Janko Rasic, AIA
Founding Partner
Mr. Rasic founded Janko Rasic Architects in 1968. Since then Janko Rasic Architects, PLLC -the New York City based architecture and interior design firm- has completed projects for clients in eight states and from 20 foreign countries. Mr. Rasic also acted as consulting architect to the United Nations and UNICEF for offices in the United States, Asia, Africa, and Europe from 1995-2002. He served as Chief Architect for the New York University Excavations at Aphrodisias, Turkey before founding the firm.
EDUCATION
MFA in Architecture, Princeton University, 1961
AB Degree, Princeton University, 1959
The Hackley School
LANGUAGES
Mr. Rasic is proficient in 5 languages.
HONORS/AWARDS & PUBLICATIONS
Guggenheim Fellowship in Architecture for design of Greco-Roman Sculpture Museum, Aphrodisias, Turkey, 1964
(See Awards and Publications Section for additional information.)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Institute of Architects
American Institute of Architects/ NY Chapter
Former Chair, AIA Educational Facilities Committee
National Council of Architectural Registration Board
New York City Mayor’s Panel of Architects (Past)
New York City Parks Association Design Committee (Past)
Architects Renewal Committee for Harlem (Past)
COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS & BOARDS
Westside Montessori School
Former Board Member
Quogue Association (Village of Quogue, Long Island, NY)
Former President
Senator Robert F. Kennedy’s Committee on Regeneration of Inner Cities
Chair (1967-1968)
ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION
Group for the South Fork (Bridgehampton, Long Island, NY)
Former Vice Chair
New York City Water Board
Former Member
Mr. Rasic lives on the Upper West Side in Manhattan and has two grown children.