Getting High: Towers in Architecture
The Fall 2009 lecture series of the Rice Design Alliance will present architects involved with tower design and building. The speakers will discuss the trend in architecture to build up, the slow-down in the industry with regards to many of these large scale projects, and what all of this means for the future skylines of the world.
Wednesday, September 16
Peter Buchanan
Architect, Urban Planner, Critic, and Writer, London
Wednesday, September 23
Ali Rahim
Contemporary Architecture Practice, New York
Wednesday, September 30
Winka Dubbeldam
Archi-Tectonics, New York
Wednesday, October 7
Ross Wimer
SOM, Chicago
All lectures will be held at 7 p.m.
Brown Auditorium, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
1001 Bissonnet (Enter via the Main Street door)
Please join us for 6 p.m. pre-lecture wine receptions in the MFAH Foyer at 1001 Bissonnet.
Additional parking at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston is available until 7 pm for $3 in the museum garage located at the corner of Binz and Fannin Streets.
Special Accommodations: Please alert us if you need any special accommodation to attend any lecture. A minimum of two weeks notice is appreciated.
Series Tickets:
$20 – RDA, MFAH members
$15 – Senior citizens 65 and older
$10 – Students with identification
$35 – Others
Single Tickets (upon availability):
$7 – RDA, MFAH members; Senior citizens 65 and older; Students with identification
$10 – Others
To purchase tickets in advance, click here to pay online, or send a check or money order and a self-addressed, stamped envelope to:
Rice University
Rice Design Alliance – MS 51
PO Box 1892
Houston, TX 77251-1892
For tickets over the phone and additional information, please call 713-348-4876.
The Rice Design Alliance is an AIA/CES Registered Provider of quality educational programs. For each lecture, attendees will earn one Learning Unit, which will be reported to CES Records on the member’s behalf. Registration at the lecture is required. Non-AIA members may request a Certificate of Completion to fulfill state MCE requirements.
Buchanan and his book, Ten Shades of Green
Migrating Formations by Contemporary Architectural Practice
Greenwich Street Condos by Archi-Tectonics
Infinity Tower by SOM
The RDA would like to thank KUHF for their Media Sponsorship of this series.
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Getting High: Towers in Architecture | ArchDaily writes:
09.16.09
10:38 am
[...] Getting High: Towers in Architecture begins today September 16th with a presentation by Peter Buchanan from London. The series will continue on consecutive Wednesdays until October 7th. All lectures will be held at 7:00 p.m. in Brown Auditorium, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, located at 1001 Bissonnet (enter via the Main Street door.) Pre-lecture wine receptions begin at 6:00 p.m. in the MFAH Foyer at 1001 Bissonnet. For more information click here. Complete lecture lineup after the break. [...]