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SH 130 Concession Company CEO Andy Bailey will share insight on the past, present and future of public-private partnerships (P3s) based on his decades of P3 experience as a leader in the public and private sector. Hear his thoughts on the benefits of P3s to government entities and the public as well as a behind-the-scenes account of the rise, bankruptcy and ongoing turnaround of Texas’s first P3 highway project SH 130 Segments 5/6 and the lessons learned.
Thoughtbarn is a collaborative architecture studio, led by directors Lucy Begg and Robert Gay. Founded in 2007, the practice has pursued an agenda of ambitious and diverse projects-buildings and public spaces, installations and interiors -which share in common an inventive materiality, an economy of means and a robust connection to place and social context. Our name is suggestive of the way in which we work, combining strong conceptual ideas with a research-oriented mindset and a hands-on approach to the construction process.
On Friday, September 14, the Center for American Architecture and Design will host K. Wyking Garrett as part of the Friday Lunch Forum series. His talk will be entitled, "Imagine Africatown: Culturally Responsive Design & Planning in Black Neighborhoods." Garrett is the President of the Africatown Community Land Trust, an organization that is buying and developing land in the historically black section of the city of Seattle, and is committed to advancing Black architectural vernacular in the process.
MID-CENTURY MODERN ARCHITECTURE IN GUADALAJARA, MEXICO (1930-1970)
Mebane Gallery
School of Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin
Wed September 5, 2018
5 PM
Austin, Texas
With Welcome and Introductions by:
Michelle Addington
Dean of the School of Architecture
The University of Texas at Austin
Benjamín Ibarra-Sevilla
The Design Futures Public Interest Design (PID) Student Leadership Forum is a five-day, interdisciplinary forum bringing together student leaders from across the country with practitioner- and university-faculty who represent some of the most important thought leadership in this emerging sub-discipline.
Please join Studio Outside landscape architect and UTSOA alumnus, Matt Nicollete (MLA '11), for a presentation on the firm's work, culture, and hiring practices on Thursday, April 26. The event will be held in Battle 101 at 11am.
Juan Manuel Rois is Professor Catedrático at Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina and currently visiting professor at the School of Architecture Art and Design of Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico. Rois has previously taught at Michigan (2004-2007) and UIC (2007-2010).