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Education

B.S., University of Virginia;
M. Arch., Harvard Design School

Biography

Frederick Biehle represents the third generation of a northern Ohio family dedicated to the fine and decorative arts. In 1986 he was awarded the Prix de Rome Fellowship in Architecture allowing him to live and study in Italy for two years. He has traveled extensively in the Mediterranean region researching and documenting the architecture of antiquity. His drawings and architectural works have been exhibited and published widely. He founded his own firm in partnership with Erika Hinrichs in 1997. He currently serves as coordinator of the Rome Program.

Teaching and Administrative Experience

ADJUNCT PROFESSOR, CCE
Pratt Institute School of Architecture, Brooklyn NY 1994-present

Coordinator, Pratt Institute Rome Program 1997- present
Responsibility for the semester budget of $200,000. Oversaw an enrollment increase from 15 to 42 students. Promoted to the Institute the necessity of sending Brooklyn faculty to Rome. Provided Curriculum Development for the Design Studio, the Drawing course and the Urban Studies course. Development of a Pre-Requisite Rome Course: Form as Content: The Legacy of Roman Urban Architecture. Editor, Rome / In Process, a Publication on the Program from 1997-2003. Editor of forthcoming Publication on the Program from 2005-2010.

Rome Design Studio Critic and Drawing Elective, Spring 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2006-2010

Coordinator, 3rd year Pre Comprehensive Design Studio,  2005- 2008

Options Level Design Studio Critic, 1998-2006, 2009-present

Four Freedoms Park sponsored Studio, Fall 2011, Brooklyn Borough sponsored Studio, Spring 2005,  Avi Telyas Sponsored Studio, Spring 2000

Core Level (2nd year) Design Studio Critic, 1994-98

Chair, Faculty Peer Evaluation Committee, 2011- present,  UArch Curriculum Review Committee, 2011, Solar Decathalon Grant Application, author, 2009,  Degree Project Assesment Committee, 2005- 2007,  Patrons Scholarship Selection Committee, 2005, Distinguished Professor Committee School of Architecture Representative, 2005-2008,   Selection Committee, Architecture Department Chair,   2010, 2003, 1998

ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTURE
Barnard and Columbia Colleges, New York, NY 1990-98

VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
University of Pennsylvania, Excavations at Caesarea, Israel, Summers 1993, 1994
Co-author with Dr. Kathryn Gleason of a research based design studio, Architecture into Landscape: Archaeology and Invention, offered in conjunction with the active excavations of the Promontory Palace of Herod the Great, sponsored by the Graduate School of Fine Arts, the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania, and the Kaplan Fund, that examined the link between the process of archeological investigation and speculative making.

VISITING ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, Spring 1989

ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
University of Notre Dame, Rome, Italy, Spring 1988

Professional Experience

FREDERICK BIEHLE ERIKA HINRICHS viaARCHITECTURE, PLLC  New York City 1997- present
Partnership with Erika Hinrichs-  a firm specializing in smaller scale work – what we term “thinking through drawing”.

REGISTRATION License number 01811 New York State 1986

Selected Residential Works
FAN PENTHOUSE, NYC (landmarked apartment for a cellist and family)
CONWAY RESIDENCE, SHELTER ISLAND NY (1200sf renovation with a 1200sf addition to a 1920s cottage)
GORDON/WOLFE LOFT, NYC (Renovation for Michael Gordon and Julia Wolfe, founders of Bang on a Can)
SCHACHNER RESIDENCE, (Renovation of Hudson Valley Riverfront Home)
RAYBURN RESIDENCE, HUNTING VALLEY OHIO  (11,000 sf Estate Renovation and Addition)
CRAIG/KALMUS LOFT, NYC ( renovation in the historic  Brooklyn Eagle Warehouse)
MADNICK RESIDENCE, (triplex apartment with exterior terrace)
RAYBURN-GUESS APARTMENT, NYC (full floor in Richard Meier’s Charles Street Tower)
SANTIAGO-HUDSON APARTMENT, NYC (Triplex apartment)
CONNORS LOFT, NY (3500 sf duplex apartment with rooftop penthouse for a filmmaker)
MILLER LOFT, NYC (apartment for a cabinetmaker with a collection of contemporary furniture)
KWASNICKI LOFT, NYC, SHRIVER APARTMENT, NYC (penthouse apartment for a painter)

Selected Not for Profit Projects
ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT FILM MAKERS, NYC (3000 sf new offices, library and screening room)
HARLEM MUSIC LAB, NYC (Proposal for an after school recording music facility)  P.O.V., AMERICAN DOCUMETARY, NYC (6000 sf new offices and screening room in Dumbo)

Selected Commercial/Retail/Institutional Projects
CHELSEA ART TOWER, NYC (Entry Lobby and Façade for Commercial Condominium)
EMPORIO ARMANI, NYC (Proposal for new flagship store in soho)
HUDSON TELECOM CENTER, NYC (new entry lobby, exterior awning and façade)
MADISON MODEL, NYC (New studio and offices)
LIZDEN INDUSTRIES SILK SHOWROOM, NYC (new showroom, design studios, and offices)
AVANTI PRESS, NYC (greeting card designer studios)                                                              

Publications

PARADISE LOST: August F. Biehle and Zoar, Cleveland Foundation for the Arts, 2012. TRASTEVERE, Contribution to City Secrets:Rome, Robert Kahn, ed., revised edition, 2011.   HG TELEVISION, Living Large in Small Space, February 2006. TOPPING THE LOFT, Architectural Digest, April 2005.  THE ACTUAL AND ITS DOUBLE, In Process>Rome, Pratt Institute School of Architecture, 2005.   SMART LOFTS, Edited by James Truelove, Harper Collins, 2003. LIVING LARGE IN SMALL SPACE, Edited by Marissa Bertolucci, Harry N. Abrams 2003.  THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE, Contributor to City Secrets: NEW YORK CITY, Robert Kahn, ed., 2002.  THOUGHTS ON THE MANHATTAN SKYLINE AND THE SUBLIME, The Society of Fellows of the American Academy News, Early Spring 2002.  ABBAZIA DI SAN BENEDETTO, Contributor to City Secrets: Florence, Venice & the Towns of Italy, Robert Kahn, ed., 2001. BIG IDEAS FOR SMALL SPACES, James Trulove and Il Kim, Hearst Publications, 2000.  MADE TO MEASURE, Interiors, October 1999.  PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST, Interior Design, May 1999. THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT, Interior Design, July 1998. YOUNG AMERICAN EDUCATORS IN ARCHITECTURE, SPACE Art & Architecture, Environment, November 1994, Edited by Hailim Suh.  COLOR, Jody Shields, editor, New York Times Home Design, October 1992. CONSTRUCTIONS FROM THE ROMAN FORUM, Places: A Quarterly Journal of Environmental Design, Vol 5, Number 1, MIT Press, 1988.  TUTTI I BORSISTI AMERICANI, Trova Roman Magazine, La Repubblica, April 1987.  ABSTRACT EXPRESSION, Interiors, Billboard Publications, November 1986.   URBAN DESIGNS FOR THE HOLY CITY, Moshe Safdie, 1986, MIT Press. BUILDING THEIR REPUTATIONS, Interview Magazine, October 1985.

Awards

ROME PRIZE FELLOWSHIP IN ARCHITECTURE, American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy, 1986-87.
YOUNG ARCHITECTS CITATION, The Architectural League, New York, NY, 1985

Frederick Biehle represents the third generation of a northern Ohio family dedicated to the fine and decorative arts. In 1986 he was awarded the Prix de Rome Fellowship in Architecture allowing him to live and study in Italy for two years. He has traveled extensively in the Mediterranean region researching and documenting the architecture of antiquity. His drawings and architectural works have been exhibited and published widely. He founded his own firm in partnership with Erika Hinrichs in 1997. He currently serves as coordinator of the Rome Program.

Lectures/Symposia/Exhibitions

BREAKING THE MOLD: BIRTH OF MODERNISM IN CLEVELAND (symposium), November  2011, Cleveland Public Library, Cleveland, Ohio.  ECSTATIC ARCHITECTURES, November 2011, Pratt Institute School of Architecture, Brooklyn, NY, One of four presentations for the Symposium “Rome Matters”.  DE/PORTEES, April  2010 , La Casa di Memoria, Rome Italy,  Opening remarks on the work of artist Jack Sal on the occasion of the exhibit.  INTERNATIONAL DESIGN WORKSHOP, March 2009, 2010 Roma Tre- AACUPI Collaborative Competiiton.   FAR- FOREIGN ARCHITECTS IN ROME, June 2010, Tempio di Adriano, Piazza Di Pietra, Rome organized by the Association of American Colleges and University Programs in Italy as part of the Festa dell’ Architettura di Roma.  ROME RE-MIX, Nov 2007, Robert Seigal Gallery, Pratt Institute School of Architecture.  CROSSING DISCIPLINES/DRAWING, Feb 2005, curated by Donna Moran, Schafler Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.  FIGURAL THINKING, March 2000, Pratt Institute School of Architecture, Brooklyn, NY, with partner Erika Hinrichs.  RE-FIGURING- ARCHAEOLOGY AND SPECULATION, March 1996, Univ of Penn, Department of Landscape Architecture Philadelphia, PA.  ART INTO ARCHITECTURE, March 1994,  “Imperial Garments”, curated by Mary Judge,  New York Law School, New York and Tribeca 148 Gallery, New York, NY.  THE NEW PUBLIC REALM, Oct 1992, sponsored by Progressive Architecture and ADPSR National Building Museum, Washington D.C. Oct-Dec 1992.  ON DRAWING ARCHITECTURE (symposium),  October 1992, Pratt Institute School of Architecture, Brooklyn, Panel with Paola Iocucci, Loretta Vincarelli, and Wellington Reiter. ARTISTS WHO USE ARCHITECTURE (symposium) spring 1990, Artists Talk on Art, Soho 20 Gallery, New York, NY.   ROMAN PROCESS, Fall 1989,  The University of the Arts, Department of Architectural Studies.   PASSAGEN, Grand Windows Installation, Grand Central Terminal, New York City,   Dec 1988-9, Sponsored by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.   CAMPO VACCINO, Three Constructions from the Roman Forum, Sept 1987, University of Waterloo, Rome, Italy, Rhode Island School of Design, Rome, Italy and Notre Dame University Dept of Architecture, Rome, Italy. DRAWING FROM MEMORY: AN ALUMNI CENTER FOR HAWKEN SCHOOL, fall 1985, The Architectural League, New York, NY.  ANNUAL FELLOWS EXHIBITION, May 1987,  School of Fine Arts, American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy,  Curated by John Wessel and Bill O’Connor.