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Knowlton School landscape architecture alum Bill Minadeo on his second Olympic skatepark design

2024-08-06T12:20:00-04:00

“We’ve done all the competitive events up to the Olympics so starting with Dubai this year and then through the Olympic qualifying series in Shanghai and Budapest,” he said. “There’s been a progression of design that goes through each of those different courses both in street and park that will ultimately lead up to the courses we’ve designed for Paris and the Olympics.”

Bill Minadeo, an OSU Knowlton School Class of 1991 landscape architecture alum, designed the first Olympic skateboarding park in Tokyo and the latest park and street courses in Paris. He said the park he created for this year’s competition, which is being staged outside the Place de la Concorde, was made “a little bit harder” for all 88 athletes while still retaining vital universal design characteristics. The Olympic skate park will be disassembled and reused in two permanent locations in Paris after the culmination of the medal round ends on August 11th.

Also of note, Team USA is participating this year without Alexis Sablone, the goofy-footed MIT School of Architecture alum who competed in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.

Le Corbusier protégé and longtime Knowlton School professor José Oubrerie dies aged 91

2024-03-12T19:42:00-04:00

José Oubrerie, a French architect with ties to many leading modernists, has died at the age of 91.

The longtime Knowlton School professor was noted for his academic accomplishments and for being one of the last surviving members of Le Corbusier’s studio. He inspired many generations of students to long careers in architecture, departing with his own being both highly decorated and admired within the broader community of professional design.

"He showed a direction for architecture during a time of great confusion," friend Steven Holl wrote in a tribute published to his firm’s website yesterday. "Now at a time where architecture seems to have drifted into commercial activity with firms of hundreds of people, he reminded us that in the office of Le Corbusier, at the end, there were only six employees including José. His dedication to architecture came with a jolly sense of humor and enormous bank of stories, which shall be passed down by many as dedicated as he was."

Oubrerie and Holl...

Get Lectured: The Ohio State University, Fall '22

2022-10-13T09:00:00-04:00

The Austin E. Knowlton School of Architecture at the Ohio State University has announced its Autumn 2022 Baumer Series, which takes place at the school’s Gui Auditorium from September thru November.

The school shares that this semester’s invited guests will each discuss “how their work considers and contends with interdisciplinary geographies—communities of labor, technology, nonhuman life, and politics both global and local” surrounding a theme of “Future Geographies.”

The Baumer Series kicked off in September with lectures from MIT M.Arch Program Director and Matter Design director Brandon Clifford on September 14, Yuts founding member of the Geography of Robots on September 21, and Harvard GSD professor Antoine Picon on October 5.

The lectures continue on October 12 with an appearance from UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs Assistant Professor and licensed architect Kian Goh. Hunter College's Laura Wolf-Powers, who is the author of the new title University City: History, Race,...

Get Lectured: The Ohio State University, Fall '20

2020-11-02T17:48:00-05:00

This Fall, Knowlton School of Architecture at The Ohio State University has showcased their Autumn 2020 Baumer Conversations. The school "invites prominent researchers and practitioners of architecture, landscape architecture, and city and regional planning to present their work. For Autumn 2020, the Baumer series has been reimagined as short talks followed by conversations between the speaker and respondents from the Knowlton faculty."

Archinect's ongoing Get Lectured series features each school's lecture series and their graphic design prowess with graphic lecture posters.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

The school kicked of September with discussions from Silas Murrow of Poly-Mode, Joan Fitzgerald Professor of Urban and Public Policy at Northeastern University, Dan Immergluck Professor in the Urban Studies Institute at Georgia State University, Sara Zewde of Studio Zewde, and Vivian Lee and Jame...

Knowlton SoA exhibition examines architecture’s role in the Great Lakes Megalopolis

2020-09-09T15:52:00-04:00

A new exhibition at the Knowlton School of Architecture on The Ohio State University campus aims to explore the work of The Great Lakes Architectural Expedition, a fictional public architecture office that takes Lake Erie as its principal client.

Created by Knowlton LeFevre Visiting Assistant Professor of Architecture Galen Pardee, the exhibition uses archival models, drawings, documents, and studies to explore "the organizational structure of the Great Lakes Architectural Expedition itself, as well as early attempts by the Expedition’s Lake Erie Board to establish their roles as public advocates and draft the contours of non-human architect-client relationships," according to exhibition text.

"The Expedition’s mission has prompted a fundamental re-thinking of architecture’s role in the Great Lakes Megalopolis—engaging legal and physical terrains with equal dexterity, expanding architectural practice with non-human client structures, and transforming architects into agents for publ...

Get Lectured: Ohio State University, Spring '20

2020-02-11T15:47:00-05:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Winter/Spring 2020

A new school term means it's time for Archinect's latest edition of Get Lectured, an ongoing series where we feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. Check back regularly to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

The Ohio State University Knowlton School of Architecture's Baumer Lecture Series features kicked off last month with lectures by Amy Glasmeier, Zach Cohen, and Lola Sheppard. Upcoming speakers this semester include René Peralta, Marc Ryan, Keith Krumwiede, Anna Puigjaner, Miho Mazereeuw, Renia Ehrenfeucht, Hernan Diaz Alonso, Sylvia Lavin, and Galen Pardee.

Later this month, the school will host the “Fulfilled” symposium with Keith Krumwiede as keynote speaker. In March, Anthony Vidler will deliver the keynote for the “Bl...

Four university architecture exhibitions to kick off 2020

2020-01-10T17:00:00-05:00

With the new year (and new semester) just getting under way, now is as good a time as any to take in a good architecture exhibition.

We have collected a few of the most interesting exhibitions currently (or soon-to-be) on view at four university campuses across the country, highlighting curatorial efforts by firms that include NEMESTUDIO and Architecture Office. Model-lovers will find much to love about the exhibitions developed by these two firms, while the other two highlighted exhibitions focus on environmental and urban planning initiatives.

Remember, the Spring semester moves fast, however, so don't wait to check these exhibitions out!

Installation photo from 74 Things by NEMESTUDIO at the Knowlton School of Architecture. Image courtesy of Philip Arnold / The Ohio State Knowlton School of Architecture.

Knowlton School of Architecture

74 Things by NEMESTUDIO

San Francisco Bay Area-based practice NEMESTUDIO is presenting 74 Things, an exhibition that positions the Knowlton Hall Banv...

Landscape architect Dorothée Imbert picked to lead Knowlton School of Architecture

2020-01-09T14:41:00-05:00

Landscape Architect and educator Dorothée Imbert has been named as the new Director of the Knowlton School of Architecture at The Ohio State University.

Imbert will take up a four-year term starting Fall 2020 and will follow in the footsteps of Michael B. Cadwell, FAIA, the current director who has served for nine years.

According to a university statement, Imbert has served as landscape architecture faculty at the school since 2013, when she joined the institution as the inaugural Hubert C. Schmidt ’38 Chair in Landscape Architecture. Prior to this experience, Imbert established the landscape architecture program at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis and spent time teaching at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University.

In 2019, Imbert was named as one of the 25 Most Admired Educators in the country by the DesignIntelligence survey within the landscape architecture category. Imbert earned an architect's diploma from the Unit...

Get Lectured: Ohio State University, Spring '19

2019-03-11T12:33:00-04:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Spring 2019

It's time for Archinect's latest Get Lectured, an ongoing series where we feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. Check back regularly to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

So far, the Ohio State University Knowlton School of Architecture's Spring '19 lecture series has featured speakers like Eric Höweler, Farshid Moussavi, Aaron Betsky, Jennifer Bonner, Viola Ago, and more. Upcoming lecturers for the rest of the semester include Michael Osman, Rachel Weber, David Dixon, Liat Margolis, and Emily Mohr.

Check out previous posters on the Get Lectured Pinterest page.

Want another way to share your school's events? Send them to Bustler! Simply submit events for review here.

Get Lectured: Ohio State University, Fall '18

2018-08-29T14:53:00-04:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Fall 2018

With a new school year upon us, it's time for Archinect's latest Get Lectured, an ongoing series where we feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. Check back regularly to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

The Ohio State University's Knowlton School of Architecture is back with a new Baumer Lecture Series for Fall 2018. The series invites prominent researchers and practitioners working in architecture, landscape architecture, and city planning who present technical, cultural, and theoretical understanding of the contemporary built environment.

Featuring a trippy poster designed by Assistant Professor Curtis Roth, the series starts today with a lecture by David Gissen of the California College of the Arts. Other upcoming speakers include...

Get Lectured: Ohio State University, Spring '18

2018-01-17T13:30:00-05:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Winter/Spring 2018

Archinect's Get Lectured is an ongoing series where we feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. Check back regularly to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

Check out who will be speaking in The Ohio State University Knowlton School of Architecture's Baumer Lecture Series for the Spring 2018 term.

Jan 10
Adam Marcus and Andrew Kudless / California College of the Arts

Jan 17
Caroline Levine / Cornell University

Jan 24
Todd Gannon and Joe Day / Ohio State University and SCI-Arc

Jan 31
Andrew Zago / Zago Architecture

Feb 14
Tom Sanchez / Virginia Tech

Feb 21
Kate Cullity / Taylor Cullity Lethlean

Feb 28
Henri Bava / Agence Ter

Mar 7
William O'Brien, Jr. / MIT

Mar 21
Wonne Ickx / PRODUCTORA

Mar 28
Kristi Cheramie / The Ohio State Univ...

Get Lectured: Ohio State University, Fall '17

2017-08-23T12:49:00-04:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Fall 2017

Ready or not, the start of the new school year is coming up. Back for Fall 2017 is Archinect's Get Lectured, an ongoing series where we feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. Check back regularly to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

The Ohio State University, Knowlton School of Architecture will launch their Fall '17 lecture series next Wednesday. Speakers include Nader Tehrani, Nicholas de Monchaux, Jackilin Hah Bloom, and the one and only Rem Koolhaas.

Aug 30
Ian Bogost / Georgia Institute of Technology

Sept 6
Teresa Galí-Izard / Arquitectura Agronomica

Sept 13
Jason Reece / The Ohio State University

Sept 20
Andrew Holder / The Los Angeles Design Group

Sept 27
Nader Tehrani / The Cooper Union

Oct 4
Joann Bacon / Allies and Morrison

Oct 1...

Get Lectured: Ohio State University, Spring '17

2017-01-31T14:12:00-05:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Winter & Spring 2017

Archinect's Get Lectured is back in session for Winter and Spring 2017. Get Lectured is an ongoing series where we feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. Check back frequently to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss. Mark those calendars!

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

Have a look at what lectures and exhibitions are coming up at the Ohio State University Knowlton School of Architecture.

Feb 3
Sarah Oppenheimer & Laurent Stalder / Artist & ETH Zurich
5:30pm at Film/Video Theater / Wexner Center for the Arts

Feb 8
Shane Coen / Coen + Partners
5:30pm at Gui Auditorium / Knowlton Hall

Feb 22
Tatiana Bilbao / Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO
5:30pm at Gui Auditorium / Knowlton Hall

Mar 1
Documentary Premiere: "Free to Ride" / Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity 5:30p...

Get Lectured: Ohio State University, Fall '16

2016-09-13T12:58:00-04:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Fall 2016

Gearing up for another eventful school year this fall? Archinect's Get Lectured is back in session. Get Lectured is an ongoing series where we feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. Check back frequently to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss. Mark those calendars!

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

This fall, the Knowlton School of Architecture at the Ohio State University will feature lectures from leading practitioners like DLANDstudio's Susannah Drake, Peter Eisenman, Ryue Nishizawa, Paul Lewis of LTL Architects, and don't miss a conversation between Robert A.M. Stern and Paul Goldberger.

Below are upcoming lectures.

Sept 14
Margaret Dewar / University of Michigan
5:30pm at Gui Auditorium / Knowlton Hall

Sept 21
Susannah Drake / DLANDstudio
5:30pm at Gui Auditorium / Knowlton ...

Get Lectured: Ohio State University, Fall '15

2015-09-21T12:56:00-04:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Fall 2015

Archinect's Get Lectured is ready for another school year. Get Lectured is an ongoing series where we feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. Check back frequently to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

Our next poster comes from The Ohio State University, Knowlton School of Architecture with their Fall 2015 lecture series, "Energies".

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

Listed below are upcoming events. Free and open the public. Unless noted, lectures begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Gui Auditorium (Knowlton Hall, Room 250).

Sept 23
Neil Denari / NMDA

Sept 30
Megan Sandel / Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health

Oct 7
François Roche / R&Sie(n)

Oct 12
Michael Blier / Landworks Studio
at Knowlton Hall Big Stairs

Oct 13
Neil Denari + Robert Somol / Stair Session with Baumer Dist...

Get Lectured: Ohio State University, Spring '15

2015-01-16T13:04:00-05:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Winter-Spring 2015

Archinect's Get Lectured is back in session! Get Lectured is an ongoing series where we feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. Check back frequently to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

Our next featured poster comes from the Ohio State University Knowlton School of Architecture with their Spring '15 series, "Mingle"

"To Mingle is to shift states. It implies the ability to equally join and disconnect. It is a deliberate drift, an active movement that prioritizes overlap over blending, bleeding and blurring. In the realm of design and planning, a 'mingler' maintains distinct qualities while seeking productive alternatives. The lecture series includes lecturers that are nimble as they seek innovative ways to forward their respective fields."

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@arc...

Editor's Picks #393

2014-11-14T13:38:00-05:00

"394,000 US$!! This is the budget of homes in America that are 1/10th of this quality. Perhaps it's for two people, who are empty nesters, and entertain for a large extended family. The simplicity of materials and form, is exceedingly elegant". - b3tadine[sutures]

The latest edition of Showcase: features Slate House, located on a site in Laval, a suburb of Montreal. Designed by Affleck de la Riva architects, it stands in sharp contrast to the tract houses that surround it.

b3tadine[sutures] exclaims "394,000 US$!! This is the budget of homes in America that are 1/10th of this quality. Perhaps it's for two people, who are empty nesters, and entertain for a large extended family. The simplicity of materials and form, is exceedingly elegant".

As part of Archinect’s continuing ACADIA 2014 coverage Amelia Taylor-Hochberg reviews the keynote by creator of SimCity Will Wright's, which she labels "almost a exegesis".

News
Mark Minkjan spoke with Rory Hyde re: the ongoing relevancy of the profession and Future Practice. Darkman felt the need to clarify "Most architects I know build schools, hospitals, churches, malls, apartment buildings etc. It's just the media that feeds us the Versaces...and Ivy League universities".

The Wall Street Journal published...

Get Lectured: Ohio State University, Fall '14

2014-09-09T14:38:00-04:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Fall 2014

Say hello to another edition of Archinect's Get Lectured! As a refresher, we'll be featuring a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. If you're not doing so already, be sure to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

Today's poster features the Fall 2014 Baumer Lecture Series: "TWIST" at The Ohio State University Knowlton School of Architecture.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

Below are upcoming lectures only. Unless noted, lectures begin at 5:30 p.m in the Gui Auditorium (Knowlton Hall 250). Free and open to the public.

SEPTEMBER

Sept. 17
Jim Diers / Asset-Based Community Development

OCTOBER

Oct. 1
John Peterson / Public Architecture

Oct. 8
Elena Manferdini / Atelier Manferdini

Oct. 17
Peter Eisenman / Eisenman Architects

Oct. 29
Ashley Schafer / The Ohio State University, Architecture

NOVEMBER

N...

Get Lectured: Ohio State University, Spring '14

2014-02-17T13:03:00-05:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Winter/Spring 2014

Archinect's Get Lectured is up and running again for the Winter/Spring '14 term! As a refresher from our Fall 2013 guide, we'll feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current season. Be sure to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

Since we've been receiving more submissions lately, we're gonna show off posters more often -- and so you can see what events are happening in architecture schools right now!

Our next poster comes from Ohio State University's Knowlton School of Architecture featuring "Doubling", as part of the Baumer Lecture Series.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

Listed below are upcoming lectures only. Free and open to the public. Lectures will take place at 5:30 PM at the Knowlton Hall Auditorium (KN 250), unless noted otherwise.

FEBRUARY

Feb 26
June Manning Thomas / ...

Get Lectured: Knowlton School of Architecture Fall '13

2013-09-10T11:09:00-04:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Fall 2013

Here on Archinect we just launched "Get Lectured", where we'll feature a school's lecture series--along with their snazzy posters--for the current season. Check back regularly to stay up-to-date and mark your calendars for any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

We'll be starting out with Archinect's Most Followed Schools profiles. For today is the "Loose Fit" Baumer Lecture Series from the Knowlton School of Architecture at Ohio State University.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

All lectures are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.
Unless noted, all lectures will be held at the Knowlton Hall Auditorium (KN 250) at 5:30 pm.

SEPTEMBER

September 4
Ken Smith / WORKSHOP (Ken Smith Landscape Architect):
Larger Landscapes

September 11
Tridib Banerjee / University of Southern California, Price School of Public Pol...

From the School Blogs: 015 / It's probably not a datascape.

2011-06-15T21:08:04-04:00

This quarter I took an interesting seminar with Professor Karen Lewis called "Diagrammatic." The seminar focused on the history of diagramming in architecture and was split into progressive categories: Forms & Relationships Abstract Machines Processing Program Datascapes Systems & Networks Landscape Dynamics Flexible & Intelligent

From the Student Blogs: 014 / De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da

2011-06-15T16:33:55-04:00

So, Spring Quarter has come and gone, and thus, so has graduation. What a great two years it has been. Over the summer, I plan on posting some of the projects I never really finished updating everyone with - like the final fur studio work. So, be looking out for frequent posts as I begin to curate the work for portfolios and such.