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Dean Robert Greenstreet has been awarded the 2013 Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Every major building project in Milwaukee during the last 20 years shares a common feature: the input of Robert Greenstreet, dean of UWM\u2019s School of Architecture & Urban Planning (SARUP).<\/p>\n

The pervasive Greenstreet has played a role in the selection of architects for projects ranging from the Milwaukee Public Market to the Santiago Calatrava addition to the Milwaukee Art Museum.<\/p>\n

Within the school, his influence is just as evident, with a scholarship fund in his honor that is supported by gifts exclusively from alumni.<\/p>\n

So it isn\u2019t surprising that Greenstreet has been awarded the 2013 Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA).<\/p>\n

Greenstreet is in his 35th<\/sup> year of teaching and his 22nd<\/sup> year as SARUP dean, making him one of the longest-serving architecture deans in North America.<\/p>\n

While the recognition affirms his long career, the real professional payoff for Greenstreet is the ocean of architects he\u2019s trained \u2013 and what those generations of students have contributed to the built environment as practitioners.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am always struck \u2013 and humbled \u2013 by the impact of our faculty, students and alumni on the skyline of Milwaukee and beyond,\u201d he says. \u201cPretty much every building you can see here in the past 40 years has SARUP\u2019s fingerprints on it. In terms of making a better city, a better world, the school has made its mark.\u201d<\/p>\n

While he points with pride to alumni, the alumni are pointing right back at him.<\/p>\n

Minneapolis architect Theresa \u201cTerry\u201d Olsen credits Greenstreet with playing a pivotal role in bringing the Spanish \u201cstarchitect\u201d Calatrava to the city. People who come to see the museum addition also can see works by UWM-educated architects.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m proud to claim UWM SARUP as my alma mater and Bob as my dean \u2013 both then and now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Greenstreet grew up in London and received his undergraduate and doctoral degrees from Oxford Polytechnic University. He moved to the United States in 1980 and recently became a U.S. citizen.<\/p>\n

As Milwaukee\u2019s chair of city development, Greenstreet consults with the Mayor\u2019s Office on design and development, but also coordinates the activities of SARUP with the city\u2019s projects in a \u201ctown and gown\u201d relationship.<\/p>\n

More than a decade ago, he established Community Design Solutions, a program that pairs UWM students with AIA members to provide pro bono services to central-city neighborhoods and community groups.<\/p>\n

When internationally renowned architect Antoine Predock was hired to design Milwaukee\u2019s Indian Community School, Greenstreet acted as an adviser and even suggested Predock lure Native American architect and UWM alumnus Chris Cornelius away from Virginia to join the design team (which he did). Today, Cornelius is on the UWM faculty.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis energy, enthusiasm and scope are boundless,\u201d says Predock of Greenstreet.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, however, Greenstreet\u2019s validation comes from SARUP graduates.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese days, when a new student comes up to me and says, \u2018My dad\/mom says hi,\u2019 it invariably means that they are following in their parents\u2019 footsteps and coming to SARUP based upon strong parental encouragement,\u201d he says. \u201cRecommendations don\u2019t come any stronger, or more satisfying, than that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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