John Gosling

Biography: ID# 17229 March 1, 2002 JOHN R. GOSLING, AICP, RIBA Vice President RTKL Associates Inc. Washington DC Mr. John Gosling is company-wide Residential Sector Leader and Director of Planning and Urban Design for the Baltimore and Washington offices of RTKL Associates Inc. In these roles, he has been responsible for managing and developing some of the firm's most high profile urban design and planning assignments in major cities around the nation and abroad, including the award winning State/Thomas Urban District Plan, Dallas, Addison Circle Transit Oriented Development in Dallas; the Tower City Center, Cleveland, Ohio, and the Downtown Action Plan for Oklahoma City. A native Londoner, Mr. Gosling received his architectural education at the Architectural Association School of Architecture, London, and is certified as both an architect and registered planner. He has been a practitioner of planning and urban design for over 30 years working for both real estate developers and professional service firms. He is a Fellow of the Institute for Urban Design, past chairman of the City of Dallas' Urban Design Advisory Committee, the recipient of the City of Dallas' Kessler Award for Individual Achievements in Urban Design, and member of Lambda Alpha International, the Land Economics Society based in Washington, DC. For the past two years he has taught a graduate course on 'Rebuilding the American City" at the University of Virginia and the 'Advanced Residential Development Process Classes' at the Urban Land Institute's Real Estate Workshops in Washington and San Francisco. The recipient of the ULI, Urban Land Institutes Agar Award for Journalism he has written numerous articles on urban revitalization and urban design issues over years including his most recent article in the August 2001 issue of Urban Land - "Points of View - Debating Density". Mr. Gosling joined RTKL in 1984 as Director of Planning and Urban Design for their Dallas office, was named a principal in 1988, and relocated to the RTKL Washington office in 1996. Professional Background RTKL Associates Inc., 1984-present Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum, Inc., Dallas, Texas, 1979-84 Adjunct Professor, University of Texas at Arlington, School of Architecture, 1977-79 Raymond D. Nasher Company, Dallas, Texas, 1975-79 Flower Mound New Town Ltd., Flower Mound, Texas, 1972-75 Building Systems Development, Inc., Washington, DC and San Francisco, 1968- 72 Awards 2001- AIA, Professional Interest Area Award, Addison Circle, Texas 1999 - City of Dallas, UDAC Award, State/Thomas District Development Guidelines 1998 - NAHB "Pillars of Industry" Awards for Multi-family Housing, Addison Circle, Texas 1998 - City of Dallas, Kessler Award for Individual Achievements in Urban Design 1998 - IDA, Brownfield Redevelopment Award, St. Luke's Hospital Redevelopment, Denver 1998 - City of Dallas, UDAC Award, Dallas Housing Authority Lakewest Redevelopment Plan 1997 - AIA, California Chapter Ahwahnee Award for New Urbanism, Addison Circle, Texas 1996 - APA, Texas Chapter - Merit Award for Master Planning, Addison Circle, Texas 1995 - APA Dallas Chapter - Excellence in Development Award, Addison Urban Center, Texas 1992 - ULI, Urban Land Institutes Agar Award for Journalism 1992 - APA, North Texas Chapter Outstanding Award for Strategic Planning, State/Thomas District Plan, 1991 - AIA, Tampa Bay Chapter - Merit Award, Bay Plaza Retail District Plan, St. Petersburg. 1991 - City of Nashville Chamber of Commerce - Merit Award, Central Area Plan, Nashville 1990 - AIA, Dallas Chapter Merit Award for the State/Thomas Planning/Urban Design Guidelines 1989 - City of Dallas UDAC Design Excellence Award, State/Thomas District Master Plan 1988 - AIA, Dallas Chapter - Merit Award, Tower City Center, Cleveland 1984 - AIA, Dallas Chapter - Honor Award, The Forum Office Park Master Plan, San Antonio Publications and Presentations 2002 - "Living Above the Shop", New Urban News 2001 - "Points of View - Debating Density", Urban Land, August 2001 2001 - Instructor "ULI Real Estate Workshop 2001- Advanced Development Process: Residential", San Francisco 2001 - Speaker "Trends In Multi-Family Housing", NAHB International Builders Show, Atlanta 2001 - Speaker "New Urbanism", NAHB and ULI Multi-Family Trends Conference, San Diego 2001 - Judge, NAHB "Pillars of Industry Awards Committee", Washington, DC 2000 - Instructor for the ULI Advanced Course on Residential Development, Washington, DC, 2000 - NACORE, Northern Virginia Chapter Presentation of 'Trends in Town Center Design' 2000 - ULI Workshop on "Smart Growth Solutions - Reinventing America's Commercial Strips", Washington, DC 1999 - Washington Press Club, Downtown Washington Development Committee -'Trends in Downtown Retail' 1998 - CUED Panelist, 'Reinventing Main Street Retail, Toronto 1998 - "Career Options in Urban Planning", John Hopkins Institute for the Academic Advancement of Youth 1998 - "Patterns of Association in Live/Work Environments", Urban Land 1998 - "Addison Circle Revisited", Urban Land 1997 - "Urban Area Trends Create Opportunities for Retailers", Shopping Center Business 1996 - "Beyond New Urbanism", Urban Land 1995 - "Affordable Housing in Mexico", Urban Land 1991 - "In-Town Housing Development", Urban Land 1991 - "Downtown Dallas Revitalization", Dallas Business Journal Education Architectural Association School of Architecture, London, England, A.A. Final, Lecturer, University of Virginia, Rebuilding the American City, 1999 Adjunct Professor, University of Texas at Arlington, School of Architecture and Environmental Design 1977 - 1979 Professional Organizations American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP - Certified Planner: No. 4714) Fellow of the Institute for Urban Design Associate, American Institute of Architects (AIA) Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) The Architects Registration Council of the United Kingdom, Serial No. 35080 American Planning Association (APA) Charter member, American Planning Association, Federal Installation Planners Divisions