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Frank Mruk

Frank Mruk is an architect,[1] author, artist and strategist.[2][3][4][5] His research explores the nature of strategy in the creative pursuit of competitive advantage and innovation.[6] He served as the executive director of the New York Center for Strategic Innovation[7] and the Boston Center for Smart Building Technology.[8][9][10] [11][12][13]

Frank Mruk
Born
Buffalo, NY
NationalityAmerican
Alma materPratt Institute
University of Oxford
Pace University
OccupationArchitect / Strategist
AwardsMorse Stone Fellowship (2023)
American Institute of Architects Fellowship (2015)
Strategic Planning Society Fellowship (2012)
PracticeEmre Arolat Architects (2017–2019)
NY-CSI (2012–present)
DMA (2009–2012)

Education

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He was educated at Pratt Institute, Pace University and at the University of Oxford. He has taught at the School of Visual Arts, the Rhode Island School of Design, Roger Williams University, the Parsons School of Design, New York University, and at the New York Institute of Technology[14] where he served as associate dean for the School of Architecture and Design[15][16][17] and has been a lecturer/visiting critic at the WE School, the United Nations, Oxford Brooks University, the University of Chile, the Fashion Institute of Technology, MIT, Columbia University, Harvard University[18] and at Yale University.[19] In 2021, he was ranked by Academic Influence in the top 1% in the world in both the Architecture and Engineering professions.[20]

Frank studied with Lebbeus Woods and Raimund Abraham. He also worked for Cuban cinematographer Nestor Almendros during the filming of Heartburn with Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson. He spent 10 years working on Wall Street for Maurice Greenberg at American International Group and later at Morgan Stanley, and in professional practice for the Aga Kahn (AKAA) winning Architect Emre Arolat[21] and earlier for William Breger, past Dean of the New York School of Interior Design.

Career

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He has consulted for the Rhode Island Office of Innovation, Apple Computer and has served as President of the RI American Institute of Architects, the NY Association for Strategic Planning, and the NY Construction Specifications Institute. Frank was elevated to Fellowship in both the Strategic Planning Society and the American Institute of Architects.[22][23] He has been a frequent lecturer on the topics of strategy and innovation.[24][25] He co-authored two of the world's largest and most influential standards for Competitive Advantage and Strategic Management, the Association for Strategic Planning's Strategic Planning and Strategic Management Body of Knowledge and its Certification Exam Study Guide and the Institute for Management Accounting's Certified in Strategy and Competitive Analysis program.[26]

He has been a vocal contributor to numerous efforts focused on the rethinking of suburbia,[27][28] the profession[29] and on issues of design practice.[30][31][32][33][34] Mruk is also known for his efforts on transforming the built environment via competitions,[35][36][37][38] sustainability and resiliency efforts,[39][40][41][42] and international urban interventions,[43][44] including representing the U.S. at two major interdesigns: Sweden's City Move in 2009[45] and Mumbai's Humanizing the Metropolis in 2014. In 2015–2016, he worked on the restoration of Le Corbusier's Villa Stein outside of Paris with Judith Dimaio and NYIT students, assisting Pierre Antoine Gaiter, Chief Architect for the Monuments of France.[46] He has been an organizer, contributor and speaker at numerous events: TEDx,[47] DESIGNxRI,[48] TEDxNYIT,[49][50] TEDxFallRiver,[51] TEDxUCONN [52] and the TED Global Oxford conference in 2009.[53]

Bibliography

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  • Co-Author, Association for Strategic Planning (ASP) Body of Knowledge 2.0 – Guide to the Strategic Planning and Strategic Management Body of Knowledge. 2015 Second Edition. Association for Strategic Planning.
  • Contributor to Harriss, H., & Widder, L., Architecture live projects: Pedagogy into practice. 2014. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-4157-3352-6
  • Co-Author, Association for Strategic Planning (ASP) Certification Exam Study Guide. 2011 Second Edition. Strategy Professional Resource Center. ISBN 978-0-6154-7493-9

Notes

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  1. ^ New York, Institute of Technology (February 17, 2017). "NYIT's Mruk Elevated to AIA College of Fellows". NYIT. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
  2. ^ Tell, Alexandra (December 3, 2014). "2014 AIA Deans Roundtable". AIA. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  3. ^ Pezzillo, Jacqueline (November 23, 2011). "AIA Deans Roundtable". AIA. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  4. ^ Mruk, Frank (2016). "Energy Conference Speaker Profiles". NYIT. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  5. ^ Mruk, Frank (2016). "Education Unleashed". AIA YAF. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  6. ^ Boston Society Architecture (December 1, 2016). "Disrupting Deprofessionalization with Design". No. December 2016. BSAS. BSA Blog. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
  7. ^ Linton, Cynie. "Does Your Innovation Strategy Need an Innovation Strategy?". Construction Specifications Institute. CSI. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  8. ^ Leiber, Nick (March 29, 2020). "Curing Hospitals Addiction to the Fossil Fuels that Make People Sick". Boston Globe. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
  9. ^ Patterson, Kenneal (February 5, 2020). "RCC Unveils Smart Building Technology Center". Bay State Banner. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
  10. ^ Kail, Benjamin (May 3, 2021). "Sen. Ed Markey: Proposed 1.5 million-member Civilian Climate Corps invests in planet-saving jobs in communities like Roxbury, Dorchester Center". Mass Live. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
  11. ^ Carlson, Scott (October 5, 2022). "Building Tomorrow's Workforce: Spotlight Roxbury Community College Trains Students for The Green Economy". Chronicle of higher Education. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  12. ^ Limpantoudis, Evangelos (January 12, 2022). "E22:Training the Workforce for the Hybrid Professions of Tomorrow". Impact Ventures. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  13. ^ Haynes, Candace (October 21, 2021). "Boston Center for Smart Building Technology". Association of Control Professionals. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  14. ^ Harriss, Harriet (2014). Architecture Live Projects: Pedagogy into Practice. Routledge. ISBN 978-0415733526.
  15. ^ Wenk, Jocelyn (February 19, 2014). "Inside the New American Dream: Q&A with Architect Frank Mruk". Build a Better Burb. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  16. ^ Guiliano, Edward (May 1, 2014). "Faculty Scholars" (PDF). NYIT. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  17. ^ Guiliano, Edward. "Presidents Award". NYIT. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  18. ^ "Growing Green Jobs". Harvard University. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  19. ^ Yale, School of Architecture (March 21, 2018). "Final reviews at the Advanced Studio". Emre Arolat Architecture. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
  20. ^ Mruk, Frank. "Influence Rankings by Discipline". Academic Influence. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
  21. ^ Oxford, University. "RIBA 20 top international buildings of 2018". Oxford University Business Alumni Network. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
  22. ^ Szczepanski, Mallory (February 6, 2015). "AIA Elevates 147 Members to its College of Fellows". Contract Design. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  23. ^ Johnson, Sara (February 6, 2015). "American Institute of Architects Names New Members of the College of Fellows". No. February 2015. AIA. Journal of the AIA. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  24. ^ IMA, ACE2018 (June 7, 2018). "Rearchitecting the way your company thinks about strategy and innovation". Speaker Hub. Retrieved January 29, 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  25. ^ Boston, CSI (September 15, 2017). "Does your innovation strategy need an innovation strategy?". CSI Boston. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
  26. ^ Mruk, Frank (April 11, 2011). Association for Strategic Planning (ASP) Certification Exam Study Guide. Strategy Professional Resource Center. ISBN 9780615474939. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  27. ^ Fischler, Marcelle (July 9, 2010). "Building a Better Suburb". New York Times. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  28. ^ NYIT, Events (April 20, 2016). "Frank Mruk and Alexandra Wolfe: Long Island Visions of Exurbia". NYIT. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  29. ^ Mruk, Frank (June 12, 2018). "Architectural Licensing Needs a Gut Rehab". Wall Street Journal.
  30. ^ Loria, Keith (December 12, 2013). "issue_id":190421,"view":"articleBrowser","article_id":"1599922"} "Visionaries of Architecture". Bespoke Magazine: 55. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  31. ^ Stoller-Conrad, Jessica (August 23, 2012). "Office Noises Can Sap Your Concentration". National Public Radio. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  32. ^ Perlman, Matthew (June 24, 2014). "Brooklyn Cleans up at Architecture Awards". Brooklyn Paper. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  33. ^ Bortolot, Lana (March 19, 2014). "Why It's Time to Redesign the Way We Think About Office Space". Entrepreneur Magazine (March 2014). Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  34. ^ Cotsalas, Valerie (June 17, 2007). "The Green Home of Their Dreams". New York Times. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  35. ^ Staff, Inhabitat (October 14, 2013). "INTERVIEW: ORLI's Daniel Horn Wants Flood-Resilient Homes for All Coastal Communities Around the World". Inhabitat. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
  36. ^ Polsky, Carol (June 29, 2010). "23 finalists chosen in Build a Better Burb contest". Newsday. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  37. ^ Stoelker, Tom (December 7, 2010). "Hangar Selected for Intrepid". Architects Newspaper. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  38. ^ Dembo, Ron. "Zero Footprint Competition". Akichiatlas.com. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
  39. ^ Bullivant, Lucy (August 29, 2023). Recoded City: Co-Creating Urban Futures. Routledge. ISBN 978-1138819801.
  40. ^ Platt, Tevah (September 18, 2008). "Can they work wonders on Staten Island's waterfront?". Staten Island Advance. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  41. ^ Napolitano, Jo (March 31, 2014). "Sandy recovery focus of regional meeting". Newsday. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  42. ^ Young, Michelle (October 10, 2013). "TEDxNYIT at MetaResiliency". Untapped Cities. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  43. ^ Mruk, Frank. "Sustainable MegaCities" (PDF). NYIT. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  44. ^ de Muynck, Bert (April 7, 2010). "Nanjing: Think Green Global Forum". Moving Cities. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  45. ^ Dickinson, Elizabeth (October 6, 2010). "The Pit That Swallowed a City". Architect. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  46. ^ Mruk, Frank. "Restoration of Le Corbusier's Villa Stein". NYIT. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  47. ^ Mruk, Frank. "TEDxNYIT". NYIT. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  48. ^ Davis, Catherine. "The Art of Praxis". Architecture.com. RIBA. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
  49. ^ NYIT, TEDxNYIT (April 2014). "Meta Resiliency". NYIT. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  50. ^ NYIT, TEDxNYIT (April 2015). "Harmonic Tectonics". NYIT. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  51. ^ Fall River, TEDxFallRiver (September 2018). "Hindsight-Foresight". TEDx. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  52. ^ UCONN, TEDxUCONN (April 2023). "All Hands on Deck". TEDx. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  53. ^ Davidson, Duncan (July 24, 2009). "TED Session 11: Cities Past and Future". TED. Ted Conference. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
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