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Louise Harpman (born 1964) is a New York-based architect, urban designer, and educator. She is an Associate Professor of Architecture at New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study and the founding principal of the design and research practice, Louise Harpman__PROJECTS. She was previously a founder and principal of the architecture and design firm, Specht Harpman (now known as Specht Architects).

=Education= Harpman earned her undergraduate A.B. degree from Harvard University in 1987, where she graduated with honors in East Asian Studies. During her undergraduate years, she lived in Japan for 18 months with the support of a Reischauer Institute Fellowship. She completed an M.Phil. degree in Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge in 1988. In 1993, she received her professional M.Arch. degree from the Yale School of Architecture. At Yale, she won the American Institute of Architects' Henry Adams Certificate and Janet Cain Sielaff Prize, and was named co-editor of Perspecta, the nation’s oldest academic architectural journal in continuous publication.

=Career=

Teaching
Harpman joined the New York University faculty in 2010 and is currently an Associate Professor of Architecture, Urban Design and Sustainability at NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study. She also holds a faculty position at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. She is a founder and director of Global Design NYU, an international research and design consortium.

Harpman began her teaching career in 1994 at the University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Architecture and Planning. From 1996 to 2003, she taught at the Yale School of Architecture, and from 1997 to 2003, she was Studio Coordinator for the hallmark first-year Yale Building Project.

In 2003, she became a tenured Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs at the University of Texas at Austin. At UT Austin, she was a fellow of the Harwell Hamilton Harris Professorship in architecture and served as the Director of the school’s Professional Residency Program. She founded the Design Build Texas studio program, whose sustainable house was featured at the United States Green Building Council and the AIA National Convention. She won the School of Architecture award for Outstanding Scholarship in 2005 for the Design Build Texas project. Harpman also served as a Studio Director for the Alley Flat Initiative, a program created by the UT Austin School of Architecture to, "create an adaptive and self-perpetuating delivery system for sustainable and affordable housing in Austin."

Architectural design practice
In 1995, Louise Harpman and Scott Specht co-founded Specht Harpman, an architectural, interior, and urban design practice based in New York City. The firm was active for twenty years and received international recognition for institutional, commercial, and residential projects, as well as design research. One of Specht Harpman's best known projects is the zeroHouse™, a prefabricated solar-powered 650-square-foot home designed to function "without the need for any external connections," as it "generates its own power, processes its own waste, collects and stores rainwater, and requires minimal maintenance." Harpman and her firm also designed a "micro-loft" in Manhattan, which maximizes the livability of a 425-square-foot apartment through multi-functional storage spaces and built-in furniture. The firm won AIA awards for zeroHouse™ and Manhattan Micro Loft, as well as for Doyle Hall at St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas; Oasis Advertising headquarters in New York, NY; Concrete Media headquarters in New York, NY; Modern Barn in Wilton, CT; and the New Canaan Residence in New Canaan, Connecticut.

In addition to specific project-based awards, Harpman garnered much recognition from notable architecture and design organizations. In 2002, Harpman was named in the “Emerging Voices” program sponsored by the Architectural League of New York. Harpman was also included in House and Garden magazine's list of 2007 international “Tastemakers.” In 2008, Harpman was recognized in Wallpaper* magazine’s annual Architects’ Directory as one of the world's "top 50 up-and-coming architectural practices." Harpman remained a principal in Specht Harpman until 2016, when the practice segmented into two separate entities, Louise Harpman__PROJECTS and Specht Architects.

In 2016, Harpman founded the eponymous Louise Harpman_PROJECTS, a New York City-based design and research practice. She is the director of the zeroMicro™ applied research consortium, focusing on net zero energy buildings and micro-dwelling units. She is an affiliate of the Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy and a member of the Advisory Committee of the Marron Institute for Urban Management.

Public service, consulting (selected)
In 1996, Harpman was awarded a Senior Fellowship from the Design Trust for Public Space Inc., in New York, where she researched and wrote the Brooklyn Public Library Design Guidelines. She was a member of the Board Directors of the Design Trust from 1997 to 2004.

From 2004-08, Harpman served as an Architectural Advisor for St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas, assisting with architect selection for a new residence hall and a new campus chapel. From 2005 to 2010, Harpman served as a founding member of the Board of Directors of the Austin Foundation for Architecture. In 2007 and 2008, she was an Architectural Advisor for the Austin's Children Museum, assisting in their architectural selection process. During this time, she also worked as a Competition Advisor for Art Alliance Austin and the Philbrook Museum of Art.

Harpman serves regularly as a jury member for city, state, national, and international design competitions. In 2015, Harpman served as a member of the Emerging Voices jury at the Architectural League of New York. In 2013, Harpman served as a member of the jury for the international One Prize. Since 2014, she has been a member of the Board of Directors of Open House New York.

=Awards and honors (selected)= 1997 1998 1999 2001 2002 2005 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
 * National AIA Award for Teaching Excellence.
 * I.D. Magazine award—Funny Garbage.
 * I.D. Magazine award—Good Machine.
 * I.D. Magazine award—Hurd Studios.
 * American Institute of Architects, New York, Design Award—Concrete Media.
 * Architectural League of New York, Emerging Voices.
 * PS1/MoMA, Young Architects Competition, Finalist.
 * Excellence in Studio Teaching, Yale School of Architecture.
 * Outstanding Scholarship Award, University of Texas at Austin, School of Architecture.
 * House & Garden Magazine, New Tastemakers.
 * Texas Society of Architects, Design Award—zeroHouse™.
 * Wallpaper* Magazine, Architects' Directory.
 * American Institute of Architects, Design Award—Oasis Advertising.
 * American Institute of Architects, Design Award—Doyle Hall.
 * New York Magazine, Top 100 Architects.
 * New York Magazine, Top 100 Architects.
 * American Institute of Architects, Design Award—New Canaan Residence.
 * American Institute of Architects, Design Award—Manhattan Micro Loft.
 * Architizer+ Awards. Special Mention, zeroHouse™.
 * Architizer+ Awards. Winner, Manhattan Micro Loft.
 * Residential Architect. Winner, Manhattan Micro Loft.
 * New York Magazine, Top 100 Architects.
 * New York Magazine, Top 100 Architects.
 * NYCxDESIGN Awards. Honoree, Manhattan Micro Loft.

=Publications (selected)=
 * 2014: "Global Design," Prestel Publishing
 * 2012: “Mapping as a Spatial, Political and Environmental Practice,” interview with Cassim Shepard, Urban Omnibus
 * 2006: “Design.Build.Texas” in Platform (Austin, TX: University of Texas at Austin, School of Architecture), pp. 20-21.
 * 2005: “Inventory / Peel, Pucker, Pinch, Puncture,” (with Scott Specht) in Cabinet: A Quarterly of Art and Culture (Brooklyn, NY: Immaterial Incorporated, Fall 2005), Issue 19, pp. 10-13.
 * 2002: “Building a Better Can Opener,” by Scott Specht and Louise Harpman in New York Times Magazine, December 1, 2002, p. 140.
 * 1999: Perspecta 30 "Settlement Patterns," The Yale Architectural Journal
 * 1997: "Drawing the Line: Couples in Life and Work," and "Interview with Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown," (with Bill Braham) in Practices: Magazine of the Center for Practice, 5/6
 * 1996: Brooklyn Public Library Design Guidelines, Design Trust for Public Space

=Miscellaneous= Harpman is the co-owner of the world’s largest collection of independently-patented drink-through coffee lids.

=External links= Louise Harpman, NYU Gallatin Louise Harpman, NYU Wagner Louise Harpman, NYU Marron Louise Harpman.com Global Design NYU

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