Educational Credentials :

• The Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies, 1973
• B.Arch., The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, 1972

Teaching Experience :

• Associate Professor, City College of New York, CUNY, 2008-present
• Adjunct Professor, City College of New York, CUNY, 2003-2008
• T. David Fitzgibbon Visiting Professor Chair in Architecture, Carnegie Mellon University, Fall 2002

Professional Experience :

• Principal, Alspector Architecture, NYC, February 2006-present
• Partner, Alspector Anderson Architects, NYC, January 2003-January 2006
• Associate Partner, Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects, NYC, August 1977-August 2002
• Project Architect, The Ehrenkrantz Group, PC, NYC, May 1973-August 1977
• Junior Architect, Giorgio Cavaglieri, FAIA, Architect, NYC, Feb-August 1971; November 1972-April 1973
• Junior Architect, Richard G. Stein & Associates, FAIA, Architects, NYC, June 1970-January 1971
• Junior Architect, Pisani & Falco, Architects, NYC, June-September 1969
• Drafter/Detailer/Coordinator, Paul P. Valerio, PE, Structural engineer, NYC, June 1966-August 1968

Licenses/Registration :

• Architecture License, New York State, 1976

Selected Publications and Recent Research :

• “Grace Church School Gymnasium,” At Cooper Union, Winter, 2008
• “Charles Gwathmey, Architect, Teacher, Mentor, Benefactor and Trustee,” At Cooper Union, Winter, 2009
• “Light Filled Spaces at GCS HS,” American School and University Magazine
• “High School Raises the Bar,” Oculus AIA Newsletter
• “Schoolhouse Architecture Gets Hip,” The Wall Street Journal
• “Bobst Library Renovation Transforms Flrs 4 & 5 into a 21st Century Research Commons,” NYU Alumni
• Jake Alspector Interview on NYU Bobst Renovation 2010, NYU, YouTube
• NYU Bobst Library Phase II Renovations: Architect Jake Alspector, NYU, YouTube
• “NYU Right On with Bobst Renovations,” Washington Square News
• “Utah Valley University Library, Orem,” American Libraries
• “Utah Valley University Library: Preparing Students to Become Stewards of a Globally Interdependent
• Community,” Green Business Quarterly
• Intermountain Construction’s Best of 2008 Awards, Mountain States Construction, McGraw Hill
• “How to Look at the Guggenheim,” The San Francisco Jung Institute Library Journal
• “Architecture View; The Liberation of the Guggenheim,” The New York Times
• “Grandeur and Modernity in New Library,” The New York Times
• “Architecture View; From Sound Stage to Strong, Silent Museum,” The New York Times

Professional Memberships :

• The American Institute of Architects
• The American Library Association
• The Society of College and University Planners
• The Architectural League of New York