June Williamson

Professor

Director, Master of Architecture Program and MS Architecture Program

Main Affiliation

Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture

Areas of Expertise/Research

  • Architecture and Urbanism in the United States
  • Urban Design
  • Suburbia
  • Affordable Housing
  • Future of Housing
  • Sustainable Urbanism

Building

The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture

Office

3M15

Phone

212-650-5655

Fax

212-650-6566

Email

jwilliamson@ccny.cuny.edu

Website

https://retrofittingsuburbia.com/

June Williamson

Educational Credentials

  • M.U.P., Urban Design, The City College of New York/CUNY, 2005
  • M.Arch., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994
  • B.A., Yale University, 1989

Teaching Experience

  • Professor, City College of New York, CUNY, 2021-present
  • Associate Professor, City College of New York, CUNY, 2008-2021
  • Adjunct Associate Professor, Columbia University, 2008
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, New York City College of Technology, CUNY, 2007-2008
  • Visiting Assistant Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1999-2001
  • Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Utah, 1997-1999
  • Studio Instructor, Boston Architectural College, 1995-1997
 

Professional Experience

  • June Williamson Architecture & Urban Design, NY, 2003-present
  • Cooper Carry Inc., New York, NY, 2006-2007
  • Mary Miss Studio, New York, NY, 2005-2006
  • Anshen + Allen Los Angeles (now, CO Architects), CA, 2001-2003
  • Prescott Muir Architects, Salt Lake City, UT, 1998-1999
  • MJSA Architects, Salt Lake City, UT, 1997-1998
  • Carr Lynch Hack & Sandell, Cambridge, MA, 1994-1996
  • Building Conservation Associates, New York, NY 1990-1991

Licenses/Registration

  • Architecture License, New York State
  • NCARB Certified
  • LEED Accredited Professional

Selected Publications and Recent Research

  • “Incremental Metropolitanism: An Assessment of Retrofitting Suburbia’s Endgame” in Phelps, Keil, and Maginn, eds., Peripheral Centralities: Instances of Anticipatory Urbanism (JOVIS Verlag, 2025).
  • "What Colors are the Crabgrass?" Urban Omnibus, 2024.
  • Case Studies in Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Strategies for Urgent Challenges, with Ellen Dunham-Jones (John Wiley & Sons, 2021).
  • “Dead and Dying Shopping Malls, Re-inhabited,” with Ellen Dunham-Jones, AD: Loose Fit Architecture 87:5, September-October 2017.
  • “Great Falls, Great Food, Great Stories,” for Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park (2014-15).
  • “Urban Design Tactics for Suburban Retrofitting” in Emily Talen, ed., Retrofitting Sprawl: Addressing Seventy Years of Failed Urban Form (University of Georgia Press, 2015).
  • “Protest on the Astroturf at Downtown Silver Spring: July 4, 2007” in Christopher Niedt, ed., Social Justice in Diverse Suburbs: History, Politics, and Prospects (Temple University Press, 2013).
  • Designing Suburban Futures: New Models from Build a Better Burb (Island Press, 2013).
  • Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Solutions for Redesigning Suburbs, with Ellen Dunham-Jones (John Wiley & Sons, 2008, updated edition 2011).
  • Organizer, ParkingPLUS Design Challenge (2013-14) and Build a Better Burb Ideas Competition (2010).

Professional Memberships

  • Member, American Institute of Architects
  • Member, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
  • Fellow, Urban Design Forum
  • Member, Congress for the New Urbanism
  • Member, Society for American City and Regional Planning History (SACRPH)
  • Member, Van Alen Institute
  • Member, Architectural League of New York