Beth Dunlop Board and Committee ResumeBeth Dunlop
Beth. d u n l op(a~q mai I. com
305 861-7881 (land) 305 509-1843 (cell)
Summary:
Award-winning, widely published writer, editor, author with a specialty in architecture,
design and the arts. Architecture critic for the Miami Herald. Magazine editor for
regional design/shelter magazine titles. Author of 12 books Contributor of essays or
introductions to 23 books. Freelance magazine writer with widespread publication for
15 years. Newspaper architecture critic for more than 25 years. Editorial experience in
books and periodicals. Lecturer at museums and universities.
Employment:
2007-2010: Editor-in-Chief Home Miami and HOME Fort Lauderdale magazines.
Editorial Director/Editor-in-Chief for three HOME magazine print titles: HOME Miami,
HOME Fort Lauderdale. Editorial director for expansion to Los Angeles. Overall creative
and managerial responsibility: developing all content, overseeing design, writing and
editing copy, building new spin-off titles, creating two web sites, crafting marketing
plans, representing brand in market, directing staff of five (two full time, three part time).
1993-present: writer, editor, architecture critic, author. Architecture critic, with
regular freelance column in The Miami Herald since 2001. Contributor to numerous
design and shelter magazines including House & Garden and Metropolitan Home, as
well as other magazines and journals. Author or co-author of 15 books, contributor to
20 others (see addendum for detailed list). Curator, lecturer, author of two documentary
filmscripts. Editor of books, magazine articles, newspaper columns; lecturer at annual
meetings, museums and universities.
1976-1993: Miami Herald, architecture critic (1979-1993, feature writer (1976-1979)
1974-1976: A/A Journal (American Institute of Architects), associate editor
1969-1975: Pittsburgh Press, urban affairs writer
Selected Periodical Publication:
HOME Miami, HOME Fort Lauderdale, House and Garden, Metropolitan Home,
Architectural Record, Architecture, Architectural Digest, Metropolis, Elle Decor, Abitare,
Interior Design, Southern Accents, Waterfront Home and Living, Ocean Drive, Florida
Inside-Out, Sarasota Magazine, New York Times, International Herald Tribune.
Selected Awards and Grants:
American Institute of Architects Medal for Architecture Writing and Criticism, finalist for
Pulitzer Prize, National Endowment for the Arts grant, Graham Foundation for the Visual
Arts, American Planning Association, Sigma Delta Chi "Green Eyeshade," Florida AIA,
Miami AIA (awards total 25, mostly garnered during Herald years).
Selected Architectural Juries:
American Society of Landscape Architects, National Trust for Historic Preservation,
North Carolina AIA, St. Croix/Puerto Rico AIA, Puerto Rico Biennale, Minnesota State
Supreme Court competition.
Civic Activities:
Cushman School Board of Trustees
Seaside Institute Board of Directors
Manitoga: The Russel Wright Design Center Board of Advisors,
Miami Design Preservation League Board of Directors (vice chairman, acting chair),
Miami Beach Historic Preservation Board (vice chairman)
Miami Beach Garden Conservancy Board of Directors
Design and Architecture High School Board of Advisors.
Education:
Vassar College, Bachelor of Arts
University of Pittsburgh (graduate work in urban planning, no degree)
ADDENDUM
Books as author or co-author:
Great Houses of Florida
Miami: Mediterranean Splendor and Deco Dreams
Aqua: Miami Modern by the Sea
Historic Houses of Florida (with Joanna Lombard)
Building a Dream: The Art of Disney Architecture
A House for My Mother. Architects Build for their Families
Arquitectonica (two volumes)
The Architecture of Duany Plater-Zyberk
Architecture of the Air: The Sound and Light Environments of Christopher Janney
Beach Beauties
Miami Trends and Traditions
Florida's Vanishing Architecture
Miami
Leading Residential Architects (The Perfect Home series)
Books/Publications as Editor:
Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts, Volume 23: Florida
Hurricane Hazard Mitigation
Architecture News (annual publication of the University of Miami School of Architecture), first
two volumes
World War II Memorial Competition Program, for national competition
AIA Journal (associate editor, responsible for full production of several issues including themed
issues on four cities, transportation, housing; lead editor on others)
Books as co-author or contributor:
Leading Residential Landscape Professionals (The Perfect Home series)
Palm Beach Splendor. The Architecture of Jeffery Smith
Havana: The Photography of Hans Engels
The City is My Canvas
Carlos Zapata: The Restlessness of Architecture
Cracker Architecture
Key West Writers and their Houses
Over Miami
Frank Lloyd Wright: Decorative Objects, Prints, Drawings, Florida Projects
Architecture 3s: City Icons
Architecture3s: Arts and Crafts Masterpieces
Architecture 3s: Arts and Crafts Houses /
Architecture 3s Arts and Crafts Houses ll
Architecture 3s Twentieth Century Houses
Architecture 3s Contemporary California Houses
Architecture 3s Frank Lloyd Wright
Architecture 3s Twentieth Century Classics
Architecture 3s Lost Masterpieces
Wish You Were Here: A Compendium of Writing from Miami
House of Garden's House of Worship
Documentary Filmscripts:
Vanishing Florida, WPBT, Channel 2 (public television)
Christmas in Miami (independent producer)
Museum Exhibitions:
Museum of Contempory Art, North Miami: curator, Art + Architecture =Miami
Venice Biennale 1996, American Pavilion: author of catalogue and all exhibition texts
Selected Speaking Engagements:
Public Lectures at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, National Building Museum, The
Bauhaus/Dessau, Peabody Essex Museum, Bard Graduate Center, Ringling Museum,
American Institute of Architects Annual Convention, American Planning Association Florida
State Convention, Puerto Rico AIA Annual Meeting, Disney Institute, Appleton Museum,
Jacksonville Museum, St, Croix Institute of Architects, Books & Books, Norton Museum of Art
(conversation with Daniel Libeskind), Society of the Four Arts, and numerous venues across
Florida as part of the Florida Endowment for the Humanities Speakers Bureau
Classroom talks: Yale University School of Architecture, University of Miami School of
Architecture, The Bauhaus/Dessau
Moderator: Disney Institute program on architectural patronage, National American Institute of
Architects program on Florida architecture, Miami AIA series on neighborhoods, Miami
Architecture Club series "Highs in the Low `90s," Bass Museum, University of Miami School of
Architecture, Museum of Contemporary Art