CLIFFORD PEARSON
2 Grove Street, #5A
New York, N.Y. 10014
(646) 853-0744 (mobile)
EDUCATION
Columbia University, New York, N.Y.
M.A. Degree in Architectural History, 10/82
Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
B.A. Degree in Urban Studies and Law, 1/78
EXPERIENCE
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Director of the American Academy in China, and Lecturer in the School of Architecture, 1/16 - present
ARCHITECTURAL RECORD, Deputy Editor in Chief, 2/05 – 12/15.
Previously served as senior editor and associate
editor, 6/89-1/05
Responsible for planning and directing editorial content of the magazine, in conjunction with the editor in chief and two other deputy editors. Edit Record's Chinese edition. Write stories for various sections of the magazine.
ASIA DESIGN FORUM, Director, 6/2010 - present.
One of four directors of the nonprofit think tank, which
organizes events and generates dialogue among architects,
designers, artists, clients, and the general public.
VENICE ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE, Co-curator of the U.S. Pavilion, 9/04 and 9/06
Collaborated with Suzanne Stephens to curate the exhibitions Transcending Type in 2004 and After the Flood: Building on Higher Ground in 2006. Responsible for conceiving and developing the exhibitions, selecting architects to participate, hiring designers, working with the Peggy Guggenheim Museum, raising funds, and overseeing publicity.
BUILDER, Senior Editor, 1/88 -6/89
Responsible for writing features stories and editing the Design section
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EXPERIENCE
CORPORATE DESIGN AND REALTY, Associate Editor, 10/86 - 5/87
VIEW, Associate Editor, 4/85 -11/85
STAMFORD ADVOCATE and GREENWICH TIME,
Architecture Critic, 9/81 -9/86
METROPOLIS, Assistant Editor, 9/81 -7/82
CHAIN DRUG REVIEW, Staff Reporter, 3/79- 8/81
PUBLICATIONS
SHANGHAI: LABORATORY OR CANDY STORE FOR SKYSCRAPER DESIGN?
Essay for catalogue accompanying exhibition Highrise — Idea and Reality at the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich (August 2011 - January 2012)
GOOD DESIGN IN CHINA
Introduction for book published by Liaoning Science & Technology Publishing, 2010
10 IDEAS THAT WILL CHANGE THE WORLD OR NOT
"Hey, Man, Where Did My City Go?," essay on architecture for a book published in Austria by Wolf Theiss Rechtsanwälte, 2007
INDONESIA: DESIGN AND CULTURE
Author of book published by the Monacelli Press, 1998
MODERN AMERICAN HOUSES: FOUR DECADES OF AWARD-WINNING DESIGN IN ARCHITECTURAL RECORD
Author of introduction and editor of book published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1996 and new edition in 2005
SCHOOL WAYS: THE PLANNING AND DESIGN OF AMERICA'S SCHOOLS
Editor of book published by McGraw-Hill and ARCHITECTURAL RECORD, 1993
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Articles for the Arts & Leisure, Home, Real Estate, and Connecticut sections, 1982 - 2002
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PUBLICATIONS
ART & ANTIQUES
Article on museum design, 11/93
THE WASHINGTON POST
Articles for the Weekend section, 1988 –1989
TRAVEL & LEISURE
Article on the architectural follies of England, 11/86
NEW YORK
Article on the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 5/26/80
METROPOLIS
Articles on topics ranging from corporate architecture to zoning and historic preservation, 1981 –1987
CHELSEA-CLINTON NEWS
Occasional contributor, 1982 –1984
MACMILLAN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ARCHITECTS
Biographies of Frei Otto and Paul Schultze-Naumburg
AWARDS/HONORS
MEDIA FELLOW, U.S.-JAPAN FOUNDATION
Two-month fellowship to research “Technology and Tradition in Japanese Architecture,” April-May 2003
AWARDS/HONORS
NATIONAL MAGAZINE AWARD
Award for “General Excellence” to Architectural Record for three issues, including “Architecture for Remembrance”
(July 2002), which I edited
Jesse H. Neal Awards
Numerous awards for articles in Architectural Record, given by the American Business Media association.