He earned three degrees at the University of Pennsylvania and taught for years at the University of the Arts and the University of Texas at Austin.
Charles H. Burnette, innovative architect and designer, professor emeritus, and author, has died at 89
He coordinated the Philadelphia Solar Project in the early 1980s, the first long-range study on solar power in a major U.S. city; established ain the early 1990s that equipped school teachers with improved tools to enhance their lessons; and introduced design concepts that revolutionized education, business, and research practices.
As a professor and dean at Texas from 1973 to 1976, he improved the quality and scope of the school’s curriculum, and expanded the faculty. In anearlier as a research assistant at the University of Pennsylvania and an industrial designer in New York. He also served as executive director of the Philadelphia chapter of the American Institute of Architects and was founding director of the Center for Planning Design and Construction in Philadelphia.
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