The Pratt Institute School of Architecture has announced its Fall 2012 lecture series, with events on the Pratt campuses in Brooklyn and Manhattan. The lectures are free and open to the public; however, seating priority will be given to current Pratt students. Upcoming events are noted below.
Pratt Brooklyn Lecture Series All events at 6 pm in Higgins Hall Auditorium, Lafayette Avenue and St. James Place, New York (Clinton and Washington station on the G train).
September 24 Alex Schweder, artist, architect, Cambridge, Berlin The artist’s installation Roomograph is on view in the Siegel Gallery and can be seen from 7 to 9 pm, after his lecture.
October 15 James Carpenter, sculptor, designer, New York
November 5 Kevin Daly, architect, Los Angeles
November 8 Architecture and Contemporary Urbanism Now Symposium Panel discussion for the exhibition Designs for North American Cities Now (on view in the Siegel Gallery, beginning October 18), featuring Thom Mayne, UCLA; Michael Chen, Pratt; Winka Dubbeldam, University of Pennsylvania; Toni Griffin, CCNY; Laurie Hawkinson, Columbia University; Jason Lee, Pratt; Chris Perry, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Dagmar Richter, Pratt.
November 15 Charles Renfro, architect, New York
November 27 Eduardo Souto de Moura, architect, Portugal
Pratt Manhattan Lecture Series All events at 6:30 pm in Room 213, 144 West 14th Street, New York.
September 27 Arash Yaghoubi, Pavarini McGovern Contracting