Architect Educator Preservationist Writer on architecture and preservation
Parent(s)
Marcel Astorg, architect and painter and Raymonde Astorg, née Bisch
Françoise Astorg Bollack is an architect, educator, preservationist, and writer on architecture and preservation. Her activities bridge the fields of education, criticism and architectural practice. Her research focuses on the creative possibilities that arise from designing with existing and/or historic buildings. Her method is based on the analysis of successful (or simply intriguing) built work.
Served on the boards of Landmark West!, the Architectural League and the Neighborhood Preservation Center
President of the Historic Districts Council, a citywide non-profit preservation organization, from 2011 to 2014, initiating a Preservation Design Award program, the popular "6 To Celebrate" program, publishing District Lines and heading a task force to preserve the historic buildings in East Midtown Manhattan.[4]
"Democratic Process - At The Refurbished New York State Capitol, Françoise Bollack Gives Each Design Challenge Its Own Voice," article by Anna Holtzman, Architecture; 02/2005
."Portraits Françoise Bollack, Choisie pour la Rehabilitation du Capitole de l'Etat de New York: Une Architecte Engagee", Article by Catya Martin In France-Amerique #1651, 01/2004
NEW YORK NOW, an exhibition of recent work at the AIA New York Chapter; May 2005[5]
L.G.B.T. Center Celebrates 20 Years In The Village; The Villager June 18–24, 2003 issue.
A Community Center Restored, The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center, New York, NY, Clem Labine's Traditional Building, November 2001
"The Center Welcomes NYers Home" New York Blade News, July 20, 2001
"Coming To Fruition," OUT Magazine
Competitions
"Roosevelt Island Housing," Competitions 1968-2000, Francoise Astorg Bollack, Tom Killian, LULU Press, 2017
Breathe Deeply - Why Old Buildings Are Green, Lecture on the relationship between sustainability and living in historic buildings for a symposium organized by Landmark West! The Committee to Preserve the Upper West Side
On CNBC About The Museum Of Modern Art's Exhibit "Tall Buildings", Interview excerpted and published in BATIWEB, July 2004 read the article here
Substitute Materials- Faux Or No? Interview published in District Lines the newsletter of the Historic Districts Council, May 2004. Read the article here
History As Prelude: Modern Interventions In Historic Context. The Morgan Library, New York City; Respondent, February 19, 2003
On the Rebuilding at Ground Zero
CBC Radio Canada "Indicatif Present," Interview by Jean Claude Marsan, March 10, 2003
CNBC (Canadian National Broadcast Company): "Telejournal Le Point", September 11, 2002, September 10, 2002
"INDICATIF>PASSE>PRESENT>FUTUR SHOW," TF 1 Television Française; August 8, 2002
"Where Are We Now?" Radio Canada 2PM "Le Quebec en Direct", March 11, 2002
CBC Radio Canada Roundtable discussion with Françoise Bollack and Phyllis Lambert, hosted by Pierre Maisonneuve, March 11, 2002, 7:45 PM