Published by PennDesign Alumni Association (PDAA)
Volume 6, Number 8
April 2006
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| The alumni newsline for the University of Pennsylvania School of Design Published by PennDesign Alumni Association (PDAA) Volume 6, Number 8 April 2006 |
| CITY PLANNING EVENTS: April 8 and 24 | |||
Keene/Tomazinis Celebration Saturday, April 8, 3:30-6:30pm Meyerson Hall Celebrate the distinguished careers of John Keene and Tony Tomazinis at this special program to honor them on their retirements. RSVP to the city planning department |
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APA-San Antonio Alumni Reception Monday, April 24, 6:30-8pm Marriot Riverwalk, Travis Ballroom Join city planning chair Genie Birch and professor Tom Daniels for an update on Penn's planning program at the APA conference. RSVP to the PennDesign Alumni Office |
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| OPEN HOUSE HAPPY HOUR: April 10 |
| Meet prospective students at PennDesign's Open House on Monday, April 10! Alumni are welcome at the 5pm Happy Hour in Meyerson Hall. RSVP to the PennDesign Alumni Office if you plan to come by. Work by current students will be on view in the Meyerson Galleries and Dean's Alley. |
| ERIC FISCHL TO DELIVER LOCKS LECTURE: April 11 | |
Controversial painter and outspoken artist Eric Fischl will deliver the 4th annual Locks Foundation Distinguished Artist Lecture at the Annenberg Center on Tuesday, April 11, 6pm. Tickets are free, but reservations are required. Contact the Annenberg Box Office to reserve tickets: www.pennpresents.org, 215-898-3900. Fischl's talk, "The Death of Painting from van Gogh to Chris Burden," will explore the ambiguities he perceives in contemporary society and the drama, narration, sexuality and psychology that characterize his paintings. |
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| HOUSING THE BELL: April 19 - August 18 | |
| The Kroiz Gallery of the Architectural Archives presents Housing the Bell: 150 Years of Exhibiting an American Icon, celebrating the short life of a small yet extraordinary building, Mitchell/Giurgola's Liberty Bell Pavilion, through drawings, photographs and lithographs; the exhibit also examines the new Liberty Bell Center designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson. On view April 19 through August 18, the opening reception is on April 19, 6pm. RSVP to Suzanne Hyndman: 215-898-3169 |  |
| REGISTER FOR ALUMNI WEEKEND: May 12 - 13 | |
Online registration is now available for the PennDesign Alumni Weekend Picnic on Saturday, May 13! Register online by May 5, and encourage your classmates to join you. The $20 advance registration fee covers the picnic cost, as well as other Alumni Weekend programs, including an Update on the Eastern Expansion of Campus, Gallery Hop and Stone Houses book talk by John Milner BArch'64. We look forward to welcoming you back to campus in May! |
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| ON THE LINE |
| Please note: most alumni names are hyperlinked to email addresses |
| 2000s |
| Jill Desimini MArch'05 MLA'05 and Danilo Martic MLA'05 are among the 5 finalists in the international Urban Voids competition; they have been given $5,000 and a three-block vacant lot in Philadelphia to prove the feasibility of their submission, "Timescapes: Taking Back the Backyard." |
| Deirdre Murphy MFA'00 has a solo exhibition, Worlds Within Worlds, at the Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, from April 5-29. The opening reception is on First Friday, April 7, 6-8:30pm. |
| Nguyen Nguyen MArch'01 has launched a website, http://www.designdialogue.org |
| Rudabeh Pakravan MArch'00 and Ian Young MArch'00 work together at Endres Ware, Berkeley, CA; the small architecture and engineering firm is |
| 1990s |
| Daniel S. Friedman MA'93 PhD'99 has been named dean of the University of Washington's College of Architecture and Urban Planning effective July 1. |
| Ellen Kahn MFA'92 is participating in The Painting Center's 13th Anniversary Show, New York, NY through April 22 and in the 4th annual 125 Works on Paper Benefit at Kentler International Drawing Center, Brooklyn, NY on May 18. |
| Megan Lewis, AICP MRP'93 served as managing editor of Planning and Urban Design Standards (John Wiley and Sons, January 2006). The 736-page reference book is the latest addition to the Graphic Standards series. Megan is a senior research associate with the American Planning Association in Chicago. |
Chris Reed MLA'95 |
| 1980s |
| Michael S. Batcher MCP'80 is currently self-employed, working primarily in conservation planning with clients including The Nature Conservancy, the US Army and the US Fish and Wildlife Service. He recently completed a grassland restoration plan for a national wildlife refuge on Long Island, a biological monitoring plan for the Central Pine Barrens of Long Island, a fire management plan for The Nature Conservancy at Ossipee Pine Barrens, NH and biological surveys and management recommendations for several preserves belonging to Scenic Hudson, Hudson River Valley, NY. |
| James Dart MArch'81 reports that NJIT, where he is a special lecturer, and Pratt Institute have been awarded a $300,000 HUD grant to continue their redevelopment efforts in New Orleans. Working with the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), the collaborative neighborhood planning and design study is being led by Ron Shiffman of Pratt. |
| Paul Harding MArch'83 is pleased to announce that his firm, Harding Partners, received two design excellence awards from the AIA Northeast Illinois chapter for Broadview Missionary Baptist Church and Adams Central Elementary School. The firm is the setting for the architectural office scenes in the upcoming film Lake House starring Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves. |
| Frank Lang MArch'89 has been named the director of housing for St. Nicholas NPC, a 30-year-old community development organization in Brooklyn, where he coordinates all of the housing operations including real estate development, tenant counseling and organizing, and asset management of 900+ family, senior and supportive housing units. Previously he worked for nearly 12 years at another CDC, Asian Americans for Equality. |
| 1970s |
| Shirley Chang MArch'77 reports that her firm, Chang Bene Design Ltd, has received the 2006 Business Week/Architectural Record China Award for best residential project for their Two to One House, Shanghai. The award will be given at the Global Construction Summit in Beijing, April 25-27. |
| Elissa Gore CW'73 MFA'74 will be showing works on paper at Windham Fine Arts, Windham, NY from April 15-May 21. The opening reception is on Saturday, April 15, 5-7pm. |
| 1960s |
| Natvar Bhavsar MFA'65 has a retrospective painting exhibition, Poetics of Color, through April 8 at the Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York, NY. |
| Derek Bradford, AIA RIBA ASLA MLA'66 has been elected presiding chair of the Royal Institute of British Architects/USA for a two-year term. |
| 1950s |
| Richard Saul Wurman BArch'58 MArch'59 reports that his recent entertainment gathering, EG 2006, was written up in a Forbes article by Bruce Upbin and an LA Weekly article by Judith Lewis. |
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