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Deborah Berke, AIA, established her practice in 1982. She creates buildings that have presence and character - that rely on a discourse between a subtle hand and bold composition to become arresting architecture. In an evolution of her "philosophy of the everyday," which earned her international renown, her work over the past decade is decidedly of a larger scale-distinguished by mixed-use, hospitality, retail, and arts-related buildings. Deborah is a professor of architectural design at Yale University, a post held since 1987. Previously, Berke has taught at the University of Maryland, the Rhode Island School of Design, the University of Miami, and The Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies, of which she was a Fellow. Of her numerous professional contributions, Deborah was for six years Chair of the Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture at Columbia University and continues in her role as a Founding Trustee of the Design Trust for Public Space in New York City. Deborah serves as a juror in numerous architecture and design award programs and continues to lecture throughout the country. She is the co-editor, with Steven Harris, of "Architecture of the Everyday," published by Princeton Architectural Press in 1998. Next fall, Yale University Press will publish a book focusing on the firm's work-the first book on a contemporary architect to be published by this esteemed academic press. Deborah is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design (B.F.A., 1975; B. Architecture, 1977), The City University of New York (M. Urban Planning in Urban Design, 1984), and in 2005 was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design, her alma mater.