University of Miami School of Architecture 

Faculty

Part-Time Faculty

  • Nelson Alvarez
  • Wyn Bradley
  • Juan Calvo
  • Wendy Caraballo
  • Carlos Casuscelli
  • Gerald De Marco
  • Sebastian Eilert
  • Ted Evangelakis
  • Steve Fett
  • Rafael Fornes
  • Christopher Groves
  • Jeffrey Howard
  • Adam Krantz
  • Ricardo Lopez
  • Oscar Machado
  • Armando Montero
  • Stephen Nostrand
  • Joachim Perez
  • Carlos Ramirez
  • Edgar Sarli
  • Victor Santana
  • David Trautman

Adjunct Faculty

  • Sister Suzanne Cooke, RSCI
  • Andres Duany
  • Leon Krier
  • Rosario Marquardt
  • Stephen Mouzon
  • Raul Rodriguez
  • Sister Ann Taylor, RSCI

Administration

  • Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Dean
  • Denis Hector, Associate Dean
  • Jean-François Lejeune, Director of Graduate Studies
  • Rocco Ceo, Director of Undergraduate Studies

Jose A. Gelabert-Navia

Title: Professor
Office Location: Bldg.35B, Room 304
Office Phone: 305.569.1385
E-mail Address:
Web Site: www.perkinswill.com

Teaching Area:

Design, Colonial Architecture, Italian Culture

Education:

Cornell University, Masters of Architecture (1978); Bachelor of Architecture (1975)

Licensure:

Registered Architect, Florida; NCARB

Professional Experience:

Perkins + Will, Managing, 1996-present, Principal
Gelabert-Navia Architects, 1978-1996

Academic and Professional Honors:

Honor Award, American Institute of Architects, Platinum on the Bay, 2005
Honor Award, American Institute of Architects, South Florida Chapter for the Miami Dade Community College Aviation Building, 2002
Outstanding Restoration (Deauville Hotel), Miami Design Preservation League, 1999
Design Award, American Institute of Architects; Archives of Caribbean Culture Project, 1986
City Beautiful Award, Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce, 1986
Design Award, School Board of Dade County Elementary School Prototype, 1985

Publications:

Gelabert-Maguire Residence, in Sully, Susan, Casa Florida, Rizzoli, New York, 2005.
La Brisa Residence, in Schezen,Roberto, Miami Trends & Traditions, Monacelli Press, N.Y. 1998. pp.30-33.
Gelabert-Navia, Jose A., “Our Men in Havana, American Architects in Cuba, 1900-1930”. in Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts, Miami, Fall 1995. pp. 132-149.
Gelabert-Navia, Jose A., “Work of Gelabert-Navia Architects,” included in the Dictionnaire de l’Architecture Moderne Contemporaine, Editions Hazan, Institut Francais d’Architecture, 1995. p. 328.
Gelabert-Navia, Jose A., “Architecture of the Caribbean,” in Design Book Review, M.I.T. Press. pp. 69-71.
Gelabert-Navia, Jose A., “J.C.N. Forestier: Havana in the Twenties,” in The New City Journal of the University of Miami School of Architecture, Fall 1991.
Gelabert-Navia, Jose A., “The Villages of Coral Gables” in Coral Gables, An American Garden City, Mardaga Editions, Paris 1992.
Gelabert-Navia, Jose A., “Stones of Venice”, Florida Architect, Mar./Apr. 1987, pp. 12-13.
Gelabert-Navia, Jose A., “The Caribbean Villa”, Plastica, (San Juan, Puerto Rico), Vol. 2, Number 15, Sept. 1986, pp. 15-22.
Gelabert-Navia, Jose A.,“Tropical Allusions”, Crit Magazine, No 17, Fall 1986, pp 36-40.
Gelabert-Navia, Jose A., “St. John the Baptist Chapel”, Cuban Architects Exhibition Catalogue.
Gelabert-Navia, Jose A., “St. John the Baptist Chapel”, Florida Architect, Sept. 1984.
Mid Century to New Century Modernism in Miami Beach 2003 by Ediciones Ciudad/City and the United Nations.
Proyecto Cities, Madrid Spain, 2003 by Proyecto Cities and the Eisenhower Foundation.

Community Service:

Florida Trust for Historic Preservation, Trustee, 1995-present
Miami Beach Design Review Board, 1994-1996.
Heritage Conservation Board, City of Miami Beach, 1994-present
Board of Architects, Coral Gables, 1990
Heritage Conservation Board, City of Miami, 1989-1990
Board of Architects, Coral Gables, 1986-1987

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