Taubman College

Lecture Series

All lectures are free and open to the public, unless noted. All lectures will be held in the Art + Architecture Auditorium, 6:00 PM unless otherwise noted.

Recordings of past lectures are published to Vimeo. Prior to Fall 2010, lectures are available via iTunes U, which are being relocated to Vimeo. Videos are posted usually within two weeks from the date of the lecture.

January 14
January 28
Sarah Whiting
Rice School of Architecture, WW Architecture
"Midsize"
January 30
2:30 PM
Ingrid Carlberg
Journalist and Author, Dabo Idé AB
"There is a room waiting for you here…;" on the life of Raoul Wallenberg
Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library
February 4
Christine Gaspar
Center for Urban Pedagogy

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February 7
Todd Gannon
Southern California Institute of Architecture
Emerging Voices Lecture
"A Confederacy of Heretics"

Co-sponsored by The Planning and Architecture Research Group (P+ARG)

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February 11
Albert Pope
Rice School of Architecture
"A Neomodern Urbanism"

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February 14
Brent D. Ryan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Emerging Voices Lecture and Detroit School Speaker Series
"Design After Decline: How America Rebuilds Shrinking Cities"

Co-sponsored by the Planning and Architecture Research Group (P+ARG)

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February 21
Xaveer de Geyter
Xaveer De Geyter Architects
"Recent Work"
February 26
John Rahaim
City and County of San Francisco Planning Department
"On the Edge - Planning and Urban Design in San Francisco"

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March 11
Mitch McEwen
A. Conglomerate, SUPERFRONT
"Indecisive Bodies"

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March 13
Peter Waldman
University of Virginia School of Architecture
Raoul Wallenberg Lecture
"Specifications for Construction: Fingerprints in the Act of Making"

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March 18
Ellen Lupton
Maryland Institute College of Art / Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
"Welcome to Busytown: or, What Ever Happened to Graphic Design"
March 22
11:00 AM
Mitchell Silver
American Planning Association
March 22
Greg Lynn
Greg Lynn FORM / University of California, Los Angeles
"Carbon in Motion"
Chesebrough Auditorium (Rm. 220), Chrysler Center (2121 Bonisteel Blvd)

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April 1
Timothy Hyde
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
"Dread of Beauty"
April 3
7:00 PM
John Comazzi
University of Minnesota
"Balthazar Korab: Architect of Photography"
Helmut Stern Auditorium, University of Michigan Museum of Art
April 4
5:10 PM
Paola Antonelli
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Penny W. Stamps Speaker Series: Perspectives
Michigan Theater

Co-sponsored with the University of Michigan Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and the University of Michigan Museum of Art

Symposia + Presentations

January 24
MLK Symposium
Leadership for Truth and Reconciliation in Metro Detroit

For more on these events, visit taubmancollege.umich.edu/events

Event Supporters

Benard L. Maas Foundation, Guido A. Binda Lecture and Exhibition Fund, John Dinkeloo Memorial Lecture Fund, Raoul Wallenberg Lecture Fund, Frances and Gilbert P. Schafer Visiting Professionals Fund, J. Robert Swanson Fund, Taubman College Enrichment Fund, Taubman College Lecture Fund