May 25August 15
Washington, D.C.
"Windshield: Richard Neutra's House for the John Nicholas Brown Family"
is the subject of a new exhibition presented by the National Building
Museum and the American Architectural Foundation at the National Building
Museum. On June 10, from 6:308:00 p.m., J. Carter Brownson
of John Nicholas Brown, director emeritus of the National Gallery of Art,
and chair of the Commission of Fine Artsis scheduled to offer a
lecture on the significance of Windshield and his family's life in the
Fisher's Island, N.Y., house. For
more information, visit www.nbm.org.
June 35
San Francisco
Lightfair International Trade Show and Exposition, the world's largest
architectural and commercial lighting show, sponsored in part by the International
Association of Lighting Designer and the Illuminating Engineering Society.
All seminars offer AIA CES credit. For more information or to register,
visit www.lightfair.com.
June 36
Anaheim, Calif.
A/E/C SYSTEMS 2002 "Solutions for the Total Asset Lifecycle"
conference and exposition. For more information, visit
www.aecsystems.com or call 800-451-1196.
June 68
Winnepeg
"Exploration of the City," a national architecture conference
presented by the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and the Manitoba
Association of Architects. Speakers include architect Charles Correa of
India and Professor Salvador Zahr, chair of Ciudad Abierta, the "Open
City" designers of Chile. For more information, contact Iona Green
613-230-2323, ext. 252; or
igreen@gosselin-rp.com.
June 13
Washington, D.C.
"Construction Management/Design-Build," a one-day seminar presented
by Lorman Education Services. The six-hour program offers 6 CES learning
units. For more information,
visit www.lorman.com.
July 8
Registration due for the UIA-approved "Ephemeral Structures in the
City of Athens" competition supported by the Hellenic Ministry of
Culture. Open to architects and students, the competition is to design
structures that generate cultural events. The official language of the
competition is English. For
details, visit www.cultural-olympiad.gr/ephemeralcompetition.
July 15
Abstracts due for "Industrial Heritage in the Working Landscape,"
an October 1213 conference in Buffalo to explore issues that emerge
when working landscapes are interspersed with heritage landscapes. Buffalo's
grain elevators will serve as examples. Submit abstracts for papers or
exhibitions by July 15 to Jocelyn Dolby, Urban Design Project, Hayes Hall,
3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214-3087. For details, visit
www.urbandesignproject.org.
July 2125
Boston
Seventh U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, this year
themed "Urban Earthquake Risk," is sponsored by the Earthquake
Engineering Research Institute. For
more information, visit www.eeri.org/news/Meetings/7nceef.html
July 2226
Berlin
The XXI UIA Congress-Berlin 2002, based on four themesurban societies,
innovation and tradition, the built and the natural, and space and identityunder
the umbrella theme of "resource architecture." For more information,
visit www.uia-berlin2002.com.
September 3
Applications due for the James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation mid-career
$25,000 research grant. The prize is awarded to professionals who have
an advanced or professional degree and at least 10 years' experience in
historic preservation or related fields. It supports projects of innovative
original research or creative design that advance the practice of historic
preservation in the U.S. Application requirements may be obtained by phone,
212-691-3229; fax, 212-691-2435;
or email, FitchFoundation@aol.com.
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