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Tulane School of Architecture's Fall events feature Sarah Bronin, the What Matter's Here.?! exhibition, and symposia exploring the Gulf Coast

2024-09-24T15:23:00-04:00

The Fall semester is in full swing, and as part of our ongoing event highlight at Archinect Partner Schools, we’re taking a look today at what’s in store for the Tulane School of Architecture in New Orleans

Carmen Trudell of the College of Architecture and Environmental Design at Cal Poly SLO will visit campus on October 7th for a special invited lecture in the university’s Woldenburg Art Center, followed by the daylong symposium 'Green Infrastructure, Food Systems, and Building Climate Resilience in New Orleans' on October 10th.

The immersive exhibition What Matter's Here.?!, centering on material legacies across the Gulf Coast, just opened in the School of Architecture's Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design and will be on display until May next year.

What Matter's Here.?! Image courtesy Tulane School of Architecture

Another lecture presentation featuring Pankaj Vir Gupta of the University of Virginia will follow on October 14th.

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Kansas State's College of Architecture, Planning and Design Fall events feature Guy Nordenson, Laurie Olin, and Jenny Myers

2024-09-16T14:48:00-04:00

The Kansas State University College of Architecture, Planning & Design has shared their plans for the 2024 Fall semester as part of our ongoing event highlight at Archinect Partner Schools.

This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the college’s Ekdahl Lecture Series. K-State shares: “The Ekdahl Lecture Series, named in honor of the distinguished architect Oscar S. Ekdahl, continues to serve as a forum for students, professionals, and the public to explore innovative ideas that address some of the world’s most pressing challenges.”

The schedule begins with an October 23rd twin bill. Landscape architect Laurie Olin will speak first at 10:00 am, followed later that day by remarks from RIOS design director Jenny Myers at 4:30 pm. Guy Nordenson’s lecture on climate adaptation will follow the next day (October 24th) at 10:30 am, followed by a panel discussion on the future of the profession and reception at 4:30 pm.

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SCI-Arc’s Fall events lineup features Winy Maas, Sarah Whiting, and Liam Young’s ‘Views from Planet City’

2024-09-12T18:47:00-04:00

The Southern California Institute of Architecture has started classes for the Fall semester and is sharing with us their schedule of events and lectures as part of our ongoing event highlight at Archinect Partner Schools.

This Friday, September 13th, will see the first opening of Views of Planet City, featuring the sci-fi designs of SCI-Arc’s graduate Fiction and Entertainment program director Liam Young. A separate opening at the Pacific Design Center follows on September 14th. (Our preview of the exhibition can be found here.)

Liam Young. Image credit: Liam Young

Next up, a pair of lectures from Luigi Alberto Cippini (October 2nd) and Harvard GSD dean Sarah M. Whiting (October 9th). Following those will be the October 25th book launch for author Ferda Kolatan’s new title Misfits & Hybrids Architectural Artifacts for the 21st Century City. The month ends with a lecture from Fiona Connor on October 30th.

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Cranbrook Academy of Art's Fall '24 events feature Jomo Tariku, Axel Timm, Charisse Weston, and Leonard Suryajaya

2024-09-10T12:41:00-04:00

The new school year at Cranbrook Academy of Art Department of Architecture, an Archinect Partner School, has just begun. To coincide with it, we’re highlighting the must-see events and lectures to take in for the Fall 2024 semester.

Public programming begins with the special "Communion" fundraiser on September 28th at the new Peterson Rich Office-designed The Shepherd Gallery and Art Center in Detroit's Little Village neighborhood. (Tickets for the event can be purchased here.)

View of the Charles McGee Legacy Park and the Shepherd Gallery. Photo by Jason Keen. Courtesy of Library Street Collective.

In the following month, be sure not to miss an exciting slate of lectures that begins on October 3rd with a visit from conceptual artist and writer Charisse Weston. Following hers is another from Berlin-based architect Axel Timm on November 7th. Photographer Leonard Suryajaya speaks on November 21st, and the semester concludes with a final lecture on furniture design from the contemporar...

The University of Oregon's College of Design Fall '24 events feature Julie Eizenberg, Nader Tehrani, Billy Leddy, and the Reynolds Symposium

2024-09-09T19:56:00-04:00

Class is back in session at the University of Oregon School of Architecture & Environment. As part of our ongoing event highlight at Archinect Partner Schools, let’s take a look at what’s in store at the College of Design in Eugene and Portland for the Fall 2024 semester.

The events start with the timely workshop on "Overcoming Academic Perfectionism," which takes place on September 12th, followed by lectures from Billy Leddy of Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects on October 14th in Eugene and Thomas Robinson of LEVER Architecture on October 16th in Portland. Back in Eugene, the Reynolds Symposium takes place from October 18th to the 19th featuring keynote speakers Evan Reis and Nicholas B. Rajkovich. You can register for the symposium here.

L'Angolo Estate Winery by LEVER Architecture. Image courtesy: LEVER Architecture

The month of October continues with a lecture from Barry Richards of the Rockwell Group on October 23rd and another from Maura Rockcastle on October 25th. NADAAA’s Nader...

NYIT School of Architecture & Design's Fall events feature the Aluminaire House saviors, the Atypical Architectures Symposium, and more

2024-09-09T14:52:00-04:00

The semester has begun for students and faculty at the School of Architecture & Design at New York Institute of Technology (NYIT). Here’s a comprehensive look at the activities on tap for the Fall as part of our ongoing event highlights at Archinect Partner Schools in the new academic year.

Events begin with Design Intelligence: "The Leadership Summit on the Business of Design: The Future of Talent, Organizations, & Leadership," which takes place over two days from October 7th to 8th. Following is the two-day NYC Biennial 2024 kickoff event, "Architectural Intersections," from October 17th to the 19th. The following week, the school will be hosting a book launch for Evan Shieh’s Autonomous Urbanism on October 23rd at 5:30 pm. A guest lecture from Anna Dyson will close the month on October 30th.

Next, the "Atypical Architectures Symposium: Design for Neurodiversity and Inclusion" will be held on November 7th beginning at 1:00 pm.

Albert Frey's Aluminaire House was re-installed in P...

USC School of Architecture's upcoming Fall '24 events feature Olafur Eliasson, Marlon Blackwell, Tatiana Bilbao, and Anupama Kundoo

2024-09-06T15:00:00-04:00

Continuing with a look at the public events and lectures in store this Fall term for our Archinect Partner Schools, we feature the newest addition to our 10-school partnership, the University of Southern California School of Architecture.

The semester begins September 9th with a conversation between Olafur Eliasson and the new Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) director, Johanna Burton. Their discussion serves as a preview for the upcoming exhibition Olafur Eliasson: Open. The Icelandic-Danish artist is participating in the return of the third edition of the popular PST ART.

Olafur Eliasson. Image courtesy USC School of Architecture

Next up, Lorcan O’Herilhy will take part in a September 11th discussion of his new book Building in Place: Architecture Rooted in Context and Social Equity, which is due out September 17th. The social housing pioneer will be followed by the just-named 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale collaborator Marlon Blackwell's lecture Radical Practice on September ...

Pratt's School of Architecture Fall programming features RUR, Deborah Berke, Curry J. Hackett, and return of Climate Week NYC

2024-09-06T12:48:00-04:00

This Fall semester at the Pratt Institute School of Architecture, check out the slate of upcoming events and speakers coming to Brooklyn as part of our look at what our Archinect Partner Schools have planned.

The term begins with a timely reflection on the influential seven-decade career of the late pioneering female architect Debora Reiser on September 12th at 6:15 pm in Higgins Hall. Featuring Jesse Reiser and Nanako Umemoto, Deborah Berke, and others, the event will stage a series of five-minute talks in celebration of her life in architecture and is followed by the kick-off of Climate Week NYC.

Deborah Berke. Photo: Winnie Au, courtesy Deborah Berke Partners.

That includes a September 23rd panel discussion hosted by the MS in Sustainable Environmental Systems and a September 28th walking tour of North Brooklyn. September will also see the start of Adaptations 2.0 Island(ing), which features a September 24th panel discussion from the Admiral's House on Governors Island. Pratt's ...

UCLA Architecture and Urban Design Fall '24 events feature Marion Weiss, Lisa Iwamoto, Skylar Tibbits, and Neri&Hu

2024-09-05T15:14:00-04:00

UCLA Architecture and Urban Design is now back in session, and that means it's time for a rundown of the events and speakers coming to campus in the new Fall term. Each event will take place in Westwood's Perloff Hall and begin at 5:30 pm unless noted otherwise.

EPFL Lausanne professor Alfredo Thiermann visits on October 10th for the term’s first book talk on his new title, Radio-Activities, followed by a lecture from IwamotoScott founding partner and UC Berkeley CED Architecture Department Chair Lisa Iwamoto on October 17th. Influential MIT professor Skylar Tibbits visits on October 24th, followed by an October 28th book talk on Misfits & Hybrids: Architectural Artifacts for the 21st-Century City with author Ferda Kolatan.

Lisa Iwamoto. Image courtesy IwamotoScott Architecture

November begins with WEISS/MANFREDI co-founder Marion Weiss’ November 18th book talk on Drifting Symmetries. She will be followed by another UPenn-affiliated duo, Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu of Neri&Hu Design ...

Tyler School of Art and Architecture Fall ’24 events feature Eric Höweler, Masafumi Yukimoto, FIFTEEN, & Petra Kuppers

2024-09-04T08:16:00-04:00

The Tyler School of Art and Architecture at Temple University has shared its Fall speakers and events information as part of our look at what our Archinect Partner Schools have planned in the first half of the 2024-25 year.

Heather Davis begins the term with the first Critical Dialogue series presentation, a look at her new title Plastic Matter on September 17th. FIFTEEN Architecture + Design’s Katrina Connors and Ximena Valle will follow with a September 18th presentation titled ‘The Time is Now’ before the ‘Spatial Practice Within Contested Geographies’ forum closes the week on September 19th at 6:00 pm.

212 Stuart Street by Höweler + Yoon (Architect of Record: Sasaki Associates); Photo: Chuck Choi.

Eric Höweler of Höweler + Yoon kicks off October’s programming with his presentation on the application of Verify in Field methods to a broader cultural context on October 2nd beginning at 4:00 pm. This precedes the 2024 Robert Z. Shuman Lecture from Class of 1998 BArch graduate Masafum...