Rem Koolhaas and Peter Eisenman will duke it out, in a conversation moderated by Phyllis Lambert, at the Canadian Center for Architecture in Montreal, on June 8. More info inside...
From the official press release:
The Canadian Center for Architecture presents Urgency, a public conversation with Rem Koolhaas and Peter Eisenman on 8 June 2007. Major international figures of the architectural world, Rem Koolhaas and Peter Eisenman will each address one topic they consider to be of vital importance and urgency in contemporary architecture. Following their presentations, the architects will be joined in conversation by CCA Founding Director and Chair of the Board of Trustees Phyllis Lambert.
Urgency is a free event and takes place in the CCA’s Baile Park from 10 am to 12 pm.
Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas is principal of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) and director of the Project on the City at Harvard University. OMA’s recent projects include the Seoul National University Museum of Art (2005), the Prada Epicenter in Los Angeles (2004), and the Seattle Public Library (2004). Rem Koolhaas received the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2000.
Peter Eisenman is a New York-based architect. Through his extensive theoretical writings and built projects in the United States, Japan, Spain, and Germany, he has influenced generations of architects and paved the way for the current digital avant-garde. His Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin received the Honor Award of the American Institute of Architects, New York Chapter, in 2005. The CCA holds the comprehensive archives of Peter Eisenman, including drawings, prints, models, photographs, and documents covering his practice from the late 1950s to the present.
Urgency reflects the CCA’s ongoing exploration of critical issues facing architecture and contemporary society. The event is presented in conjunction with the 2007 Soirée Phyllisienne Ball on 7 June and forms part of a series of special events and programs in honour of Phyllis Lambert’s 80th birthday in 2007.
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according to ARQHYS, Koolhaas will also do a conversation with Michel Houellebecq on July 21 at CCCB (Barcelona).
Javier
yes, he will
this is actually coordinated by my friend Luis Falcon from www.load.as He has been confirmed for long time now...is part of the www.intelligentcoast.com master program where also Manuel Gausa is co-director
hi, back when this was published in the news i was able to go to the article and read a transcript of the discussion RK and PE had, now i canot find it, can someone please point me to it? has it been deleted from the web? has anyone saved it please?
thanks
m1
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