 | A futuristic "Highway Interchange" by Reiser + Umemoto, part of the exhibition "Transcending Type." |
A major symposium on influential 20th-century designer Philip Johnson, three exhibitions and weekly lectures by creative leaders in the world of architecture and design are among the free and public offerings at the School of Architecture this term.
The School of Architecture will present a symposium Feb. 16-18 honoring Philip Johnson, designer of "The Glass House" in New Canaan, Connecticut, who is credited with helping to bring the minimalist "International Style" to America. Organized in collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art, the conference is titled "Philip Johnson and the Constancy of Change." It will begin at MoMA in New York with talks and a screening of the 1965 film, "This Is Philip Johnson." The sessions on Saturday and Sunday will take place at Yale and will focus on the architect's career as designer, teacher and curator.
Another symposium, "On the Waterfront," will take place March 31-April 1. Robert Bruegmann, author of "Sprawl," is the keynote speaker for this event, which will gather planners, developers and architects who have worked on major waterfront projects in New York, Toronto and London. Alex Garvin, Tom Elghanayan, Thom Mayne, Sir Stuart Lipton and Malcolm Smith will be among the participants.
The spring series of lectures began on Jan. 9 with a lecture by Sir Stuart Lipton, one of the most successful and respected commercial developers in the United Kingdom and currently the Edward P. Bass Distinguished Visiting Architecture Fellow at the School of Architecture. He spoke on "Does Real Estate Development Have a Social Function?"
A list of upcoming speakers and topics follows. All talks will take place at 6:30 p.m. in the Art & Architecture Building, 180 York St.
Jan. 19: Sunil Bald, a founder and partner of the New York firm Studio SUMO and currently at Yale as the Louis I. Kahn Visiting Assistant Professor, "Fold, Crease, and Tear along Perforation."
Jan. 23: Mirka Benes, leading historian of landscape architecture, the Timothy J. Lenahan Memorial Lecture, "Meaning through Transposition in Landscape/
Jan. 26: Sam Jacob, from the London-based design firm Fat, the Myriam Belazoug Memorial Lecture, "Everything You Can Eat."
Feb. 6: United Kingdom architect Tony Fretton, the Paul Rudolph Lecture, "Buildings and their Territories."
Feb. 9: Wendy Steiner, noted public intellectual and author of "The Scandal of Pleasure: Art in an Age of Fundamentalism," the Brendan Gill Lecture, "What Is Aesthetic Conservatism?"
Feb. 13: Amanda Burden, head of the New York City Planning Commission, the Eero Saarinen Lecture, "Shaping the City: A Strategic Blueprint for New York's Future."
Feb. 20: Norway-based architect Craig Dykers, of Snøhetta, designers of the new library in Alexandria, Egypt, who will talk about the unique work ethic and vision of his firm.
March 27: Steven Johnson, author of "Interface Culture" and "Emergence" and the founder of the pioneering web magazine FEED, the Roth-Symonds Lecture, "The Urban Web."
March 30: Joseph Riley, mayor of Charleston, South Carolina, and founder of The Mayors' Institute of Urban Design, who will give the keynote address, "The Mayor As Urban Planner," for the Connecticut Mayor's Institute. The event is co-sponsored by the School of Management and the Regional Plan Association.
April 3: Acclaimed structural engineer Werner Sobek, the Gordon Smith Lecture, "Archi-Neering the Future."
April 6: Sir Richard Rogers, the Davenport Visiting Professor at Yale, designer of the Pompidou Center (with Renzo Piano) in Paris and the Lloyds Building in London, who will speak about his current work.
April 7: Frank Gehry, the Louis I. Kahn Visiting Professor at Yale this term and one of the world's most renowned architects, and Paul Goldberger, a noted architectural writer and critic, who will hold a public discussion.
The School of Architecture's current show, "Transcending Type," will continue through Feb. 3 in the Art & Architecture Gallery. The exhibition showcases the futuristic visions for public buildings and intersections featured in the U.S. pavilion of the 2004 Architecture Biennale in Venice. Several of the artists whose installations are in the Yale exhibit participated in a Jan. 12 panel discussion of their work, titled "Against Type."
The gallery will feature a traveling exhibition, "Prairie Skyscraper," showcasing Frank Lloyd Wright's only skyscraper, Price Tower, Feb. 13-May 5. Now celebrating its 50th year, the 19-story building in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, embodies one of Wright's ideals: a single structure incorporating residential, commercial and public spaces. Today the building serves as a museum of modern art, design and architecture, and houses a hotel and restaurant as well as gallery spaces. The installation for this exhibition was designed by celebrated architect Zaha Hadid.
The final exhibition from May 20 to July 29 will be devoted to work by School of Architecture students.
All events take place in the Art & Architecture Building, 180 York St. The hours for the gallery are Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. For more complete information, contact the School of Architecture at (203) 432-2288, or visit the website at www.architecture.yale.edu.
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