Richard Plunz has taught
at Rensselaer and the Pennsylvania State
University and has held visiting positions
at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and
the Politecnico di Torino. He served as
Chairman of the Division of Architecture
at Columbia University between 1977-1980
and has been Director of Columbia's Urban
Design Program since 1992. He has conducted
long-term research on architecture and
urbanism in Italy and Turkey, and he has
received support from the Aga Khan Program
for Islamic Architecture, the New York
State Council on the Arts, the National
Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment
for the Humanities, and the J. M. Kaplan
Fund. In 1991 he received the Andrew J.
Thomas Award from the American Institute
of Architects for his work in housing. He received a
fellowship from the Design Trust for
Hell's
Kitchen South:
Developing
Strategies.
