Françoise Astorg Bollack

Education

• Diplôme d’Architecte from the École Spéciale d’Architecture in Paris, 1969
• Studied at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts with George Candilis
• Worked in Paris for Marot-Tremblot Associés and for Marcel Astorg Architecte.
• Worked in Mexico City for the architect Juan Sordo Madaleno, 1970

Life and work in New York City: 1970-present

• I.M. Pei & Partners
• Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
• Mitchell Giurgola
• Ulrich Franzen as the design coordinator for the Philip Morris Headquarters at 120 Park Avenue, from programming to the building’s completion.

• 1981: founded Françoise Bollack Architects, at the time, one of very few architectural firms founded and headed exclusively by a woman
• 1985: associate professor in the Preservation Program of the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at Columbia University.

• Restoration and additions at the New York State Capitol in Albany
• Adaptive reuse of a 19th-century school in Greenwich Village for the Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center
• Chesterwood Museum Shop and Visitor Center in Stockbridge, Massachusetts
• Numerous restoration and new designs for historic apartment building lobbies & renovation/restoration of high-end apartments in New York City.

• Village Award from the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation
• Certificate of Merit from the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission
• Lucy Moses Award from the New York Landmarks Conservancy
• Citation of Merit from the Victorian Society of America
• Certificate of Merit from the Municipal Art Society: read article here

• Award of Merit from the American Institute of Architects in 2003

• Historic Preservation Book Prize, 2014, awarded by The University of Mary Washington Center for Historic Preservation

• Served at the City and State levels of the American Institute of Architects
• Served on the boards of Landmark West!, the Architectural League and the Neighborhood Preservation Center
• President of the Historic Districts Council, a citywide non-profit preservation organization, from 2011 to 2014, initiating a Preservation Design Award program, the popular "6 To Celebrate" program, publishing District Lines and heading a task force to preserve the historic buildings in East Midtown Manhattan.

Architectural work in publications

• " ", article by Kristen Richards in archnewsnow.com; 05/01/2004,"Democratic Process - At The Refurbished New York State Capitol, Françoise Bollack Gives Each Design Challenge Its Own Voice," article by Anna Holtzman, Architecture; 02/2005
• ."Portraits Françoise Bollack, Choisie pour la Rehabilitation du Capitole de l'Etat de New York: Une Architecte Engagee", Article by Catya Martin In France-Amerique #1651, 01/2004
• "", Print & Web Issue of ABLE The Newspaper Positively For, By & About The Disabled, 11/2003
• "Capitol Improvements," article by Ned Depew, In The Berkshire Home Style, 10/2003

• Chesterwood Museum Shop and Visitor Center reviewed in, by Deyan Ranko Brashich, published by New Meridian Arts, 2017.
• Chesterwood Barn Gallery & Museum Shop Published In The Monthly Building Type Studies: Adaptive Reuse. February 2004

• "", Feature article by Fred Bernstein in GENRE Magazine, November 200
• NEW YORK NOW, an exhibition of recent work at the AIA New York Chapter; May 2005L.G.B.T. Center Celebrates 20 Years In The Village; The Villager June 18–24, 2003 issue.A Community Center Restored, The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center, New York, NY, Clem Labine's Traditional Building, November 2001
• "The Center Welcomes NYers Home" New York Blade News, July 20, 2001
• "Coming To Fruition," OUT Magazine

• "Roosevelt Island Housing," Competitions 1968-2000, Francoise Astorg Bollack, Tom Killian, LULU Press, 2017
• "Les Halles, Paris," Competitions 1968-2000, Francoise Astorg Bollack, Tom Killian, LULU Press, 2017
• "'Manhattan Parks': Savannah Grid for New York," Competitions 1968-2000, Francoise Astorg Bollack, Tom Killian, LULU Press, 2017
• "A Monument for Melbourne," Competitions 1968-2000, Francoise Astorg Bollack, Tom Killian, LULU Press, 2017
• "The Times Tower Competition, New York," Competitions 1968-2000, Francoise Astorg Bollack, Tom Killian, LULU Press, 2017
• "Clemson University Performing Arts Center," Competitions 1968-2000, Francoise Astorg Bollack, Tom Killian, LULU Press, 2017
• "East Hampton Airport," Competitions 1968-2000, Francoise Astorg Bollack, Tom Killian, LULU Press, 2017
• "Designing The High Line - Ideas For Reclaiming 1.5 Miles Of Manhattan"

• , New York Magazine, May 2014
• Apartment Renovation and Restoration, Part &, Desire To Inspire, 2010
• , Habitat Magazine, October 2009
• Designed By Françoise Bollack Architects Featured In June 2006 Issue Of Interior Design

Books and articles

• 1988:, Co-authored with Joselita Raspi-Serra and Tom Killian, with Paolo Mascilli-Migliorini & Nicoletta Zanni, Modena Italy, Edizioni Panini, 1988
• 1995: , co-authored with Tom Killian, New York: Acanthus Press, 1995.
• 2005: Bunshaft House Threatened, published in DoCoMoMo, National News, summer 2005, co-authored with Tom Killian, New York: Acanthus Press, 1995
• 2012: Françoise Bollack Architects: Public Work, Françoise Bollack Architects, LULU Press, 2012
• 2013: Françoise Bollack Architects: Private Work, Françoise Bollack Architects, LULU Press, 2013
• 2013: ', The Monacelli Press, 2013
• 2014: Published in the Historical Districts Council’s District Lines, Spring 2014
• 2014: AIA NY Oculus Book Review Of Old Building New Forms
• 2015: by the Museum of the City of New York and the Monacelli Press on the 50th anniversary of the New York City Landmarks Law.
• 2015:
• 2016: Old Cities – New Forms: A Letter from New York published in l’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui #AA412 as Tissu Ancien – Formes Nouvelles.
• 2016: ', published in AREA
• 2017: Competitions 1968-2000, Francoise Astorg Bollack, Tom Killian, LULU Press, 2017
• of ''Old Building New Forms.''

Lectures and interviews

• , Old Buildings New Forms: New Directions in Architectural Transformations, NYCxDESIGN 2014, AIA New York, May 12, 2014Old Buildings | New Forms, '', February 23, 2015Old Buildings | New Forms, February 25, 2015Old Buildings – New Forms,, February 2014
• : Old Buildings New Forms, Nov. 20, 2013
• Breathe Deeply - Why Old Buildings Are Green, Lecture on the relationship between sustainability and living in historic buildings for a symposium organized by Landmark West! The Committee to Preserve the Upper West Side
• AIA NY Oculus, May 30, 2014
• By Susan Kathryn Hefti, in The Preservation Diaries In The Clyde Fitch Report.
• , Françoise Bollack's And Tom Killian's By Fred Bernstein, April 22, 2007
• On CNBC About The Museum Of Modern Art's Exhibit "Tall Buildings", Interview excerpted and published in BATIWEB, July 2004 read the here
• Substitute Materials- Faux Or No? Interview published in District Lines the newsletter of the Historic Districts Council, May 2004. Read the article here
• History As Prelude: Modern Interventions In Historic Context. The Morgan Library, New York City; Respondent, February 19, 2003

• CBC Radio Canada "Indicatif Present," Interview by Jean Claude Marsan, March 10, 2003
• CNBC : "Telejournal Le Point", September 11, 2002, September 10, 2002
• "INDICATIF>PASSE>PRESENT>FUTUR SHOW," TF 1 Television Française; August 8, 2002"Where Are We Now?"'' Radio Canada 2PM "Le Quebec en Direct", March 11, 2002
• CBC Radio Canada Roundtable discussion with Françoise Bollack and Phyllis Lambert, hosted by Pierre Maisonneuve, March 11, 2002, 7:45 PM