Associate Professor Mike Dobbins
Master of Architecture, Yale University, 1965.
B.A., Yale University, 1960.
PROFESSIONAL:
Licensed Architect, California #25430 - Georgia #9657
National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) #20605
Fellow, American Institute of Architects (FAIA)
American Planning Association
American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP)
Urban Land Institute (Steering Committee, Atlanta Council)
Congress for New Urbanism
AIA National Regional and Urban Design Committee, (Chairman 1985 and 1986)
AIA Atlanta Urban Design Committee
EXPERIENCE:
August 2002 - Present
Visiting Associate Professor and TVS Design Critic ('02 - '03), College of Architecture, Georgia Tech (part time instructor of Planning, fall 1996 - spring 2002)
April 2002 - Present
Advisory services agreements with the City of Atlanta and the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority for urban design, transportation and land use programs and projects
June 1996 - April 2002
City of Atlanta
Commissioner, Department of Planning, Development and Neighborhood Conservation
(with responsibility for the City's planning, zoning, housing, building permitting, inspections, code enforcement, human services, and HUD programs, as well as coordination with the Atlanta Development Authority and the Atlanta Housing Authority)
January 1993 - June 1996
University of California at Berkeley
Director of Physical and Environmental Planning
January 1988 - January 1993
City of Birmingham
Director, Department of Urban Planning
PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC ACTIVITIES:
Planning and urban design assistance activities and speaking engagements
(1996 - present, illustrative)
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Resource panelist for "Ten Principles for Successful Development Around Transit," published by the Urban Land Institute (2003)
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Tianjin, China: American Planning Association resource team member for regional
planning technical assistance exchange with Tianjin Planning Institute (2002)
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Resource panelist for Workforce Housing Strategies, Urban Land Institute (2002)
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Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership, board member (1997 - 2002)
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Rotterdam: ULI - The Netherlands, Symposium on Following up the
Big Event - Atlanta, Barcelona, Rotterdam: presenter (2001)
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Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Symposium on City Planning
Practice - Atlanta, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, presenter (2001)
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Atlanta: Institute for Traffic Engineering: Transportation/Land Use Strategies
in Atlanta, presenter (2001)
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Berlin: ULI - Europe Convention: Atlanta since the Olympics, presenter (2001)
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Atlanta: Federal Transit Administration/MARTA Bus Rapid Transit Symposium: BRT
and land use opportunities, presenter (2000)
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Resource panelist for "Reinventing the Commercial Strip," published by the Urban Land
Institute (2000)
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Atlanta: Harvard Club of Georgia: Atlanta - Past, Present and Future, presenter (with
John Portman and David Crane, 1999)
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Birmingham: Birmingham 2025 Symposium: Regional Land Use, Transportation and
Environmental Development Strategies, presenter (1999)
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Atlanta: HUD HOPE VI Convention: HOPE VI and Community Revitalization,
presenter (1999)
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Charlottesville: Mayors Institute on City Design: design team member (1998)
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Boston: American Planning Association Convention: Transportation/Land Use
Alternatives: presenter (with Larry Frank, Hank Dittmar and Brian Leary, 1998)
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Chattanooga: Mayors Institute on City Design, South: design team member (1998)
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AIA Alabama - design awards jury member (1997)
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Atlanta: American Public Transit Association Conference: Prospects for Transit Oriented
Development, presenter (1997)
Planning and urban design assistance activities and speaking engagements
(1992 - 1996, illustrative)
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Charlottesville: Mayors Institute on City Design: design team member (1996)
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Berkeley: Mayors Institute on City Design, West, design team member (1993 - 1995)
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Berkeley: "Environmental Spirit" Symposium, "Place Making," presenter (1995)
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New Haven: "The Future of the American City" Symposium of the New Haven Arts
Council, urban design presenter (with Alex Krieger, Fred Koetter and Alan
Plattus, 1994)
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Seattle: American Collegiate Schools of Architecture National Convention, "Poetics of
Place," responder (with Anne Vernez Moudon, 1993)
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Portland, OR: Institute for Urban Design, "Urban Design in Unlikely Places," presenter
(1993)
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Chicago: American Planning Association, "Using Local Assets in Neighborhood
Planning," presenter (with John McKnight, 1993)
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New Haven: President's Urban Advisory Council, Yale University (1993)
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Birmingham: Presentation and tours on Birmingham neighborhood
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revitalization programs and practices for Atlanta Council members,
neighborhood leaders and city staff (1992-3)
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New Orleans: National League of Cities, Birmingham Urban Design Strategies,
presenter (1992)
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Chicago: American Planning Association: Steering Committee member,
"Agenda for America's Communities" (1992-3)
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Savannah: forum on downtown planning and urban design, for
Mayor Susan Weiner and downtown development interests, supported by
the Mayors Institute on City Design and National Endowment for the Arts, presenter (1993)
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Florence, AL: program for Alabama, Tennessee, and Mississippi chapters of
American Planning Association, presenter (1992)
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Owensboro, KY: lecture and training program for Mayor David Adkisson, downtown development interests and city staff (1992)
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Chattanooga: programs for Tennessee AIA and APA State Councils,
presenter (1992)
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Louisville: lecture and professional exchange for AIA Central Kentucky
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Chapter, and city and county elected officials and staff (1992)
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Jackson, MS: lecture and downtown development program for Mississippi
State University School of Architecture, Jackson Center, and downtown
development interests (1992)
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New Orleans: Mayors Institute on City Design, South, design faculty member
(1991 and 1992)
PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS (illustrative)
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Renaissance Policy Board Report (writer and editor, with David Sjoquist), City of
Atlanta, 1998
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"Sprawl Things Considered," (with Margaret P. Dobbins), "American City and County,"
September 1997
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"Urban Design and Urban Life," a panel paper given with Fred Koetter, Alex Krieger
and Alan J. Plattus at "The Future of the American City" symposium, sponsored and published by the Alliance for Architecture, New Haven, Connecticut, February 1994
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"City Catalyst," by Lynn Nesmith, about my role in Birmingham, "Architecture," May 1992
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"In Birmingham, Design Counts" (with Margaret P. Dobbins) on the role of design
in Birmingham's planning process in Planning, published by the
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American Planning Association, January 1992
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"Birmingham Plans" - comprehensive plan for Birmingham, director and principal
author, 1992
AWARDS AND HONORS (illustrative)
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American Institute of Architects, Atlanta Chapter, Ivan Allen, Sr. award, 2002
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Proclamation from the City of Atlanta in recognition of service as Commissioner of
Planning (2002)
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Proclamation from the board of the Georgia Department of Transportation in recognition
of service as City of Atlanta Commissioner of Planning (2002)
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Phoenix Award for service to the City of Atlanta (1997 and 2001)
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Numerous awards and recognitions from community, civic, non-profit and professional
organizations in Atlanta (1996 -2002)
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National Preservation Honor Award, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1993,
(with others) for the creation of the Birmingham Civil Rights District
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American Planning Association: Alabama Chapter award for Oxmoor planning process, including inter-jurisdictional and private-public collaboration
and performance based zoning ordinance, 1992
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Inducted to College of Fellows of American Institute of Architects, 1992
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Birmingham Chamber of Commerce Award for Birmingham's Urban Design Progra (program director), 1991