IIT College of Architecture Hosts Upcoming Lectures

Date

Chicago, IL — November 6, 2009 —

Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) College of Architecture will host the following lectures this fall. All lectures are free and open to the public.

9 NOVEMBER 2009, MONDAY

John Cunningham
Director, Global Architecture Brigades
“An Introduction to Global Architecture Brigades: Student-led Design/Build”
12 p.m. S. R. Crown Hall, Lower Level
3360 South State St., Chicago

10 NOVEMBER 2009, TUESDAY

Laurie Hawkinson
Partner, Smith-Miller & Hawkinson Architects
Associate Professor of Architecture, Columbia University
“The Aesthetics of Crossing”
6 p.m. S. R. Crown Hall, Center Core

11 NOVEMBER 2009, WEDNESDAY

Dianne Harris
Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
"A Second Suburb: Levittown, Pennsylvania"
6 p.m. S. R. Crown Hall, Center Core

18 NOVEMBER 2009, WEDNESDAY

Clare Lyster
Assistant Professor of Architecture, University of Illinois Chicago
“Infrastructural Ecologies”
6 p.m. S. R. Crown Hall, Center Core

For more information about the lectures, please visit arch.iit.edu/life/events.

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