Charles Rose (architect)
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Charles Rose is an American architect whose designs reflect a sensitivity for landscape and the distinct characteristics of a building site – whether in rugged coastal settings or dense urban neighborhoods.
are notable examples. Rose also completed several large-scale institutional projects in 2010: the Carl and Ruth Shapiro Admissions Center at Brandeis University in Waltham, Ma. (a second project for Brandeis, after the 65,000 square foot Carl and Ruth Shapiro Campus Center ,which opened in 2002) and the Jean Vollum Drawing, Painting, and Photography Building at Oregon College of Art and Craft in Portland. The firm's expertise with energy-efficient design continues to grow in scale and complexity, particularly with two significant federal and state commissions: a zero-net-energy consumption transit center for the state of Massachusetts and a 60,000-square-foot office building in Portsmouth, NH. Also planned as zero-net-energy consumption, it was commissioned by the U.S. General Services Administration's "Design Excellence Program"; construction is slated to begin in 2011.
in New Smyrna Beach, Fla. (1997), and Camp Paint Rock (2000) in Hyattville, Wyo. While the projects occupy dramatically different settings – one is in a lush rainforest-like environment on Florida's east coast; the other, a camp for underprivileged teens in a northern Wyoming canyon – each bears hallmarks of Rose's signature style. Buildings are knit into the landscape (rather than objects on the land); forms resonate with features of the site and mediate the site's unique demands, such as climate and orientation toward the sun. Important commissions followed, including a commercial project in 1997 for Gemini Consulting to design an "office of the future" (which won a business design award from BusinessWeek and Architectural Record); Gulf Coast Museum of Art (Largo, Fl., 2001); the award-winning United States Port of Entry in Del Rio, Texas (another "Design Excellence" project for the GSA, 2004), and the Currier Center for the Performing Arts at The Putney School (Putney, Vt., 2004). While building his practice, Rose also taught in the architecture programs at many universities, including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Virginia, and Harvard and Rice universities. Rose also designs furniture; his Executive Mother and Child Desk was featured in Dwell magazine in 2006.
Awards
As design principal of Boston-based Charles Rose Architects, Inc., Rose is the winner of prestigious awards from the American Institute of Architects and international competitions that established the firm's reputation. In 1995, he won the competition for the Bartholomew County Veterans Memorial in Columbus, Indiana, in 2000, he won for the Beacom School of Business at The University of South Dakota in Vermillion, a pivotal contest that led to a commission to design the school's Theodore R. and Karen K. Muenster University Center, completed 2009.Practice
Buildings for academic, cultural and non-profit institutions are the mainstays of Rose's practice, along with private homes that have drawn acclaim for creating warm, modernist spaces that are "sculptural and lyrical." Orleans House and the New York penthouse Rose completed in 2010 for violinist Joshua BellJoshua Bell
Joshua David Bell is an American Grammy Award-winning violinist.-Childhood:Bell was born in Bloomington, Indiana, United States, the son of a psychologist and a therapist. Bell's father is the late Alan P...
are notable examples. Rose also completed several large-scale institutional projects in 2010: the Carl and Ruth Shapiro Admissions Center at Brandeis University in Waltham, Ma. (a second project for Brandeis, after the 65,000 square foot Carl and Ruth Shapiro Campus Center ,which opened in 2002) and the Jean Vollum Drawing, Painting, and Photography Building at Oregon College of Art and Craft in Portland. The firm's expertise with energy-efficient design continues to grow in scale and complexity, particularly with two significant federal and state commissions: a zero-net-energy consumption transit center for the state of Massachusetts and a 60,000-square-foot office building in Portsmouth, NH. Also planned as zero-net-energy consumption, it was commissioned by the U.S. General Services Administration's "Design Excellence Program"; construction is slated to begin in 2011.
Career
Rose earned degrees in architecture at Princeton University and Harvard's Graduate School of Design, studying under Michael Graves and Rafael Moneo. After Harvard, Rose worked with landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh, an experience that influenced his design philosophy of architecture that "sees the site." He established his practice in Boston in 1989 and in two decades completed more than 50 buildings, thereby establishing his reputation through built projects – in contrast to the "paper architects" who strive to become known through theoretical designs. Two early examples of Rose's architecture that "sees the site" are the Leeper Studio Complex at the Atlantic Center for the ArtsAtlantic Center for the Arts
Atlantic Center for the Arts is a nonprofit, interdisciplinary artists’ community and arts education facility dedicated to promoting artistic excellence by providing talented artists an opportunity to work and collaborate with some of the world’s most distinguished contemporary artists in the...
in New Smyrna Beach, Fla. (1997), and Camp Paint Rock (2000) in Hyattville, Wyo. While the projects occupy dramatically different settings – one is in a lush rainforest-like environment on Florida's east coast; the other, a camp for underprivileged teens in a northern Wyoming canyon – each bears hallmarks of Rose's signature style. Buildings are knit into the landscape (rather than objects on the land); forms resonate with features of the site and mediate the site's unique demands, such as climate and orientation toward the sun. Important commissions followed, including a commercial project in 1997 for Gemini Consulting to design an "office of the future" (which won a business design award from BusinessWeek and Architectural Record); Gulf Coast Museum of Art (Largo, Fl., 2001); the award-winning United States Port of Entry in Del Rio, Texas (another "Design Excellence" project for the GSA, 2004), and the Currier Center for the Performing Arts at The Putney School (Putney, Vt., 2004). While building his practice, Rose also taught in the architecture programs at many universities, including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Virginia, and Harvard and Rice universities. Rose also designs furniture; his Executive Mother and Child Desk was featured in Dwell magazine in 2006.
Carbon-Neutral or Zero Net Energy Consumption design
Rose's designs incorporate energy-efficient features, such as geothermal, planted roofs, and louver systems that increase natural lighting. Its most innovative and energy-efficient building – a sculptural brick-and-copper-clad 25,000-square-foot transit center in Greenfield, Ma. – is designed to produce as much energy as it uses by drawing on geothermal sources, a wood-chip boiler and photovoltaic array. The project, funded in part by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, is the state's first zero-net-energy transit center and will serve as an office, bus station, and train depot on the upgraded "Knowledge Corridor" rail line that goes from Connecticut through Massachusetts to Vermont. Construction is scheduled to be complete in December 2011.Biography
Rose is one of five children raised by Waldorf schoolteachers in Garden City, Long Island. He attended the Waldorf School of Garden City from K-12 and pursued study of piano in New York at the Manhattan School of Music prior to college. He enrolled at Princeton University as a scholarship student and physics major but soon switched to architecture. He has lived in Boston since attending the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University.Selected works
- Leeper Studio Complex at the Atlantic Center for the ArtsAtlantic Center for the ArtsAtlantic Center for the Arts is a nonprofit, interdisciplinary artists’ community and arts education facility dedicated to promoting artistic excellence by providing talented artists an opportunity to work and collaborate with some of the world’s most distinguished contemporary artists in the...
(New Smyrna Beach, FloridaNew Smyrna Beach, FloridaNew Smyrna Beach is a city in Volusia County, Florida, United States. The population was 20,048 according to the 2000 census. As of 2007, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 23,161.-History:...
, 1997) - Carl and Ruth Shapiro Admissions Center at Brandeis UniversityBrandeis UniversityBrandeis University is an American private research university with a liberal arts focus. It is located in the southwestern corner of Waltham, Massachusetts, nine miles west of Boston. The University has an enrollment of approximately 3,200 undergraduate and 2,100 graduate students. In 2011, it...
(Waltham, MassachusettsWaltham, MassachusettsWaltham is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, was an early center for the labor movement, and major contributor to the American Industrial Revolution. The original home of the Boston Manufacturing Company, the city was a prototype for 19th century industrial city planning,...
, 2009) - Bartholomew County Veterans Memorial (Bartholomew County, IndianaBartholomew County, IndianaBartholomew County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana, and determined by the U.S. Census Bureau to include the mean center of U.S. population in 1900. As of 2010, the population was 76,794...
, 1996) - Beacom School of Business at The University of South DakotaUniversity of South DakotaThe University of South Dakota ', the state’s oldest university, was founded in 1862 and classes began in 1882. Located in Vermillion, South Dakota, United States, USD is home to South Dakota's only medical school and law school. USD is governed by the South Dakota Board of Regents, and its current...
(Vermillion, South DakotaVermillion, South DakotaVermillion is a city in and the county seat of Clay County, in the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of South Dakota, and the tenth largest city in the state. According to the 2010 Census, the population was 10,571. Vermillion lies atop a bluff near the Missouri River.The area has been home to...
, 2009) - Camp Paint Rock (Hyattville, WyomingHyattville, WyomingHyattville is a census-designated place in Big Horn County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 73 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Hyattville is located at ....
, 2000) - Carl and Ruth Shapiro Campus Center at Brandeis University(Waltham, Massachusetts, 2002)
- Chilmark Residence (Chilmark, MassachusettsChilmark, MassachusettsChilmark is a town located on Martha's Vineyard in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 843 at the 2000 census. The fishing village of Menemsha is located on the northern end of town along its border with the neighboring town of Aquinnah...
, 2001) - Executive Mother and Child Desk (2006)
- Franklin Regional Transit Center (Greenfield, MassachusettsGreenfield, MassachusettsGreenfield is a city in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 17,456 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Franklin County. Greenfield is home to Greenfield Community College, the Pioneer Valley Symphony Orchestra, and the Franklin County Fair...
, 2011) - Gemini Consulting Global Offices(Cambridge, MassachusettsCambridge, MassachusettsCambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Cambridge is home to two of the world's most prominent...
, 1997) - Joshua Bell Loft(New York, New York, 2010)
- Orleans House(Orleans, MassachusettsOrleans, MassachusettsOrleans is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. Barnstable County is coextensive with Cape Cod. The population was 5,890 at the 2010 census....
, 2006) - Theodore R. and Karen K. Muenster University Center at The University of South Dakota (Vermillion, South Dakota, 2009)