Dr. Ann Beha

Biography

Ann M. Beha is the Louis Kahn Visiting Professor of Architectural Design at Yale University and the founder of Ann Beha Architects, known as annum architects. Her work emphasizes the importance of preservation, adaptive reuse, and engagement with contemporary design, advocating for a thoughtful dialogue on the future roles of historic and modernist resources in civic, cultural, academic, and community settings. Ann collaborates as a senior architect with annum architects while also working independently with emerging practices. Notable projects include contributions to the renewal of the Boston Public Library’s McKim building and the Boston Symphony Hall, as well as projects for prestigious institutions like MIT and Harvard, and embassies in Paris and Athens. At Yale, she led the Humanities Quadrangle project, earning Honor Awards from the Society for College and University Planning and the AIA Boston and Connecticut. Her teaching experience includes positions at Yale and the City College of New York. Ann has received numerous accolades, including the Women in Design Award for Excellence and an Honor Award from the Boston Society of Architects. She holds a Master of Architecture degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Arts from Wellesley College, where she collaborated on the renewal of Paul Rudolph’s Jewett Arts Center. She is an Ann Loeb Fellow at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design and has received honorary doctorates from Wheaton College and Colby College. Ann serves on the Harvard Campus Design Advisory Council and the Boston Architectural Foundation.

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