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Shaping the City: European Cultural Centre launches third edition in unison with Chicago Architecture Biennial

2021-12-08T17:51:00-05:00

As part of its ongoing Shaping the City series, the Italian branch of the European Cultural Centre is being represented in this year’s Chicago Architecture Biennial with an upcoming conference that will begin this Friday, December 10th, hosted by the Chicago Cultural Center on East Washington Street in the city’s New Eastside.

The conference’s third edition will tackle themes of architecture and the people and re-imagining the city via side-by-side comparisons of major global capitals in America and Europe.

The event is set to last three days separated into two sections that will include speakers like Ennead’s Don Weinreich, Tulane University’s Edson G. Cabalfin, ASPECTSS* consultant Magda Mostafa, and the Chicago Architecture Biennial’s Artistic Director David Brown.

Session I will explore the ascendent social issues of the day through an examination of new architectural val...

Join Archinect for an important panel discussion, "Creating a More Diverse Future in A&D"

2020-11-04T15:46:00-05:00

Do the architecture and design industries represent the same diversity as the population it serves? This panel takes a look at this critical issue, and will address ways to make positive changes to ensure we push towards justice, equity, diversity and inclusion in A&D.

We invite you to join us for a special discussion this upcoming Monday, November 9th, from 1-2 pm EST / 10-11 am PST, featuring a panel of industry leaders that have dedicated their work towards reshaping our industry into one that better represents the communities at large.

Distinguished panelists include Karen Compton, Principal at A3K; Kimberly Dowdell, President at NOMA; Julia Gamolina, Founder at Madame Architect; Todd Heiser, Managing Director at Gensler; & Ann Rolland, Partner at FXCollaborative. The panel will be moderated by Paul Petrunia, Archinect's Founder/Director.

To RSVP for this virtual panel, please click the "reserve" button at this link. Space is limited and registration is required to attend.

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Evolving with Social: New Strategies for Marketing

2020-11-03T13:29:00-05:00

2020 has emerged as a year that will change all of our lives, whether it’s the current and ongoing health pandemic, social justice reform, economic unrest, and more. Against this backdrop, businesses are trying to find their voice and best manage how their brands are meant to respond to all this change. This panel will call on marketing and communications experts in the industry to talk about lessons learned and best practices for the future of storytelling for your business.

We invite you to join us for a a panel discussion tomorrow, November 4th, from 1-2 pm EST / 10-11 am PST.

Panelists include Christine Abbate, President at Novità PR; Samantha Chastang, Marketing Director, Steinberg Hart; Daria Pahhota, Global Communications Leader at SOM; and John Stephens, VP Marketing at Shaw Contract. The panel will be moderated by Paul Petrunia, Founder/Director of Archinect.

To RSVP for this virtual panel, please click the "reserve" button at this link. Space is limited and registration is...

Domestic Frontiers series: Mass Market Alternatives

2018-01-19T11:52:00-05:00

The first in a series of shows spotlighting research by Pratt Undergraduate Architecture Faculty on the future of Domestic Architecture in 21st Century. This exhibition, featuring the work of John Szot is entitled MASS MARKET ALTERNATIVES.

"Industrialization has had a profound effect on the American suburb. Only American audacity could have concocted and executed the formula for mass-produced homes that dominates the suburban real estate market in the United States. And only in America could such a formula become an economic and political juggernaut, making places where matters of personal taste are amplified into cultural bulwarks."

"'Mass Market Alternatives' seeks to exploit the economic leverage and aesthetic principles of mass-market suburban housing in order to diversify its potential customer base and challenge the reputation of the suburbs as enclaves of conservatism and political conformity."

The exhibition opens on January 22 and runs until February 9. A gallery talk will tak...

Bonus Session: Reflections on "Shelter" in Los Angeles

2015-11-20T14:49:00-05:00

We're pleased to announce a special bonus episode of Archinect Sessions, featuring a live recording of the closing panel discussion for "Shelter" at the Architecture + Design Museum in Los Angeles.

To close out the exhibition on November 6, curators Sam Lubell and Danielle Rago hosted two panel discussions with the featured architects, focusing on the sites that serve as the exhibition's organizing principles: the Metro subway extension in front of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the stretch of the LA River running through the city proper. Both sites embody much of what is affecting Los Angeles' changing urbanism – ongoing drought, invigorated public transportation, gentrification, and increasing density.

Mimi Zeiger, West Coast Editor of The Architect's Newspaper moderated the panel on the River, with Jimenez Lai (Bureau Spectacular), Elizabeth Timme (LA-Más), and Lorcan O'Herlihy (Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects), and I moderated the panel on Metro, with Jennifer Marmon (PAR...

Next Up Mini-Session #3: a panel discussion with Claus Benjamin Freyinger, Andrew Kovacs and Jimenez Lai

2015-11-01T13:30:00-05:00

After accumulating over four hours of live interviews from our first-ever live-podcasting series, "Next Up", held at Jai & Jai Gallery in Los Angeles' Chinatown and at the opening weekend of the Chicago Architecture Biennial, we're now letting them go, one by one. Leading up to the premiere of Archinect Sessions' second season on Thursday, November 5, we'll be releasing them as "Mini-Sessions". We'll also be launching another brand new podcast soon.

Without further ado, please enjoy our third Next Up Mini-Session, a panel discussion with Claus Benjamin Freyinger, Andrew Kovacs and Jimenez Lai. We'll be sharing more Mini-Sessions in the coming days, and remember to subscribe to Archinect Sessions to not miss an episode! You can listen to past Mini-Sessions here.

Listen to our "Next Up" panel discussion with Claus Benjamin Freyinger, Andrew Kovacs and Jimenez Lai:

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Contemplating film and architecture at FXFOWLE's "Urban Narratives" panel

2014-11-26T20:54:00-05:00

Los Angeles – FXFOWLE Architects celebrated the release of their new monograph last Thursday night with "Urban Narratives", a panel discussion on, perhaps surprisingly, storytelling. Currently, the trope of describing design disciplines, and many forms of marketing and new media, in terms of "narratives" and "stories" has become quite pronounced (sometimes derisively so). But as set pieces on the world stage, architecture holds great sway in determining whatever "urban narratives" arise. To the panelists, composed of professors and practitioners in both film and architecture, architecture's kindred narrative art is naturally film, as they are both time-based media, and visually oriented. The discussion turned to how architectural design can be used as elements in city storytelling, and in turn, how film can tell that story with architecture.

Moderated by University of Virginia architecture professor (and former dean) Kim Tanzer, the panel was populated by Edward Dimendberg (professor...

Deans from past 50 years reflect on USC Architecture's legacy

2014-04-03T17:05:00-04:00

Last night, the University of Southern California's School of Architecture hosted a panel discussion with four former deans dating back to 1961, in celebration of the school's upcoming centennial anniversary. Moderated by current dean Qingyun Ma, the deans included (in chronological order): Samuel Hurst, Ralph Knowles, Robert Harris, and Victor Regnier.

Each dean briefly reflected on their tenure at USC, explaining their influence within the school and how they witnessed the architecture school's priorities shift alongside Los Angeles' urban development. Hurst characterized his deanship as highly affected by the social and urban turmoil of the 1960s, encouraging him to develop the school's social atmosphere. Knowles, who served as dean from 1973-1975, brought a timely interest in naturalistic and ecologically-conscious architecture with his research in solar technologies. Harris' time as dean established stronger ties between the university and the city of Los Angeles, initiating stu...

WATCH: Diller, Lowry, critics, writers and more discuss MoMA's expansion plans

2014-02-04T18:31:00-05:00

As reported last week by Archinectors Ayesha Ghosh and Alex Stewart, a discussion regarding MoMA's expansion plan and the intended demolition of the American Folk Art Museum took place at the New York Society for Ethical Culture, an appropriate venue for a conversation rife with implications for the ethics of preservation, real estate development and the architectural profession. The aim was to create an opportunity for public discussion of what has been criticized as a unilateral move by MoMA, and investigate the supposed necessity of the Folk Museum's demolition.

The conversation was presented by The Architectural League, in partnership with the Municipal Art Society and the AIA, New York Chapter. Watch the entire discussion below, featuring:

Glenn Lowry (Director of the Museum of Modern Art), Ann Temkin (The Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture), Elizabeth Diller (principal of Diller Scofidio + Renfro), Reed Kroloff (director of the Cranbrook Academy...

“Beyond the Assignment” public panel discussion and exhibition opening

2013-09-24T15:14:00-04:00

Make your way to the upcoming "Beyond the Assignment: Defining Photographs of Architecture and Design" panel discussion and exhibition opening on Saturday, Oct. 5 at the LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions) and WUHO Gallery (Woodbury University Hollywood Gallery) in Los Angeles.

The Woodbury School of Architecture/Julius Shulman Institute will be presenting this free public panel discussing and exploring the relationship between photographer+architect as well as photographer+media in the past, present, and the future.

For a headstart on the topic, you can read the Archinect feature here. (Be on the lookout for Part 2 of the feature after the event!)

The Panelists: Bilyana Dimitrova - Moderator / Photographer, Curator of "Beyond the Assignment" exhibition; Sarah Amelar - Contributing Editor, Architectural Record magazine; Alan Karchmer - Photographer; John Ruble - Moore Ruble Yudell Architects; Paul Warchol - Photographer; and last but not least, Alexander Walter - Edi...

BRUTALISM + PRESERVATION panel discussion tonight in NYC

2013-05-15T12:09:00-04:00

Following the release of CLOG: Brutalism—the architecture journal's most recent issue—CLOG and DoCoMoMO NY Tristate are pleased to co-sponsor a panel discussion that will focus on the politics, opportunities, and constraints surrounding these structures. The conversation will address common issues faced by Brutalist buildings including their structural potential, aesthetics, and how these factors and more make the question of preserving Brutalist structures difficult and oftentimes contentious.

For those of you who heart brutalism, we still have some t-shirts left.

Oh, and CLOG is hiring, if you haven't heard.

The Guggenheim online panel discussion, "The Aestheticization of Everyday Life"

2013-05-01T20:16:00-04:00

For the next round of discussion I’d like to shift the subject to the physical environment, posing the question, Is architecture rational?

The conversation, "The Aestheticization of Everyday Life", an installment of the Guggenheim Forum series, is held in conjunction with the Guggenheim's current exhibition, Gutai: Splendid Playground. The panel, moderated by critic and Metropolis contributing editor Karrie Jacobs, examines how precisely controlled design affects our living environments, the products we use, even our experiences themselves. In addition to the panel discussion, the Forum will include a one-hour live chat hosted by Karrie Jacobs with architect and critic Cristina Goberna at 2 pm tomorrow.

Wide Open - emerging architecture professionals discusses real issues in contemporary practice

2012-03-27T11:44:00-04:00

Sometimes I think, as architects, we talk so little about buildings. That’s part of my issue with the profession — and part of why so many people leave it for other things. Architects don’t know how to define themselves. It makes us unnecessarily modest, as if we shouldn’t think of architecture as this big world-changing thing when we talk with other people. If you don’t find your niche, something that’s easy to explain, you feel engulfed in the “architect” stereotype.

Young designers discuss their professional horizons and architecture’s future.

It's so great to see young architects discussing important issues like these. We need more of this! It's especially great to see this moderated by Archinect blogger Nicole Fichera and starring Lian Chikako Chang, our blogger from the GSD, among others.

Lian has also shared this event on her blog.

Next Archinect Sessions: Saturday, November 19

2011-11-10T18:46:00-05:00

Archinect and Cal Poly Pomona are pleased to present Part 3 of the series Archinect Sessions @ the VDL. Saturday, November 19th @ 3:00 pm @ the Neutra VDL Research House. This discussion will be on the production of public space with USC's Stefano de Martino and UC Berkeley Geographer, Javier Arbona in conversation with Orhan Ayyuce. The session is free and open to the public although seating is limited so please reserve your seats today, donations for the ongoing restoration of the house are welcome.

Archinect Sessions kicks off with Ray Kappe on Oct. 22

2011-10-14T01:35:00-04:00

We're excited to announce the next round of Archinect Sessions, to kick off on Saturday, October 22nd, at the Neutra VDL House, in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, collaborating with Cal Poly Pomona.

Archinect Sessions is a series of discussions with architects, academics and other interesting individuals from the tangents of architecture, in and around Southern California, moderated by Archinect's Orhan Ayyuce.

For our first event we're very honored to host Ray Kappe, to talk about his impressive career as a practicing architect and academic.

Click here to reserve your seats.

For those of you who can attend, and for those of you who can't we'll be posting videos on Archinect shortly following each event.