Newsletter of the College of Architecture at Texas A&M University
Luminary figures from the architectural world, including practitioners and academicians, highlighted the Fall 2010 Department of Architecture Lecture Series at Texas A&M University. Videos of their presentations are available at the College of Architecture's Vimeo website.
Presented by Arthur W. Andersson and F. Christian Wise of the award-winning Austin-based firm Andersson-Wise Architects. The firm’s principals were protégés of Charles W. Moore, whose work, writing and teachings profoundly influenced the course of architecture worldwide.
Sept. 27: "Global History, Global Paradox"
Presented by Mark Jarzombek, professor of the history and theory of architecture and associate dean of the School of Architecture and Planning at MIT. Jarzombek's academic focus encompasses a range of historical topics from the Renaissance to the modern, including extensive work on 19th and 20th century aesthetics.
Oct. 11: "Display and the Post Object"
Presented by James Dart, principal, DArchitects. Dart's firm has won numerous local and national awards, including a 2002 Honor Award from the AIA. DArchitects is currently involved in multi-year, multi-phased projects at Bartram’s Garden, Philadelphia, the nation’s oldest botanical garden.
Oct. 25: "The Imperfect and the Mess We Made"
Presented by John Hartmann, co-founder of Freecell, a Brooklyn-based design and fabrication studio. Freecell was founded by Hartmann and Lauren Crahan in 1999 as a studio that creates site-specific, 3-D installations that transform and question the use and perception of space.
Nov. 15: "Topographies: The Architecture and Urbanism of Arthur Erickson"
Presented by Michelangelo Sabatino, assistant professor of architectural history and theory at the Gerald D. Hines School of Architecture at the University of Houston. His scholarly interest is 20th Century architecture, urbanism and design, especially the competing and often contradictory ways in which the appropriation of tradition has shaped the pursuit of national, regional and international identity.
- Posted: Dec. 2, 2010 -
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