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ROBERT L.
BLISS |
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1921 |
Seattle Washington |
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EDUCATION |
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1949 |
B.Arch., Massachusetts Institute of
Technology |
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1939-42 |
Black Mountain College, North Carolina |
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TEACHING |
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1990 |
Professor Emeritus |
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1986-1990 |
Professor, University of Utah, Graduate
School of Architecture |
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1974-1986 |
Dean, Graduate School of Architecture,
University of Utah |
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1963-1974 |
Chairman, Department of Architecture,
University of Utah |
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1958-1963 |
Associate Professor, University of
Minnesota |
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1952-1958 |
Assistant Professor, University of
Minnesota |
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1951-1952 |
Instructor, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology |
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PROFESSIONAL |
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1955-
present |
Bliss & Campbell, Architects, a
partnership with Anna Campbell Bliss
Minneapolis, 1955-1963. Salt Lake City, 1963-Present |
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MEMBERSHIPS |
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American Institute of Architects |
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Utah Heritage Foundation |
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Salt Lake Art Center |
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Utah Museum of Fine Arts |
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Museum of Modern Art, New York |
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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Walker Art Center, Minneapolis |
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Architects and Design Professionals for
Social Responsibility |
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REGISTRATION |
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1967 |
Utah, #475 Architect |
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1954 |
Minnesota, #4975 Architect |
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AWARDS |
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1989 |
Professor Emeritus, University of Utah |
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1987 |
Silver Medal Award, Western Mountain
Region AlA |
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1983 |
Recipient, Honors in the Arts Program,
Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce |
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1980-83 |
Jefferson Chair Selection Committee,
University of Virginia |
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1976 |
Producers' Council Award of Merit |
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1973 |
Design in Steel Award (2) METREX System |
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1972 |
Fellow, American Institute of
Architects |
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1964 |
Residence of Ms. John S. Dalrymple,
Minneapolis, Bliss & Campbell, Architects, selected as one of the
twenty best in the United States by Architectural Record |
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1963 |
Residence of Douglas Dayton, Bliss
& Campbell, Architects, selected as one of the twenty best in the
United States by Architectural Record |
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1960 |
Minnesota Society of Architects, Summer
Pavilion, Honorable Mention |
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1959 |
Robert F. Bowen Residence, Minnesota
Village, Minneapolis, Bliss & Campbell, Architects, recognized by Art
in America, "New Talent USA" |
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1957 |
Solar Energy Association, House Design,
First Prize (with Peter R. Lee) |
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1956 |
Porcelain Institute, School Design,
Honorable Mention |
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1954 |
Indianapolis Home Show, House Design,
Honorable Mention |
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1953 |
Carrier Corporation, House Design,
Second Prize |
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1950 |
Honorary Member, Boston Society of
Architects |
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1950 |
Rotch Traveling Scholarship |
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1948 |
Chamberlain Prize, M.l.T. |
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1947 |
Emerson Prize, M.l.T. |
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PUBLICATIONS |
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by Robert
Bliss |
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1974 |
"Coping with the New Waves of
Aspiring Architects." AlA
Journal, November, pp. 20-21. |
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1981 |
"The Architect as Self-Made
Superfluous Man," Utah
Architect, Fall. |
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about Robert
Bliss |
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2001 |
Mandy M. Jepson, "body of design," Utah
Homes and Gardens, Summer 2001, pp. 139-142. |
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1980 |
"West South Temple." Assist,
Inc. |
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1978 |
"Architecture, Scientific Thought
and Design Procedures," EDRA, Istanbul, |
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1975 |
"Inside-Out Renewal." Assist,
Inc. |
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1964 |
"Houses of 1964" (best 20
residences in the United States), Architectural
Record, Mid-May, pp. 84-87. |
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1963 |
"Houses of 1963 " (best 20 residences in the United States), Architectural
Record, May. |
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1959 |
"New Talent in the U.S.A.:
Architecture" (House Design, Minnesota), Art
in America, February, p. 79 |
PAPERS,
PRESENTATIONS,
PANELS |
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1990 |
An Academical Conversation, University of Kansas |
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1984 |
Presentation, International Conference
on Space Structures, Surrey, England |
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1979-1980 |
West
South Temple, NEA grant |
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1975-1976 |
Inside-Out
Renewal, National Endowment for the Arts, City Options Program |
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RESEARCH |
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1996 |
Coordinate Joint (patent application on
furniture system) |
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1980 |
TENSTRUCT Folding Curvilinear
Structural System, Patent #4,253,284. |
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1978 |
TENSTRUCT Folding Structural System,
Patent #4,115,975 |
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1972 |
METREX Display System, Patent #224,485. |
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1969 |
Six months study and photographic
recording of pre-Columbian sites in Peru. |
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COMMUNITY
SERVICE |
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1989-1990 |
Secretary, Salt Lake Chapter AlA |
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1988 |
Chair, R/UDAT Urban Design Committee |
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1983-1984 |
Board Member, Salt Lake Art Center |
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1976-1983 |
Salt Lake City Historic Landmarks
Committee |
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1975 |
Consultant to Kuwait University to
program for new school of architecture |
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1971-1977 |
Member Advisory Council, National Trust
for Historic Preservation. |
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1971-1975 |
President, ASSIST (Community Design
Center) |
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1971-1973 |
Board Member, Salt Lake Art Center |
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1968-1970 |
President, Utah Heritage Foundation |
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1967-1969 |
President, Association of Collegiate
Schools of Architecture |
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1967-1969 |
National Committee, Education and
Research, AIA |
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1966-1968 |
Director, Utah Heritage Foundation |
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1961-1963 |
Board Member, Association of Collegiate
Schools of Architecture |
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1961-1963 |
Executive Committee, Minneapolis
Chapter AIA |
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1857-1963 |
Board Member, Shorewood Planning
Commission |
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1957-1961 |
Historian, President, Officer,
Minneapolis AIA |
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1956-1963 |
Board Member, Minnesota State Art
Society |