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Spotlight on Design: Steven Holl
Wednesday, March 9 - 6:30 to 8:00 pm
Presented by the National Building Museum
The buildings of architect Steven Holl reflect his fascination with scientific phenomena and the interplay of light and space to create compelling, visual experiences. In 2001, Time magazine named him America’s Best Architect. In 2002, he received the Smithsonian Institution’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award in Architecture. Recently, he won the design competition for the new Swiss diplomatic residence in Washington, D.C. Principal of New York-based Steven Holl Architects, he will discuss the firm’s work, including the Loisium Visitor’s Center in Langenlois, Austria, Simmons Hall at MIT, and the addition to the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri. After the lecture, he will sign copies of his books. This lecture is held in conjunction with Liquid Stone: New Architecture in Concrete. •1.5 CEU
$15 Museum members; $25 nonmembers; $10 students. Prepaid registration required.
Spotlight on Design is sponsored by Lafarge North America.
Mobile Workshop to Harrisburg, PA on the Topic of Two-Tiered Taxation
Friday, March 11, 2005
Presented by The Maryland Chapter of the American Planning Association and The Robert Schalkenbach Foundation
Especially for Maryland local government officials, economic development officials, and planners!
On Friday, March 11, 2005, the MD APA, together with the Schalkenbach Foundation, will sponsor a mobile workshop to Harrisburg, PA, to learn about two-tiered property taxation.
For more information, see the announcement and registration form at;
MDAPA_Harrisburg_Trip_Announcement_and_Registration.pdf
Construction Watch Tour: Kenmore Middle School
Saturday, March 12 - 3:30 to 5:30 PM
Presented by the National Building Museum
The design of Kenmore Middle School in the Arlington Public School system fulfills the special requirements of the school’s “arts and communications technology” focus. The new school will provide generous natural lighting and space to display student artwork as well as outdoor learning environments. It also will incorporate sustainable technologies. Steve Mundt with Grimm + Parker Architects will lead a tour of this 206,000-square-foot project scheduled for completion in fall 2005. •2 HSW CEU
Open only to Museum members, $15. Limited space available. Prepaid registration required; online registration will be available February 24, 2005.
Lecture: Shanghai - Architecture and Urbanism for Modern China
Monday, March 14 - 6:30 to 8:00 pm
Presented by the National Building Museum
Shanghai, the world’s most densely populated city, is undergoing phenomenal changes to its physical environment. Peter Rowe, professor of architecture and urban design at Harvard University, will review the city’s urban plans since the beginning of the People’s Republic in 1949 and discuss contemporary major projects including infrastructure, commercial buildings, historic conservation, and construction of new and satellite communities. By way of comparison with contemporary Shanghai, he will briefly discuss development in Beijing. After the lecture, he will sign copies of his book Shanghai: Architecture and Urbanism for Modern China (Prestel). •1.5 CEU
$10 Museum members and students; $15 nonmembers. Registration required.
Smart Growth: Building a Sweet Home in Birmingham
Tuesday, March 15 - 12:30 to 1:30 pm
Presented by the National Building Museum
Starting in 1997 the citizens of Birmingham, Alabama, and the surrounding region began to develop a shared vision for their future. Architect and urban planner Larry Watts, executive director of the Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham, has helped to shape the process and bring transportation, land use, and urban form together. In 2004 the planning effort bloomed into a progressive regional vision, an influential citizen-business-government regional partnership, and a downtown home for collaborative planning and design. Mr. Watts will share the Birmingham story as the region moves toward creating a growth framework and transit plan, and confronts critical issues of water availability. •1.0 HSW CEU
Free. Registration not required.
Lecture: Washington Through Two Centuries
RESCHEDULED
Monday, March 21 - 6:30-8:00 pm
Presented by the National Building Museum
Architect and author Joseph Passonneau will describe the development of Washington, D.C. from its raw beginnings in 1800 to its position today as a world capital. To illustrate the city’s evolution, he will use his original, three-dimensional (axonometric) maps of the city showing six different periods. After the lecture, he will sign copies of his book Washington Through Two Centuries (Monacelli). This lecture is held in conjunction with the exhibition Washington: Symbol and City, which will be open for viewing. •1.5 CEU
$10 Museum members and students; $15 nonmembers. Registration required.
Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) Benefit Bash
Tuesday, March 22
Shop all day, get great savings, and benefit an outstanding environmental nonprofit – EESI. What a deal!
Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) is one of several nonprofits participating in a Benefit Bash hosted by Tysons Corner Lord & Taylor on March 22.
For a $5 contribution to EESI, participants get an admission ticket to the event, including several special coupons. The store is open until 10pm and is organizing some exciting events including five guest authors signing complementary copies of their books, make-up artists and fashion celebrities, face painting and Spiderman for the kids. It is a great opportunity for you to save money shopping and help a good cause. The entire $5 contribution (100%) goes to EESI.
Please buy a ticket today!
Each ticket includes:
A coupon for 20% off a regular or sale item at Tysons Corner Lord & Taylor, including cosmetics and fragrances.
A savings pass for 15% off regular and sale priced items all day.
A day filled with exciting events.
Opportunity to win prizes. Many departments will have gifts with purchases.
EESI is dedicated to promoting environmentally sustainable societies through transitions to social and economic patterns that sustain people, the environment and the natural resources upon which present and future generations depend. Its primary focus is on national policy and policymaker education. EESI's mission is to produce credible, timely information and innovative policy ideas and to effect change through coalition building, media outreach, publications, Congressional briefings, workshops and task forces on the issues of energy efficiency and renewable energy, transportation, smart growth, agriculture and global climate change. Your contribution will help us accomplish our goals.
You can use the ticket order form below or get details on the flyer including a list of the day's activities. Call me at 202-662-1887 if you have any questions or need more information. I look forward to seeing you there. Thank you in advance for your support of EESI.
To order tickets, send check/money order (no cash, please) along with the following information to: Environmental and Energy Study Institute, 122 C Street, NW #630, Washington, DC 20001.
Name:
Phone:
Email:
Address:
# of Tickets ($5 each):
Amount enclosed $:
Ruth V. Lampi
Development Director
Environmental and Energy Study Institute
122 C Street, NW #630
Washington, DC 20001
202-662-1887
202-628-1825 (fax)
RLampi@eesi.org
www.eesi.org
Building for the 21st Century: What Are Toyota and IKEA Doing in the Home-Building Business?
Tuesday, March 22 - 12:30 to 1:30 pm
Presented by the National Building Museum
Building homes off-site in manufacturing facilities is a growing part of the American housing landscape, but some of the most innovative developments in factory home-building are found in Japan and Scandinavia. Emanuel Levy, executive director of the Manufactured Housing Research Alliance, will describe how Japanese and Swedish factory home-builders use the industrialized environment to create advanced technologies and design solutions not possible with traditional site-building methods. •1.0 HSW CEU
Free. Registration not required.
Lecture: Portraits of Architects: Behind the Images
Tuesday, March 22 - 6:30 to 8:00 pm
Presented by the National Building Museum
Architectural photographer Richard Schulman has worked with most of today’s best known architects around the world, capturing their projects on film along with the architects themselves. He will discuss his experiences photographing these famous personalities and their works, ranging from Philip Johnson to Rem Koolhaas. After the lecture, he will sign copies of his book Portraits of the New Architecture (Assouline). •1.5 CEU
$10 Museum members and students; $15 nonmembers. Registration required.
Lecture: Building the Freedom Tower with New Software Technology
Monday, March 28 - 6:30 to 8:00 pm
Presented by the National Building Museum
With its design of the Freedom Tower at the former World Trade Center site, the architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) is pioneering the use of new software technology that enables architects to visualize their astonishing creations. Carl Galioto, FAIA, partner-in-charge of SOM’s Technical Group, will explain and illustrate how a new version of building information modeling facilitates the design of this challenging project. He will also discuss SOM’s long-term interest in this technology. This lecture complements the exhibition Tools of the Imagination. •1.5 CEU
$12 museum members; $17 nonmembers; $10 students. Registration required.
Lecture: Gardens of the Arts and Crafts Movement
Wednesday, March 30 - 6:30pm - 8:00 pm
Presented by the National Building Museum
Judith B Tankard, landscape historian, will discuss some of the legendary architects and gardeners of the Arts and Crafts era who designed gardens to be part of the total home environment. These gardens were known for their exceptional architectural detailing, sophisticated planting design, and close harmony with the house. After her lecture, she will sign copies of her book Gardens of the Arts and Crafts Movement: Reality and Imagination (Abrams). •1.5 CEU
$10 Museum members and students; $15 Nonmembers. Registration required.
SmartCode Workshop
April 6-9, 2005
Georgian Terrace Midtown
Atlanta, Georgia.
In cooperation with DPZ, PlaceMakers is pleased to announce the next in our highly successful series of SmartCode Workshops
Registration is open and available;
www.placemakers.com/info/workshop.html
Andres Duany will lead the discussion of the rural-to-urban Transect and the form-based principles that guide the SmartCode, the most comprehensive land development template available to create environmentally sustainable, economically competitive and truly livable places.
Through multiple interactive sessions featuring presentations and panels, participants will be guided page by page through the SmartCode. Topics include the scales of transect planning, ranges of elements in the T-1 to T-6 zones, public works standards that integrate well-designed places, and the power of Visual Preference Surveys and GIS modeling to influence political persuasion. In depth panel sessions will address economic incentives, administration techniques and legal precedent. Finally, evaluation of actual SmartCode projects and an interractive session with registrants will investigate challenges and solutions to the adoption process.
A special tour and lively critique of Atlanta area projects will highlight working SmartCode principles.
Don’t miss this opportunity to join fellow planners, architects, developers, elected officials and citizen activists, and learn how to implement practical solutions for quality livability.
For additional information, please contact Hazel@PlaceMakers.com.
Hope to see you there!
Hazel Borys
PlaceMakers
1253 Washington Avenue, Suite 222
Miami Beach, FL 33139
866 A.NU.TOWN
www.PlaceMakers.com
Historic Preservation and the Future of Baltimore
April 14, 2005 8:00 P.M.
The Carl N. Ruskin Lecture Series
Tyler Gearhart
Historic Preservation and the Future of Baltimore
School of Social Work Auditorium
525 West Redwood Street (between Paca and Greene)
Baltimore, MD
A Reception Will Follow
Free and Open to the Public
Presented by the Ruskin Lectureship Fund and the Urban Studies and Planning Program, School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, University of Maryland at College Park.
Tyler Gearhart is the Executive Director of Preservation Maryland, one of the nation's oldest historic preservation organizations. He was a founding director of 1000 Friends of Maryland, and currently serves on the boards of West Side Renaissance and the Baltimore City Heritage Area. Preservation Maryland is a recent recipient of the Maryland Association of Nonprofits Standards of Excellence certification and the National Trust for Historic Preservation's award for Organizational Excellence. Based on the number of designated historic properties, Baltimore is now America's most historic city. But as confidence and investment in the Baltimore City increases, is this distinction an asset or a liability? In his presentation, "Historic Preservation and the Future of Baltimore", Mr. Gearhart will discuss the role of historic preservation in the current Baltimore renaissance, and how best to balance and blend the "old" with the "new". Mr. Gearhart has a Bachelors Degree from Middlebury College and a Masters Degree in Historic Preservation from the University of Vermont.
The Carl N. Ruskin Memorial Lectureship Fund was established in memory of a distinguished alumnus of the Community Planning Program. At the time of his tragic death in 1987 he was Chief of Planning and Urban Design in the Department of Housing and Community Development, City of Baltimore. The purpose of the fund is to bring important practitioners and scholars to Baltimore each year to address issues of "The Neighborhood and the City". This marks the fifteenth of these lectures. These lectures are made possible through contributions from many individuals and organizations. Contributions are welcome and should be made to the Ruskin Lectureship Fund and addressed to the Urban Studies and Planning Program at the University of Maryland, College Park.
For further information, call (301) 405-6790
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