Laurence Holland

Education

University of Virginia School of Architecture Charlottesville, VA
M.Arch., Path III

University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA
M.A. in Philosophy

University of Cambridge Cambridge, UK
M.Phil. in Philosophy

Harvard College Cambridge, MA
A.B. in Philosophy magna cum laude (with highest departmental honors)

Architecture Research Office New York, NY
Intern

– Knoll Showroom (Los Angeles, CA) – schematic design
– Feasibility study for addition to Gund Hall, Harvard GSD (Cambridge, MA)
– Proposals for two high-rise commercial buildings (New York, NY)
– Research project on the future of luxury retail architecture

Lateral Office Toronto, ON
Intern (Summer 2015; Jan. 2016)

– Chicago Architectural Biennial Exhibit: “Making Camp”

Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates Brooklyn, NY
Independent Design Research and Communication Consultant (Fall 2016–)
Junior Designer (2013-14)
Studio Assistant (2010)

– Barack Obama Presidential Center (Chicago, IL) - successful proposal
– Landscape framework for network of National Park sites (New York, NY)
– Master plan for waterfront development and transit hub (Toronto, ON)
– Smith Family Campus Center, Harvard University (Cambridge, MA) - successful proposal
– “Hypar-Nature” - ARC Wildlife Crossing (Denver, CO) - won competition
– Keating Channel Precinct Plan (Toronto, ON)
– Lower Don Lands Master Plan (Toronto, ON)
– City+Arch+River (St. Louis, MO) - won competition

Other Duties:

– Wrote competition narratives, master plan documents, proposals, project descriptions,
   website text, and awards submissions.
– Assisted in the design and fabrication of physical models
– Performed bubble checks, picked up red lines, assisted with drawing set management

Fellowships Membership and Awards

2015-17



 

2016–

 

2014-15

2014
 

2011-12

2010-11

 

2010

2010
 

2008–
 

2007

Kenan Graduate Student Fellowship U.Va. School of Architecture
– Duties: administration, teaching support, and lecturing for ARCH1010: Lessons of the
   Lawn; publication research, editing, and logistics for Prof. Peter Waldman
– Independent research project entitled “Between the Settled and the Unsettling: Toward a
   Contemporary Aesthetics of the Sublime”

The Raven Society University of Virginia
“The oldest and most prestigious honor society at U.Va.”; recognizes academic excellence, leadership potential, and service to the university

Joseph Norwood Bosserman Student Fellowship U.Va. School of Architecture

Honorable Mention Love & Human Agency Essay Prize
for philosophy paper entitled “On Being in Love”

Andrew W. Mellon Pre-Doctoral Fellowship University of Pittsburgh

John Eliot Scholarship at Jesus College Harvard College/University of Cambridge
One of four Harvard-Cambridge Scholars, chosen from over 100 applicants for academic excellence and ambassadorial qualities

Phi Beta Kappa Alpha Iota of Massachusetts (Harvard College)

Thomas Temple Hoopes Prize Harvard College
Thesis prize recognizing “excellence in undergraduate research”

The Signet Society Harvard College
Harvard's undergraduate arts-and-letters society

Harvard College Scholarship Harvard College
for “academic achievement of high distinction”