Frank Martinez
Teaching Area:
Architectural Design, Drawing
Current Courses:
ARC 503 Architectural Design & Theory III, ARC 610 Thesis Design Studio
ARC 102 Architectural Design II: Human Component, ARC 111 Drawing I Methods I
Education:
Master in Architecture, Princeton University, 1991
Bachelor of Architecture, University of Miami, 1987
Teaching and Administrative Experience:
Associate Professor, University of Miami School of Architecture, 2003-present
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (secondary appointment), Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami School of Medicine, 2004-present
Professional Experience:
As a founder and design partner in Martinez & Alvarez Architecture, Inc., Buildings and Master Plans include Florida Memorial College Master Plan & Selected Buildings, Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart Master Planning, Science Hall & Library Building, Miami, Florida. Private Residences include, McCormick Residence in Boston, Massachusetts, Old Baptist Church Restoration & Residential Conversion in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. Houses for New Urbanist towns include: Windsor, Tannin & Alys Beach.
Publications:
Szapocznik, J., Lombard, J., Martinez, F., Mason, C.A., Gorman-Smith, D., Plater-Zyberk, E., Brown, S.C., & Spokane, A. (2006). The impact of the built environment on children’s school grades: The role of diversity of use in a Hispanic neighborhood. *_American Journal of Community Psychology_, 38, 299-310.
Szapocznik, J., Spokane, A. R., Lombard, J., Martinez, F., Mason, C., Brown, S. C., Cruza-Guet, M. C., & Brandt Greenfeld, R. (2006). Designing healthy communities: The culture-centered science of built environment behavior and health. *In S. Quraeshi (Ed.) Re-imagining the West Grove (pp. 164-175). Washington, DC: Spacemaker.
“Building Types: Compound – Dos Rios Master Plan” New American Urbanism: Reforming the Suburban Metropolis. By John A. Dutton, Italy: Skira editore S.p.A. 2000
“The Traditionalists: Caruncho, Martinez & Alvarez Architects,” Barreneche, Raul A. May 1999. Architecture P.132-35 (Theme issue dedicated to young firms; article on the recent work of Frank Martinez, Ana Alvarez and Juan Caruncho)
“Gray & Johnson Residence” Jaroslavsky, Gabriel, January 1999 “Residencia Gray & Johnson,” Casas International P.64-67. Tannin, Alabama
“Gray & Johnson Residence” Landis, Dylan, June 1995. “Embracing Sea & Sky,” American Homestyle, p. 34-9. Tannin, Alabama
Service:
Moderator: ACSA Southeast Regional Conference: “Between First and Third Worlds” 1999, San Juan, Puerto Rico, October 1999
Moderator: ACSA International Conference “Constructing a Sustainable World”, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 1998
Moderator: Urban Community Service Program National Conference, U.S. Department of Education Workshops & Moderator of Workshop: “The Relationship between Town &Gown” San Francisco, California, Feb. 18-20, 1998
Home Ownership Advisory Board, City of Miami: East Little Havana, 2004-present
ADRAC: Miami-Dade Housing Finance Authority – Architectural Design and Review Committee, 2002-present
Alabama AIA Awards Juror, 2001