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  • Architect, activist and 'Funambulist' editor Léopold Lambert to speak about the violence of the built environment in lecture at ISU

    10/08/22 AMES, Iowa — Paris-based architect Léopold Lambert, founding editor of The Funambulist magazine, will present a lecture on “The Political Power of the Key” as part of the Iowa State University Department of Architecture 2022-2023 Public Programs Series. Lambert’s presentation will begin at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19, in Kocimski Auditorium, 101 College of Design. He will discuss the violent power of the key – a ubiquitous object…

  • Cloud 9 founder Enric Ruiz-Geli to speak about firm’s multifaceted projects in Oct. 7 lecture

    10/03/22 AMES, Iowa — Enric Ruiz-Geli, the founder, principal architect and director of Barcelona, Spain-based firm Cloud 9, will talk about his interdisciplinary team’s work in a lecture at Iowa State University. Ruiz-Geli will present “It’s All About Particles” at 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7, in Kocimski Auditorium, room 101 College of Design. In this lecture, he will discuss Cloud 9’s “Atlas of Projects” and innovative work, from the…

  • 'Architecture of Life' author Alla Vronskaya to speak at ISU College of Design Aug. 26

    08/12/22 AMES, Iowa — Alla Vronskaya, a professor of architectural history and theory at Kassel University in Germany, will kick off the Iowa State University Department of Architecture’s 2022-2023 Public Programs Series with a guest lecture on “Architecture of Life: Soviet Modernism and the Human Sciences.” Vronskaya’s talk will be at 4 p.m. Friday, Aug. 26, in Kocimski Auditorium, 101 College of Design. Presenting research from her new book of…

  • Ana Pinto da Silva to speak about post-pandemic innovation in April 16 Dean's Charrette keynote

    04/08/21 AMES, Iowa — Ana Pinto da Silva, co-founder and chief executive officer of innovative modular home company Minka, Inc. and former principal user experience design lead for Amazon, will kick off Iowa State University’s first Ignite Innovation Showcase with a lecture Friday, April 16. Pinto da Silva will present the College of Design Dean’s Charrette Keynote Lecture, “Learning Courage: Designing Innovation in a Post-COVID World,” at 5 p.m.…

  • Outpost Office co-founders to present ISU Department of Architecture’s Richard F. Hansen Lecture March 3

    02/15/21 AMES, Iowa — Ashley Bigham and Erik Herrmann, co-founders of Columbus, Ohio-based Outpost Office, will present the 2021 Richard F. Hansen Lecture in Architecture hosted by the Iowa State University Department of Architecture. Event details and registration Bigham and Herrmann’s virtual lecture, “Working Afield,” will be from 5:30–6:45 p.m. CST Wednesday, March 3, over Zoom. Register in advance to participate in this free online presentation. A confirmation email…

  • ArchiteXX cofounder Lori Brown to speak about architects’ role in social justice Feb. 5 at ISU

    01/27/20 AMES, Iowa — Lori Brown, professor of architecture at Syracuse University and cofounder of ArchiteXX, a nonprofit organization for gender equity in architecture, will speak about architecture and social justice in a February lecture at Iowa State University. Brown will present “What Responsibility Do Architects Have to Create a More Just World?” at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 5, in Kocimski Auditorium, room 101 College of Design. Part of the…

  • 'Architecture of Counterrevolution' author to speak April 3 at ISU

    03/28/19 AMES, Iowa — Samia Henni, author of Architecture of Counterrevolution: The French Army in Northern Algeria, will speak about her book in a lecture at Iowa State University. Henni will present “Architecture of Counterrevolution” at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 3, in Kocimski Auditorium, room 101 College of Design. Part of the ISU Department of Architecture’s 2018-2019 Public Programs Series, her talk is cosponsored by the Department of Community and…

  • MASS Design Group's Amie Shao to speak about role of architecture ‘Beyond the Building’ in Feb. 20 lecture at ISU

    02/08/19 AMES, Iowa — Amie Shao, a principal with MASS Design Group in Boston, Massachusetts, will present the 2019 Curt F. Dale Guest Lecture in Architecture at Iowa State University. Shao’s lecture, “Beyond the Building,” will be at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20, in Kocimski Auditorium, room 101 College of Design. Part of the ISU Department of Architecture’s 2018-2019 Public Program Series, “Anonymity,” the talk is free and open to…