Los Angeles
Lecture: Rachel Berney
February 8, 2012
At 6pm, Rachel Berney will speak on subjects related to public space and its relationship to urban planning and landscape architecture.
Gin D. Wong, FAIA Conference Center, Harris Hall
Watt Hall, Suite 204 Los Angeles, California 90089-0291
213 740 2092
New York
Lecture: Khoi Vinh
March 27, 2012
Khoi Vinh is a graphic force: co-founder of Lascaux, former design director and the New York Times, and one of Fast Company's 50 Most Influential Designers in America. He lectures on graphic design at 6pm.
Pratt Manhattan
Room 213, 144 West 14th St, New York City
Lecture: Jonathan Olivares
February 7, 2012
Jonathan Olivares, author of A Taxonomy of Office Chairs, creator of the Smith home-office system, and curator of Useless: An Exploded View at the Lisbon Biennale, discusses these projects and more in this lecutre hosted by New York's School of Visual Arts: Design Criticism Department. See their website for more: http://dcrit.sva.edu/view/events/lecture-with-jonathan-olivares/
School of Visual Arts
136 West 21st St, 2nd Fl., New York, NY 10011*3213
212 592 2228
Lecture: Michael Kimmelman
February 14, 2012
In this Q&A, the NYT's Michael Kimmelman will touch on subjects such as public housing, community development, and social responsibility. For more details on this session, please visit their website: http://dcrit.sva.edu/view/events/lunchtime-qa-with-michael-kimmelman/
School of Visual Arts
136 West 21st St, 2nd Fl., New York, NY 10011*3213
212 592 2228
Lecture: Jimenez Lai, "Cartoonish Architecture"
February 28, 2012
Founder of Chicago-based architecture firm Bureau Spectacular, Jimenez Lai will speak about the forms of alternate-world architecture that pervade his comics, installations, models and small buildings. For details, please visit the official website: http://dcrit.sva.edu/view/events/jimenez-lai-cartoonish-architecture/
School of Visual Arts
136 West 21st St, 2nd Fl., New York, NY 10011*3213
212 592 2228
Pittsburgh
Carnegie Mellon University School of Architecture Lecture Series
February 29, 2012
Ben van Berkel, co-founder and principal architect of UNStudio, discusses the concept of "newness" in architecture, and the complications this plays in creating ideological narratives of progress and economic versus cultural values.
Carnegie Library Lecture Hall
201 College of Fine Art Pittsburgh
(412) 268-2354
http://www.cmu.edu/architecture/lecture/spring-2012-archive/ben-van-berkel.html
Toronto
Bulthaup Lecture Series
February 7
Jeanne Gang, principal at Chicago architecture firm Studio Gang and 2011 MacArthur Fellowship recipient.
John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design
230 College St.
416-978-5038
Bulthaup Lecture Series
March 27
Hrvoje Njiric, principal at Njiric+ Arhitekti in Zagreb, Croatia.
John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design
230 College St.
416-978-5038
Bulthaup Lecture Series
April 2
Liz Diller, co-founder of New York architecture firm Diller, Scofidio & Renfro.
John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design
230 College St.
416-978-5038
