 2016.

Pamela Delphenich Client (Director of Planning)


Yale Framework Plan Evolution strip

Hill house precinct


Campus walk Open space framework plan

Yale University; A Framework for Campus Planning design manual


3.6 Longwood University Campus Master Plan

Farmville, VA

Design Partner

Longwood University’s Strategic Plan calls for growth in its student population from 4,600 to 6,000 students by 2025. In support of that vision, Mr. Shea developed a Master Plan that preserves and enhances the scale and beauty of the existing campus, while proposing several bold moves to create a critical mass of varying activities that will benefit the local economy and provide Longwood with much-needed new programs.

Developed through a collaborative process that incorporated the input of stakeholders from across the University, as well as the Farmville Town Council, the Master Plan creates a series of compact, walkable, cohesive, mixed-use precincts, tied together by a variety of memorable open spaces, paths, shared streets, and pedestrian ways. It establishes a consistent palette of lighting standards, street furniture, and landscape/hardscape materials to create a cohesive whole.

The plan also identifies opportunity sites on the main campus, satellite properties, and in historic downtown Farmville for development by the University or the private sector—a joint effort to make Farmville a great college town. Implementation is currently underway.

Client Longwood University

Area 310 acres






Longwood University campus aerial

Press

Gregory, Italia. “Longwood’s master plan nears final stages.”

The Farmville Herald. 6 October 2015.

Miles, Jordan. “Batter up: LU master plan envisions downtown

ballparks, performing arts center.” The Farmville Herald.

3 December 2015.

McWilliams, Matthew. “Future Perfect: Imaginative new master

plan provides framework for Longwood’s next chapter.”

Longwood Magazine. March 2016.

Booty, Kent. “The Crucible: 15 years after the Great Fire,

a visionary new master plan builds on the Longwood that

rose from the ashes.” Longwood Magazine. March 2016.

“Bike lanes pedaling closer.” The Farmville Herald. 14 April 2016.

Press (cont.)

Reeher, Carson. “‘Iconic Gateway’ Underway.” Farmville Herald.

7 July 2016.

Haden, Jeff. “How Longwood University Prepared to Host the

Vice Presidential Debate.” Inc. 3 October 2016.

Massie, Shelby. “Longwood purchases site for baseball field for

$6.7 million.” The Rotunda. 10 February 2017.

Miles, Jordan. “Dorms will see massive $60 million renovation.”

Farmville Herald. 15 June 2017.

Steele, Jeffrey. “Cooper Robertson to Renovate Two Virginia

Student Housing Buildings.” Multi-Housing News. 12 July 2017.

“Renovation of Two Major Residence Halls Begins at Longwood

University.” College Planning & Management. 10 August 2017.

Thomas Frisbie-Fulton Client (Campus Architect)


Illustrative Master Plan

Local Area Connections Analysis Curry Frazier Hall

The baseball and softball fields move farther downtown along the High Bridge Trail, invoking a

feeling similar to Baltimore’s Camden Yards. The fields would be used by Longwood student-

athletes and possibly a minor league team, drawing more visitors to downtown Farmville.





Illustrative site plan

Awards

American Institute of Architects New York State – Design

Award “for Excellence, 1998

American Planning Association – Special Citation for

Comprehensive Planning, 1996

American Planning Association Colorado Chapter Award, 1995

Press

O’Driscoll, Patrick. “Seasoned architects to cook up new

Stapleton” Denver Post, (Date unknown).

Cooper, Alexander and Brian Shea. “A Sustainable

Redevelopment Plan for Stapleton Airport.” Urban

Land Magazine, July 1996.

3.7 Stapleton International Airport Redevelopment Plan

Denver, CO

Design Partner

The Stapleton Redevelopment Plan, developed by Brian Shea as design partner, creates a national model for a sustainable urban community for the northeast quadrant of the City of Denver. This “Green Book” Redevelopment Plan is one of the first in the nation to explore the re-use of a major commercial aviation facility, the 5,000-acre Stapleton International Airport. Mr. Shea designed a plan with an archetypically contextual design that extends the density of the City into the High Plains desert region to the east. It was a highly effective community supported model for responsible design.

Each area of the site has a distinct character. The southern portion is an extension of adjoining residential neighborhoods and also contains a concentration of commercial uses focused around reused aviation facilities. The central portion of the site includes lower density industrial and commercial uses and regional recreational facilities. The northern end is a series of mixed-use residential neighborhoods that take advantage of the site’s open spaces and mountain views. Stapleton is approximately 80% built out as of 2016.

Client The Stapleton Redevelopment Foundation

Land Area 4,700 acres

Completion 1996 (plan approved), ongoing (build out)


Press (cont.)

Brook, James. “Denver Calls Old Airport Ground Zero for

Growth.” The New York Times, 16 September 1998.

Fortmeyer, Russell. “An Abandoned Airport Brownfield Takes

Off.” Architectural Record, July 2006.

Shea, Brian. “The Stapleton Redevelopment Plan and Three

Master Plans.” Congress for New Urbanism, 1998.

Steuteville, Robert. “Stapleton ready for takeoff.” Public Square,

A CNU Journal, 1 September 2001.

“Development Case Study: Stapleton, Denver, Colorado”.

Urban Land Institute, 2004.

O’Driscoll, Patrick. “Denver airport conversion takes off.”

USA Today, (date unknown).

Pristin, Terry. “New Urbanism in Denver.” The New York Times,

1 June 2005.

Books



Hutchison, Ray, ed. Encyclopedia of Urban Studies.

Presentations

Shea, Brian, CNU VI: Cities in Context Panel Presentation:

“The Stapleton Redevelopment Plan and Three Master

Plans.” Denver, May 1998.

James D. Chrisman Client (Project Manager)


Illustrative master plan

Stapleton aerial todayStapleton as urban refuge

Existing airport prior to development Neighborhood framework


Residential neighborhood and open space as implemented Greenbelt Park at Stapleton

Aerial perspective of northeast precinct at edge of Prairie Park Aerial perspective of southwest precinct

ReferencesBrian Shea AIA4 39

1. Pam Delphenich, FAIA Director, Leader, Gensler

Boston, MA

Former Client

2. Adam Gross, FAIA Principal, Ayers Saint Gross

Baltimore, MD

Peer

3. Richard Kahan Founder & CEO, The Urban Assembly

New York, NY

Former Client

4. Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, AIA

Partner, Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company

Miami, FL

Peer

5. Rob Robinson, AIA

Chairman, Urban Design Associates

Pittsburgh, PA

Peer

6. Ned Sullivan Scenic Hudson

Poughkeepsie, NY

Board Colleague, Pro-Bono Client

7. John Francis Torti, FAIA, CNU, LEED AP BD+C

President, Torti Gallas + Partners

Silver Spring, MD

Peer

Documents

2018 AIA Fellowship