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Angles on Architecture
Ongoing Series
Taking Chances: Creativity at the University
Monocultures and Multiculturalism
Thomas Fisher
Sunday, February 9, 2 p.m.
Thomas Fisher, new dean of the College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture at the University of Minnesota and is former editorial director of Progressive Architecture, lectures on the production of monoculutures and the challenges of multiculturalism in contemporary society.
Best Buildings of the 20th Century
A panel discussion with Gunter Dittmar, Mary Guzowski, Julia Robinson, and Julie Snow with William Beyer, president of MN-AIA as moderator
Sunday, February 16, 2 p.m.
Join four University of Minnesota architecture faculty to hear their nominations for "best buildings" of the century and their criteria for choosing the structures.
Public Architecture versus Architecture in Public
Sunday, February 23, 2 p.m.
A roundtable discussion with Ralph Nelson, Rip Rapson, Todd Rhoades, and Kate Solomonson with Garth Rockcastle as moderator
What role can or should the public play in the architectural design process? How can public input enhance the quality of the built environment? And what public(s) are we taking into account? Join a group of faculty from the University's department of architecture for this roundtable discussion.
Ongoing Series
Art Sandwiched In
Meet the Architect
Gallery talks with U of M architecture faculty on their projects in the faculty exhibition. Attendees should meet in the exhibition galleries.
12:15 p.m.
Tuesday, January 28:
Janis LaDouceur and Vincent James
Tuesday, February 4:
Joan Soranno and Todd Rhoades
Tuesday, February 11:
Tim Quigley and Mark Searls
Tuesday, February 18:
Tom Meyer, Jeffrey Scherer and Garth Rockcastle
Tuesday, February 25:
Julie Snow and Andrzej Piotrowski
Tuesday, March 4:
Ralph Nelson and Stephen Weeks
Tuesday, March 11:
Josh Weinstein
Cabin Fever Nights At the Weisman
On four Thursday nights during deep winter, the Weisman offers students and other visitors a good reason to break the shackles of the season and venture out for films, festivities, and refreshments.
Films about Buildings and Builders
Thursday, January 30, 7 p.m.
The New Modernists: Nine American Architects
Michael Blackwood Productions
(Video/59 min.)
View the work of emerging architects building on the principles of modernism while evolving a new language drawn from politics, film, literature, theory, and the state of the world. This film looks at nine American-based innovators-Steven Holl, Mark Mack, Thom Mayne, Michael Rotondi, Stanley Saitowitz, Henry Smith-Miller, Laurie Hawkinson, Tod Williams, and Billie Tsien-and their work for housing projects, commercial architecture, and private homes. Narrated by Kenneth Frampton.
Beyond Utopia: Changing Attitudes in American Architecture
Michael Blackwood Productions
(Video/58 min.)
A number of American architects rejected the European modernism of Mies Van der Rohe and Le Corbusier to make architectural history. Here
Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown, Frank Gehry, Michael Graves, and Peter Eisenman explain how they re-interpret the elements of architecture to reflect society's complex relationship to culture and nature in the late-20th century. Architect Philip Johnson adds commentary.
Thursday, February 6, 7 p.m.
Metropolis
Directed by Fritz Lang
(1926/115 min.)
Metropolis is a film classic from the early career of legendary director Fritz Lang. The silent film is known for its groundbreaking design and its futurist vision of the world in the year 2026-a short thirty years from now! Lang presents modern technology and mechanization run amok against a spellbinding backdrop of skyscrapers and 1920s-style factory settings.
Thursday, February 13, 7 p.m.
The Fountainhead
Directed by King Vidor. Starring Gary Cooper and Patricia Neal.
(1949/114 min.)
This film version of Ayn Rand's popular 1943 novel puts modern architecture at the heart of a suspenseful drama. Genius architect Howard Roark defies convention and public opinion to make innovative modern buildings and to prove his mettle as a fierce individualist. Rumor has it that Roark was based on Frank Lloyd Wright. Stellar performances are given by Gary Cooper and Patricia Neal.
February 20, 7 to 11 p.m.
Thursday Night Fever
The Cabin Fever series closes with a party in the Weisman's "danceteria" with DJs and music from Radio K. Come prepared to sweat those winter blues away.
Architecture from A Kid's Eye View
Family Day at the Weisman Art Museum
Saturday, March 8, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The Weisman Art Museum presents fun-filled day exploring architecture for families. Kids of all ages can take part in a number of activities including learning about the Weisman building, designing their own buildings and neighborhoods, singing songs about buildings, listening to stories about special places, and exploring how it feels to be a building through creative movement. Architectural artwork, created by students from the University Child Care Center, will be on display. This program is cosponsored by the University of Minnesota Child Care Center.
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