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Roger K. Lewis
Biographical Summary
Roger K. Lewis, FAIA, is a practicing architect and urban planner, a professor emeritus of architecture at the University of Maryland College Park, an author and a journalist.
After earning architecture degrees at M.I.T. and working as an architect in the Peace Corps in Tunisia (1964-66), Prof. Lewis began teaching design at the University of Maryland's School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Simultaneously he engaged in a diversified, award-winning architecture and planning practice based in Washington, DC. Since 1969, working with both private and public sector clients, he and his firm have generated new community master plans and designed or co-designed multi-unit housing complexes, private homes, schools, art centers, recreational facilities and other civic and institutional projects.
The Washington Post has published his thematic, illustrated column, "Shaping the City," about architecture, planning and urban development since 1984, and his unique, award-winning columns and illustrations have been republished nationally and internationally. "Shaping the City" cartoons have been exhibited at numerous venues, among them the National Building Museum, the Miami Herald gallery, and the American Institute of Architects national headquarters. Prof. Lewis is the author or co-author of numerous journal articles and books, including The Growth Management Handbook and an MIT Press classic, Architect? A Candid Guide to the Profession, first published in 1984 - MIT Press published the third edition in 2013. Since 2007, he has appeared regularly to discuss "Shaping the City" issues on the Kojo Nnamdi radio show, broadcast by WAMU-FM, American University's NPR affiliate in Washington, DC.
Serving on design review committees and institutional boards, Professor Lewis is a long-standing member of the government-appointed Design Review Board for the Carlyle and Eisenhower Avenue portions of Alexandria, Virginia. He is also a Peer review committee member for the U.S. General Services Administration "Design Excellence" program focused on federal projects around the United States. As a planning and design consultant, he frequently assists metropolitan Washington counties, municipalities and government agencies, as well as private sector clients.
His many pro bono volunteer activities include giving invited talks and lectures to non-profit organizations and serving on juries at architectural schools. A trustee of the National Children's Museum, Prof. Lewis is also president and chair of the board of directors of the Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation, which is creating a commemorative work in Washington, DC, honoring the 1961 founding of the Peace Corps. |