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Audio Library
Charles and Ray Eames
Portraits in Design
February 15, 2014
Charles and Ray Eames propelled modern design into the mainstream through their furniture, textiles, and architecture. Their Case Study House #8 stands today as an emblem of the southern California lifestyle, blurring inside and outside through a fresh, dynamic architectural composition. Patricia Kirkham, professor at the Bard Graduate Center, explores the couple’s enduring legacy.
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Spotlight on Design: Johnston Marklee
Spotlight on Design
February 11, 2014
No signature style defines the work of Johnston Marklee. Founding principals Sharon Johnston, AIA, and Mark Lee discussed their firm's innovative buildings, which explore the relationship between design and building technologies. The resulting wholly original work includes the UCLA Graduate Art Studios, Poggio Golo Winery, and The Menil Drawing Institute.
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Renewing White Flint Maryland
Smart Growth
February 5, 2014
Montgomery County, Maryland has approved a plan to transform the suburban, car-oriented area surrounding the White Flint Metro station into a center of residences and businesses where people walk to work, shops, and transit. Lindsay Hoffman, executive director, Friends of White Flint, explains the goals of the plan, efforts to build consensus for implementation, and how the plan can be used as a model for other jurisdictions.
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Sustainable Universities
Building in the 21st Century
December 2, 2013
Chris Wood, AIA, LEED BD+C and Brian Coffield, of SmithGroupJJR, discuss how an integrated design process can be leveraged to create high-performance, sustainable buildings in the world of higher education through a case study of the new American University Washington College of Law project.
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Allan Greenberg
Spotlight on Design
November 7, 2013
The work of architect Allan Greenberg is renowned for its classical inspiration and high level of craftsmanship. In this lecture, he discussed his residential, university, and civic projects, including the Humanities Building at Rice University and the Tommy Hilfiger Flagship Store in Beverly Hills.
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Closing Remarks
October 10, 2013
Sarah Earley concludes the symposium and encourages attendees to register for Part II of the symposium, Frederick Law Olmsted Jr.: A Vision for the American West
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The Politics of Planning — Panel Session: Karen Walz
October 10, 2013
Karen Walz was part of a panel that explored how planners can build on Olmsted Jr.'s work and enact bold, wide-ranging plans, and discussed large-scale collaborative planning projects and challenges at various levels of government.
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Nature, People, and Places — Panel Session: Q&A
October 10, 2013
Dr. Catherine Ross, Robert Yaro, Eric Tamulonis, Dan Jones, and Philip Morris take questions from the audience following the Frederick Law Olmsted Jr.: Nature, People, and Places panel presentation.
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Designing Design: Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. and the Creation of the Landscape School at Harvard University: Elizabeth Hope Cushing
October 10, 2013
Elizabeth Hope Cushing, PhD, landscape historian, considered Olmsted Jr.'s role in establishing a four-year landscape architecture program at Harvard University.
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Keynote - Frederick Law Olmsted Jr.: Building Professions and Eras: Thomas Campanella
October 10, 2013
Thomas J. Campanella, PhD, FAAR, associate professor, Cornell University, College of Architecture, Art, and Planning
explored the vital role that Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. played as a bridge between the field of landscape architecture and the American urban planning profession, and also probed Olmsted's critical role in bridging the aesthetic and philosophical fault lines that split the landscape profession in the early 20th century.
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