Robert B. Teska Collection
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Robert Teska's professional career spans over a
period of more than forty years, during which he has provided
consultation services to the World Bank overseas projects and directed
over 400 projects throughout the United States. Many of these have been
nationally and internationally acclaimed award winners for innovative
concepts in transportation/land use relationships, new town design,
business district revitalization and citizen participation in
environmental planning.
In 1986, Mr. Teska was awarded the American Society of Civil Engineers'
Harland Bartholomew Award for distinguished service in the field of urban
and regional planning. In 1999 Mr. Teska became one of the first urban
planners in North America to be honored as Fellow of the American
Institute of Certified Planners for his distinguished contributions to the
advancement of the planning profession. |
Mr. Teska founded Teska Associates, Inc. in 1975. The consulting firm specializes in community planning, site design, development economics and landscape architecture. In 1980, Mr. Teska founded Design Evanston, a non-profit volunteer organization of local design professionals to promote the theme "Good Design is Good Business". In 1992, he founded Business Districts Inc., a consulting firm specializing in business district revitalization. He serves as Chairman of the Boards of Directors of Teska Associates, Inc. and Business Districts, Inc.
The
author of over 50 professional papers and articles, Mr. Teska maintains a heavy
public speaking schedule and lectures at numerous colleges and universities. He
presently serves on the Board of Governors of the Metropolitan Planning Council
of Chicago and is co-chair of its Regional Development Committee. He has also
served as Chairman of the American Planning Association's Metropolitan and
Regional Planning Division, Chairman of the Governor's Committee on Metropolitan
Planning Organization in
Mr. Teska donated ten files boxes of reports spanning his 44 years of consulting practice to the City Planning and Landscape Architecture Library of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in October 2004. These reports include not only the compilation of the projects undertaken by Teska Associates Inc. (1975 to date) but also reports either prepared by him or under his supervision while at Barton-Aschman Associates, Inc. (1961-1975).
The various reports donated by Mr. Teska can be classified into the following eight categories:
The
various reports under each head can be accessed by clicking on the individual
link.
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