About:

George Ranalli has been Dean of CCNY's School of Architecture, Urban Design and Landscape Architecture since 1999. He received his BArch from Pratt and his MArch from Harvard's GSD. Soon after graduating, he joined Yale's School of Architecture and taught there over twenty years. He is also principal of George Ranalli Architect in New York. His design work has been widely exhibited including at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art, and Finland's Museum of Finnish Architecture. The Dean has designed museum exhibits, as well as award-winning residential and commercial projects, and has lectured in many venues.
 

Books:

George Ranalli.  Casas internacional no. 57.    [Buenos Aires] : Kliczkowski ; Trumbull, CT : Specialty Marketing Group [U.S. distributor] , 1998. NA737.R285 A4 1998.

Ranalli, George. George Ranalli : buildings and projects.   New York, N.Y. : Princeton Architectural Press, c1988. NA737.R285 A4 1988.

Articles:  (Selected from 1991-2004)

"George Ranalli, Architect: Saratoga Community Center, Brooklyn, New York." Sullivan, C. C. Architecture, vol. 93, no. 2, pp. [41], Feb 2004.

 "Ranalli inspired by Wright for center."  Czarnecki, John E. Architectural record, vol. 190, no. 4, pp. [36], Apr 2002.

"In Brooklyn a Beacon Recalls Wright." in The New York Times, Sunday, February 24, 2002. (Available on the Ranalli firm's Web site below)

"George Ranalli: K-Loft in New York, New York, 1995." A + U: architecture and urbanism, no. 3(318), pp. 40-[49], Mar 1997.

"Angoli protagonisti: George Ranalli a New York  Malfatti, Patrizia. Abitare, no. 355, pp. 174-179., Oct 1996.

"Intelligent energy."  Ryan, Raymund. Blueprint (London, England), no. 126, pp. 32-33, Mar 1996. (Available through Inter Library Loan)

"Kunstschwimmer = Swimming against the tide." Drewes, Frank F. Deutsche Bauzeitschrift, vol. 43, special editionpp. 10-15, 1995. (Available through Inter Library Loan)
    Note: Two pools on Long Island, N.Y.: The Spiegel pool house (architect: Tod Williams Billie Tsien and Associates), and pool and pool house for "C" family (architect: George Ranalli). (Source: Avery Index)

"Restauro del Fashion Center Building a New York = Renovation of the Fashion Center Building in New York: George Ranalli." Domus, no. 762, pp. 44-[49], July-Aug 1994.

"George Ranalli: the Fashion Center Building on New York's Seventh Avenue." Nasatir, Judith.  Interior design, vol. 65, no. 6, pp. [112-115], June 1994
1920s lobby renovation.

"The spirit of the collector: new acquisitions from the West in Japan." Rocca, Alessandro. Lotus international, no. 76, pp. 40-53., 1993.
Features Osaka follies; K=Project, Tokyo (George Ranalli).

"Elements of architecture: Tower of Silence." Ranalli, George. Avant garde, no. 6, pp. 24-41, 1993. (Available through Inter Library Loan)
Project for automobile showroom in the center of Tokyo, by American architect George Ranalli.

"Getting a handle." Ranalli, George.  Design quarterly, no. 155, pp. 20-23, Spring 1992
George Ranalli describes the design process for door handles produced by the Union Company of Osaka, Japan.

 "Door jewels." Henderson, Justin.  Interiors, vol. 150, no. 13, pp. [90-91], Aug 1991.

"Architecture and education. "Ranalli, George. Avant garde, no. 5, pp. 10-29., Winter 1991.  (Available through Inter Library Loan)
On the author's method of teaching architecture employing studio and descriptive geometry.
 

Web Sites:

George Ranalli Architect. www.georgeranalli.com/