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@the forum
April 2010 


NEXT LECTURE
Debra MITCHELL
Landscape Architect, JJR Landscape Architects
Thursday, 7 pm
8 April 2010
Hamon Education Hall, Winspear Opera House  (NOTE VENUE CHANGE)
Deb Mitchell is Senior Vice President and Design Director of the multi-disciplinary landscape architecture, planning, urban design, civil engineering and environmental science firm JJR. With over thirty years of experience in the planning and design of vital cities and communities, she understands urban complexities and public processes. Mitchell has been responsible for the award winning plan of Chicago’s Near North Redevelopment, the plaza for the Morphosis-designed San Francisco Federal Building and the National Garden at the U.S. Botanic Garden.  The focus of Mitchell’s talk will be the newly completed Elaine and Charles Sammons Park, the ten acre park at the AT & T Performing Arts Center which she and Michel Desvigne have designed.
www.jjr-us.com

Lecture Benefactor-
Vin and Caren Prothro Foundation

Reception Underwriter-
Cindy + Armond Schwartz

Presented in association with the AT & T Performing Arts Center.

Season Benefactor -
Briggs-Freeman Real Estate | Holly Bock Deason

Spring Series Benefactors -
Jennifer + John Eagle of John Eagle Dealerships
Humana North Texas
Jackson Walker LLP


365 MODERN HOME RECEPTION
The Forum presents its Third Annual 365 Modern Home Reception Series.
The final evening is: 
Wednesday, 21 April 2010 at the home of David Griffin and James Ferrara
A limited number of tickets remain for purchase for this evening. Reception is from 6 to 8 pm and includes a cocktail reception, brief remarks by the design team, and valet parking. Limited attendance.  Additional information about the residence is on the Forum’s website. If you would like to purchase tickets, please contact the Forum at director@dallasarchitectureforum.org.


DALLAS ARCHITECTURE FORUM SPRING SYMPOSIA
All attendees, including Forum members, must register and purchase tickets in advance to attend these Symposia. 


DESIGN SYMPOSIUM
Blurring the Lines:  Art, Architecture and Design
Saturday,  1 to 5 pm
17 April 2010
Nasher Sculpture Center

The Dallas Architecture Forum is pleased to present its Third Annual Design Symposium, “Blurring the Lines:  Art, Architecture and Design” with five outstanding speakers:  
Terence Riley:  Architect and Partner, Keenan-Riley Architects;  Former Chief Curator of Architecture and Design at MOMA and Director of the Miami Art Museum
James Carpenter:  Architect and founder of firm that synthesizes art and architecture, with special focus in glass design.  Projects include Penn Station and the Rachofsky House.  Carpenter is a recipient of a National Environmental Design Award from the Smithsonian Institution. 
Mark Lee and Sharon Johnston:  Architects, Johnston Marklee.  Founders of firm exploring intricate relationships between design and building technology to create unique works of architecture.  Recipients of numerous awards, including from the AIA.   
Walead Beshty:   Artist and Writer.  Beshty’s works are in the permanent collections of MOMA, Guggenheim and the Victoria and Albert among many others.  Regular contributor to Texte zur Kunst and Afterall.  Lee, Johnston and Beshty will discuss their recent collaboration.   
Jeremy Strick, Director of the Nasher Sculpture Center, will moderate the symposium and lead a Panel Discussion among the speakers at the end of the symposium.  

Tickets for the symposium are $50 each.  Tickets for the Friday evening cocktail reception with the speakers at the home of Cindy and Armond Schwartz and the symposium are $100 each.  For more information, and to register and purchase tickets, visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.org/symposium_2010.  

Symposium venue generously provided by the Nasher Sculpture Center. 


TEXAS REGIONALISM SYMPOSIUM
Shopping Texas Style: EG Hamilton, Omniplan and NorthPark Center 
 Friday, 11:30 am to 4:45 pm
30 April 2010
Nasher Sculpture Center

Presented by the UT Arlington School of Architecture’s “Oral History of Texas Architecture” Project and the Dallas Architecture Forum.  
This symposium will examine the work of Texas architect E.G. Hamilton, focusing on Omniplan and NorthPark Center.    Speakers include E. G. Hamilton, Gabrielle Esperdy, Mark Dilworth, Michael Buckley, Mark Gunderson, Monica Penick, Kate Holliday, and Stephen Fox with moderator Don Gatzke.  

Informal reception following symposium from 5:00 to 6:30 at Omniplan, 1845 Woodall Rodgers Freeway, Suite 150.  
Tickets for symposium only are $50 each.  Tickets for symposium/reception are $60.
For more information and to register and purchase tickets go to:http://www.uta.edu/architecture/symposium2010

Symposium venue generously provided by the Nasher Sculpture Center. 

PARTNER EVENTS
Dallas Center for Architecture 
1909 Woodall Rodgers Freeway, Suite 100. 
Exhibition:  “The Art of Architecture”
Through 16 April 2010

Rice Design Alliance
Lecture by Luis Mansilla and Emilio Tuñón 
Wednesday, 7:30 pm 
7 April 2010
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston


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