IfUD Founder Ann Ferebee and Jeff Byles will speak about their new book, A History of Design from the Victorian Era to the Present, at the Skyscraper Museum on 8/2; AIANY is organizing a tour of Michael Manfredi’s Diana Center at Barnard (pictured at left) on 8/4; and Board Member Saskia Sassen will speak on the notions of comfort and “cityness” at the BMW Guggenheim Lab in New York on 8/12.
IfUD Founder Ann Ferebee and Fellow Jeff Byles spoke recently at Manhattan’s 92nd Street Y about their new revised version of Ferebee’s book, A History of Design From the Victorian Era to the Present, which can be purchased now at WW Norton’s website. They’ll be speaking again, downtown this time, at the Skyscraper Museum on August 2nd. This one’s not to be missed!
On Tuesday, November 24, the Skyscraper Museum concludes its five-part lecture series, Shanghai Skyline. Institute fellow William Tung will be a panelist.
The event begins at 6:30pm at The William and Anita Newman Vertical Campus, Baruch College (55 Lexington Avenue: 14th Floor, Room 220). 1.5 CEUs available.
Rockbund Aerial Rendering, showing the Bund, courtesy Rockefeller Group International
On Tuesday, October 13, the Skyscraper Museum will host their fall kick-off lecture and reception, Shanghai Skyline.
Architectural Record Editor-in-Chief, Robert Ivy, will moderate a panel including Paul Katz, Institute fellow Bruce Fowle, Jack Portman, David Scott, and Timur Galen, who will recall how they snagged Shanghai commissions in the 1980s and ’90s, illustrate recent projects, and reflect on the relevance of the past recession for today’s downturn.
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