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James Heard

James Heard

Los Angeles, CA, US

 

About 

James Heard received his BArch at Virginia Tech and SMArchS with a focus in History, Theory, and Criticism at MIT. His research interests include the histories of activism in the United States and their relationship to legislative discourse, alternative narratives of modernity, and alternative modes of contemporary professional practice. The Architects Collaborative 1945–1995: Tracing a Diffuse Architectural Authorship, a recent exhibit in collaboration with Gabriel Cira and Emma Pfeiffer, catalogued the work of The Architects Collaborative in Massachusetts and explored the development of modern architectural practice and notions of authorship through the trajectory of the firm. His master's thesis, "Professionals in a Soviet America": Federal Housing Policy, the Popular Front, and Architects in Los Angeles, 1919–1947, explores the intersection of housing policy discourse and activism in Southern California. He is a member of the Boston chapter of The Architecture Lobby and was the organization's former National Design Coordinator. In addition to being an historian, he is a licensed architect and has practiced in Boston, Chicago, and Los Angeles.

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Employment 

Runcible Studios, Medford, MA, US, Architect

Feb 2020 - Sep 2020
 

uxo architects, Los Angeles, CA, US, architect

Aug 2017 - Oct 2019
 

Make Architecture, Los Angeles, CA, US, Associate Designer

Aug 2016 - Aug 2017
 

Dirk Denison Architects, Chicago, IL, US, Intern Architect

Oct 2014 - Jul 2016
 

von weise associates, Chicago, IL, US, Intern Architect

Jun 2013 - Aug 2013
 

Education 

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, US, Masters, History, Theory, and Criticism

Sep 2020 - May 2022
 
Aug 2009 - May 2014
 

Areas of Specialization