Alan Joslin, FAIA
Professional Experience
EPSTEIN JOSLIN ARCHITECTS, Inc., Cambridge, MA
Principal-in-Charge of Design, 2002–2023
Representative Projects (Destinations):
Groton Hill Music Center, Indian Hill Music, Groton, MA
The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center, La Jolla Music Society, La Jolla, CA
Welcome Center at the Breakers, Preservation Society of Newport County, Newport, RI
Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport Music, Rockport, MA
Opera Theatre and Festival Grounds, Midwest City
Pier 58 Gloucester Cultural & Civic Center, Gloucester, MA
Boston Symphony Orchestra Public Space Expansion Study, Boston, MA
Ogunquit Playhouse, Ogunquit, ME
Performing Arts Center Design Study, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
Gorton Theater Improvements, Gloucester Stage Company, Gloucester, MA
Providence Park, Providence, RI
C. Walsh Theater, Suffolk University, Boston, MA
Sophia Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts Study, Salem State University, Salem, MA
Oceanside Performing Arts Center Design Study, Cape Arts and Entertainment, Hyannis, MA
Cape Conservatory Programming Study, Barnstable, MA
Manchester Community Music School, Manchester, NH
Representative Projects (Dwellings):
Floating Peak Residence, Chestnut Hill, MA
West House, Eastern MA
Phi Beta Epsilon House at MIT, Cambridge, MA
WILLIAM RAWN ASSOCIATES, ARCHITECTS, Boston, MA
Principal in Charge and/or Project Architect/Manager, 1985–2001
Representative Projects:
Seiji Ozawa Hall, Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood, Lenox, MA
Music Center at Strathmore, Baltimore Symphony and Montgomery County, Bethesda, MD
Koka Booth Amphitheater, North Carolina Symphony and Town of Cary, Cary, NC
62 Center for Theater and Dance, Williams College, Williamstown, MA
Glavin Family Chapel, Babson College, Wellesley, MA
Forrestal-Bowld Music Center, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH
Juliet Lyell Staunton Clark Music Center, The Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, NJ
Green Music Center, Santa Rosa Symphony and Sonoma State University, Sonoma, CA
Student Residence Village, Bates College, Lewiston, ME
DreamWorks SKG Headquarters and Production Studios Master Plan, Playa Vista, CA
Studzinski Recital Hall, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
Richard W. Sorenson Center for the Arts, Babson College, Wellesley, MA
Celebration School and Teaching Academy, Walt Disney Company, Celebration, FL
Summit Residences, Trinity College, Hartford, CT
INTERNATIONAL LABORATORY OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN, Milan, Italy
Team Architect, 1984
Master Plan Ex Breda, Pistoia, Italy
ARCHITECTURAL AND THEATRICAL DESIGN, Cambridge, MA
Principal, 1981–83
Representative Projects:
The Bang Studio Residence, Woodshole, MA
The Ice Breaker, New Rep Theatre, Watertown, MA
Transformation Pending, Concord Academy, Concord, MA
Bent, New Ehrlich Theatre, Boston, MA
Landscape and Legacies, Strand Theater, Boston, MA
The Divine’s, New Ehrlich Theatre, Boston, MA
Voices, New Ehrlich Theatre, Boston, MA
Jaque Brel is Alive and Well in Paris, New Ehrlich Theatre, Boston, MA
Education
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Cambridge, MA
MArch, 1981; BSAD, 1977
Chandler Prize, 1981 and Chamberlain Prize, 1980
Teaching Assistant for Giancarlo de Carlo, 1980
Teaching Assistant for Gerhard Kallman, 1979
Grant recipient of the Grunsfeld Fund & Undergraduate Research Program, 1975
HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN, Cambridge, MA
Design Studio, 1979
Design project selected for GSD Archives, 1979, Harvard University
INTERNATIONAL LABORATORY OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN, Urbino, Italy
Design Workshop, 1977
Teaching
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Cambridge, MA
Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, 2002–8
Upper-Level Undergraduate Design Studios and Thesis Preparation
Exhibits
Mercury Gallery, 2011, Deborah Epstein Woven Work/Alan Joslin Sketchbooks
Nude in the Landscape, MIT 1974
Lectures
The Acoustical Society of America Conference, 2008, Architectural Acoustics
Boston Society of Architects, 2008, Mentoring: It’s Okay to Share
Stained Glass Association of America, 2004, Marriage of Art and Architecture: The Glavin Chapel Loomis
Chaffee School Faculty Day Keynote, 2003, The Design Challenge of the Classroom
AIA New England Conference, 2001, The Forrestal-Bowld Music Center, Phillips Exeter Academy
USITT Conference, 2001, Honor Award Case Study Presentation
Juries
202 BSA/AIA New York Housing Design Awards
1997 AIA Philadelphia Chapter Design Awards
1996 AIA Orlando Chapter Design Awards
Guest Critic: Design Studios
MIT, Yale, Mass College of Art and Design, Roger Williams College, Wentworth Institute, Boston University School for the Arts, and the Boston Architectural Center
Community Affiliations
AIA and Boston Society of Architects, Member
Riverside Implementation Committee, Member, 2004–present
Kerry Corner Improvement Association, Representative, 2002–03 & 2023-24
Kerem Shalom Building Committee, Consultant, 2002
Cambridgeport School Long Range Planning Committee, Chairman, 1995–7
Registration
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Licensed in the states of Massachusetts (6997), Maine (3049), and Connecticut (13166)