Frances Halsband

Frances Halsband FAIA (born October 30, 1943, in New York City) is an American architect and educator.^[1] She is a founder, with Robert Kliment, of Kliment Halsband Architects, a New York City design firm widely recognized for preservation, adaptive reuse and master planning projects.^[2] Significant works include The Brown University Framework for Physical Planning,^[3] Long Island Railroad Entrance at 34 Street,^[4] Visitor Center at Franklin Roosevelt Presidential Library,^[5] Mount Sinai Ambulatory Surgery Facility Kyabirwa Uganda.^[6][7][8] The firm received the AIA Firm Award in 1997^[9] and the New York AIA Medal of Honor in 1998.^[10]

From 1991 to 1994 Halsband was dean of the School of Architecture at Pratt Institute,^[11][2][12] and she has taught at Harvard University, Columbia University, Rice University, University of Pennsylvania, University of California, Berkeley and other institutions.^[13] She was the first woman president of AIA New York^[14] and The Architectural League of New York.^[15] She is a former commissioner of the New York City Landmarks Commission.^[16][17] In 2018 Halsband lead a successful effort to amend the AIA Code of Ethics^[17][18] to prohibit harassment or discrimination and commit to fostering a professional environment of mutual respect and equity.^[19][20] In recognition of this effort she was named one of Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 25 Newsmakers.^[19] In 2019 she received an Honorary Doctor of Design from the NewSchool of Architecture San Diego.^[21]