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Sheila Kennedy: Selected Bibliography




About Sheila Kennedy:

Former director of the Advanced Studies Program at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design and a current professor there, Sheila Kennedy is principal architect and cofounder of Kennedy and Violich Architecture in Boston. One of the firm’s latest commissions is for the new school of the Art Institute of Chicago.  The firm specializes in the integration of infrastructure and design.
 

Books:

Kennedy, Shelia.   KVA : material misuse.   London : Architectural Association, 2001. (Available through the library’s Inter-Library Loan service)

_____________.  In Haar, Sharon. Schools for cities: urban strategies.  Princeton Architectural Press, 2002. (on Reserve)


Books listed above are available in the CCNY Architecture Library unless otherwise noted.
 

Articles:

“Mind and matter.” Raul A Barreneche.   Architecture 2002 July, v.91, n.7, p.41-42,[44-45].

“At the water's edge.”  Jayne Merkel.  Oculus 2001 Nov., v.64, n.3, p.10-11.

“Cottage industrial.”  Juanita Dugdale.  Interiors 2001 Apr., v.160, n.4, p.[66]-73.

“Drywall: a-material surface;  Kennedy & Violich Architects.”  Thresholds 2001, v.23, p.30-35.
             Notes: Projects by Kennedy & Violich Architects using drywall. (Source: Avery online)

“Kennedy & Violich: streetscape masterplan, Theater District, Boston, Massachusetts, 1998-99.”  Lotus international 2000, n.106, p.92-95.

“On a wooded site outside of Boston, Kennedy & Violich creates a house where boundaries disappear, and the architecture flows.”  Clifford A. Pearson.   Architectural record 2000 Apr., v.188, n.4, p.[94]-[99].

“A makeover with attitude.”   Steven Litt. Architecture 1997 Mar., v.86, n.3, p.[68-75].

“Emerging talent: Kennedy & Violich Architecture.”   Thomas Fisher.  Progressive architecture 1993 May, v.74, n.5, p.84-[91].


Articles listed above are available in the CCNY Architecture Library.
 

Web Sites:

KVA Kennedy & Violich Architecture, Ltd  www.kvarch.net/

Business Week’s 2003 article on Sheila Kennedy’s innovative approach to integrating lighting in a building’s design.
www.businessweek.com/technology/content/apr2003/tc20030341_0237_tc107.htm

Harvard Magazine’s 1998 article on Kennedy’s integration of infrastructure into a building’s design.  www.harvard-magazine.com/issues/ma98/right.walls.html
 



Judy Connorton
September, 2003