Commencement 2009
Commencement was held on May 9, 2009, with about 160 students participating in the ceremony. Separate ceremonies were held fo rthe architecture and planning programs.
View architecture commencement ceremony
View planning commencement ceremony
Lecture Series Online
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10.09.09 Dan Rockhill
Dan Rockhill is an architect and Director of Studio 804 – a program that enables architects and students to design and build houses and public buildings.The Rockhill lecture will be held at 12:30 p.m. in 301 Crosby Hall.
09.09.09 Molo
Stephanie Forsythe and Todd McAllen, of Molo, founded the critically-acclaimed, collaborative design and production studio which is based in Vancouver, known for its materials research and explorationof space-making designs.
04.22.09 Faranak Miraftab, Jammal Lecture
Dr. Faranak Miraftab is a member of the faculty in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. The Jammal Lecture at UB, which honors the late Professor Himi Jammal, focuses on international planning and developmen.
04.15.09 Charles Walker, Birdair Lecture
Charles Walker, an architect and engineer, works with Zaha Hadid.
04.13.09 Miro Rivera, GSA Lecture
Miro Riverahas won awards for new public infrastructure. The studio was founded by Juan Miro and Miguel Rivera.
04.07.09 Michelle Addington, Clarkson Chair
Michelle Addington is an architect and an engineer and co-author of Smart Material and Technologies for the Architecture and Design Professions.
View Lecture 1: "The Human Themal Environment"
View Lecture 2: "Buildings, Boundaries, Behaviors"
View Lecture 3: "Material Progeny"
View Lecture 4: "Technology Transfer"
04.06.09 Tony Fretton
Tony Fretton is the designer of numerous cultural facilities including the Lisson Gallery, the Camden Arts Center in England, and Fuglsang Cultural Center in Denmark.
03.27.09 MOS, Martell Lecture
MOS recently won a PA award and was appointed to design PS1.
04.01.05 Steven Holl
Steven Holl founded Steven Holl Architects in New York in 1976 as a design-oriented office. The firm has been internationally recognized for quality and excellence in design. Recent projects include the Contemporary Art Exhibition Hall, China International Practical Exhibition of Architecture, Nanjing, China, Expansion of the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Undergraduate Dormitories at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the expansion and renovation of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County; a new marina development in Beirut, Lebanon; and a new building for the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Iowa.
