Background
Robertson, Jaquelin Taylor was born on March 20, 1933 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Walter Spencer and Mary Dade (Taylor) Robertson.
Robertson, Jaquelin Taylor was born on March 20, 1933 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Walter Spencer and Mary Dade (Taylor) Robertson.
Bachelor cum laude, Yale University, New Haven, 1955. Master of Architecture, Yale University, New Haven, 1961. Bachelor, Oxford University, 1957.
Architectural designer Sir Leslie Martin, Cambridge, England, 1961—1962, Edward Barnes Associates, New York City, 1963—1966. Lecturer architecture Yale University, 1964—1965, Columbia University, New York City, 1965—1967. Principal urban designer New York City Planning Commission, 1967—1969.
Director Office Midtown Planning and Development, New York City, 1969—1972. Lecturer The New School, 1973. City planning commissioner New York City, 1973—1975.
Vice president Arlen Realty Development, New York City, 1974—1975. Managing director Llewelyn-Davies Va Shoraka, Tehran, Iran, 1975—1977. Chairman Llewelyn-Davies Associates, New York City, 1977—1978.
Principal Jaquelin Taylor Robertson Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, 1978—1980, Design Development Resources, New York City, 1980—1988, Eisenman-Robertson Architects, New York City, 1980—1988. Dean School Architecture University Virginia, Charlottesville, 1980—1988, Commonwealth professor architecture, 1985—1990. Partner Cooper, Robertson & Partners, New York City, since 1988.
Visiting faculty member Salzburg Seminar, Austria, 1974. Visiting professor architectural design Rhode Island School Design, Providence, 1979. William Henry Bishop professor Yale University, 1980, William B. and Charlotte Shepherd Davenport professor, 2004.
Chairman policy panel Design Arts Program National Endowment for Arts, 1979—1983. Member art and architecture review council State of Virginia, 1982—1988. Member visiting committee Harvard Graduate School Design, 1983—1988.
Advisor Aga Khan Program for Study of Islamic Art & Architecture Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1983—1990. Trustee Institute Architecture and Urban Studies, New York City, 1984—1985, Virginia Museum Fine Arts, 1985—1990. Founder Jeffersonian Restoratiorn Advisory Board University Virginia, 1985.
Founder Mayor's Institute City Design, Washington, 1986. Member Congress for New Urbanism, 1993. Board directors Parks Council, New York City, 1971—1975, Municipal Arts Society, New York City, 1971—1975, Architectural League New York, 1972—1975, 1979—1981.
Board directors Center for Study of America Architecture Columbia University, 1984—1987. Fellow: American Institute of Architects, American Institute Certified Planners. Member: American Planning Association, Maidstone Club, Easthampton, New York, Pundits, University Yale, Bullingdon Club, University Oxford, Knickerbocker Club, New York City (board governors since 2004), St. Anthony Hall, University Yale, Torch.
Honorary Society, University Yale.
Married Marianne Neese, September 15, 1962.