Spring 2008

Lectures

All Lectures begin at 5:30 pm in Crosby 301 unless otherwise noted.

  • 01.23.08 Barkow Leibinger

    Barkow Leibinger is based in Berlin and has received commissions in Europe, North America and Asia. The TRUTEC Building that they designed in Seoul, Korea, won a 2008 AIA National Honor Award.

     

  • 01.30.08 Studio SUMO (Cancelled)

    Sunil Bald & Yolande Daniels are founders of Studio SUMO in New York City. Recognized as a leading emerging practice by Architectural Record, they recently planned new buildings for Josai University in Japan.

     

  • 02.06.08 Pierre Thibault

    Pierre Thibault is a French-Canadian architect and artist who received the Award of Excellence from the Architect Order of Quebec for landscape installations and buildings.

     

  • 02.13.08 Barry Bluestone

    Barry Bluestone, an accomplished researcher and author, is the Stearns Trustee Professor of Political Economy, Director of the Center for Urban and Regional Policy, and Dean of the School of Social Science, Urban Affairs, and Public Policy at Northeastern University.

     

  • 02.20.08 Rahul Mehrotra

    Rahul Mehrotra, principal of RMA architects in Mumbai, is an architect and urban designer who is engaged in the design of new buildings and conservation projects in India including the Taj Mahal.

     

  • 03.06.08 Abalos and Herreros

    Inaki Ábalos and Juan Herreros received the 2005 Mies van der Rohe Award for the Coast Park Northeast in Barcelona. They are the authors of LeCorbusier Skyscrapers, Tower and Office, and Natural – Artificial.

     

  • 03.17.08 WOOD LECTURES:
    PLY/VJAA/Miller Hull

    PLY Architecture, a collaborative practice headed by Craig Borum & Karl Daubmann, is actively engaged in design, materials research and fabrication and recently received awards for Big Ten Burrito and the Mies van der Rohe Plaza in Detroit. Vincent James is a principal of VJAA. His work has been widely published and received national design awards for houses and educational buildings from PA, AIA, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Miller Hull has designed numerous buildings that focus on sustainability. Winners of the AIA Architecture Firm Award, they received a National AIA Award for housing in Chicago in 2007.

    Sponsored by the Hardwood Manufacturer's Association

     

  • 03.26.08 Kenneth Frampton, Clarkson Chair

    Kenneth Frampton is Ware Professor at the Graduate School of Architecture & Planning at Columbia University and will be serving as the 2008 Clarkson Visiting Chair in Architecture.

     

  • 03.28.08 Tridib Banerjee, Jammal Lecture

    The Jammal Lecture celebrates the life of the international planner and former UB Professor Ibrahim Jammal.

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    04.02.08 Diller Scofidio + Renfro
    Birdair Lecture

    The interdisciplinary studio of Diller Scofidio + Renfro is engaged in architecture, urban design, installations and the performing arts. They were the architects for the ICA in Boston which opened in 2007.

     

    04.04.08 Benedetta Tagliabue
    Bethune Lecture

    Benedetta Tagliabue and her former partner, Enric Miralles, designed the Scottish Parliament. She works in Barcelona and recently completed the Parque Diagonal Mar and the Market & Quarter Santa Caterina in Spain.

     

    04.14.08 Thom Mayne
    Martell Lecture

    Thom Mayne, the founder of Morphosis, received the Pritzker Prize in 2005. This lecture will be held in 148 Diefendorf Hall.

     

    04.15.08 Robert Cervero, GPSA Lecture

    Robert Cervero is the chair of the Department of City and Regional Planning at Berkeley University and has authored several books on transportation including The Transit Metropolis.

     

     

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  • Exhibitions

    • 01.11 - 02.22.08 Architecture + Flight
      Buffalo Niagara International Airport Gallery

    • 01.21 - 02.01.08 Trutec Building
      Hayes Lobby

    • 02.02 - 02.14 Building UB
      Hayes Lobby

    • 02.04 - 02.25 AIA Awards
      James Dyett Gallery

    • 02.15 - 02.29 Silo Dreams
      Hayes Lobby

    • 03.10 - 03.31 Material + Fabrication
      Hayes Lobby

    • 03.22 - 04.21 Freshman Design
      Anderson Gallery

    • 03.28 - 04.28 "Architecture as Doubt"
      Banham Fellow Eva Franch Gilabert
      James Dyett Gallery

    • 04.02 - 04.25 Walter Bird
      Hayes Lobby

    The Bluestone lecture will be held in 147 Diefendorf Hall. The Wood Lectures by Ply Architecture, VJAA, and Miller Hull will be held at 1:30 p.m. in 301 Crosby Hall. Lectures and exhibitions supported by: Alumni; AIA WNY Chapter; Birdair Corporation; Clarkson Chair Endowment; The Hardwood Manufacturers’ Association; Hyatt’s All Things Creative; Jammal Endowment; Martell Distinguished Critic Endowment; Rigidized Metals Corporation; Quebec Education Program; UB Asian Studies Program; UB GSA, UB Libraries; UB Department of Romance Languages & Literature; UB Vice President for Research; UB Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education; and the UB School of Architecture & Planning Dean’s Office.