ALAN JOSLIN, AIA, PRINCIPAL
Alan Joslin is a founding partner of Epstein Joslin Architects, an architectural design and consulting practice, begun in 2002, specializing in civic, performing arts, higher education, institutional, retail, housing and high-end residential work. On occasion he is a Visiting Associate Professor in the Architecture Department of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he teaches architectural design.
For the 17 years prior to founding EJA, Mr. Joslin was a Principal in the firm of William Rawn Associates, Architects, Inc. in Boston, MA, a nationally prominent, award winning, 55-person architectural design firm. There he was a Principal-in-Charge of Design and/or Project Architect/Manager for projects including,
- Seiji Ozawa Hall for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood, MA
- Green Music Center Concert Hall, Santa Rosa Symphony and Sonoma State Univ., CA
- Strathmore Concert Hall, Baltimore Symphony and Montgomery County, Bethesda, MD
- Richard Sorenson Performing Arts Center, Babson College, Wellesley, MA
- Summer Performance Pavilions, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, NY, NY
- Symphony Park Koka Booth Amphitheater, North Carolina Symphony Summer Home, Cary, NC
- DreamWorks SKG Headquarters and Production Studios Master Plan, Playa Vista, CA
- Fire Station #6, City of Columbus, IN (with the Cummins Architectural Program)
- Glavin Family Chapel, Babson College, Wellesley, MA
- Forestall Bowld Music Center, Phillips-Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH
- Celebration School and Teaching Academy, Walt Disney Company, Celebration, FL
- Summit Residences, Trinity College, Hartford, CT
- Back of the Hill Rowhouses, (165 units), Boston, MA
- Park du Valle Hope IV Housing (600 units), Louisville, KY
Mr. Joslin has also worked abroad as an invited member of an international design team, for the International Laboratory of Architecture and Urban Design in Milan, Italy, developing the master plan and conceptual design for the reuse of the ex-Breda Factory, Pistoia, Italy. Prior to that he was with the architectural firm of Marc and Yvonne Haussamann in Bern, Switzerland, as a team member for urban design projects in the La Villette district of Bern, Switzerland, and in the Town Center of Bollingen, Switzerland.
His design work has received 44 local, regional and national design awards, including 4 National AIA Honor Awards.
Mr. Joslin’s artistic activities also extend to scenic design work for dance and theater companies in the Boston region, and to exhibition photography with work exhibited in Boston and San Francisco galleries, and in the slide collections of MIT.
He received his Master of Architecture, and Bachelor of Science in Art and Design degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with associated study at Harvard University Graduate School of Design and the International Laboratory of Architecture and Urban Design, in Urbino, Italy. As a student he was the recipient of the Chandler Prize (1981) and the Chamberlain Prize (1980) from the Boston Society of Architects for achievement in design.
He has lectured on his work at the 2001 AIA New England Conference, 2001 USITT Conference, 1995 NESDEC School Facilities Conference, and the 1995 NCSHA 25th Annual Conference.
Mr. Joslin has also been a juror for the 2002 BSA/AIA New York Housing Design Awards, 1997 AIA Philadelphia Chapter Design Awards Jury, and the 1996 AIA Orlando Chapter Design Awards Jury, as well as a design critic at MIT, Boston Architectural Center, and Roger Williams University.
Mr. Joslin is registered as an Architect in Massachusetts, Maine and Vermont, and a member of the American Institute of Architects and the Boston Society of Architects.
