Architecture

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Presenters

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Joseph Altshuler
Pete Landon
Annie Moaupt
Tabitha Ponte
Travis Roozée
Andy Swindler
Lisa Wainwright
Abigail Glaum-Lathbury
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http://www.pecha-kucha.org/night/chicago/22

In conjunction with the exhibition Skyscraper: Art and Architecture Against Gravity, Antony Wood, Executive Director of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat and IIT Associate Studio Professor, discusses global trends in skyscrapers, outlining the unprecedented changes in the typology over the past decades and looking to the future.

A UK architect by training, Wood specializes in the field of sustainable design of tall buildings. Prior to becoming an academic, Wood worked as an architect in Hong Kong, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, and London.

He is the author of numerous books and papers in the field, including Tall & Green: Typology for a Sustainable Urban Future,” 2008. His PhD explored the multi-disciplinary aspects of skybridge connections between tall buildings. He is associate editor of the CTBUH Journal and serves on the editorial board of the John Wiley & Sons Journal, The Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings. He is also co-chair of the CTBUH Tall Buildings and Sustainability working group. He is currently engaged in numerous books, including The Tall Buildings Reference Book with Routledge, The CTBUH Guide to Natural Ventilation in High Rise Office Buildings with Routledge, and New Paradigms in High Rise Design.

http://www.mcachicago.org/programs/now/talks/2012/p1165

Please join the Architecture & Design Society for a panel discussion on the University of Chicago's new architecture and landscapes. Panelists include Tod Williams and Billie Tsien, designers of the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts; James Carpenter, architect of Midway Crossings and the William Eckhardt Research Center; and Ann Beha, leader of design concepts for the adaptive reuse of 5757 South University Avenue. The event is moderated by University of Chicago associate vice president and university architect Steven Wiesenthal, FAIA.

Registration is required. RSVP by May 22.
Guests may e-mail questions for the panel ahead of time to uofcpanel@artic.edu.

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This exhibition is the first major study of California midcentury modern design. With more than 300 objects—furniture, ceramics, metalwork, fashion and textiles, and industrial and graphic design—the exhibition examines the state’s role in shaping the material culture of the entire country. Organized into four thematic areas, the exhibition aims to elucidate the 1951 quote from émigré Greta Magnusson Grossman that is incorporated into the exhibition’s title: California design “is not a superimposed style, but an answer to present conditions…It has developed out of our own preferences for living in a modern way."
http://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/californiadesign

The American Design Club (AmDC) presents “Raw + Unfiltered” show as part of the UNFILTERED
project from Karlsson’s Gold Vodka. This is the eighth AmDC show. Opening at Heller Gallery in con-
junction with the 2012 International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York City
May Day—Nature unfiltered is never perfect. In this spirit, a select group of designers have been tapped to
showcase new work that highlights a material or process in its most natural, unfiltered state. American Design
Club called on designers with one question: If your process became Raw + Unfiltered, what kind of object
would that yield?
The result is Raw + Unfiltered, the second initiative of Karlsson Gold vodkaʼs UNFILTERED series. In associa-
tion with Karlsson’s and the Heller Gallery, The American Design Club will present designers’ answers to this
question in a gallery show opening Sunday, May 20th at the Heller Gallery in New York City.
Forty-four pieces have been chosen for the Raw + Unfiltered show, from both established New York designers
and newcomers alike. Exhibitors include: Bec Brittain, Fort Standard, Stanley Ruiz, Grain, Evan Dublin, Me-
lissa Gamwell, Brendan Keim, Jack Craig, Cat Merrick, Ladies & Gentlemen, Michael Dreeben, Yukyeong Lee,
Eric Parker, Free Time Industries, Pete Oyler, Asher Israelow, Chris Schanck, Doug Leckie, Elizabeth Moran,
Jack Craig, Andrew Sack, Biodidactic Raw/Andie Olive, Brittany Pool, Emily Miranda, Jessica Rosenkrantz,
Jieun Yoo, Mark Dineen, Sara Ebert, Chris Schanck, Andrew Beauchamp, KNS, Jennifer Zona, Taylor Macken-
zie Veal, Daniel Moyer, Nicholas Oxley, Tim Richartz, Object Trust, Li-Rong Liao, Steven Haulenbeek, Jason
Pfaeffle, Louie Rigano, Aria McManus, and Wyatt Little. The pieces in the show run the gamut from Taylor
Mackenzie Veal’s Reed Bench, a sturdy, lightweight bench made from reeds to Michael Dreeben’s elegant,
origami inspired metal bowls. Other highlights include Fort Standard’s Spru Candelabra, the Salt Salt Shakers
from Andie Olive, Cat Merrick’s tire track relief bowls, and Brendan Keim’s striking Dim(Some) Chandelier,
among others.

To celebrate New York Design Week, Gallery R’Pure will be presenting work from
a group of 10 critically acclaimed US based designers. This group invites its audience
to revisit the objects and symbols that have forged the American landscape as seen
through the eyes of their creators. Each piece is a personal interpretation of some
aspect of American life, be it celebratory, critical or simply observational.
The exhibition intends to question what the American life is, whether real or perceived.

LINDSEY ADELMAN BRAD ASCALON JOE DOUCET SEBASTIAN ERRAZURIZ JOSÉE LEPAGE PAUL LOEBACH FREDERICK McSWAIN ALISSIA MELKA-TEICHROEW MARC THORPE DAVID WEEKS
http://www.galleryrpure.com/upcomingevent.html

We are very pleased to announce that Matter will be presenting at two locations during this year's ICFF. MatterMade Collection Number Three and new works by an exceptional group of independent designers and manufacturers will be on view at 168 Bowery. Simultaneously, the talented Swiss designer, Daniel Heer, will hold a demonstration and live performance at 405 Broome Street. We look forward to seeing you there! Please remember to RSVP.

We are very pleased to announce that Matter will be presenting at two locations during this year's ICFF. MatterMade Collection Number Three and new works by an exceptional group of independent designers and manufacturers will be on view at 168 Bowery. Simultaneously, the talented Swiss designer, Daniel Heer, will hold a demonstration and live performance at 405 Broome Street. We look forward to seeing you there! Please remember to RSVP.

Closing MAY19, 2012

If you haven’t yet had a chance to see it, don’t miss our current exhibition Ceci n’est pas une rêverie (This is not a Dream): The Architecture of Stanley Tigerman before it closes on May 19. Featuring over a hundred drawings and models by legendary Chicago architect Stanley Tigerman, the exhibition extends through all three floors of the Madlener House.

Gallery hours for Ceci n’est pas une rêverie: The Architecture of Stanley Tigerman are Wednesday through Saturday, 11AM to 5PM. Free gallery tours are given every Saturday at 2PM (no reservation necessary).

We will also be open late this Thursday evening, May 17 until 8PM. Please join us to see the exhibition, then enjoy a glass of wine and 10% of all sales in the bookshop.

www.grahamfoundation.org

Join Design Evanston members and friends for a unique tour of the award-winning SOM master planned community at the former U.S. Steel Southworks site. Rsvp to jw@jackweissassociates.com