This week's list of featured online events from Archinect's Virtual Event Guide includes lectures, presentations, discussions, a conference, an award presentation, and a symposium.
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Lecture: Mark Lee | JOHNSTONMARKLEE
Wednesday, March 3, 2021 | 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM PDT
Since its establishment in 1998 in Los Angeles, Johnston Marklee has been recognized nationally and internationally with over 40 major awards and numerous publications. Projects undertaken by Johnston Marklee are diverse in scale and type, spanning fourteen countries throughout North and South America, Europe, and Asia.
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Mabel O. Wilson: Studio&: A Black Study
Wednesday, March 3, 2021 | 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM PDT
Mabel O. Wilson is the Nancy and George E. Rupp Professor in Architecture and also a professor in African American and African Diasporic Studies at Columbia University. She also serves as the Director of the Institute for Research in African American Studies and co-directs Global Africa Lab.
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Adolf Loos: In Search of Space for Modern Life
Thursday, March 4, 2021 | 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM EDT
The conference brings international experts for two panels: “Adolf Loos—Between America and Europe” and “After Loos—Are We Still Inspired by the Raumplan?” Presented in connection with “LOOS AND PILSEN: Exploring the Secret of Adolf Loos’ Pilsen Interiors” currently on view at Czech Center New York.
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Where Was Jim Crow? Living in Frank Lloyd Wright’s America
Thursday, March 4, 2021 | 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM EDT
Dianne Harris illuminates architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s role in the history of the divided and segregated American city. Mabel Wilson, Professor of Architecture and Director of the Institute for Research in African American Studies at Columbia University will join Dr. Harris in a discussion following the lecture.
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SAH Change Agent Award
Thursday, March 4, 2021 | 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM PDT
The Society of Architectural Historians will present the 2021 Change Agent Award to Michael Maltzan, FAIA, founder of Michael Maltzan Architecture. The virtual program will include a talk by Maltzan on his firm's work in housing for the homeless, followed by a conversation with Frances Anderton.
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AIA Los Angeles 1.5 ºC Symposium on Climate Change
Friday, March 5, 2021 9:00 AM – Friday, March 12, 2021 12:30 PM PDT
AIA LA COTE is providing a conference that reflects the most relevant dialogues in society and has incorporated this thinking into a two-day split virtual symposium around Climate Action and Climate Justice. Topics include Carbon Neutrality, Healthy Building Environments, Resiliency, and Equity.
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Product Focus Friday -- Interface, Alur Walls, Mosa Tile
Friday, March 5, 2021 | 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
Three products for the commercial interiors community will be presented by three different manufacturers in a lively, fast-paced, & engaging exchange about their key features and applications. The moderators are leading industry editors who will keep it moving & welcome questions from the audience.
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Dana E. McKinney Virtual Lecture on Social Justice Through Design
Tuesday, March 9, 2021 | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM PDT
Dana McKinney is an architect and urban planner who advances social justice and equity through design. Her academic and professional profile integrates wellness, policy, and economics into innovative design solutions to benefit even the most vulnerable populations including formerly incarcerated individuals, persons experiencing homelessness, and the elderly.
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Discussions Series Panel Discussion: Architectural History as a Global Discipline
Wednesday, March 10, 2021 | 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM CST
Join the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts for Architectural History as a Global Discipline, a panel discussion presented as part of the tenth year of DISCUSSIONS in Architectural History and Theory. The featured panelists will explore several questions: What does it mean for a historian to be global? What are the blind spots in achieving a truly global architectural history? What are the main lessons of global architectural histories that have been written in the last twenty years? What will be the impact of the current pandemic and social unrest on the notion of "global"?
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Design and the Just City with Toni Griffin of The Just City Lab
Wednesday, March 10, 2021 | 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM EDT
Would we design better places if we put the values of equality, inclusion or equity first? Imagine the Just City: the cities, neighborhoods and public spaces that thrive using a value-based approach to urban stabilization, revitalization and transformation.
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