Background
Friedman, Jonathan Block was born on January 14, 1946 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Charles and Bernice Block Friedman.
Friedman, Jonathan Block was born on January 14, 1946 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Charles and Bernice Block Friedman.
Diplomate in Architecture, Cambridge University, 1967—1968. Bachelor cum laude, Princeton University, 1963—1967. Master of Architecture, Princeton University, 1967—1970.
Summer intern The Office of Mayor John Lindsay, New York City, 1968. Architectural designer Richard Meier and Associates, 1969. Editor Big Rock Candy Mountain Portola Institute, Menlo Park, California, 1970.
Project architect Jules Gregory Fellow of the American Institute of Architects at Uniplan, Princeton, New Jersey, 1971. Garden designer/builder Richard W. Painter, Landscape Designer, Lake Oswego, Oregon, 1972. Job captain Kimura Garfinkel Architects, Palo Alto, California, 1973.
Assistant professor of architecture University of Kentucky, 1973—1978. Architectural designer Kibbutz Degania, Israel, 1974. Associate professor of architecture University of Kentucky, 1979—1980, professor of architecture, 1980—1983, New York Institute of Technology, since 1991, dean, school of architecture and design, 1992—2000.
Invited speaker French National Space Agency, 1981, International Conference on Energy Efficient Buildings with Earth Sheltered Protection, Sydney, 1983. Colloquium presenter Mathematics Department, California State University, 1985. Invited member of the science committee International Joint Conference on Computer-aided Design and Robotics in Architecture and Construction, Marseilles, 1986.
Poster paper presenter 14th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of the Environment, San Jose, Costa Rica, 1990. Keynote speaker Seventh National Conference on The Beginning Design Student, Santa Fe, 1990. Invited critic University of Washington, School of Architecture, 1990, University of Pa, Graduate School of Architecture, 1991.
Keynote speaker American Institute of Architects, Long Island Chapter, Carle Place, New York, 1992. Conference organizer, environmental education and awareness symposium New York State Department of Environmental Protection, 1996. Fellow Institute for Urban Design, New York City, since 1999.
Plenary panelist 16th National Conference on the Beginning Design Student, Las Vegas, 1999. Senior consultant planning Nassau County, New York.
Married Marilyn Turtz, July 1, 1982. Children: Charles Michael, David Lawrence.