Spring 2019 Lectures, Symposia, and Exhibitions

January 17, 2019
With a vibrant lineup of renowned speakers each semester, the Lectures and Exhibitions series is considered the signature public event series of the School of Architecture.

The Spring 2019 Lectures and Exhibitions series at The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture will address some of the design disciplines’ most pressing challenges, present innovative perspectives on the future of design, and celebrate leaders that have paved the way for change.

With vibrant lineup of renowned speakers each semester, the Lectures and Exhibitions series is considered the signature public event series of the School of Architecture. All programs are free.

LECTURES

Lectures begin at 5:00 p.m. at the UT Austin locations listed.
 
Monday, January 28
Claire Agre
Principal, West 8, New York City
Goldsmith Hall 3.120
 
Wednesday, February 13
Deborah Berke
Dean, Yale School of Architecture
Jessen Auditorium
 
Wednesday, February 20
Stih and Schnock
Renata Stih and Frieder Schnock, Berlin
Goldsmith Hall 3.120
 
Monday, February 25
Joan Busquets
Martin Bucksbaum Professor in Practice of Urban Planning
Harvard GSD
Goldsmith Hall 3.120
 
Monday, March 4
Michael Murphy
Founding Principal and Executive Director, MASS Design Group, Boston
Jessen Auditorium

POSTPONED. New lecture date TBD.
 
Monday, March 11
ksestudio
Sofia Krimizi +Kyriakos Kyriakou, Athens, Greece
Ruth Carter Stevenson Visiting Professors at UT Austin School of Architecture
Goldsmith Hall 3.120
 
CANCELLED
Wednesday, March 27
William O’Brien
Principal, WOJR, Cambridge, MA
Goldsmith Hall 3.120

 
Wednesday, April 3
Elena Manferdini
Graduate Program Chair, SCI-Arc
Principak, Atelier Manferdini, Los Angeles
Goldsmith Hall 3.120
 
Wednesday, May 1
Ana Maria Leon
Assistant Professor, Taubman College of Architecture and Planning, University of Michigan
Goldsmith Hall 3.120
 

SYMPOSIUM

Wednesday, April 17
Paving the Way: Female Pioneers in Architecture, or What's Wrong with the Fountainhead?
Goldsmith Hall
 

EXHIBITIONS

Exhibitions are located in the Mebane Gallery in Goldsmith Hall, open Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

January 28 – February 8
Awards from the Second and Third Latin American Landscape Architecture Bienniale
Curated by Sociedad Mexicana de Arquitectura de Paisaje, International Federation of Landscape Architects Americas
 
February 11 – March 15
Regular City: Construction of Ideas Past and Future
Curated by Joan Busquets, Dingliang Yang, Michael Keller
Exhibition opening and gallery talk Monday, February 11, 5:00 p.m.
Exhibition opening reception has been cancelled. View the exhibition beginning February 12 at 8:00am.

April 1 – May 1
Chasing Perfection: The Legacy of Architect John S. Chase
Curated by Houston Public Library; Danielle Wilson, curator; Christina Grubitz, Anzilla Gilmore, co-curators
Opening reception Monday, April 1, 5:00 p.m.

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Goldsmith Hall is located at the intersection of 22nd Street and Guadalupe Street.
Jessen Auditorium is located in Homer Rainey Hall, Room 2.104, at 21st Street and University Avenue.