Frank Fuller

Biography: Brief Biography for the Urban Land Institute 8 January 2019 FRANK FULLER, FAIA Partner Urban Field Studio San Francisco, California Architect and urban designer Frank Fuller has spent his professional career acquiring and sharing the knowledge that have made him one of America’s premier urban design practitioners. A Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, Frank teaches in the Master of Urban Design program at the University of California, Berkeley, conducts many panels and charrettes in the United States, and has won numerous awards for planning, urban design and architecture. Frank has written articles about urban design and urban redevelopment, including for Urban Land, and has been chair of the Urban Design Committee for the American Institute of Architects, California Council. Frank believes that downtowns, Main Streets and urban neighborhoods are the cores of a new humane American urbanism. Much of his career has focused on designing frameworks and strategies that create vital downtowns through transit-oriented development and sustainable community design. Frank explains that, “Having the perspective to understand the views of different project stakeholders allows us to devise teams and processes for successful and creative urban design.” A national expert in smart growth and transit-oriented development, Frank has helped communities and cities transform their downtowns and neighborhoods into healthy, connected, pedestrian-oriented places. He understands the perspectives of public agencies, private developers, and community groups in building and revitalizing communities. He was a speaker at the ULI High Speed Rail TOD Marketplace and has led the ULI-NLC Daniel Rose Faculty in Louisville in 2012 and Anchorage in 2017. Frank’s current transit related projects include urban design plans around High Speed Rail stations in San Jose and Anaheim, California, and around BART and Metro rail stations in northern and southern California. Frank is currently a Co-Chair of the ULI TAP (Technical Assistance Panels) Committee for the District Council of the San Francisco Bay Area. Frank’s education includes a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture degree from Princeton University and Masters of Architecture and of City and Regional Planning degrees from the University of California, Berkeley.