PennDesign In Review - October 2011

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PennDesign In Review - October 2011

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Gray Area: Provocations on the Future of Preservation

“Gray Area: Provocations on the Future of Preservation” is the start of a rousing new conversation about design in historic cities, using Philadelphia as a point of departure. Curated by Brian Phillips and supported by Design Philadelphia and the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, the event mixes thinkers including PennDesign’s Enrique Norten, Mark Alan Hughes and Randall Mason in conversation about bringing designers and preservationists together - Read More

 

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TC Chan Center to Host UN Symposium

On October 27 and 28, the T.C. Chan Center will host the United Nations Environmental Program – Sustainable Buildings Climate Initiative (UNEP-SBCI) Symposia at Penn. Organized by Ali Malkawi, this event will bring together notable speakers from around the world to share knowledge on current events, technology, and policy to promote sustainable building practices on a regional and global scale. - Read More.

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Monumental: Philadelphia's City Hall

At the time of its construction, Philadelphia City Hall was a monumental feat of artistic, technological and civic will. On homecoming weekend, PennDesign's Graduate Program in Historic Preservation presents a three-day Symposium to look at the extensive efforts to rehabilitate and restore City Hall. Featuring the Honorable Michael A. Nutter, Mayor of the City of Philadelphia, and Professor Michael Lewis of Williams College as keynote speakers- Read More.

faculty news

  Terry Adkins on Sanford Biggers in Bomb
  Cecil Balmond nominated for Prince Philip Designers Prize
  Fast Company names James Corner among most influential designers
  Randy Mason examines memorials after 9/11 in Metropolis
  Julie Beckman, Andrew Goodman, Brian Phillips, and Harris Steinberg at Design in Action

faculty news

  Christopher Payne, MArch'96, featured on NPR
  Richard Bartholomew, C’63, GAR’65, wins 2011 John F. Harbeson Award for lifetime achievement
  Amirah Shahid, MLA’08, wins SWA's Patrick Curran Fellowship to research bike use in China
  Daniel Gerwin, MFA'08, launches Title Magazine
  Hyman Meyers, MArch'65 organizes City Hall ssymposium
  Clint Randall, MCP'09, offers expertise for Clean Air Council’s Goods Movement Program
  More Alumni Notes

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events calendar

Oct 3
Wang Shu— Chief Architect, Amateur Architecture Studio & Professor and Dean, School of Architecture, China Academy of Art presents "To Listen to the Principal of Nature"
Oct 5
Kengo Kuma—Renowned Japanese architect presents "Anti-Object"
Oct 6
Hamza Walker—Associate Curator and Director of Education for the Renaissance Society, University of Chicago, in partnership with the ICA
Oct 7
PennDesign in Frisco!—Join Admissions Director Joan Weson and fellow alumni San Fransisco
Oct 10
Richard Weller— Senior principal researcher at RAND and Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley
Oct 14
PennDesign@ASCP—Join Professor Laura Wolf-Powers, PennDesign Alumni, and Friends at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning conference Salt Lake City
Oct 17
Martin Wachs—"Megaprojects and Megaplanners:  Past and Present"
Oct 18
Kees Christiaanse—Founding partner of KCAP Architects & Planners and Chair of Architecture and Urbansim, Institute for Urban Design, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Oct 19
Bing Thom and Witold Rybczynski— PennDesign Meyerson Professor of Urbanism Witold Rybczynski will join his long-time friend, Bing Thom, in conversation 
Oct 21
PennDesign @ the National Preservation Conference— Randy Mason, chair of PennDesign's Graduate Program in Historic Preservation, will greet alumni & friends Buffalo
Oct 24
Work and Words 1: Exhibiting Innovation— Kieran and Timberlake (architects and PennDesign lecturers) will join Joseph Rykwert and Daniel Friedman (critics) in a lively conversation. 
Oct 28
PennDesign in Boston!—Join Admissions Director Joan Weson and fellow alumni Boston
Oct 30
PennDesign@ASLA—Professor James Corner and fellow alumni will celebrate Practice Professor Laurie Olin, winner of the  2011 ASLA Medal San Diego
Oct 31
Susan S. Fainstein—"City Planning and Justice: Does Anyone Care?"
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