A grand mosque with a large blue-tiled dome and arched entrance is reflected in a calm pool of water, under a bright blue sky, with trimmed trees in front of the building.
Lecture Series, Goldsmith Talks
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Scheduled
Monday February 22, 2016, 5:00pm

Presented by Shiva Jabarnia,  MArch II, Urban Design 2016. Ms. Jabarnia has an undergraduate degree in Architecture from Iran.

A roll of black-and-white 400TX film, an empty film canister, a stainless steel developing tank, a black lid, and a strip of developed photographic negatives on a textured surface.
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Scheduled
Sunday February 21, 2016, 1:00 - 3:00pm

This workshop will be a two-hour hands-on tutorial for students who are interested in learning to process their own 35mm or medium format (120mm) black-and-white film in the UTSOA's Darkroom. Students will learn techniques to load the film onto reels and develop film with black-and-white chemistry. Various film speeds and developing times will be covered. Students will learn how to wash and dry film and the proper techniques to preserve negatives.

Poster with three colored campus maps labeled Susan Sharp, Zack Lofton, and Karen Blaney. Text promotes three presentations about UT campus sustainability and planning, with event details at the bottom.
Lecture Series, City Forum
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Scheduled
Friday February 19, 2016, 12:00pm

This week we will have 3 speakers talking about different aspects of UT Campus Sustainability and Planning:

Black and white photo of a modern art gallery displaying several abstract metal sculptures on pedestals in a spacious, well-lit room with a high ceiling and white walls.
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Scheduled
Friday February 19, 2016, 10:00am - 12:00pm

The Visual Resources Collection will be offering an fun introductory workshop on the basics of shooting film using a Holga camera on Friday, February 19, 2016 from 10am–12pm.

A man operates a red industrial saw, cutting material on a wooden workbench inside a workshop with metal walls. Various tools and boxes are visible in the background.
Materials Lab
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Scheduled
Thursday February 18, 2016, 1:00 - 3:00pm
Granite Recyclers Austin is the first company in Austin to reclaim granite and marble waste from local fabricators and turn it into a usable product.  Get a background tour of their showroom, slab yard, and fabrication shop, where they machine their split faced tiles, whiskey stones, and fire pits.  Nolan Kilby, the founder of this young company, started out in the shop of a local fabricator but was inspired to find another use for what he regards as a resource, rather than waste.
Colorful, illuminated outdoor art installation at night with blue and green lights. Text on the left reads: Architecture as Transurban Enactment, Andrés Jaque, Wednesday Feb 17. Crowds of people gather underneath the structure.
Lecture Series, Lecture Series
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Scheduled
Wednesday February 17, 2016, 5:00pm

The city, the domestic, the infrastructural and the natural have been seen as independent realms, and architecture as the science to keep them apart. It is time for a change. Andrés Jaque and the Office for Political Innovation explore what is the architecture that can succeed on ensambling them all. The talk will include projects like COSMO (MoMA PS1), ESCARAVOX, or House in Never Never Land. 

A modern high-rise building labeled Hotel Van Zandt towers behind a small, white house surrounded by greenery and trees under a clear blue sky.
Lecture Series, Goldsmith Talks
Event status
Scheduled
Monday February 15, 2016, 5:00pm

Presented by Britin Bostick, MSCRP + MPAff, Class of 2016, and Frank Ordia, MSHP, Class of 2016.

A modern, open steel frame structure with red shipping containers, one labeled Red Bull, set outdoors on gravel. Text overlays announce a Peter DeMaria talk, PLIANT PREFAB, for Center Forum.
Lecture Series, CAAD
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Scheduled
Friday February 12, 2016, 12:00 - 1:00pm
On Friday, February 12, the Center for American Architecture and Design will host Peter DeMaria as part of the Friday Lunch Forum series...
Close-up of a polished stone surface containing many small, visible fossil imprints, shell fragments, and mineral veins in shades of gray, brown, and tan, with scattered shiny and matte textures throughout.
Materials Lab
Event status
Scheduled
Thursday February 11, 2016, 1:00 - 3:00pm

Architectural Tile and Stone is a third-generation, family-owned,  tile importer and slab fabricator in Austin.  Get a background tour of their tile showroom and indoor slab yard, where they display their wide range of granite and marble slabs, and their fabrication facilities, which houses offices for in-house draftsmen, a 5-axis water jet cutter, a variety of stone saws and tools, and bridge crane with suction-based hoist for moving the heavy, fragile slabs.