Janis Helen Hall

Background

Hall, Janis Helen was born on December 15, 1952 in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Norman Bell and Helen Grace (Tillis) Hall.

Education

Student, Dartmouth College, 1974. Bachelor magna cum laude, Mount Holyoke College, 1975. Postgraduate, Cambridge University, England, 1976.

Master in Architecture, Harvard University, 1981.

Career

Apprentice to, Isamu Noguchi, New York City, 1975; design associate, A.E. Bye Association, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1984-1988; principal, Janis Hall, New York City, since 1986; partner, A.E. Bye and Janis Hall, New York, Ridgefield, Connecticut, since 1988; design critic, The Cooper Union, New York City, since 1990; Adjunct Professor architectural and environmental design department, Parsons School of Design, New York City, since 1991. Artist/designer various environmental artworks and landscapes, since 1985.

Achievements

• Janis Helen Hall has been listed as a notable landscape designer, architect, artist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Parks Council. Member Architectural League New York (Young Architects Forum Competition winner 1991), Municipal Art Society, Phi Beta Kappa.

Interests

• Travel, reading, taking long walks.

Connections

Father:

Norman Bell Hall

Mother:

Helen Grace (Tillis) Hall