Background
Bobrow, Michael Lawrence was born on April 18, 1939 in New York City. Son of Jack and Ruth (Gureasko) Bobrow.
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architecture
master planning
- ucla campus; multiple master planning studies including the new medical center, the new graduate school of management and the original campus center updating which incorporated the newly discovered arroyo bridge, the ordinal structure on campus and its modification as an iconic center for the campus and its reuse as a new campus museum. (these projects and others were incorporated into the upda...)
Other Work
- Principal works include City of Hope National Medical Center, Cook County Hospital, Prototype Campus California State University, Channel Islands, Motion Picture and television Hospital, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Otis College Art & Design, VA Los Angeles Clinic, St. Lukes Medical Center, Camp Pendleton Naval Hospital, Shriners Hospital, University of California at Los Angeles Arroyo Bridge, Beckman Research Laboratory, others. Contributor articles to professional journals.
Michael Lawrence Bobrow
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Bachelor of Architecture, Columbia University, 1963.
Career
Senior architect Office Surgeon General/United States Air Force, Washington, 1963-1966. Director architect Medical Planning Associate, Malibu, California, 1966-1972. Founder, chairman, design partner Bobrow/Thomas & Associates, Los Angeles, 1972.
Founder, coordinator programs in health complex facilities design University of California at Los Angeles Graduate School Architect and Urban Planning, 1972-1980. Adjunct professor University of California at Los Angeles Graduate School Public Health, deans advisory board. Chairman University of California at Los Angeles, Columbia University International Hospital Design Competition.
Trustee Otis College Art & Design. Chairman board Arts and Architect Magazine.
Achievements
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Registered architect in California with national certification from ncarb and licenses among other states in washington, oregon, arizona, illinois and new york and practice in hong kong, shanghai, philippines and numerous projects for the united states air force surgeon general, the army corps of engineers, the naval facilities engineering command and the veterans administration.
Works
architecture
master planning
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ucla campus; multiple master planning studies including the new medical center, the new graduate school of management and the original campus center updating which incorporated the newly discovered arroyo bridge, the ordinal structure on campus and its modification as an iconic center for the campus and its reuse as a new campus museum.
(these projects and others were incorporated into the upda...)
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Other Work
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Principal works include City of Hope National Medical Center, Cook County Hospital, Prototype Campus California State University, Channel Islands, Motion Picture and television Hospital, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Otis College Art & Design, VA Los Angeles Clinic, St. Lukes Medical Center, Camp Pendleton Naval Hospital, Shriners Hospital, University of California at Los Angeles Arroyo Bridge, Beckman Research Laboratory, others. Contributor articles to professional journals.
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active in the direction of several nonprofit institutions as board member and chair including graduate schools at ucla, my st mary’s college and otis college of design and planning. among the most significant contributions was accomplished while president of the friends of the schindler house and providing funding for its purchase and preservation until awarded a major preservation grant from the state of california.
further innovative work included the relocation and master plan for otis college and as the first campus architect and planner for the newest cal state university and campus- csuci channel islands. where the several hundred acre former state mental facility was converted and expanded into an advanced center for higher education.
Membership
President The Friends of the Schindler House, Los Angeles, 1978-1979. Director American Hospital Association Annual Design Institute. Chairman strategic planning and design committee Westwood Village Business Improvement District.
Chairman Hospital Council Southern California Seismic Design Institute, 1994. Fellow American Institute of Architects (co-chairman committee on architect for health special task force on capital reimbursement since 1983, National and Regional Design awards). Member Beverly Hills Tennis Club.
Connections
Married Julia Dessery Thomas, March 24, 1980. Children by previous marriage: Elizabeth, Erica, David. 1 stepchild, Leslie Thomas.
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Nationality
American
Education
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1963
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1971 - 1972
Career
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1963 - 1966
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1966 - 1972
Awards
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Named one of Outstanding Architects Under 40, Building Design and Construction Magazine, 1978. Recipient Preservation award Los Angeles Conservancy to the Friends of Schindler House, 1982.Named one of Outstanding Architects Under 40, Building Design and Construction Magazine, 1978. Recipient Preservation award Los Angeles Conservancy to the Friends of Schindler House, 1982.
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Lifetime Achievement Award, U.S.A.
Michael Bobrow was awarded with his partner Julia Thomas a Lifetime Achievement Awards for their contributions to healthcare facility design by the California Council of the American Institute Of Architects, 2018.Michael Bobrow was awarded with his partner Julia Thomas a Lifetime Achievement Awards for their contributions to healthcare facility design by the California Council of the American Institute Of Architects, 2018.