Charles A. Platt is an architect and painter.

A partner at Platt Byard Dovell White Architects, LLP.  Platt began practicing in 1962, forming Smotrich & Platt, Architects in 1965. Throughout his career, Platt has been active in public affairs related to architecture and to preservation.  His firm has received many design awards and his work has been published around the world.

A graduate of Harvard College and the Graduate School of Design at Harvard, he studied painting briefly at the Art Students League of New York and the Boston Museum School. Platt has had three solo exhibitions of his collages.

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Solo painting exhibitions:
   1995, Saint-Gaudens National Site, Cornish, NH
   2010, Garrison NY Art Center
   2017, Freight + Volume Gallery, NYC

Curriculum Vitae:
National Council of Architectural Registration Boards Certificate
Registered Architect in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont
Fellow, American Institute of Architects

Harvard College, A.B., 1954
Harvard Graduate School of Design, M. Arch., 1960

Visiting Critic, Boston Architectural Center, 1960
Visiting Critic, Cornell University, 1965-1966
Adjunct Associate Professor, Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, 
   Planning and Preservation, 1985-1986

Member, Board of Trustees, Augustus Saint-Gaudens Memorial,
   at the National Historic Site, Cornish, New Hampshire, 1967-present
   President, Board of Trustees, 1977-1991
Member, Board of Directors, Municipal Art Society, 1965-Present
   Chairman and Co-Chairman, Preservation Committee, 1985-2011
   Member, Planning Committee, 1995-Present
   Member Executive Committee, 1997, 2008
Member, Gracie Mansion Conservancy, 1984-Present
Member, Board of Directors, The New 42nd Street, Inc., by appointment of the
   Governor and the Mayor, 1990-2016
   Secretary, Board of Directors, 2008-2016
Member, Executive Committee, New York Chapter, American Institute of Architects, 1987-88
Trustee, Porzelt Trust, 2014-Present
Member, Board of Directors, Public Health Research Institute, 1982-1992
Academician, National Academy of Design

Commissioner, Landmarks Preservation Commission, City of New York, 1979-84
Panelist, National Endowment for the Arts
Work exhibited, U.S. Pavilion, Osaka World’s Fair
Member, National Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association

Recipient numerous architectural design awards.
Landmarks Conservancy, Lucy Moses Award for Leadership in Preservation
Architectural work published internationally.