CV
Professional Qualifications
Professional Experience
Director of Sustainable Architecture & Urban Design, (2018 -- present)
Alternative and Renewable Construction LLC.
Alternative and Renewable Construction, a DBE consultancy registered in New York, NY and San Jose CA, takes an integrated approach to considering and solving today’s infrastructural design, development and delivery problems in ways that best serve the people and the planet.
Founding Executive Director (2017 – present)
Mrs. Hudson’s Gear Table (non-profit) Inc
PO Box 321, Cragsmoor, NY 12420
917 561 5259
Mrs. Hudson’s Gear Table is a New York non-profit, a charitable consultancy providing design, build, and mentor services for besieged neighborhoods, threatened landscapes, abandoned buildings, disadvantaged communities, and at-risk families.
Founding Principal, (1983- 2018)
Kiss + Cathcart, Architects
150 Nassau Street, Penthouse K, New York New York (1983 – 2000)
44 Court Street, Tower C, Brooklyn, NY 11201 (2000- 2018)
Tel: 718 237 2786 fax 718 237 2025
K+C is a collaborative general practice noted for new technologies, sustainable architecture, workplace design, and mixed-use urban design. The firm manages and executes its work on Macintosh computers running VectorWorks, Adobe CS, and StudioPro, among other applications. Best known for inventive design solutions to projects with tight budgets, complex constraints, and innovative technological systems, Kiss + Cathcart has varied in size from 5-15 professionals. (See selected project list)
Partner
Studio 7,
New York (1982-1985) Partner
A design competition partnership, which included Colin Cathcart, Brigitte De Kosmi, Michel Kagan, John Loomis, Peter Pfau, and Fay Sultz. Competitions entered included Hong Kong, The Peak (open), Tete La Defense (open, Honor Award), Conservatoire de Music, Parc La Villette (invited), and Parc Neuilly (invited).
Assistant (1981-1983)
Venturi, Rauch and Scott Brown, New York
New York Office (Fred Schwarz, Director) several projects, including:
Westway conceptual park design, highway system elements design & documentation.
http://venturiscottbrown.org/pdfs/WestwayHighwayProject01.pdf
Knoll Furniture, Fabrics and Stencil patterns (the Sheridan Side Chair) esp.:
http://www.artnet.com/Magazine/features/mason/mason4-19-1.asp
Kilpakjian Residence, Glen Cove “pre-design”
http://www.heckscher.org/downloads/ED09_EdRes_ExhiGuide_Arcadia.pdf
Installation: “Buildings & Drawings: Venturi, Rauch, & Scott Brown at Protech Gallery, NYC.
Sole Proprietor
Colin M. Cathcart, Architectural Design & Drafting, Toronto, (1979/80)
A storefront, an exhibition, 19 residential renovations and additions
Designer
The Thom Partnership, Toronto (1979-1980)
Several residential projects, including a steel and glass addition.
Architectural Assistant
Work Term Experiences, (1975-1979)
Four month and eight-month internships at firms
in Toronto, Ontario: Michael Ch. Ogus, Architect: a public underground concourse;
in Calgary, Alberta: Pendergast Perl Architects: a large townhouse development;
in Edmonton, Alberta: the Wetaskiwin shopping mall, a new public school; and
in London, England: a junior school gym and a masonry townhouse development in Hounslow.
Higher Education:
BA Program, Trinity College, University of Toronto, 1974-75
Bachelor of Environmental Studies (Honors in Pre-Architecture), University of Waterloo, 1975-78
Rome Term, University of Waterloo (B.ARCH program) fall 1979
M.ARCH: Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation, 1980-83
Memberships and Affiliations:
American Institute of Architects, Regional Plan Association, Van Alen Institute, US Green Buildings Council, Urban Green, Forum for Urban Design, American Planning Association.
Major Fellowships:
Urban Design Fellow: Design Trust For Public Space: Long Island City: Connecting the Arts (2005/6) http://www.kisscathcart.com/LIC.html
Urban Design Fellow: Design Trust for Public Space: Making Midtown (2012/13) http://designtrust.org/projects/making-midtown/
Senior Fellow for Urban Design: Regional Plan Association of New York and The Future Cities Collaborative (University of Sydney/NSW; June 2014) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVDwsnIn_GY
Selected Building Projects
Andrews Building Corporation
Full floor renovation of a NoHo building for 36 employees of a building management company, 1992 $300,000
Full floor renovation of a NoHo building for 36 employees of a building management company, 2016 $300,000
Brownstone Renovation, Rear Decks, & Roof Addition $600,000
Three phases of construction for a 2-Family House in a Landmarked District
Boerum Hill, Brooklyn; Principal; Designed 2015; 1st Phase completed early 2016. 2nd Phase projected 2018
Cottage Folly CA- $6,000
A scaled-down representation of an Ontario Cottage, to serve for play-house and boating equipment storage
Red House Farms (western shore of Mountain Lake) Georgian Bluffs, Ontario, CA complete June 2016
Yale University Coxe Cage Renovation $9,000,000
Design of a PV-integrated glass roof on a track & field facility next to Yale Bowl
New Haven, CT; Principal; Study funded 2008, shelved 2009, reactivated 2012, completed 2014
Renovation & Additions to 338 Metropolitan Ave $500,000
Development, Design & Construction Management of a two family 1880s house
Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Purchased 2007, Development Principal; Phase I & II completed ($120,000.) Sold 2012.
Ng Two Family House $360,000
A small two-family house made with autoclaved aerated concrete block
Gravesend, Brooklyn, Principal, Construction completed 2008-12
Remson Repair Facility, New York City Department of Environmental Protection $39,000,000
A 100,000 sq. ft. repair, storage, garage, and recycling facility for the Bureau of Water and Sewer Works
Entire block between Remson, Ave D, and 92nd St, Brooklyn, Principal, Finished 2012, LEED Gold exp.
http://www.kisscathcart.com/remsen/overview.html
Freeman Street Mixed Use Building est. $2,500,000
Adding 5 residential floors to a community use base, in an old horse stable building
North Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Principal, 2006, not executed.
Pitt Street Residence $32,000,000
263 units of new housing, on 12 floors, for ‘formerly homeless’ and ‘aging out of foster-care’ populations
SW corner Houston & Pitt Streets, New York City, Principal, Construction 2007- 11, LEED Silver awarded
Corona Maintenance Shop $5,000,000
Design and installation of a 100 kW PV system and a 200 kW fuel cell system for NY Transit Authority
Corona, Queens, Consulting Principal, Construction complete 2010, LEED certified.
Stuyvesant Cove Environmental Learning Center “Solar II” $12,500,000
A new public building to serve as a green arts and educational facility, RFP competition w. CEC: 1999
23rd Street at the East River, NYC, Principal, Construction scheduled 2017, LEED Platinum expected
http://www.kisscathcart.com/solar2/overview.html
Salt Creek House
An energy independent tower-house on the Caribbean waterfront in Panama $400,000
Isla Bastimenti, Panama, Principal, Project only, 2003
2020 Tower
A sustainable Hi-Rise building. Design commissioned by the National Building Museum, DC NA
Urban Design Principal, Design Study Only, 2002 - 2013
Adelphi Street Apartments
New brownstone-scaled buildings on two vacant lots $2,200,000
Ft. Green, Brooklyn, Principal, Project only, 2003
Shady House
A sustainable house for a nuclear family $300,000
Shady, NY, Principal, Project only, 2003
Reade Street Conversion and Penthouse Additions
Loft conversion, new utilities, and solar penthouse $2,500,000
Tribecca, NY, Principal, Design only, 2003
Rocking Horse Cafe
Renovation and expansion of seating areas, including relocating the kitchen to the basement $300,000
Chelsea, NYC, Principal, Construction complete 2002
Marine Biology Laboratory, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
A sustainably designed laboratory and educational building on an island off the Atlantic coast of Panama $1,200,000
Bocas Del Toro, Panama, Staff Architect, Construction completed 2003
Aljira, A Center for Contemporary Art
Renovation of 6,000 sq. ft. of at-grade space for display, educational, and performance $700,000
Newark, NJ, Principal, Phase I complete 2002, Phase II unbuilt
Glass Roots
Renovation of 4000 sq. ft. building as a school of glass blowing and bead-making for local at-risk youth $650,000
Newark, NJ, Principal, Phase I under construction 2006 - 07
Stillwell Terminal Train Shed $50,000,000
A photovoltaic glazed roof and maintenance crane on the terminal for NY’s B, D, Q, and F trains.
Coney Island, New York City, Staff Architect (for detailing), construction 2001 through 2005
Varmus & Casey Maisonette $650,000
Melding three apartments on two floors into one architectural unit for the president of Sloane Kettering
Gracie Square, New York City, Principal, Completed 2001
Terrasolar Pavilion aka Solar I
An exploration of a new construction technology: photovoltaics directly laminated to SIPs $50,000
Earth Day New York 2000, reconstructed at Stuyvesant Cove as “Solar I” 2003, Principal
Standard Doyle Loft
A three-story loft with new exterior balcony and a triple height atrium $350,000
Tribeca, New York City; Principal, Completed 1999
Catskill House, New York
A SIP home and studio for the grandson of Alexander Calder and his many mobiles
Lake Hill, New York; Principal, Completed 1998 $850,000
http://www.kisscathcart.com/catskill_house.html
Transformation & Expansion of The New Museum of Contemporary Art, Soho, New York City
30,000 sq. ft. of exhibition, office, conservation, auditorium, & library space on 4 stories
583 Broadway, New York, NY; Principal; Design Competition 1994, completed 1997 $3,500,000
http://www.kisscathcart.com/new_museum.html
Willow House, New York
A passive solar and energy efficient house made with concrete block, stressed skin panels & galvanized metal
Woodstock Township, NY; Principal/ Project Architect; Completed 1994 $350,000
Imaging and Video Departments, Adorama Camera
Curved plexiglass and exposed metal studs define a computer-imaging showroom
Photo District, New York City, Principal, 1994 $15,000
Advanced Photovoltaic Systems Inc. Manufacturing Facility
A semi-automated high-tech facility in a tilt-up concrete and stainless-steel shed
Fairfield, California; Staff Architect (detailing, specifications); Completed 1992 $9,000,000
Middle Village Medical Offices
Medical, physical therapy, & radiological facilities in a fully underpinned brownstone
Queens, New York; Principal / Project Architect; Completed 1993 $300,000
House of Eight Gables
Adding 6 new gables to an existing saltbox house, roughly doubling its size
Hastings on Hudson, Westchester, New York; Principal; Completed 1993 $250,000
Tommy Hilfiger Sportswear Inc., Showroom and Design Offices
A 5,000 sq. ft. showroom with 24' ceilings; design offices set within the old roof truss
New York New York; Principal; Phase one: 1990, Phase two: 1993 $2,100,000
Associated Press News Bureaus
Newsrooms, repair rooms, computer rooms, and darkrooms in rented quarters
Concord MA, San Juan PR, Hartford CT, Madison Square Garden; JV Principal; 1990-2 (avg) $200,000
Cliff-Top House
A post and beam vacation house with an attached belvedere overlooking the water
Colpoys Bay, Ontario, Canada; Principal/ Project Architect; Completed 1991 $140,000
Associated Press Midwestern Technical Center
A computer data and satellite communications up-link facility in rented quarters
Kansas City, Missouri; J. V. Principal/ Project Architect; Occupied 1991 $350,000
Chess King Store Prototype
A glass mezzanine floor and steel bar grate display structure in a landmarked building
103 Fifth Ave, New York; Principal / Project Architect; completed 1990 $600,000
Z's Bar & Restaurant
A 'gut' renovation, including kitchen, patio, finishes, furniture, & table settings
Trenton, NJ; Principal / Project Architect; Completed 1988 $300,000
Corporate Headquarters and Research Laboratories
A 2-story office building fit-up, for the commercial development of thin chemical films
Lawrenceville, NJ; Staff Architect; Phase 1 1987, Phase 2 complete 1988 $2,500,000
Machinery Production Facility
Renovation of an existing warehouse as a machinery production facility
West Windsor, New Jersey; Principal / Project Architect; Documents 1987, unbuilt $400,000
Dept. of Cultural Affairs, City of New York
Space planning, interior design, and furniture for 5 office floors
2 Columbus Circle, New York; Principal /Project Architect; Completed 1988 $85,000
Conservatory Addition
A glass, metal, and stone addition to a Victorian farmhouse
Georgian Bluffs, Ontario, Canada; Principal/Project Architect; Completed 1986 $50,000
New York Photovoltaics Inc. Production Facility,
A new 21,000 sq. ft. high technology facility in a pre-engineered metal building
Port Jervis, New York; Principal / Co-Designer; Completed 1985 $1,300,000
http://www.kisscathcart.com/portjervis/overview.html
Poolhouse
A recreation building with sauna, hot tub, and a seasonal aluminum truss pool cover
Belle Mead, New Jersey; Co-Principal; Completed 1984 $100,000
Service to the Profession
Panel Presentations:
“Building Integrated Agriculture” Design Trust for Public Space Symposium, Center for Architecture 8/1/12
“Building Community” E=Bldgs. New York Symposium Presentation, Centre for Architecture, 11/5/11
“Furry Buildings” ASLA New York Chapter Conference Presentation. 10/21/11
“Fellowships and Residencies for Architects and Designers, Architecture League, NYC 1/14/10
“Sustainable Façade Design & Engineering” May 2010, New York City
“Designing Urban Farms to Feed Our City” Jane Jacobs Forum (panel), Municipal Arts Society/FIT, NYC 11/03/09
“Liberal Green Urbanism” 24th Nat. Conf. on the Beginning Design Student, Georgia Tech. Atlanta, 3/14/08
“Green Architecture” Focus the Nation, Fordham University, 1/31/08
“Legacy Proposal” New Housing New York panel discussion, Center for Architecture, 4/16/07
“Greening the Glass Box” Skyscraper Museum, Green Towers For New York, Donnell Auditorium NYC (5/17/06)
“Helioconic Zoning” Congress on Tall Buildings and the Urban Habitat, Seoul, Korea 10/12/04
“Urban Green” City College School of Architecture, Troy, New York. 3/03
“Urban Green” Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute School of Architecture, Troy, New York. 3/03
“Sustainable Laboratory Design for the STRI Marine Biology Laboratory in Bocas Del Toro, Panama” Case Study,
at Labs for the 21st Century Conference, Washington, DC; Jan 10th, 2002
“The Tall Building, Environmentally Reconsidered” US Green Buildings Council Conference, Austin, TX 11/02
“Gallery Talk” NYIT School of Architecture, Old Westbury, 10/18/02
“The Work of Kiss + Cathcart, Architects” (with Gregory Kiss) NYIT School of Architecture, Columbus Circle, 10/02
“Stuyvesant Cove” Waterfront Development guest lecture, NYU Wagner School of Public Service 6/18/02
“Intensive Green” panel presentation, Ecological Cities Conference, New York City, 6/6/02
“The Business of Green” panel presentation, Teaching Green Conference, New York City, 5/02
“Bocas Lab Roof Case Study” New Roofs for a New Century Conference, New York City (McGraw Hill Center) 4/02
“A Sustainable Workplace Grows in Brooklyn” AIA NYC Chapter Committee on the Environment; NY 1/24/02
“Green Architecture” Ecology Across the Disciplines Panel Discussion, Fordham University, 10/00
“Designing with SIPs” Energy Efficiency in Building SIPA Assoc Conf Workshop, Washington DC, 10/98
"On Being an Architect" Foundation Department, Parsons School of Design 4/93
"Drawing and Representation in Contemporary Practice", Columbia 4/91
"Industrial Development in Residential Areas" G.S.A.P.P., Columbia, 4/91
Teaching Experience
L’Ecole Nationale Superior d’Architecture (Ecole des Beaux Arts) Val de Seine Campus, University of Paris
Guest Instructor Feb. 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs_3onQ_nHg&t=18s
Graduate Program Winter Workshop: “a balloon-framed skyscraper” installed at Place Mazas, 12th Arr.
University of Waterloo
Sessional Faculty, Fall 2019
M.Arch Comprehensive Building Design Studio: “A Mechanics Institute”
Fordham University
Associate Professor of Architecture (1997- 2019, tenured 2003) Joint Appointment: Department of Theatre and Visual Arts, Fordham College Lincoln Center; and Dept. of Art History & Music, Fordham College Rose Hill
Associate Director of Environmental Studies (Lincoln Center, 2001 – 2004; 2008 - present)
Executive Committee, Urban Studies Program (all campuses, 1998 – present)
Program Proposals Adopted:
Proposal for a Minor Program in Pre-Professional Design at Fordham (adopted May 2014. Both Lincoln Center and Rose Hill Campuses)
Proposal to Merge Architecture and Theatre Design Foundation Courses (adopted Sept. 2010. Lincoln Center Campus)
B.A. (Visual Arts) Courses developed:
Urbanism (accepted for Fordham’s Undergraduate Common Core Curriculum, 1999)
Form and Space.
Architectural Language.
Architectural Design I, II, III, IV.
Environmental Design.
Designing the City.
Interior & Architectural Design.
Urban Environmental Design
Ecology for Designers
Streets of New York
Intensive Summer Course (3 credits):
Urbanism, taught at Orvieto, Italy in summer of 2001
Sustainable New York (summers of 2015 and 2012)
http://legacy.fordham.edu/campus_resources/enewsroom/archives/archive_1318.asp
B.A. (Art History) Courses developed:
Modern Architecture.
Contemporary Architecture Seminar
M.A. (Urban Studies) Courses Developed:
URST 5040- Urbanism.
VART 5070– Urban Architectural Design
New Jersey Institute of Technology, School of Architecture, Graduate Program
Visiting Critic (Sept-Dec 06) Option Studio, third year M. Arch.
‘New York Bay Science Building’
Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Associate (1993-97) Construction Technology Studio: first year M. Arch.
Adjunct Assistant Professor (1991-93) Construction Technology Studio: second year M. Arch.
Parsons School of Design, Department of Architecture and Environmental Design.
Part-time Faculty Member (1992-97)
Detailing Studio: 2nd year M. Arch.
Design Studio: 1st Year M.Arch.
Participation in the Initial Accreditation of Parsons’ M.Arch. program
City College of New York, School of Architecture and Environmental Studies
Adjunct Associate Professor (1995-97)
Adjunct Assistant Professor (1990-95)
Adjunct Lecturer (1987-90)
Design Studios: first, second, third, fourth, and fifth year B.Arch.
Fourth Year Seminar /Symposium "The Place of Production"
Appointed to Dean Search Committee, 1994
Guest Juror or Critic: (selected. where dates are unspecified, multiple occasions)
Laurentian University, Sudbury Ontario (Dec 2018)
University of Sydney, Australia (July 2014)
Princeton University (Vieques Joint Studio: 11/01-06/2010 in Vieques, 12/3/10 and 2/4/11 in Princeton)
Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Preservation, and Planning
The New Jersey School of Architecture, NJIT
Graduate Urban Design Program of the New York Institute of Technology,
New York Institute of Technology B.Arch. (Central Islip Campus)
Parsons, The New School for Design, BFA and M.Arch programs
Pratt Institute School of Architecture, M.Arch & Interior Architecture programs
The Spitzer School of Architecture at CCNY, CUNY
University of Waterloo, Ontario Canada, B.Arch. & M.Arch. programs
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada MLA program
McEwan School of Architecture, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Dec.2018
Computers Department, Moscow Arkhitekturnaya Shkola, Nov 1990
PS 84 Riverdale, Bronx
The University of Pennsylvania School of Architecture, Philadelphia PA
California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, CA
Myongji University, Korea (6/26/10)
New York University, Graduate Planning & Sustainable Management Programs.
Selected Urban Ecology Projects
Making Midtown NA
A Project of the Design Trust for Public Space (to retain manufacturing in Midtown’s Garment District)
Urban Design Fellow 2013/14 with Andrew Bernstein (Parsons) & Rob Lane (RPA)
Harbor 360 $56,000,000
A major public research and interpretive attraction proposed by a partnership of Cornell, CUNY, MWA, RPA, for
Governors Island, New York City, Principal, RFEI 2005, RFP 2006, Short-listed 2006, not selected
Hampton Regional Center Visioning Project NA
An Urban Design study funded in part by the New Jersey Office of Smart Growth
Town of Hampton, New Jersey, Principal, Study completed 2008
http://www.kisscathcart.com/hampton.html
Netcong Transit Village NA
An urban design study commissioned by New Jersey Transit & Netcong Village for a derelict area behind Main St.
Netcong, New Jersey, Consulting Principal (to RPA), Study complete & adopted 2004.
Under the Sun: architecture and design dedicated to the power of the Sun
An outdoor exhibition of photovoltaic technologies, including several works by this firm
The Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, New York City, Staff co-designer 5-11/1998 NA
Manufacturing Communities
A study of the integration of manufacturing and residential uses in a traditional urban community
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Consulting Urban Design Principal (to John A. Loomis), Study funded 1993 NA
Circle Line Bus Station
Coated polyester sails on steel frames, providing shelter for four NYCTA bus stops.
The West Side Highway at 42nd Street, New York; Principal; Designed 1992, unbuilt $500,000
Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center
A woodworking incubator in a 350,000 sq.ft. loft building complex
Brooklyn, New York; Staff Architect; Feasibility Study 1991, fully leased 1995 $6,000,000
Intermediate Recycling Processor Site Analysis
A facility to recycle used wood pallets and baled redeemable PET soda bottles
Astoria, Queens; Principal; Feasibility Study 1992, unbuilt $1,200,000
Rockaway Industrial Development
An industrial incubator in a derelict two story masonry building
Beach 100th Street, Rockaway, Queens; Principal; Feasibility Study 1992, unbuilt $850,000
Photovoltaics Brochure for Sweets Catalogue
Prototype design, writing and production of the first-ever architectural catalogue for PV curtain wall panels
New York, Principal/designer, 1988 NA
Room in the City
A tenement apartment renovation design for a traveling exhibition
Mott Street, New York; Principal /Project Designer; Exhibited and Published 1987,1988 $15,000
Prototypical Photovoltaic Production Facility Design Handbook
A plan performance document for the construction of production facilities worldwide
Built in Yugoslavia, France, Wales, Alabama & Manchuria; Partner; 1986-87 NA
Service to the Disciplines
Invited Lectures:
“A Brief History of Environmental Architecture: 1970-2020” University of Waterloo School of Architecture Nov.
“Passive House; Zero Carbon; or Net Zero Buildings” University of Waterloo School of Architecture Oct. 2019
“Urban Factory’s Architectural Typologies” Pratt Planning Studio for Red Hook Brooklyn. Feb 2019
“Re-Planning Eden” The Bauhaus University, Weimar Germany, November 2018
“How to Build Resilient Ecologies” Auburn University School of Architecture, Alabama 10/08/14
“Zero Impact Cities” Fordham’s Sustainable Business Minor Intro Course, Bronx, NY Oct 2011 /12 /13 /14 /15
“Designing an Urban Ecology” Ryerson University, Toronto, 9/20/12
“Eco-tourism” to the Princeton Joint Studio “A Planning Framework for Vieques,” Isabel Segunda PR USA 11/10
“Urban Sustainability” American Age Lecture Series, Fordham University, NYC 4/02/10
“Sustainability and the City” for Fordham’s Masters in Urban Studies, 11/9/11
“Sustainable Urban Development” Fordham University Urban Studies Master’s Program, 11/30/09
“Extreme Green” NJIT School of Architecture, 10/16/06
“City Projects” Big City/Small Planet Conference, Pratt Institute, 6/8/06
“Keynote Remarks” Environmental Design Seminar for all Faculty, Parsons School of Design 9/06/03
“The Green City” Fordham Literary Studies Colloquium: Urbanisms: Reading the City 5/11/2001
"Manufacturing Architecture" Lehigh University Center for Manufacturing Systems, 2/90
"An American Cooperative" The Moscow Architecture Institute, Moscow, USSR, 10/90
"Pedagogy & Practice" Industrial Architecture Symposium, Goteburg, Sweden 9/89
Exhibitions Organized or Curated:
“Urbanism” Lipani Gallery Nov 2017, Lipani Gallery
“Pencil, Plan, Plot, Print, Pen, City, Region: Scale Drawing Before the Computer Age” Lipani Gallery 3/2016
“E=Bldgs.” Exhibition and Programming at NYC Center for Architecture (advisory committee) 9/11 – 1/12
“Origami Folding” Exhibition in Fordham’s Center Gallery (Faculty sponsor) 9/2011
“Urban Architecture” Exhibition in Fordham Push-Pin Gallery, (Co-Curated) 12/16/10 – 2/15/11
“d3 International Architecture Competitions” Exhibition, Fordham Centre Gallery, (Organized) 8/10 – 9/10
“Architectural Drawing: Thought, Conviction, Resolution” (Co-curator) Fordham Center Gallery, 10/08
“Hands-on Architecture”, Fordham Push-Pin Gallery, (co-curator) Fall 07
“Prototypes, Models, & Mock-ups: physical tools in a digital age” Fordham Center Gallery, (co-curator) 11/06
Conferences or Actions Organized (selected):
“Shakespeare in the Park(ing spot)” Action (faculty co-organizer) September 2009, 2010, 2011 –
“Fordham Urban Dialogues” Conference Series 2011/2012 (initial fundraising assistance)
“Iraqi Citizens: Scars and Exile” panel discussion (faculty co-sponsor w. Peace and Justice Studies) 1/31/08
“Solar Decathlon” Fordham Road Trip to DC (faculty organizer) 2002, 2004, 2009, 2011
“New Roofs for a New Century” Conference; 2001, 2002, (Organizing Committee) sponsored: EBANYS, PICCED
“Power to the People” (student work exhibition curator) Fordham University Center Gallery, 12/2001 - 1/2002
“Public Properties” (curator for Van Allen competition exhibition) Fordham University Plaza Gallery 11/1998
Service to Communities
Guest Talks
“Innovation Highways” DE/US Conference, German Embassy Washington DC June 2018
“Buildings of a Feather” New York Wildlife Society, 5/17/12
“Urban Sustainability” for Fordham’s Environmental Club, 10/15/2011
“The Multi-Facets of Multi-Family” (panel moderator), Urban Green Exp’09 Conf. ‘See Change,’ NYC 9/23/09
“Going Green” Common Ground Community at Bank of America Auditorium, NYC 6/21/09
“High Performance Design – the Next Generation” USGBC/Sustainability Practice Net, Custom House, 1/20/09
“From Temporary to Permanent: Sustainable Design for Solar One” Citysol NYC, 6/26/08
“Introductory Remarks” Parking! Lecture by Dr. Donald Shoup, NYC Transit Alt + FCLC co-sponsored 12/10/07
“Prototypes, Models, & Mock-ups: physical tools in a digital age” (organized) Center for Architecture, 11/29/06
“Green Nations of the Future” panel presentation, UN NGO Committee on Human Settlements, 11/14/06
“Building the Right Shade of Green” Keynote Speaker, Downtown Denver Partnership, 11/8/06
“Stuyvesant Cove Environmental Learning Center” New York Center for Architecture 5/27/04
“Zoning for Tall Buildings” International Downtown Association Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, 4/04
“Energy Conservation by Urban Design” Energy Engineers of New York, Stuyvesant Cove 4/20/04
“Stuyvesant Cove” Tour De Green Eco-Ride, sponsored by NYCAIA COTE 7/03, reviewed in Oculus 8/18/03
“Environmental Building Types for West Midtown” Newman Institute Conf. Baruch College, 5/30/03
“Energy Downtown” New York Society of Energy Engineers, 5/20/03
“Photovoltaic Roofs at the El Monte Resort, Taos NM” Case Study, New Roofs for a New Century, NYC 4/03
“Changing Power in New York” Presenter/ Panelist; United Nations Assoc. and the Citizens Network, 1/2002. “Solar Architecture and the Roof” Pratt Institute Center for Planning and the Environment, Nov 12th, 2001
“Community Design Charrettes and Workshops” Fordham Justice Project, Seminar10/10/2001
“The Greening of New York City” Politecnico di Milano, June 19, 2001
“Introductory Remarks” (Moderator) NYC Conservation Challenge Green Buildings Panel, Columbia U. 5/8/ 2001
"How Architecture Affects Your Life" The Urban Academy H. S., N.Y.C., 9/91
Community Design, Workshops and Charrettes:
Organizer: Resource/Impact-Based Urban Design Workshop, ICSDEC Conference 2015, May, Chicago
Jamaica Queens Visioning Workshop, McCarter Highway Refit consultation. RPA 4/12
Commercial Corridors Affordable Housing Workshop, Facilitator, LULA, Pace Judicial, 10/15/10
Pleasantville NY Inclusionary Infill Workshop, Designer Facilitator, LULA, Pace Judicial Center, 5/14/10
Bronx River Crossing, convened by Schachter/Levi for Van Alen Institute, Estuary Group, Bronx, 6/08/09
North Vancouver 100 Year Sustainability Vision, convened by UBC DSC and SALA, 9/8-11/08
Kearney Transit Oriented Development; Designer Facilitator, RPA, 6/28/08
Hampton Twp./Route 206 Corridor Vision Plan; Lead Organizer, 1/26/08
Street Design 101, host, convened by Transit Alternatives, Fordham University, 1/12/08
Orange Co. NY TOD, invited participant, convened by RPA, 2/8/07
Newark, NJ, invited participant, convened by Mayor Cory Booker and RPA, NJIT SOA, 9/06
Montgomery Township, NJ, invited participant, convened by RPA 11/19/05,
Eatontown NJ, invited participant, convened by RPA 5/7/05
N J Mayor’s Institute on Community Design, resource professional, Princeton University, convened by RPA, 6/04
Brittania Beach, British Columbia, invited participant, convened by University of British Columbia 6/04
Netcong Station Area, RPA sub-consultant, 3/2003
N J Mayor’s Institute on Community Design, Resource Team Professional, Princeton University, 1/03
South Bound Brook, NJ, Waterfront Plaza Design Workshop, Design Professional, convened by Somerset Co. 1/03
Lower Manhattan Urban Design Workshop, Invited Participant; Civic Alliance to Rebuild Downtown, Dec.13-18/02
Boise, Idaho, Sustainable Urban Design Charette, Invited Participant, sponsored by UIRDC. 11/02
Lower Manhattan: “Listening to the City” Participant, Javits Convention Center, New York, 7/ 02
East Harlem 2nd Avenue transit stops community design workshop, Urban Design Facilitator, 5/18/02
New Jersey Mayor’s Institute on Community Design, Resource Team Professional, Princeton University, 1/02
WTC Site: Civic Planning Initiative: Sustainable Design & Urban Design Working Groups, 2002
Fort Tilden/Riis Park, National Park Service, Invited Charrette Participant, May 17-19,2001
Crotona Park Community Design Workshop, Needs Facilitator, 11/00
Hastings Waterfront Initiative, Urban Designer and Facilitator, 9/00
Porta Genova, Milano, Urban Designer/RPA Workshop Participant, 4/00
Glenbrook (Stamford CT.) design workshop, Design Facilitator, 3/00
Long Island City, New York; Urban Designer/RPA Workshop Participant, 11/99
Sommerville/Raritan/Bridgewater, New Jersey, Urban Designer/RPA Workshop Participant, 7/99
Lincoln Park Urban Design, Newark, Urban Designer/RPA Workshop Participant, 2/1999
Global Possibilities - Rethinking Curricula: Solar Energy/Sustainable Future. Cooper Hewitt. Participant, 10/98
Designs Profiled, Reviewed, or Cited
“A Garment District with Some Big Ideas” by Eric Wilson New York Times 10/17/2012 pg. E4
“Making Midtown Releases Findings” www.cfda.com/the-latest, accessed 10/24/2012
Stillwell Avenue Terminal, Guide to Contemporary New York City Architecture, by John Hill (2011)
“Energy Efficiency, Water Efficiency” (Solar 2 & Remsen) Sustainable New York (pgs. 10ff, 68ff, NYCDDC 2011)
‘Energy Strategy’s New Rigor’ Millard, Oculus http://www.aiany.org/eOCULUS/newsletter/ (11/10/2011)
‘A Homeless Man Finally Has a Roof Over His Head’ WNBC: News 4 New York 1/26/11 (un-credited)
‘ZEEBs: Transforming the NYC Real Estate Industry: Zero-Energy Existing Buildings’ Chris Garvin, Oculus f09, pg. 20
‘Solar 2’ Second Holcim Awards 2008-9 ed. Edward Schwarz, (Staubli Verlag AG, 09) pgs. 60-64, &146-153
‘Bronx River Crossing’ Cassim Shepard, urbanomnibus.net (6/08/09)
‘Design Excellence in Action’ Design and Construction Excellence the City of New York (DDC, 2008) pg. 42
‘Solar Two Wins Holcim Gold Award’ Lloyd Alter, www.treehugger.com (10/22/08)
‘Honors > Holcim Awards’ DR Architects Newspaper (10/19/08, pg. 24)
‘Morphing on East Houston’ by C.J.Hughes, New York Times (RE pg. 8, 8/24/08)
‘The Affordable Housing Complex’ by Stephen Zacks Metropolis (10/08)
‘Sustainability Meets Responsibility’ www.newyork.construction.com (3/08)
‘Solar One sees the light with sustainability’ by John Majeski BNET Real Estate Weekly (3/19/08)
‘The Lee: Silver Supportive Housing on the L.E.S.’ by S. Del Percio www.greenbuildingsnyc.com (10/3/07)
‘Oasis of Calm at Lincoln Center Campus’ Inside Fordham (10/22/07)
‘Design for a Carbon-Free Life: The Pursuit of “Net” Zero Energy’ by Molly Miller GreenSource (10/07)
‘Instant Parks for a Quarter’ www.sprig.com/videos/instant-parks-quarter/ 10/07
‘Solar Powered Learning’ (re Solar I & II) by Perri Peltz and Amy Nuzzo, WNBC News 4 New York (4/28/07)
‘Green-Lighted: Eco-friendly Center a City Groundbreaker‘ by S. Markson, New York Post (4/28/07)
‘Stillwell Avenue Terminal’ p 90-1 New York; architecture and design Sean Weiss (teNeues Verlag, Kempen, 2007)
‘Three Exemplars’ (including Solar II) by Cathy Lang Ho, The Architects Newspaper (19: 11/17/06; pg. 18)
‘The Big Apple Gets a Little Greener,’ (Pitt Street Residence) by Common Ground Home (Winter/06; pg. 1)
(pg. 9, commercial corridor study) Newark Draft Vision Plan (RPA, New York, 10/06)
‘Common Ground’s Pitt Street Residence Wins Green Building Competition’ Home Fall 2006
‘A home with a come-hither look’ (Cliff-Top House) by Diane Sewell, Toronto Globe and Mail 9/22/06 pg. RE 1
‘More than Shelter’ by Meghan Drueding, Residential Architecture (8/1/05)
‘Out in the harbor, still waiting…’ by G. Collins & V. Bagli, The New York Times 4/25/05 pg. B1
‘The Remsen Avenue Yard’ (design profile) News from the Art Commission May 2005
‘From Eyesore to Green Architecture Treasure’ by Gary Buiso, Canarsie Digest (5/25/06) pg. 1
‘New Terminal at Coney Island Rivals the Great Train Sheds of Europe’ The New York Times (5/28/05) pg. B1
Plan (cover) & Section (p24) by CMC) Civic Assessment of the Lower Manhattan Planning Process (RPA 10/04)
‘Solar in the City’ by Joshua Radoff, Solar Today (9/10 2004) pg. 38-42
‘Roof Brings Solar Power to New York Transit Station’ Civil Engineering News (May 2005) pg. 28, 29
Solar II: Waterfront: A Journey Around Manhattan by Phillip Lopate (pg. 298, 2004)
‘High Life Is About To Enter a Flourishing New Era’ (Lecture Report) K. Pemberton, Vancouver Sun (10/16/04) F1
‘Eco-Fraud’ Cathy Lang Ho, Architecture 7/03
‘2020 Tower’ (case study) Big + Green David Gissen ed, (Princeton Architectural Press 2003)
‘New Directions for an Old Building Type’ Architectural Record. August 2003 (Bocas del Toro) May 2003
‘On the Boards,’ (Heliodomi) Metropolis May 2002
‘Lighting up the Reservation,’ (NAPV) Metropolis June 2002
‘Chicago Public School’ P/A Award, (environmental design consultant) Architecture 1/02, pg. 68-71
‘Kiss + Cathcart’ MetalMag 8-9/02, pg. 64-67
‘Sustainable Design: Kiss + Cathcart Photovoltaics’ by Lauren Weinberg Office in Site 4/1/02, pg. 1-3
‘Design Power- Off the Grid’ by Deborah Snoonian, Sen. Ed., Architectural Record, (website) 1/16/02
‘Stuyvesant Cove Environmental Learning Center’ Metropolis Online (09/01)
‘Environmental Center; Stuyvesant Cove’ by Zoe Ryan, Van Alen Reports (2/01)
‘Hastings Waterfront Initiative’ by Meg Walker, (2/01)
‘Photovoltaic Technology Comes of Age,’ by Nancy Solomon, Architectural Record (1/01)
“Expanding Design Possibilities w/SIPs” Building with Structural Insulated Panels M. Morley (Taunton 2000) p48
Bises (2001, #7) Willow House profile in Japanese, untranslated.
New Museum (entry in the tour of Soho under ‘The Astor Building’) AIA Guide to New York (Pg. 100, 4th ed. 2000)
Somerset County Regional Center Vision Initiative RPA & the Regional Center Partnership of Somerset Co., 12/99
‘Home Sweet Home’ by Jayne Merkel Oculus 9/99
Homes for Habitat Competition, Residential Architect (3-4/99) (editor’s award)
Field Guide to Contemporary American Architecture by Carole Rifkind, (Dutton/Penguin, 98) pgs. 56, 57, 64
“The New Museum” Art Forum 6/98
“New Museum of Contemporary Art” Oculus 5/98
Chapter 26, Amazing Space: Architect Designed Houses Under $300,000 by L Rosenfeld (Schiffer, 98)
“The New New Museum” Roberta Smith, The New York Times 4/20/98
“Concrete Block Technologies” (the Willow House) Architecture (10/97)
"Manufacturing Communities" (P/A Award) Architecture 5/96 pg. 134-5
“Spec Loft Buildings in Hell's Kitchen" R.D. Yaro & T Hiss, A Region at Risk: 3rd Regional Plan (RPA, 1996*) Pl. 21
"Beyond the Box" Oculus Jan 1996 pg. 14
"Breaking Out of the Box" by Philip Langdon Progressive Architecture 12/95 pg. 45-46
"An Industrial Shopping Boulevard" Beyond the Box ed. by R. Lane, et al (forthcoming)
"Photovoltaic-Fabrik in Fairfield, Kalifornien" DBZ (3/95) pp. 69-76
"Public Design Wins Praise" by Wendy Moonan, The New York Times 12/8/94
Green Architecture, ed. Michael Crosbie (Rockport, MA 1994) pp. 62-69
"Solar System" The Architectural Review (6/95) pp. 58-61
“Photovoltaic Building Materials” in Solar Today 5/94
"World's Largest Solar Panel Plant Makes Own Power" CM Magazine (5/9/94) pp.22-4
"The APS Project, Fairfield, CA" Arup Journal (4/94) pp.12-15
"Energizing Design" Amy Stumpfl Plants Sites & Parks (1/94) pg.127
"Power Plant" by David Moffat, Architecture (6/93) pp. 73-81
"PVs Protect Parking" Progressive Architecture (10/92) pg. 36
"Construction Technology Studio" Abstract (Rizzoli, New York, 1991, 1992, 1993)
Contemporary Architectural Drawings Ed. J. Parks (Pomegranate, Petaluma CA 1991)
"Architects Discuss Esthetics” (account of lecture) Lehigh Brown and White
"Inquiry: Industrial Buildings" Progressive Architecture (12/91)
"Macintosh for CAD" by Julie Meidinger, Progressive Architecture (6/91)
"Metal Buildings are the Dream . . . " by John Loomis, Crit 19, (1988)
"Our Town" (quoted) ed. S. Szenasy, V. Geibel, K. Norment Metropolis (4/ 1988)
"Young Architects" by Daralice Boles, Progressive Architecture (5:87) pp. 80,81
"Letter from New York", by Janet Abrams, Blueprint (6/87) pg. 8
"Offices of Distinction" by Victoria Geibal, Metropolis (4/87) pg. 80
"Compressed Living" by Victoria Geibel, Metropolis (3/ 87) pg. 83
"Bringing Light and Space to a Tenement” by Paul Goldberger, NYTimes (4/03/87)
"Finding Room in the City" by Daralice D. Boles Progressive Architecture (5/87)
"Profile: Studio 7" CREE (4/86)
Tete La Defense (Electa Moniteur, 1985) pg. 76-78
"Tete La Defense” Casabella (4/84)
Novelle Directions de l'Architecture Moderne, ed. Frampton/Kagan (Moniteur)
"Studio 7" Casabella (3/84)
"Concours Tete La Defense” Urbanisme (#191, 9/83) pg. 31
"M. Mitterrand Confirme Le Choix Du Jury" Le Monde (27 Mai 1983)
"Urban Factory, Queens, New York" Beyond Style (Fall 1984) pp 70, 80-81
"Museum for the Work of Barnett Newman" Precis IV (Fall 1983), pg.81
"SRO High-Rise Housing" (with Keith Hone) Precis IV (Fall 1983), Pp 66,67
"House of Thoreau" Precis IV (Fall 1983), pg. 64
Selected Videos, Mentions, Noted or Quoted:
(quoted) ‘Hudson Yards: Transforming Manhattan’s Far West Side; Icons of Infrastructure Aug. 2018
Graffiti Tour, Bushwick, March 24th, 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDWZx2XdF4
(quoted) ‘Oculus, World Trade Center PATH Hub, to Make Long Awaited Debut’ AM NEW YORK March 1st, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJxWaiEmV8Q Ryerson U. DAS MATTER Lecture Nov. 27th, 2012; Toronto.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05i32kN-mEo (Urban Ag Panel Presentation 08/01/12)
http://main.aiany.org/eOCULUS/newsletter/#/farming-in-the-city-melding-design-and-agriculture/
(quoted) ‘The Green House Effect’ by Claire Curry Inside Fordham pgs. 16 & 17 (Spring 2012)
(quoted) ‘Quoth the Fellows’ 11/29/11 http://www.ifud.org/institute-news/quoth-the-fellows-cathcart-nyman/
‘Solar2: A Case Study’ by IQPC-NYC www.blogtalkradio.com 2/19/10
http://main.aiany.org/eOCULUS/newsletter/#/energy-strategies-approach-new-rigor/
(quoted) ‘The Contagious Imagination of Vertical Farming and Other Answers’ Groundswell blog (11/4/09)
(quoted) ‘There’s a Movement Afoot’ The Vertical Farm Blog (11/04/09)
http://vimeo.com/7599909 ‘Designing Farms to Feed Our Cities’ Jane Jacobs Forum, 11/3/09 Minute 4 & 5
(quoted) ‘Food Advocates Envision Rooftop Gardens and Vertical Farms’ Bao Ong, New York Times (10/23/09)
‘Fordham Interviews’ by Nora Flaherty WFUV 10/4/08
(Capsule bio) Marquis’ Who’s Who in America, 10/2008 -
(quoted) ‘What Recession? Green firms see bright future…’ Matt Chaban, Architect’s Newspaper, 11/10/2008
(various) Architects Newspaper 12/17/06; 1/17/07; 6/27/08; 10/19/08 pg. 14
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKkhSBSgTr4 Greening the Glass Box (Skyscraper Museum Talk, 2006)
(quoted) Country Living (Volume 28, Issues 7-12, pg. 32)
(Interview feature) Dwell Magazine (July 2003) pg. 62ff “Ask the Experts: Window Shopping” by Sam Grawe
(quoted) ‘Big & Green’ by Cheryl Weber, Residential Architecture (pg. 58, 03/01/07)
(cited) Proceedings of the ACSA Annual Meeting “Souped-Up and Un-Plugged,” 1998
(Mention, Paul Goldberger article) New York Times Magazine (Oct 18th,1987)
(quoted) Crit (Journal of the AIAS) 1987
Writing, Research
Research Interests:
The Beginning Student of Design
Workplace and Industrial design
Urban Economic and Sustainable Development
Public Space: Passive Security and Social Capital
Dense, Mixed-use and Sustainable Urbanism
Green Technologies (as applied to urban, and bio-regional infrastructures)
Pre-Historic, Ancient, Renascent and Enlightenment Urbanism
Book Co-editorships:
Rappaport, Cathcart, Lane, The Design of Urban Manufacturing, accepted by Routledge, 2015 - 2018
Jerome Chou (ed) A. Bernheimer, C. Cathcart, R. Lane, Making Midtown (Design Trust, NYC; 2012)
Cathcart, Rappaport, Reinfurt, Long Island City: Connecting the Arts (DTPS, NYC NY/ Episode, Rotterdam, 2006)
Book Chapters:
“Creative Hubs Team” (co-authored) in Civic Alliance Planning Workshop Overnight Draft (RPA, 12/02)
“Building the Right Shade of Green” in The Humane Metropolis Ed. R. Platt and A. Light (Island Press, 2006)
“Long Island City” (w. C Jones) in The Place of Production ed. Fossa, Pirani, Lane (Olivares 03) pgs. 52ff, 226ff
“Analysis of Urban Structure in Lower Manhattan” (w. Lane, Smith, Schubert) Possible Futures (NYNV/AIA, 2002)
“Predict Results” in Rethinking Design Curriculum ed. Jean Gardiner (Global Possibilities 10/22/98)
“Colin Cathcart/ Kiss + Partners, in Room in the City, ed. Susana Torre, (Princeton Arch. Press, 1987) pp. 17-22
Articles Written:
“Learning from Cragsmoor’s Maps, Part 1” Cragsmoor Historical Society Journal (Nov 2012, pg. 3)
“Liberal Green Urbanism” Proceedings, 24th Annual Conf on the Beginning Design Student (Georgia Tech,10/08)
“Green with Architecture” Inside Fordham (6/30/08)
“Panel Discussions” Residential Architect (6/99)
“SIPs, not Studs” Architecture (6/98) pp 148-152
"Relocation or Renovation?" Plants Sites and Parks (1/95) pp.46-48
"Expressing Values with Technology” (unpublished paper, 1990)
"On Museums" Precis IV (Fall, 1983) pg. 82
Co-editor, several articles written 100% Rag (Columbia GSAPP student journal 1- 3, 1982-1983)
"The Constitution of the Architecture Student Society” (adopted, Federation of Students, U. Waterloo, 10/13/78)
Reviews Written:
"Looking at the Freedom Tower” Tribeca Trib (Jan. 04)
“The Structural Basis of Architecture" Design Book Review (1993)
"The Strains of Technology" Design Book Review (Summer 1991) pp. 42-45
"The Great Engineers" Design Book Review (Summer 1989) pp. 61-63
"Places to Be: Alan Wexler's City of Furniture" Stroll (June 1988) pp.55-59
“Exhibition: The Architecture of Jose Maria Jujol” Sites (13-17: 1985)
"Beauty and the Bizarre" Industrial Design (No. 7-8, 1984) pg. 135
"Masayuki Kurakawa: a retrospective" Industrial Design (No. 11-12, 1984) pg. 81
Exhibitions:
“Faculty Focus” May 2017, Ildiko Butler Gallery, Fordham University, Lincoln Center
“Innovate: Integrate – Building Better Together” Center for Architecture NYC, 10/6/10 – 1/15/11
“The Road Not Taken” Harvard University GSD (Loeb Fellow Exhibition) Cambridge MA, 4/23-5/21/2009
“New Housing New York: Competition Finalists” Center for Architecture, NYC, 3/22/07
“Going Public 2: Case Studies: NYCDDC’s Design Excellence Program” Center for Architecture, NYC, 10/06 – 3/07
“Kiss + Cathcart, Architects” Rensselaer Institute of Technology, 3/03
“Big + Green” National Building Museum, Washington, 1/03; Yale University, 6/03; Museum of NYC, 1/04
“Kiss + Cathcart, Architects” New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury Campus 10/02; CI Campus 11/02
“Faculty Show” (group show) Fordham University Center Gallery, 11/2001
“PV-SIP Pavilion” Earth Day New York 2000, Battery Park City, 4/00
“Under the Sun” Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum 5-11/1998, Smithsonian, Washington DC 1999
“Faculty Show” Fordham University Plaza Gallery, 10/1998
"Beyond the Box", Municipal Arts Society, New York 10/1995
"The Avery Centennial Collection", Columbia University, New York 4/1991
"Bridging the Gaps", Columbia University, New York, 1990
"Room in the City" The City Gallery, 2 Columbus Circle, New York City 3/1987
Honors & Awards
Grants & Awards
Award: Bushwick Inlet Park AIA COTE Top Ten Green Buildings (North America) 2014
“Making Midtown” 2011/2012 Fellowship, appointed by the Design Trust for Public Space, New York
“Getting to Minus 80” (consultant) 2010 ASLA Professional Research Award, UBC Design Centre for Sustainability
Holcim Foundation Gold Award (North America,10/16/08) for Solar II environmental education center: $100,000
“Self-sufficient Urban Buildings” MUSES/NSF, 2007 (K+C, Rutgers, NJIT, Arup, etc.) $1,800,000
Hon. Mention, Stillwell Avenue Train Shed, 4/07: 2007 Top Ten Green Projects, sponsored by AIA COTE
Finalist, New Housing New York Competition, sponsored by NYC HPD and AIA, 11/06 – 1/07
Award (industrial), New York Green Building Competition, (TA Terminal) US EPA and NYC DEP, 6/2006
Award (housing), New York Green Building Competition, (The Lee) sponsored by US EPA and NYC DEP, 6/2006
http://architizer.com/projects/the-lee-residences/
Honorable Mention, New York Green Building Competition, (Solar II) US EPA and NYC DEP, 6/2006
Planning Grant Award: Solar II (K+C, ARUP, Solar I) Kresge Foundation Green Building Initiative, 5/06
National Science Foundation, Seed Grant for 2020 Tower analysis and design, with Rutgers U., 2004-5
Design Trust for Public Space Urban Design Fellowship (with Nina Rappaport) 9/03 – 06
P/A Award (as Environmental Consultant for Chicago Schools Proposal by Marble Fairbanks) 1/02
http://architizer.com/firms/kisscathcart-architect/
Design Comp. ‘Conditional Designation,’ Stuyvesant Cove RFP, 10/25/00 by NYC Economic Development Corp.
NYSERDA ‘EnergySmart’ Proposal: Photovoltaics on Buildings. (With K + C) 1/00
Honorable Mention, Homes for Habitat National Competition, 1998
“Kisses for Cathcart” Award, The New Museum of Contemporary Art 1998
P/A Award: "Manufacturing Communities” (with John Loomis) 1996
First Prize, National AIA Competition for Building Integrated Photovoltaics (Gregory Kiss, entrant) 1996
Winner, Invited Competition, The New Museum of Contemporary Art 1994
http://www.kisscathcart.com/new_museum.html
Full Fellowship, ACSA Construction Materials and Technology Institute 1992
AIA Chapter Design Honor Award, Manufacturing Cities (with John Loomis/KCA) 1994
First Prize, NYSAIA/NYPA Photovoltaic Canopy Competition (with KCA) 1992
AIA Education Honors (National) "The Place of Production" (with John Loomis) 1992
NEA Project Grant: "Manufacturing Communities" (with KCA & John Loomis) 1991
President's Award for Innovation in Education, CCNY (with John Loomis) 1987
American Institute of Architects Gold Medal, Columbia University Class of 1983
Honorable Mention, Concours Internacional Tete Defense, (w. Studio 7, Kagan, deCosmi, Pfau, etc.) 1983
http://www.kagan-architectures.com/uploads/pdf/Archi_Cree-2-11.pdf
N.E.A. Fellowship for Superior Design (with Keith Hone) 1982
C.M.H.C. Scholarship for Post Graduate Study in Housing 1981, renewed 1982
Honors/ Service:
Scoring Committee for RetrofitNY, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, 2017
Bene Merenti Award, Fordham University, Sept. 2017
Invited to Communities Working Group, to contribute to The 4th Regional Plan (2015 – present)
Innovation Award (Sean Rowden, Fordham Student of CC): Cragsmoor Tiny House Competition 2013
Senior Fellow for Urban Design, Future Cities Center, United States Study Center, University of Sydney, 2014
Appointed to the Board of Directors, Fordham University Press, 2011 - 2017
Search Committee, Tenure Track Faculty position in Theatre Design, 12/10 – 1/11
Jury member, d3 Housing Tomorrow International Design Competition, 1/30/10 and 2/5/11
Honorable Mention, Andrew Koudlai (Fordham Student of Prof. Cathcart) “Revealing Shadows” IESNYC, 2011
Pre-publication Reader, Richard Ingersoll & Spiro Kostof, World Architecture (Oxford University Press, 2011)
Jury member, d3 Natural Systems International Design Competition, 6/20/09; 8/21/10
Appointed Faculty Representative, Fordham Sustainability Council, 2008- (ongoing)
Writing Committee, Labs for the 21st Century, LEED Energy & Atmosphere Credits 2, 9 & 10; DoE /EPA
Respondent Committee, Hudson River Park Design, Community Board 1 Manhattan, 2001/ 02
Associate Director, Environmental Studies Program, FCLC 2001-2004, 2008 -
Executive Committee, Urban Studies Program, Fordham University, 1999-
Reviewer, Urban Design Paper Proposals, ACSA 2000 International Conference, Los Angeles
Reviewer, Design Pedagogy Paper Proposals, ACSA 1999 International Conference
Building Committee, Van Alen Institute, 1998 (with Richard Gluckman & Robert Kupiec)
Crosstown Architects Committee, Regional Plan Association, 1995
Elected Director, Washington Market Park Board, 1995-1997
P/A Award (Urban Design) with John Loomis, 1995: Manufacturing Communities
http://www.kisscathcart.com/manufacturing_communities.html
Search Committee for the Dean of Architecture, City College, 1993
Elected Adjunct Faculty Representative, City College School of Architecture 1992
Elected Program Council Representative, G.S.A.P.P. Columbia University, 1981
Admissions Committee, Columbia, Dept of Arch, 1983
Elected Founding Treasurer, Architectural Students Society, University of Waterloo 1978