S, M, L, XL: STRAIGHT UP THE MIDDLE
Sarah Whiting
Dean, School of Architecture, Rice University, Houston
Partner, WW Architecture
Wednesday, February 15, 6:00 pm
Gin D. Wong, FAIA Conference Center, Harris Hall
Sarah Whiting possesses an indefatigable curiosity about how individuals constitute a public and, more specifically, through what forms (architecture and urbanism) that public manifests itself and is, in turn, formed. Her teaching, writing, and practice focus on the politics and architectures of this public realm. In addition to her position as William Ward Watkin Professor and Dean of the School of Architecture at Rice, Whiting is a partner of the architecture office, WW, based in Houston, and is also an architectural critic. She is currently completing a book, Superblock City: Chicago’s Elastic Grid and is the founding editor of a new architectural book series with Princeton University Press, entitled POINT.
Whiting received her B.A. from Yale, her M.Arch from Princeton and her Ph.D. from MIT. Before coming to Rice, Whiting taught at Princeton, Harvard, IIT, University of Kentucky, and University of Florida. Prior to founding WW, she worked with OMA in The Netherlands, where she was a principal designer on the Euralille project, and for Peter Eisenman in New York.
This lecture is made possible by the Ira E. Yellin Lectures on Urbanism Endowment. This endowment, funded by the proceeds of the USC Architectural Guild's 1998 Parkinson Spirit of Urbanism Award, honors Ira E. Yellin for his commitment to the enrichment of the urban environment.
Lectures are free and open to the public. They are located in the Gin D. Wong, FAIA Conference Center, Harris Hall, on the University Park campus. No reservations are required. Parking is available on campus at Gate 1 off Exposition Blvd.
