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September 2009


NEXT LECTURE
Eric BRICKER
Documentary Director
Screening of “Visual Acoustics:  The Modernism of Julius Shulman”
Thursday, 7 pm
Reception from 6:15 to 6:45 pm in Magnolia Mezzanine Lobby
1 October 2009
Magnolia Theater, West Village
Note:  This program will last about 30 minutes longer than our normal  
lectures.
The award-winning documentary “Visual Acoustics:  The Modernism of  
Julius Shulman” explores the monumental career of the late  
architectural photographer Julius Shulman, who passed away in July.    
Populating his architectural photos with human models and striking  
landscapes, Shulman combined the organic with the synthetic, melding  
nature with revolutionary urban design.  The resulting images helped  
shaped the careers of some of the great architects of the 20thCentury,  
and his iconic images set the standard for architectural photography.
Taking aesthetic cues from Shulman's own sensual and nuanced  
photography, Director Eric Bricker built this film around a blend of  
Shulman's own images and in-depth interviews with leading architects,  
designers, artists, and other luminaries. By offering unprecedented  
access to his photos and day to day life, Shulman's intimate  
involvement in the filming process was incalculable to the production  
of the film.
Narrated by Dustin Hoffman, this documentary film has won awards at  
multiple film festivals.   Director Eric Bricker will attend and  
discuss the making of the film, and then will take questions from  
those in attendance after the screening.
www.juliusshulmanfilm.com


2009-2010 FORUM PANEL SERIES
The Dallas Architecture Forum is pleased to announce its 2009-2010  
Panel Series.  Forum members will have the opportunity to engage in  
active dialogue with some of the area's thought leaders on issues  
impacting the built environment in the greater Dallas area.

Michael MALONE, AIA
"The Texas Ranch House - Icon of a Residential Design Practice"
Tuesday, 6:30 pm
27 October 2009
918 Dragon Street, Design District
The Texas Ranch House is an architectural sign and symbol of our  
state's connection to the land and a formerly agrarian and pastoral  
lifestyle.
Popularized by books, films and television the ranch house has a  
certain look and feel that actually has little to do with the actual  
structures that were purpose-built by their first owners, who were  
living this life on working ranches.  Is the Texas Ranch House as an  
architectural project in its present manifestation, like the  
antebellum southern plantation house, a purely romantic construct or  
is it actually representative of the development of a time honored  
project type?

Richard BRETTELL, Ph.D
"THE Park: Woodall Rodgers Park, The Arts District, and The Myth of  
Millennium Park"
Tuesday, 7:30 pm  (Note starting time of 7:30 for this Panel only)
10 November 2009
Dallas Center for Architecture, 1909 Woodall Rodgers Freeway, Suite 100
Dallas has spent a generation in the gradual completion of The Arts  
District. Yet, in a very few years of planning, funding, and  
construction, an urban park adjacent to the Arts District will be  
completed. As always in Dallas, skeptics abound, but the panel will  
consider the plan and planning process of The Park in the context of  
The Arts, District, Uptown, and other downtown urban parks.

Svend FRUIT, AIA
"Renovating Modern"
Tuesday, 6:30 pm
8 December 2009
Dallas Center for Architecture
A discussion of the importance of saving Modern architecture for the  
context of the city - how to work with it and how to learn from it.
What are the inspirations of an architect, an interior designer and an  
owner in such work?

Thomas FEULMER
"Working Space"
Tuesday, 6:30 pm
26 January 2010
918 Dragon Street
Three people who work in buildings designed by well-known architects  
will discuss how they've come to understand the spaces in which they  
spend most of their daily lives. Their experiences of how these  
buildings function as practical, social, and poetic spaces will be the  
jumping off point for a discussion on how we develop relationships  
with architecture.

Ron WOMMACK, FAIA
"Artists Talk Architecture"
Tuesday, 6:30 pm
16 February 2010
Dallas Center for Architecture
Artists discuss their unique view of architects and architecture.

Julie COHN
"On Collaboration"
Tuesday, 6:30 pm
9 March 2010
Dallas Center for Architecture
Designers, architects and artists often times function as de facto  
therapists in the creative process. They facilitate dialogue between  
clients, product designers, manufacturers etc. enabling through  
collaboration the creation of a final product that is a seamless sum  
of its parts. It is no accident that the collaborative model is most  
often the underlying structure of a successful building, design,  
invention or work of art.

2009-2010 FORUM LECTURE SERIES

Eric BRICKER
Documentary Director
Screening of “Visual Acoustics:  The Modernism of Julius Shulman”
Thursday, 7 pm
1 October 2009
Magnolia Theatre, West Village
See complete information at top of this newsletter.

Jeanne GANG
Architect, Studio Gang
Ken Roberts Memorial Delineation Competition Lecture
Thursday, 7 pm
19 November 2009
Magnolia Theatre, West Village
Jeanne Gang is principal and founder of Studio Gang Architects, a  
Chicago based firm that has been recognized for its innovation and  
leadership in design.  Gang's work represents a diverse range of  
building typologies, from large-scale undertakings such as the 82  
story Aqua Tower in Chicago, which reconsiders the tall building as a  
site-specific structure, to the SOS Community Center which visibly  
engages the distinct material properties of concrete.  In all of her  
firm's projects, Gang engages new creative territory in materials,  
technology, and sustainability, and her work has received national and  
international awards and recognition.
www.studiogang.net

Christy MACLEAR
Executive Director, Philip Johnson's “Glass House”
Thursday, 7 pm
10 December 2009
Horchow Auditorium, Dallas Museum of Art
Considered by many to be Johnson's most iconic project as well as his  
private residence, the “Glass House” is now owned and operated by the  
National Trust for Historic Preservation.  Christy MacLear serves as  
both the Executive Director of the House and Visitor Center, as well  
as developing the House to be a prototype and focus for the Trust's  
national movement to preserve architecturally significant modernist  
residences across the country.  MacLear will give attendees an  
insider's look at the House and these innovative programs.
www.philipjohnsonglasshouse.org

Gordon  GILL
Architect, Smith Gill Architects
Thursday, 7 pm
21 January 2010
Magnolia Theatre, West Village
Gordon Gill has designed award-winning architecture across the globe.   
His work emphasizes a holistic approach to design that integrates all  
project disciplines.  The results are performance based designs that  
work symbiotically with their natural surroundings, that contribute to  
the sustainability of cities, and that augment the built landscape  
creating an optimal user experience.  Among the firm's many innovative  
large scale projects are the world's first net zero-energy skyscraper  
as well as the first large-scale positive energy building. Gill has  
received numerous awards including recognition from the AIA and  
Architectural Record, and has written on the benefits of dense,  
sustainable communities.
www.smithgill.com

Scott  MARBLE
Architect, Marble Fairbanks
Thursday, 7 pm
4 February 2010
Magnolia Theatre, West Village
Scott Marble is a founding partner of Marble Fairbanks and a faculty  
member at the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture.    
His early engagement with digital technologies at Columbia, teaching  
one of the first “paperless” design studios, has allowed Marble  
Fairbanks to pioneer innovative uses of digital fabrication and unique  
assemblies in their built work.  Marble is a frequent lecturer in the  
areas of digital technologies and building information technologies  
(BIM).  Among his many honors and projects was a commission from the  
Museum of Modern Art in New York to design a prototype addressing the  
potential of digital design for the exhibition Home Delivery:   
Fabricating the Modern Dwelling.
www.marblefairbanks.com

Rafael VINOLY
Founder, Rafael Vinoly Architects
Thursday, 7 pm
25 March 2010
Venue TBA
Rafael Vinoly, FAIA, is a leading architect with a large body of award  
winning projects ranging in scale from residential to large cultural,  
educational and commercial projects.  Born in Uruguay, Vinoly began  
his New York based practice in 1978 and maintains multiple offices in  
both the USA and Great Britain. Among some of his best known projects  
are the Tokyo International Forum, which is the most important  
cultural complex in Japan; the Kimmel Symphony Center in Philadelphia;  
the Samsung Tower in Seoul; Jazz at Lincoln Center; the Brooklyn  
Children's Museum; and the Boston Convention Center.   His museum  
projects include an expansion of the Cleveland Museum of Art and the  
Nasher Museum at Duke University. Vinoly's work has been widely  
recognized and honored, and in addition to being a Fellow of the  
American Institute of Architects he is also an International Fellow of  
the Royal Institute of British Architects.
www.rvapc.com

Deb MITCHELL
Landscape Architect, JJR Landscape Architects
Thursday, 7 pm
8 April 2010
Wyly Theatre, Sixth Floor
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 urban oasis at the  
Dallas Center for Performing Arts which she and Michel Desvigne have  
designed.
www.jjr-us.com

SPECIAL LECTURES
The following three special lectures require advance reservations.   
Current Dallas Architecture Forum members may submit requests via  
Email for complimentary tickets to  
director@dallasarchitectureforum.org.  You may request reservations  
based on your membership level:
Student and Individual—1 space per event
Friend or above—2 spaces per event
You must include your full name, the events for which you would like  
tickets (Koolhaas, Foster and/or Prince-Ramus), and your mailing  
address.
There is limited seating, especially for the events at the Wyly.  If  
we are able to accommodate your request, tickets will be mailed to you  
the first part of October.  Please bring your tickets for admittance  
to the events.
If enough spaces are not available to fulfill your request, we will  
notify you by reply Email within the same time frame.
The Forum extends its appreciation to the AT & T Performing Arts  
Center for organizing these talks and allowing the Forum to participate.

Rem KOOLHAAS
Partner, OMA
Special Lecture presented by the AT & T Performing Arts Center in  
association with the Dallas Architecture Forum & Nasher Sculpture Center
Thursday, 4 pm
15 October 2009
Dee and Charles Wyly Theater; very limited seating available
Rem Koolhaas, one of the designers of the Dee and Charles Wyly  
Theatre, will discuss the future of theatre design in the innovative  
Wyly Theatre.  Koolhaas was a co-founder of the Office for  
Metropolitan Architecture in 1975. His book
S, M, L, XL summarized the work of OMA and established connections  
between contemporary society and architecture.  He heads the work of  
both OMA and AMO, the conceptual brand of his firm focused on social,  
economic and technological developments, which also explores  
territories beyond architectural and urban concerns.   Koolhaas is a  
professor at Harvard where he conducts the Project on the City.    
Koolhaas has won numerous awards including the Pritzker Prize in 2000,  
the Praemium Imperiale, the RIBA Gold Medal, the Mies van der Rohe  
prize and the European Prize for Contemporary Architecture.
www.oma.nl

Norman FOSTER
Chairman, Foster + Partners
Special Lecture presented by the AT & T Performing Arts Center in  
association with the Dallas Architecture Forum & Nasher Sculpture Center
Friday morning, 10:30 am
16 October 2009
Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House; limited seating available
Forum members will be privileged to hear Lord Foster present his  
designs for the Winspear Opera House and Annette Strauss Artist's  
Square.  Founded by Norman Foster, Foster + Partners is an  
international practice with offices in more than 20 countries.  It has  
received over 550 awards and citations for architectural excellence  
and has won more than 70 international and national competitions.    
Lord Foster was the recipient of the Pritzker Prize in 1999, the  
Praemium Imperiale for Architecture and AIA's Gold Medal for  
Architecture, and the Royal Institute of British Architect's Gold  
Medal.   In 1990 he was granted a Knighthood by the Queen and in 1999  
was honored with a Life Peerage.
www.fosterandpartners.com

Joshua PRINCE-RAMUS
Principal in Charge, REX
Special Lecture presented by the AT & T Performing Arts Center in  
association with the Dallas Architecture Forum & Nasher Sculpture Center
Friday afternoon, 2 pm
16 October 2009
Dee and Charles Wyly Theater; very limited seating available
Joshua Prince-Ramus, one of the designers of the Dee and Charles Wyly  
Theatre, will discuss the Wyly Theatre and his other projects.  Ramus  
served as Partner in Charge of the OMA New York office, and during  
this time was a leader in the design of the Seattle Central Library,  
the Guggenheim-Hermitage Museum, as well as the Wyly Theatre.  In 2006  
the New York office of OMA was redefined as REX.  Other cultural  
projects by REX include the 62 story Museum Plaza in Louisville, the  
Oslo City Library and numerous other public and private projects  
around the world.  Prince-Ramus has been named as one of the “Twenty  
Essential Architects” by ICON, is a member of the TED Brain Trust, and  
was the Eero Saarinen Visiting Professor at the Yale School of  
Architecture.
www.rex-ny.com

AFFILIATE EVENTS
Museum of Nature and Science
Unveiling of Morphosis' model and schematic designs for new building
Saturday, 2 – 5 pm
19 September 2009
Museum Construction Center at Victory Park, 1155 Broom Street
Free, no reservations required

Dallas Chapter of the AIA
Annual Design Awards
Wednesday, 5:30 – 8:30 pm
23 September 2009
Victory Plaza

Celebrate Architecture, An Urban Renaissance
Saturday, 6:30 – 12 pm
26 September 2009
Union Station
Visit www.aiadallas.org for more information and to purchase tickets  
to both of these events.

Nasher Sculpture Center
Talk by Spencer de Grey, Head of Design, Foster + Partners
In conjunction with the exhibition “The Art of Architecture: Foster  
and Partners” on display at the Nasher.
Saturday, 1 pm
26 September 2009
Free, no reservations required.  First come, first served.

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
The Dallas Architecture Forum has sponsorship opportunities available  
for our 2009-2010 Season.  Sponsorships are available at various  
levels to fit the budgets of firms and individuals.  These include  
Season, Series and Individual Lecture and Reception sponsorships for  
our Lecture Season, as well as sponsorship opportunities for our soon  
to be announced Panel Season.
Sponsorships provide outstanding, targeted recognition for your firm,  
providing prominent focus on your business with many of the leading  
decision makers in the architectural, design, construction, related  
industries, as well as corporate and community leaders in the Dallas  
area.  Sponsorships are also an excellent and vital way to support the  
Forum in order that we can continue to present outstanding programming  
to the greater Dallas community.
Contact Nate Eudaly, Forum Executive Director, atdirector@dallasarchitectureforum.org 
  or at 214.764.2406 for more information on the benefits and  
recognition available for sponsors.  Sponsors will be recognized  
beginning in the October 2009 @ the Forum. Thank you!

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