Andrea P. LEERS FAIA Adjunct Professor of Architecture and Urban Design Harvard Graduate School of Design CURRICULUM VITAE

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1 Andrea P. LEERS FAIA Adjunct Professor of Architecture and Urban Design Harvard Graduate School of Design CURRICULUM VITAE Andrea P. Leers, FAIA Leers Weinzapfel Associates Architects 75 Kneeland Street Boston, MA T F apleers@lwa-architects.com Education 1964 Bachelor of Arts, History of Art, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA 1966 Master of Architecture, Graduate School of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Professional Experience Earl R. Flansburgh and Associates, Cambridge, MA, Apprenticeship Ashley, Myer, Smith Architects, Cambridge, MA, Architect Independent Practice, Boston, MA 1983 Present Leers Weinzapfel Associates Architects, Inc., Boston, MA, Founding Principal

2 Academic Experience Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Visiting Critic 1979 MIT, Department of Architecture and Planning, Visiting Critic Yale University, School of Architecture, Adjunct Associate Professor and Visiting Critic 1983 University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Department of Architecture, Visiting Critic 1990 Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Visiting Critic 1991 Tokyo Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, Visiting Critic 1995 University of Virginia, School of Architecture, Harry S. Shure Visiting Professor 1996 Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Visiting Critic 1998, 1999 University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Department of Architecture, Visiting Critic 2001 Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Visiting Critic 1992-Present Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Instructor, Professional Development Course, «Courthouse Planning and Design» 1997 Federal Judicial Center, Washington, D.C., Judicial Education Program, Instructor, «Evolution and Design of American Courthouses» 2002-Present Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Adjunct Professor of Architecture and Urban Design 2003 University of Maryland, School of Architecture, Kea Visiting Distinguished Professor 2004 Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Panelist, Executive Education Seminar, «Leading Civic Change from Within: A Case History of the GSA's Design Excellence Program» Grants, Honors, Fellowships 1964 Wellesley College Trustee Fellowship

3 Design Arts Fellowship in Japan: National Endowment for the Arts / Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission, «Introduction of 2x4 Construction in Japan» 1982 Design Communications Grant (with Urbanimage Corp.): National Endowment for the Arts, «Japan's Housing» 1984 Research Grant: Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission, «Welcoming the West: Japan's Grand Resort Hotels» 1991 Elected to the AIA College of Fellows 1996 Harleston Park Medal, Boston Society of Architects and the City of Boston, Blue Hill Avenue Youth Development Center 1997 Artist in Residence, American Academy in Rome 2003 Award of Excellence, Women in Design Committee 2007 American Institute of Architects Firm Award Publications 1983 March «Recent Work of Fumihiko Maki», Japan Architect May «The Introduction of 2x4 Construction in Japan», Nikkei Architecture September «General Research Archives at Tokyo University by Hisao Koyama», Architecture December «Tadao Ando's Mt. Rokko Chapel», A+U September «Two Ando Buildings: Mt. Rokko Chapel and Mon Petit Chou», Architecture November «Boston Looks at Tokyo», Build Boston Magazine March «Extending and Redefining Traditions: Recent Boston Architecture», With Alex Krieger, A+U April Book Review: The Making of Modern Japanese Architecture: 1868 to the Present by David Stewart December «A Sense of Place in the Landscape: Two Recent Projects by Hisao Koyama», Shin-Kenchiku Welcoming the West: Japan's Grand Resort Hotels, unpublished manuscript.

4 1996 «How Should Architects Respond to Changes in Practice?», in: William S. Saunders (ed.), Reflections on Architectural Practice in the Nineties, New York: Princeton Architectural Press, Spring «Japan's Palace of Justice, Shin'ichi Okada Monograph», The Japan Architect, vol «Urban Design and The Courthouse: How Sites Shape Courthouse Design», in: Steven Flanders (ed.), Celebrating the Courthouse, New York, NY, Norton & Co, Selected Design Awards/Recent Projects Hanscom Field Maintenance Building, Bedford, MA 1988 Boston Society of Architects Export Award House in West Bath, ME 1988 ACSA Faculty Design Competition 1991 American Institute of Architects New England Region Design Award MBTA Operations Control Center, Boston, MA 1990 Boston Society of Architects Honor Award 1992 Progressive Architecture Design Award Citation 1996 National Endowment for the Arts and the U.S. Department of Transportation Merit Award 1998 American Institute of Architects New England Region Design Citation Grainger Observatory, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH 1991 Boston Society of Architects Certificate of Merit 1991 American Institute of Architects New England Region Design Award Part Street Station Entry and Exit Structures, Boston, MA 1991 Boston Society of Architects Honor Award George Robert White Gymnasium and Teen Center, South Boston, MA 1991 American Institute of Architects New England Region Design Award 1992 Boston Society of Architects Design Citation Newburyport District Courthouse, Newburyport, MA 1992 National Center for State Courts Citation U.S. District Courthouse, Worcester, MA 1992 National Center for the State Courts Citation 1995 General Services Administration Modernization Award 1996 General Services Administration Design Award

5 1996 National Building Owner's Management Award 1998 Building Owner and Management Association Award Ayer Observatory, Milton Academy, Milton, MA 1995 Boston Society of Architects Honor Award Youth Development Center, Boston, MA 1995 Boston Society of Architects Honor Award 1996 Boston Society of Architects Harleston Parker Award 1996 American Institute of Architects New England Region Design Award Offices for Kapor Industries, Inc., Boston, MA 1996 Boston Society of Architects Design Award U.S. District Courthouse, Portland, ME 1996 General Services Administration Modernization Award 1999 General Services Administration Design Awards Citation Headquarters for the Combined Jewish Philanthropies, Boston, MA 1997 AIA New England Region Design Citation MIT School of Architecture and Planning, Cambridge, MA 1997 Interiors Magazine Design Award 1998 American Institute of Architects Honor Award 1998 I.D. Magazine Design Distinction 1999 Business Week/Architectural Record Award Fenton Judicial Center, Lawrence, MA 2001 The National Center for State Courts University of Pennsylvania Modular VII Chiller Plant and Athletic Facility, Philadelphia, PA 1999 P/A Citation 2000 Boston Society of Architects Honor Award 2001 The Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award 2001 American Institute of Architects Honor Award 2001 American Institute of Steel Construction National Award 2001 International Institute of Lighting Designers Award 2001 I.D. Magazine Award 2001 Illuminating Engineering Society of North America New England Section Award Mugar Center for the Performing Arts, Cambridge School of Weston, Weston, MA 2000 American Institute of Architects New England Honor Award 2001 The Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award 2003 Boston Society of Architects Honor Award

6 University Pavilion, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 2005 Boston Society of Architects Honor Award Science Center Expansion, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 2004 Boston Society of Architects Honor Award 2004 AIA New England Regional Council Honor Award 2005 The Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award Princeton University Chilled Water Plant Expansion, Princeton, NJ 2006 Boston Society of Architects Honor Award Exhibitions 1984 Detail: The Special Task, AIR Gallery, New York, NY 1986 Establishing a Threshold: Twelve Architectural Practices in Boston, Sponsored by the Harvard University Graduate School of Design and the Bank of Boston 1987 Faculty Show, Yale University School of Architecture 1988 Women in Architecture: A Centennial Exhibit, Sponsored by the AIA National Traveling Show 1992 Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH 1993 Spirit and Making: Recent Architecture of Leers Weinzapfel Associates, School of Architecture Gallery, Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI 1997 Building for the People, National Building Museum 1998 Continuing the Legacy, National Building Museum 1999 Light and Measure: An Exhibition of the Work of Leers Weinzapfel Associates, Cincinnati, OH Public/Professional Service Boston Foundation for Architecture Board of Trustees Chair, Board of Trustees American Institute of Architects Committee on Design 1991 Elected to College of Fellows Boston Society of Architects Director at Large Nominating Committee Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston, Inc Present Board of Overseers

7 U.S. General Services Administration Public Building Service 1996-Present National Register of Peer Professionals U.S. Department of State, Office of Overseas Buildings Operations 2002-Present Architectural Advisory Board Selected Published Projects Vacation House, West Bath, ME A+U, December 1990 MBTA Park Street Station Entry and Exit Kiosks, Boston, MA Progressive Architecture, April 1991 Grainger Observatory at Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH Architecture, October 1991 Northern Essex District Courthouse, Newburyport, MA Architecture, October 1991 Additions to Northside Middle School and Schmitt Elementary Schools, Columbus, IN Architecture, December 1990 Architecture, November 1992 U.S. District Courthouse, Portland, ME Architecture, February 1993 MBTA Operations Control Center, Boston, MA Progressive Architecture, ``Annual Awards Issue,'' January 1993 The Boston Globe, October 1993 Architecture, February 1994 (cover photo) Ayer Observatory, Milton Academy, Milton, MA Architecture, May 1994 George Robert White Gymnasium, South Boston, MA Architectural Record, «South Boston Super Club», June 1995 Headquarters for Combined Jewish Philanthropies, Boston, MA Architecture, November 1995 MIT School of Architecture, Cambridge, MA Architecture, August 1996 Images International Yearbook Volume 3, 1997 Interiors, January 1998

8 I.D. Magazine, July/August 1998 Business Week/ Architectural Record, October 1999 George Robert White Youth Development Center, Blue Hill Avenue, Boston, MA Progressive Architecture, «The Social Art of Architecture», January 1995 Architecture, April 1996 Architectural Record, June 1996 Images International Yearbook Volume 3, 1997 The Boston Globe, «Welcome to the Club», February 1997 U. S. District Courthouse, Worcester, MA Architecture, February 1993 Architecture, January 1996 The Washington Post, «Made in the USA», March 1997 Fenton Judicial Center, Lawrence, MA Interiors, March 1999 Modular VII Chiller Plant, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Competitions, Spring 1999 Architecture, «Annual Awards Issue», April 1999 Architecture, December 2000 Architectural Record, May 2001 A+U, September 2001 L'Architettura 2002 ARKiTEKToN, September 2002 Performing Arts Center, Cambridge School of Weston, Weston, MA Images International Yearbook Volume 8, 2002 Smith College Fitness Center, Northampton, MA L'Architettura 2005 University Pavilion, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH Architectural Record, August 2004 L'Architettura 2005 Science Center Expansion, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Banker and Tradesman, May 2004 The Architect's Newspaper, May 2004 L'Architettura 2005

9 Public Lectures University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Fine Arts, «Recent Work» Boston Society of Architects, «The Introduction of 2x4 Construction in Japan». - Yale University, School of Architecture, «Recent Work» UCLA, School of Architecture, «Recent Work» Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, «Establishing a Threshold», Exhibition and lecture. - Yale University, School of Architecture Faculty Lecture Series, «Nikko and Katsura: Two Faces of Japan» AIAS Forum, Architalx, Boston, «The Future as Context: The Architecture of Japan» Tunghai University, Taiwan, Faculty of Architecture, «Extending and Redefining Tradition Recent Boston Architecture» Boston Society of Architects, «Welcoming the West: Japan's Grand Resort Hotels» Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, «Current Work». - Catholic University of America, School of Architecture, «Transforming a Tradition: Five Japanese Architects». - Boston Society of Architects, «The Architecture of India» Tokyo Institute of Technology, Faculty of Architecture; Tokyo University, Faculty of Architecture, «Current Work». - Boston's New Federal Courthouse: Context, Planning and Design Colloquium, sponsored by the Harvard University, Graduate School of Design and Law School and the U.S. Courts, «Guiding Principles for an Architecture of the Courthouse» Washington University, School of Architecture, St. Louis, MO, «Material Visions». - University of New Mexico, School of Architecture and Planning, Albuquerque, NM, «Material Visions». - MIT, School of Architecture and Planning, Cambridge, MA, «Recent Work» Roger Williams University, School of Architecture, Bristol, RI, «Recent Work». - Tampa Architecture Club, Tampa, FL, «Spirit and Making» University of Buffalo/SUNY, School of Architecture, Rochester, NY, «Recent Work».

10 - Boston Architectural Center, Boston, MA, «Boston and Tokyo: An Urban Design Perspective». - Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, «Recent Work». - Williams College, Department of Fine Arts, «Recent Work» University of Virginia, School of Architecture, «Recent Work». - Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA, «Composite Conditions: Building as Hybrid». - Baltimore AIA, Baltimore, MD, «Recent Work». - Boston Architectural Center, Boston, MA, «The Architecture of Japanese Urbanism» University of Rome, La Sapienza,'Faculty of Architecture and Urban Design, Rome; «Composite Conditions». - IUAV, Venice, «Composite Conditions». - University of Utah, School of Architecture, Salt Lake City, UT, «Composite Conditions: Building as Hybrid».' Central Pennsylvania AIA, «Composite Conditions: Building as Hybrid». - University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Fine Arts, «Juxtapositions: Building Between Site Substance» University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning, «Light and Measure» University of Rome, La Sapienza, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Design, «Light and Measure». - Van Alen Institute, The Competition Project, «Modular VII Chiller Plant, University of Pennsylvania». - Virginia AIA Design Forum, «The Fertile Detail» Northeastern University, Boston, MA, «Light and Measure» University of Maryland, School of Architecture, College Park, MD, «Compacting and Weaving» Yale University, School of Architecture, New Haven, CT, «Compacting and Weaving». - Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, «Compacting and Weaving». - Design Excellence at the Center for Architecture, New York City, NY, «US District Courthouse, Orlando, FL». - North Carolina State University, School of Architecture, Raleigh, NC, ``-- «Compacting and Weaving» Harvard Graduate School of Design, «Made to Measure». 2006

11 - AIA North Carolina Triangle Area Design Awards, «Made to Measure». - «Celebrating Architecture: The Pritzker Prize and the Aga Khan Award for Architecture», A Symposium at the Massachusetts College of Art. - University of Rome La Sapienza, Facolta di Ingegneria, «Palazzi di Giustizia».