ALUMNI RECEPTIONS: DC, LAS VEGAS, BOSTON

AICP: Robert F. Dannenbrink, Jr. MArch'62 MCP'62; Ernest W. Hutton, Jr. BArch'68 MArch'70 MCP'70;
Kenneth T. Pearlman C'64 MCP'74; David Varady MCP'67 PhD'71; J. Dennis Wilson MArch'74 MCP'74

AIA: David Hinson MArch'83; MaryKatherine Lanzillotta MArch'89; Heather McKinney MArch'76;
Michael V. Murphy MArch'76; Steven Wiesenthal GGS'99; Mark Swenson PAR'08

PennDesign, through the Rebuilding Together Philadelphia organization, is sponsoring two West Philadelphia houses that are owned by an elderly, disabled, and/or low-income homeowner, and working on small rehab projects over four weekends in March and April. 25-30 volunteers per day are needed for the two houses; alumni/students/ faculty/friends are welcome; construction skills appreciated but not required! To volunteer or for more information, email the PennDesign Rebuilding Together Committee. The Philadelphia Chapter of Rebuilding Together was started in 1988 by Wharton School MBA students, who were looking for a way to give back to the West Philly community.

Alexis Granwell MFA'07
is showing Interrogating Beauty at the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts in Wilmington, DE, through May 25, and is part of the 2008 Harnett Biennial of American Prints exhibition at the University of Richmond Museum in Richmond, VA, through June 6. She will also be featured in the publication New American Paintings this spring. See the alumni shows calendar for details on her exhibitions from earlier this year in West Chester and Haverford, PA.

Jody Sweitzer MFA'03
is seeking submissions for the Enter Digital community juried show (June 1-Aug 1) at Off the Wall Gallery at Dirty Frank's on 13th and Pine in Philadelphia. Send a maximum of 5 entries by May 15: jpgs or video, description and resume to the Gallery by email. No fee; 2-D work must be framed, less than 75" x 75" and less than 15 lbs. Sweitzer is curator at the Gallery, and is currently renovating her warehouse and teaching a Found Object Sculpture course this spring at the University of the Arts.

Milton Marks MS'91
is Managing Director of Public Architecture in San Francisco. Marks has dedicated his career to working in the nonprofit sector, mainly in senior leadership capacities, in New York, Philadelphia, and San Francisco. Previous stints include the Preservation Coalition (now the Preservation Alliance) and Friends of the Urban Forest, and he has been twice elected to the Board of Trustees of City College of San Francisco, where he has been the leader in promoting the creation of the College's sustainability plan.

Andrew Todd MArch'95
was named one of Europe's most promising and emerging design talents for 2008. The "Europe 40 under 40" young architects and designers were selected by The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design. Todd, Director of Studio Andrew Todd, a Paris-based architecture and theater consultancy practice, was recognized for his work on the Opera+ experimental opera house at the EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland; the auditorium of the Silos d’Arenc opera house in Marseille, France; and a jazz concert hall, theatre, library, commercial space and housing in Molde, Norway.

1980s

C. Timothy Baird MLA'80
has been appointed the Richard W. Trott Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Ohio State University’s Knowlton School of Architecture for the winter quarter of 2008.  Baird is on sabbatical from his position as associate professor of landscape architecture at Pennsylvania State University where he has been on the faculty since 2000.  In addition to participating in a graduate seminar and design reviews, his responsibilities at Ohio State include co-teaching a senior design studio and a senior lecture course. The overarching goal of these joint courses is to move beyond the art versus technique approach to design to one that becomes a singular connective act uniting the artistic manipulation of materials and site systems with the technical expertise to produce built landscapes.

1970s

George Cannelos MRP'75
has spent his entire planning career in Alaska, in the public and private sectors, and retired as a Brigadier General in the Air National Guard seven years ago. After a two-year stint as president of one of Alaska’s leading architecture firms, he was appointed by the Secretary of Commerce to lead the Denali Commission. The Commission's mission is to close the disparities in basic community infrastructure and workforce development for the state’s rural communities, over 200 of which are off any highway system or regional power grid, and many are traditional Alaska Native communities working hard to blend subsistence culture with 21st Century living.

J. Robertson Cox MArch'67
has been elected the 150th President of the Carpenters’ Company of the City and County of Philadelphia. The historic organization of 150 men and women, all of them prominent architects, building contractors or structural engineers, carry on the 300-year tradition: giving form to the future. From the 18th-century members who erected Independence Hall, Christ Church and Carpenters' Hall to the members of today, innovation in design and technical achievement have contributed to their pre-eminent reputation. Cox, a principal in the firm Blackney Hayes Architects, enjoys a national reputation for the design of clubhouses and other facilities for some of the country’s great golf courses.