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Robert James Luchetti, AIA
President and Principal

Bob Luchetti has over 30 years of experience as an architect, industrial designer and educator. Robert Luchetti Associates, Inc.was established in 1987. Clients include public and private institutions, major corporations, civic authorities, and individuals. Over the years he has completed successful award winning projects (leading edge design on schedule and within budget) in the four practice areas of the firm: Architecture, Interior design, Industrial and Exhibit Design and Work and Learning Environment Consulting.

He was born in San Francisco, CA and relocated to Cambridge, MA in the early 1970's to pursue graduate studies in architecture. He has subsequently practiced and taught in Cambridge and abroad. He has a primary interest in international practice and education and has considerable experience in the Middle East.


Representative Clients

Institutions
HUAM Harvard University Art Museums | Cambridge, MA
The Museum of Fine Arts | Boston, MA
WGBH Educational Foundation | Boston, MA
The American University in Cairo | Cairo, Egypt
The Kuwait National Petroleum Company | Kuwait City, Kuwait
United Cerebral Palsey of Greater Boston | Watertown, MA
Friends Psychiatric Hospital | Philadelphia, PA
The Catholic Archdiocese of Boston | Boston, MA The Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts,
    Harvard University | Cambridge, MA
St. Michaels School | Newport, RI
Earthwatch | Watertown, MA
The University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI
The Basketball Hall of Fame | Springfield, MA

Corporations
KI Furniture Corporation | Greenbay, WI
Shepley Bullfinch Richardson & Abbott | Boston, MA
PTC Corp., Parametric Technologies Corporation | Needham, MA
Knoll Furniture Corporation | New York NY
Vecta Furniture Company | Grand Prairie, Texas
Steelcase, Inc. | Grand Rapids, MI
Fidelity Investments | Boston, MA
GTE Internetworking | Burlington, MA
The Boston Consulting Group Global Services Unit | Boston, MA
Owens Corning Corporation | Toledo. OH

Small Businesses
Urban Archaeology Studio and Showroom | Boston, MA
Ideascope Office and Studio | Boston, MA

Residential Projects
New Private Residences | Sausalito, CA; Middletown, CA; Bedford, MA; Falmouth, MA;
and Jordanville, NY
Major Residential Additions and Renovations | Brookline, Cambridge, Nonquit, Marion, Waban, West Newton and Rockport, MA; Madison, CT,
San Francisco and Santa Rosa, CA


Prior Experience

Prior to establishing Robert Luchetti Associates, Mr. Luchetti worked at a number of Boston area design firms and was the project architect for museum, exhibit, corporate office and performing arts and movie theater projects. Additionally, he was the research assistant to Jose Louis Sert and Joseph Zalewski for Housing Research, UN Committee on the Code of Human Habitat, Ministry of Iran.

In addition to professional practice, Mr. Luchetti has extensive teaching experience. He has served as an assistant studio professor and teaching assistant in the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies at Harvard University and was Assistant Professor and founding Acting Director of the new School of Environmental Design at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He has also served as an academic juror and advisor at the MIT and Harvard Graduate School of Design and Departments of Architecture, The Rhode Island School of Design and the Boston Architectural Center.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Design, Cum Laude, from the College of Environmental Design at the University of California at Berkeley(1971)and a Masters in
Architecture from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA (1974).
He is a member of the American Institute of Architects, The Boston Society of Architects and the Society of Campus and University Planners and was formerly active with The Industrial Design Society of America, The International Facilities Management Association and the Environmental Design Research Association.

Registered Architect in (Active) MA, CA, NY, FL (Inactive) MN, IL, RI, TX, PA, SC, National Council of Architectural Registration Boards Certificate No. 44103

Mr. Luchetti has lived and worked abroad for three years, has extensive experience in
the Middle East and has traveled, spoken, and consulted worldwide.