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Category: Lectures

Designer Greg Lynn Presents 2012 Sally Walsh Lecture


Rice Design Alliance, in collaboration with the Rice School of Architecture, the AIA Houston Chapter, and the Architecture Center Houston Foundation, welcome Greg Lynn to present the annual Sally Walsh lecture on Tuesday, April 3.

This annual lecture is dedicated to the memory of distinguished Houston interior designer Sally Walsh, who is widely credited with bringing modern design to Houston. The lecture honors Walsh’s groundbreaking foray into modern design by bringing cutting edge designers to Houston. This year’s lecturer is Greg Lynn who will give a talk entitled “Surfaces Without Superficiality.”

Lynn is best known for introducing digital technology into the medium of design, and pioneering the fabrication of complex functional and ergonomic forms using innovative machinery. After receiving two undergraduate degrees from Miami University of Ohio, and a graduate degree in architecture from Princeton, Lynn’s career has spanned disciplines and garnered him much praise. Among others, Lynn has been named one of Time Magazine’s 100 most innovative people in the world for the 21st century in 2001, and received a fellowship from United States Artists in 2010.

His studio, Greg Lynn FORM, works within and among multiple fields, partnering with companies such as BMW, Boeing, Disney and Imaginary Forces. Along with architecture, Lynn himself is influenced by previous studies in philosophy and has been involved in combining the practices of “design and construction with the speculative, theoretical and experimental potentials of writing and teaching,” according to his website.

EVENT INFORMATION

What: The Sally Walsh Lecture
When: Tuesday, April 3 at 7 p.m., with a pre-lecture reception at 6 p.m.
Where: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s Brown Auditorium in the Caroline Wiess Law Building. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, is located at 1001 Bissonnet (enter via the Main Street door). Additional parking at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston is available until 7:00 p.m. for $6 in the museum garage located at the corner of Binz and Fannin Streets.

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FURNISH Space / Context / Object

Click here to purchase tickets. For more information, please call the Rice Design Alliance, (713) 348-4876.

FURNISH Space / Context / Object, RDA’s inaugural 2012 lecture series, will explore progressive ideas, technologies, and cultural forces affecting furniture design as interpreted by a variety of innovative designers from around the world. Specifically, this exploration examines the impact on the overall creative design process by looking at factors such as advancements in materials, overarching cultural shifts, and the intricacies of the manufacturing process itself.

The public and RDA members are invited to hear the following speakers during the series:

Wednesday, January 18
Mike Simonian of Mike & Maaike, San Francisco

Wednesday, January 25
Kenneth Cobonpue, The Philippines

Wednesday, February 1
Jurgen Bey, Rotterdam

All lectures will be held at 7:00 p.m. in Brown Auditorium in The Museum of Fine Arts Caroline Wiess Law Building, each with a pre-lecture reception at 6:00 p.m. in the museum lobby. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston is located at 1001 Bissonnet (enter via the Main Street door.) No guaranteed seating for ticket holders after 7:00 p.m. Additional parking is available until 7:00 p.m. for $6 in the museum garage located at the corner of Binz and Fannin Streets.

RDA will gladly make special accommodations for anyone needing assistance to attend a lecture. Please contact RDA directly, 713.348.4876. A minimum of two week’s notice is appreciated.

TICKET INFORMATION
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
$15 – Others

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FURNISH Space / Context / Object: Jurgen Bey

Mike and Maaike’s Windowseat Lounge Chair

Click here to purchase tickets. For more information, please call the Rice Design Alliance, (713) 348-4876.

FURNISH Space / Context / Object, RDA’s inaugural 2012 lecture series, will explore progressive ideas, technologies, and cultural forces affecting furniture design as interpreted by a variety of innovative designers from around the world. Specifically, this exploration examines the impact on the overall creative design process by looking at factors such as advancements in materials, overarching cultural shifts, and the intricacies of the manufacturing process itself.

The public and RDA members are invited to hear the following speakers during the series:

Wednesday, January 18
Mike Simonian of Mike & Maaike, San Francisco

Wednesday, January 25
Kenneth Cobonpue, The Philippines

Wednesday, February 1
Jurgen Bey, Rotterdam

All lectures will be held at 7:00 p.m. in Brown Auditorium in The Museum of Fine Arts Caroline Wiess Law Building, each with a pre-lecture reception at 6:00 p.m. in the museum lobby. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston is located at 1001 Bissonnet (enter via the Main Street door.) No guaranteed seating for ticket holders after 7:00 p.m. Additional parking is available until 7:00 p.m. for $6 in the museum garage located at the corner of Binz and Fannin Streets.

RDA will gladly make special accommodations for anyone needing assistance to attend a lecture. Please contact RDA directly, 713.348.4876. A minimum of two week’s notice is appreciated.

TICKET INFORMATION
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
$15 – Others

more >


FURNISH Space / Context / Object: Kenneth Cobonpue

Mike and Maaike’s Windowseat Lounge Chair

Click here to purchase tickets. For more information, please call the Rice Design Alliance, (713) 348-4876.

FURNISH Space / Context / Object, RDA’s inaugural 2012 lecture series, will explore progressive ideas, technologies, and cultural forces affecting furniture design as interpreted by a variety of innovative designers from around the world. Specifically, this exploration examines the impact on the overall creative design process by looking at factors such as advancements in materials, overarching cultural shifts, and the intricacies of the manufacturing process itself.

The public and RDA members are invited to hear the following speakers during the series:

Wednesday, January 18
Mike Simonian of Mike and Maaike, San Francisco

Wednesday, January 25
Kenneth Cobonpue, The Philippines

Wednesday, February 1
Jurgen Bey, Rotterdam

All lectures will be held at 7:00 p.m. in Brown Auditorium in The Museum of Fine Arts Caroline Wiess Law Building, each with a pre-lecture reception at 6:00 p.m. in the museum lobby. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston is located at 1001 Bissonnet (enter via the Main Street door.) No guaranteed seating for ticket holders after 7:00 p.m. Additional parking is available until 7:00 p.m. for $6 in the museum garage located at the corner of Binz and Fannin Streets.

RDA will gladly make special accommodations for anyone needing assistance to attend a lecture. Please contact RDA directly, 713.348.4876. A minimum of two week’s notice is appreciated.

TICKET INFORMATION
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
$15 – Others

more >


FURNISH Space / Context / Object: Mike Simonian

Mike and Maaike’s Windowseat Lounge Chair

Click here to purchase tickets. For more information, please call the Rice Design Alliance, (713) 348-4876.

FURNISH Space / Context / Object, RDA’s inaugural 2012 lecture series, will explore progressive ideas, technologies, and cultural forces affecting furniture design as interpreted by a variety of innovative designers from around the world. Specifically, this exploration examines the impact on the overall creative design process by looking at factors such as advancements in materials, overarching cultural shifts, and the intricacies of the manufacturing process itself.

The public and RDA members are invited to hear the following speakers during the series:

Wednesday, January 18
Mike Simonian of Mike and Maaike, San Francisco

Wednesday, January 25
Kenneth Cobonpue, The Philippines

Wednesday, February 1
Jurgen Bey, Rotterdam

All lectures will be held at 7:00 p.m. in Brown Auditorium in The Museum of Fine Arts Caroline Wiess Law Building, each with a pre-lecture reception at 6:00 p.m. in the museum lobby. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston is located at 1001 Bissonnet (enter via the Main Street door.) No guaranteed seating for ticket holders after 7:00 p.m. Additional parking is available until 7:00 p.m. for $6 in the museum garage located at the corner of Binz and Fannin Streets.

RDA will gladly make special accommodations for anyone needing assistance to attend a lecture. Please contact RDA directly, 713.348.4876. A minimum of two week’s notice is appreciated.

TICKET INFORMATION
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
$15 – Others

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Carlos Jimenez Lecture: Insights on Color & Architecture

Insights on Color & Architecture

When: October 25, 2011
6:30 pm, Free Public Reception
7:00 pm, Talk by Carlos Jiménez

Where: Sewall Hall 301, Rice University

What: Carlos Jiménez will illustrate his personal reflections on the meaning and use of color in architecture using historical precedents and examples of Jiménez’s own work.

Carlos Jiménez is a professor in the Rice School of Architecture and the principal and lead designer of Carlos Jiménez Studio, an internationally recognized firm based in Houston. He is a jury member of the Pritzker Architecture Prize (2010 – 2011) and has won several awards for excellence in design and teaching, including the American Institute of Architects Houston Educator of the Year (2009), Rice University Charles Duncan Award (2006), Chicago Athenaeum Architecture Award (2004), and Architectural Record’s Record Houses (2004).

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RSA Lecture: JUDGMENT LECTURE SERIES

Location:
Anderson Hall
Farish Gallery

Description:
2011-2012 Kennon Symposium Series

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10:00-12:00: CONVERSATION I

MARKUS MIESSEN:The Nightmare of Participation
Architect, Writer, and Professor for Critical Spatial Practice at the Städelschule, Frankfurt

HAL FOSTER:Post-Critical?
Townsend Martin Class of 1917 Professor of Art History and Archaeology, Princeton University

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2:00-4:00: CONVERSATION II

NEIL DENARI:FACTICITY
Architect, NMDA, Los Angeles

BEN VAN BERKEL:Trained Judgment
/ Architect, UN Studio, Amsterdam

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4:30-6:00: ROUNDTABLE CONVERSATION

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RSA Lecture: Reinier de Graaf & Laura Baird

Reinier de Graaf & Laura Baird
On Hold
Architects, OMA/AMO
Thursday, November 17 5:30
Cullinan Lecture+Seminar Series

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RSA Lecture: Paul Lewis

Paul Lewis
Optimistic Opportunism
Architect, LTL, NY, Assistant Professor, Princeton
Thursday, November 3, 5:30

All lectures will take place in the Farish Gallery at the Rice School of Architecture.

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RSA Lecture: Thomas Demand

Thomas Demand
TBA
Artist, Berlin
Thursday, September 15, 5:30

All lectures will take place in the Farish Gallery at the Rice School of Architecture.

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