Joe Valerio: The Missing Narrative, Thoughts on the Link Between 1970 and 2000
Monday, November 8th, 7:00 PM
Lawrence J. Plym Auditorium
Phillip Swager Associates
About the Lecturer
Joseph Valerio received his Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Michigan , and a Master of Architecture degree from U.C.L.A. In 1970, he began working with Chrysalis Corp. Architects, which took an interdisciplinary approach to design teaming architects, with artists and scientists. The group participated in the EAT (Experiments in Art and Technology) project for Pepsi-Cola at Expo 70 in Osaka.
In 1973, he began teaching at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's School of Architecture and Urban Planning, becoming an Associate Professor in 1979. He also founded C.O.W. (Chrysalis of Wisconsin), winning his first National AIA Honor Award in 1981. He returned to Chicago in 1985, working as Vice President for Architecture at A. Epstein & Sons before starting his own firm, Valerio-Associates, Inc. in 1988.
In 1994, Valerio-Associates, Inc. merged with another Chicago firm, Train Dewalt Associates. The business and technical strengths of the latter were added to the design skills of the former, creating Valerio Dewalt Train Associates.
Mr. Valerio has served as Chair of the National AIA's Committee on Design, as a member of GSA's Peer Review Panels, President of the Chicago Architectural Club, and President of the Contemporary Arts Council, a Chicago group which yearly sponsors a exhibition on the work of young Chicago Artists.
His design work has been published in the major US , European and Japanese magazines. He has been honored with five National AIA Honor Awards, seventeen Chicago Chapter AIA Honor Awards, six Wisconsin Chapter AIA Awards and a P/A design award. His work was the subject of a monograph published in 1999 by Rizzoli.
