How will virtual reality affect our relationship to the built environment in 2030? Experts from architecture, film, and visualization weighed in on the question in four short presentations and a Q&A. Following the lecture, participants sampled a series of virtual experiences in the Materials Lab.
Goldsmith Talk, 5:00 - 6:00pm:
Goldsmith Lecture Hall, GOL 3.120
Please join Marta de la Garza Newkirk (CRP ’95), National Park Service Community Planner, for a presentation on the work of the Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance Program in Texas and around the nation. The event will be held on Wednesday, October 4 at noon in the Dean's Conference Room (GOL 2.308).
Lunch will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis.
This hour-and-a-half-long session will be a crash course on how to use analog methods of photography. Participants will be taught how to load, shoot, and unload 35mm black-and-white film in the VRC's Nikon analog cameras or 120mm black-and-white film in our Holga cameras. Participants will be provided with rolls of film, courtesy of the VRC.
Please join Kate Singleton, executive director for Preservation Austin, on Thursday, September 28 at 5pm in Goldsmith Hall 2.308 for a presentation entitled, "Show Me the Money - Preserving Our Heritage Using Historic Tax Credits." The talk will provide an overview of the federal and state historic tax credits available to offset expenses in the preservation and rehabilitation of historic properties. Learn the basics about these resources that can help revitalize communities in Texas and beyond.
On Friday, September 22, the Center for American Architecture and Design will host Fernando Lara as part of the Friday Lunch Forum series.
Roughly every other Friday during the fall and spring semesters, the Center hosts the Friday Lunch Forum Series. The aim of the series is for faculty, staff, and students to meet in an informal atmosphere to debate topics and to share ideas about history, practice, theory, and new directions for architecture. Recordings of each forum will be posted as they become available.
Come view the Lighting Studio, which is available for model photography and other work documentation, such as studio process work or portfolio images. The Open House will help familiarize you with the Lighting Studio space and making a reservation to use it.
Coffee and donuts will be served!
Kathleen Conti, a doctoral student at UT, spent three months researching and conducting fieldwork at Virginia's Berkeley Planation at the James River, once home to a signer of the Declaration of Independence Benjamin Harrison V and President William Henry Harrison as well the birthplace of bourbon.