The Secret Life of Buildings

Oct. 20 to 22, 2016, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
SYMPOSIUM: October 20-22, The University of Texas at Austin Campus
A vibrant poster for The Secret Life of Buildings symposium features a red rectangular corridor with white light at the end. Event details, dates, and speaker names are listed over the image, with text in white, blue, and green.

October 17-31, In and around Goldsmith Hall 
OBJECTS exhibition open and on view 

October 19, Jessen Auditorium, 5pm
Prologue Lecture by Matthew B. Crawford, “In Defense of the Attentional Commons”

October 20, Battle Hall Library Reading Room, 1pm
Lectures by Jorge Otero-Pailos, PhD, and Albena Yaneva, PhD

Reception following in honor of the people who maintain The School of Architecture buildings and grounds

October 21, Utility Spaces, Tunnels, 8:30am 
*(space limited—reserve via email: caad@austin.utexas.edu)*

Morning tours. Check in at Goldsmith Hall Lobby 

October 21, Battle Hall Library Reading Room, 1pm
Lectures by Professor Michael Benedikt and Graham Harman, PhD

October 22, Goldsmith Hall, Dean's Conference Room, 9:30am 
*(space limited—reserve via email: caad@austin.utexas.edu)*

Roundtable Discussion: "Do 'Objects' and 'Relations' Make Space for Architecture?"

Benedikt, Bieg, Harman, Otero-Pailos, Yaneva, with Ian Bogost, Levi Bryant, Timothy Morton, Craig Dykers

contact: leora@austin.utexas.edu 512.471.9890