Cracking Codes: 2005 Spring Lecture Series

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Upcoming Events:

Architecture and the Coded Image - March 1

Benjamin Edwards is an artist whose work explores the codes of the American cityscape in the context of a post-digital consumerist utopia. He draws meaning from corporate architecture, big-box retailers, icons of standardized consumption, and from archetypes of 20th century architecture and urban design. In distilling and reinterpreting images of today's "junkspace", Edwards' paintings propose a new way of seeing our built environment.

Decoding Diplomatic Architecture - April 5

Elizabeth Gill Lui is an internationally known fine-art photographer and educator. Her work has been recognized with grants from the Ford Foundation and the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts. She is the author of Closed Mondays, photographs of museums, and co-author of Building Diplomacy, photographs of embassies that is the first comprehensive portrait of the official face of American diplomacy around the world.

Sharing Secrets: The Code of Collaboration - April 19

Mickey Zeppelin is a Denver-based developer with a reputation for commissioning quality contemporary buildings, and for championing innovative and lasting design. Along with his architect Alan Brown, Mickey is currently developing the TAXI site in Denver through a collaborative design and construction process with architects Will Bruder, Harry Teague, and David Baker.

Will Bruder is the founder and principal of Wil Bruder Architects, Ltd., an internationally renowned design firm based in Phoenix, Arizona. His accomplishments include the Phoenix Central Library and the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. Mr. Bruder has also lectured and taught widely.

Harry Teague is the founder and Principle of Harry Teague Architects, based in Aspen Colorado. His firm has established a strong reputation based on its association with the revitalization and reinterpretation of western vernacular architecture. HTA has completed numerous award-winning projects. Mr. Teague was named 2000 Architect of the Year by the AIA Colorado.

David Baker is founder and principal of the San Francisco-based David Baker Architects. His work in affordable housing unites social concern with good design. By advocating smart urban planning, his buildings improve the quality of life in diverse urban communities.

The Code of a Great City - April 25 (RESCHEDULED DATE)

Alexander Garvin is currently a commissioner on the New York City Planning Commission. In 2002 and 2003, he was the Director of Planning, Design and Development of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation and oversaw the design competition for Ground Zero. Mr. Garvin is a member of the National Advisory Council of the Trust for Public Land and a fellow of the Urban Land Institute. He is also Adjunct Professor of Urban Planning and Management at Yale University, and the author of the book, The American City: What Works, What Doesn’t.

Peter Park is the Director of Community Planning and Development for the city of Denver. Previously, he was the Planning Director for the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he is credited with initiating many improvements to the city’s urban core. He is also Adjunct Professor of Planning at University of Colorado at Denver.

Reading Buildings, Writing Culture: Criticism and Architecture - May 2

Beatriz Colomina is a professor at Princeton University's School of Architecture. She is the founding Director of their Program in Media and Modernity, and was named a 2003 Old Dominion Faculty Fellow. She has written extensively on questions of architecture, media and representation. Her books include Privacy and Publicity: Modern Architecture as Mass Media (1994), and Sexuality and Space (editor, 1992), each of which was awarded the International Book Award by the American Institute of Architects. Ms. Colomina is the author of numerous articles and has lectured extensively throughout the world.

All lectures will be held at
Rattlebrain Theater Co.
Located under the D&F Tower on the 16th Street Mall
1601 Arapahoe St.
Denver, CO 80202
720.932.7384

Doors open at 6:00pm
Lectures begin at 6:30pm
Cash bar.

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