MAKE IT ALIVE: BEYOND NEW BUILDINGS We do not need any more new buildings. We have enough space, and we cannot afford to use up non-renewable resources in new construction. Instead we need to rebuild, renovate, re-imagine and rethink our existing spaces. This lecture will mine the beauty of gathering and revealing what already is.

AARON BETSKY is the President of the School of Architecture at Taliesin. Trained as an architect, he works as an educator, critic and arts administrator. He is the author of over a dozen books on art, architecture and design, including the most recent, Making It Modern and Architecture Matters. In 2008, he curated the 11th Venice International Architecture Biennale.

RESOURCES A selection of readings related to the lecture, see links below.

• Architecture Matters

• Making it Modern: The History of Modernism in Architecture of Design

• Selected readings from Architecture Matters and Making it Modern (CMU G Suite login required)

• Re-living the City: UABB 2015 Catalogue

• Aaron Betsky in Architect Magazine 

• Aaron Betsky on Dezeen

• Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and Northwest Louisiana History Museum, Designed by Trahan Architects, Architect Magazine