Ray Gastil presents “Learning from Where You Live: Innovation and Connection” during the final installment of the 2019 Fall Lecture Series on Monday 18 November at 5:00pm. Gastil directs the Remaking Cities Institute at Carnegie Mellon University and formerly served as City Planning Director for the City of Pittsburgh.
Rami el Samahy and Chris Grimley Present "Imagining the Modern" at the Fall Lecture Series on Mon 11 Nov
Rami el Samahy and Chris Grimley join the 2019 Fall Lecture Series on Monday 11 November at 5:00pm for their talk “Imagining the Modern.” The pair are founding principals of OverUnder, an architecture and design studio. Rami, Chris, and Michael Kubo are co-authors of the recently published Imagining the Modern: Architecture and Urbanism of the Pittsburgh Renaissance. Copies of the book will be on sale during the event.
Architect Luis Vidal to Speak at Fall Lecture Series Mon 28 Oct
Architect Luis Vidal joins the 2019 Fall Lecture Series on Monday 28 October at 5:00pm for his talk “Zoom Perspectives.” Vidal established luis vidal + architects in 2004 and specializes in airport design. He has completed over 30 such designs, and is currently working on the design of the New Terminal at Pittsburgh International Airport in association with Gensler and HDR.
Fall Lecture Series Welcomes Landscape Architect Kathryn Gustafson Mon 21 Oct
Landscape architect Kathryn Gustafson joins the 2019 Fall Lecture Series on Monday 21 October at 5:00pm for her talk “Designing in Paris, Valencia, Hong Kong & Hazelwood.” Gustafson is founding principal of Gustafson Guthrie Nichol (GGN) in Seattle and Gustafson Porter+Bowman (GP+B) in London. Her recent projects include the landscape design of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in DC and the public plaza of Hazelwood Green in Pittsburgh.
Kalla Co-Professors Nathalie Frankowski and Cruz García to Lecture on Mon 07 Oct
Ann Kalla Co-Professors in Architecture Nathalie Frankowski and Cruz García present their talk, “In Post-Novis all the Students are the teacher,” which discusses a decade of alternative projects as historical reflex in a time of pressing global challenges. A variety of examples are summoned to question historical narratives from positions of power while searching for kynical, emancipating, and critical forms of architecture.
Fall Lecture Series welcomes James Garrett Jr from 4RM+ULA Architects Mon 30 Sep
Fall Lecture Series Continues with Teddy Cruz and Fonna Forman Thu 19 Sep
Teddy Cruz and Fonna Forman, principals in Estudio Teddy Cruz + Fonna Forman, will discuss their work on “citizenship culture" at the US-Mexico border, and the Cross-Border Community Stations project, a platform of knowledge exchange that links universities and nonprofit organizations on both sides of the border.
2019 Fall Lecture Series Begins Mon 16 Sep with Kathryn H. Anthony
Join us for a conversation with Kathryn H. Anthony, PhD, ACSA Distinguished Professor. Her talk, “Defined by Design: The Surprising Power of Hidden Gender, Age, and Body Bias in Everyday Products and Places,” is an eye-opening overview of how the design of everyday objects that we encounter each day impacts and shapes our lives in ways most of us would never imagine.