Our newest section, RECORD Events, is your go-to source for information about exhibitions, lectures, conferences, and symposia around the globe. This section also features competition announcements for both emerging and established architects.

	11th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale RECORD editor, Beth Broome, explores the intangible at the 2008 Venice Biennale. Photo © Antje Quiram
	RECORD Recommendations: Prominent exhibitors at the 2008 Venice Biennale and RECORD’s editors reveal their favorite Venice destinations. They direct readers in town for the exhibition to everything from restaurants and hotels to buildings and beaches. Image courtesy Penezić & Rogina Architecture

"realities:united!"
Los Angeles
November 17-December 12, 2008  
Electronic surfaces that carry sounds and imagery have long been featured in the work of the Berlin-based realities:united architectural studio. This exhibit, which presents a selection of their projects and approaches from the past 10 years, explores the intersection of art, architecture and
communication. At UCLA. Call 310-267-4704 or visit www.aud.ucla.edu.

XVI Quito Pan-American Architecture Biennale
Quito, Equador
November 17 -  21, 2008
Thirty years ago the Colegio de Arquitectos del Ecuador, from Pichincha province, instituted the Pan-American Quito Architecture Biennale (BAQ). Every two years we made the principal platform to address architectural projects of the Americas. Hundreds of unpublished works from North, Central, and South America are featured in each BAQ. At Colegio de Arquitectos del Ecuador, Provincial Pichincha. Visit www.baq-cae.ec/.

re:construction
New York City
November 18, 2008
What do buildings sound like? What is the residue of a building? Multimedia artist Daniel Perlin questions work and construction as auditory processes in this layered performance piece-using screws, glue, nails, sawhorses, an audio cassette and a laptop to simultaneously build a small physical structure and a large orchestral work. Held at 180 Varick Street, Suite 1610, from 7:00 pm-9:00 pm. Visit the Studio-X website for more information: http://www.arch.columbia.edu/studiox.

Pierre Berge & Associes Auction of DuPont Installations and Designs
Brussels
December 18, 2008
Pierre Berge & Associes will auction a selection of DuPont Corian installations and designs created for DuPont international events and exhibitions.  Some of the designers include Sottsass Associati, James Irvine, Ron Arad, Zaha Hadid, David Rockwell, and Arik Levy. For more information, contact: Olivia Roussev, Pierre Berge & Associes, oroussev@pba-auctions.com or call +32 495 74 63 62.

Atelier Bow-Wow
Los Angeles
February 5-April 5, 2009
Tokyo-based architecture studio explores the use and function of space within urban environments. As working architects in Tokyo, Atelier Bow-Wow developed the term "pet architecture" a style of small, ad hoc, multi-functional structures that make the most of limited space. For over 10 years, they have also created "micro public spaces" within the framework of art exhibitions. The project will expand on the possibilities of a gallery space to relate to its surroundings and the urban environment. This is Bow-wow's first solo exhibition in the U.S. At the Gallery at Redcat. Visit www.redcat.org or call 213/237-2800 for more information

Ongoing Exhibitions

Not Furniture: Forrest Meyers
San Francisco
Through November 8, 2008
Hedge Gallery presents an installation of dynamic new wire works by Forrest Myers, featuring his latest designs alongside significant career highlights that will occupy the entire gallery. In his most recent work, Myers has drawn inspiration from the landscape of his Pennsylvania farm, producing new work in his signature motif. Visit hedgegallery.com or call 415 433 2233 for more information.

Thierry W. Despont: Through the Main Door
New York City
Through November 8, 2008
An exhibition of works by renowned architect and artist, Thierry W. Despont. At Marlborough Gallery. Call 212/541-4900 or visit www.marlboroughgallery.com.

Sub Object: Or Between Subject and Object
Venice, Italy
Through November 14, 2008
The exhibition by  Michael Schluder and Sergej Nikoljski focuses on the true nature of the lagoon city. The eternity-made objects presented at the exhibition represent a new interpretation of the so-called "passerellas" the small footbridges that are used in Venice during high water ("aqua alta"). At Place Campo San Francesco della Vigna. Visit www.austria-architects.com. 

Boom Towns: Chicago Architects Design New Worlds
Chicago
Through November 21, 2008
The exhibition explores similarities and differences in the architectural responses to boom conditions in two centuries and cities.
Free and open daily, the exhibition includes photographs, drawings, graphics, models and videos that encourage visitors to travel between eras and continents in order to consider how international networks of architects transform dynamic societies. At ArchiCenter. Call 312/922-3432 or visit www.architecture.org.

Architects Fired
Washington, D.C.
Through November 28, 2008
A group of celebrated DC architects, Mark McInturff, Anthony Barnes, Guy Martin, Bill Bonstra, Tom Kerns, Janet Bloomberg/KUBE, Dhiru Thadani, Louis Sinclair, Outerbridge Horsey, and Salo Levinas, turn their sensibilities to the medium of clay. The architects demonstrate their 3-dimensional ideas without the normal constraints of budgets and building codes with earthenware. At Cross Mackenzie Gallery. Call 202/333-7970 or visit www.crossmackenzie.com.  

Just In: Recent Acquisitions from the Collection
New York City
Through November, 2008
This installation of recent acquisitions, many of which are on view for the first time, represents the diversity found in contemporary design practice, with a focus on the latest innovations in architectural, industrial, and graphic design. Highlights include videos and drawings of Diller + Scofidio’s ephemeral mist construction, the Blur Building. At the Museum of Modern Art. Call 212/708-9400 or visit www.moma.org. 

April Greiman: Does It Make Sense?
New York City
Through December 13, 2008
One of the first American designers to embrace digital technologies, Greiman has explored the intersection of art, design, and architecture for more than a quarter century. The School of Visual Arts (SVA) honors April Greiman with the Masters Series Award and retrospective exhibition. At SVA. Call 212/592-2010 or visit www.sva.edu.

Oyler Wu Collaborative
Los Angeles
Through  December 14, 2008
Motivated by the desire to occupy the SCI-Arc gallery in a way that exploits the spatial potential of the existing venue, this Oyler Wu Collaborative installation is intentionally situated in the territory between tectonic expression and functional performance. At SCI-Arc gallery. Call 213/613-2200 or visit www.sciarc.edu.

Daniel Burnham’s Plan of Chicago
Chicago
Through December 15, 2008
This exhibition, a preview of the citywide celebration of the Burnham Plan Centennial that begins in January, presents 32 of these prized illustrations from the Department of Architecture and Design’s collection in five separate and insightful rotations. The exhibition offers an extraordinary opportunity to view these historically significant and artistically exceptional documents that, because of their fragility, are rarely displayed publicly. At the Art Institute of Chicago. Visit www.artic.edu.   

New York NOW
New York City
Through December 2008
New York NOW celebrates the diversity of the AIA New York Chapter and Center for Architecture membership by displaying non-juried submissions of member projects. The exhibition will include works of all scales: small, large, commercial, residential, public, private, interiors, historic preservation, engineering, landscape, and urban design.
The exhibition presents the depth and breadth of professional activity and the variety of its impact. The resulting dialogue between different practitioners encourages a deeper understanding of what is happening in the New York architecture and design world now. At the Center for Architecture. Call 212/683-0023 or visit www.aiany.org.

Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future
Minneapolis
Through January 4, 2008
The short but prolific career of Finnish-born American architect Eero Saarinen, whose masterpieces of 20th-century design include the soaring Gateway Arch in St. Louis and the TWA Terminal at New York’s JFK Airport, are showcased in his first major museum retrospective. At Walker Art Center and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Call 612/870-3131, visit www.walkerart.org or www.artsmia.org.  

Smart Home: Green + Wired
Chicago
Through January 4, 2009
An exhibit that showcases Michelle Kaufmann’s functioning three-story sustainable “green” home—built on the Museum’s east lawn—that will be outfitted with amazing technologies for the 21st century and a variety of environmentally friendly materials. This marks the first time that a museum has built a fully functioning exhibit home of this kind on its grounds. At the Museum of Science and Industry. Call 713/684-1414 or visit www.msichicago.org.  

Shanghai Transforming
Chicago
Through January 9, 2008
Shanghai Transforming captures a snapshot of China’s second largest city. With its seemingly boundless potential, Shanghai is providing architects and urban planners with unprecedented opportunities to rethink their work. The exhibition, featuring graphics, photographs, and maps from architect Iker Gil’s forthcoming book, analyzes the past and speculates about the future of a city in transition. By approaching Shanghai from the perspectives of economy, culture, and politics, Shanghai Transforming delivers a multifaceted study of city building. At ArchiCenter. Call 312/922-3432 or visit www.architecture.org.

+Housing: 2008 AIA New York “Designs for Living” Exhibition
New York City
Through January 19, 2009
This exhibition focuses on eight current examples which illustrate mixed-use hybrid design, public uses combined with and often financed housing. At the Center for Architecture. Visit www.aiany.org.

Ours: Democracy in the Age of Branding New York City
Through January 30, 2009
 The exhibition is a multi-disciplinary investigation of democracy as a consumer brand. Timed to coincide with the final stages of the American presidential elections, the exhibition also seeks to reflect on electoral process in this country. At the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery at the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center at Parsons The New School for Design. Visit www.parsons.newschool.edu.

Vertical Cities: Hong Kong/New York
New York City
Through February 2009
Examining the evolving identities of the worlds’ most strikingly similar vertical cities, the exhibition uses photographs, film, architectural drawings, maps, and large-scale models to convey Hong Kong’s character: its iconic skyline, a crowded commercial core with multi-level traffic, a network of pedestrian bridges, and vertical shopping malls. The unifying theme is density, exemplified by the city’s uniquely slender towers on tiny lots, or the monumental apartment blocks of 50 to 60 stories or taller, multiplied by the dozen in New Town housing estates in the New Territories. At the Skyscraper Museum. Call 212/945-6324 or visit www.skyscraper.org/verticalcities.

Dreamland: Architectural Experiments since the 1970s
New York City
Through March 2, 2009
The 1970s saw an explosion of architectural thought and experimentation, with the city, and New York especially, becoming a screen for the projection of architectural fantasies and utopias. This installation includes documentation of built projects that resulted from these innovative ideas, including such traditional building types as single-family houses and skyscrapers.  At the Museum of Modern Art. Call 212/708-9400 or visit www.moma.org.

Ateliers Jean Prouvé
New York City
Through March 31, 2009
This exhibition looks at the great French architect and designer Jean Prouvé (1901-1984) and his Ateliers. The installation centers on the evolution and many variants of the "Standard" Chair, alongside other examples of furniture and architecture that demonstrate Prouvé's intuitive approach to construction and sensitive handling of materials. At the Museum of Modern Art. Call 212/708-9400 or visit www.moma.org.

George Lois: The Esquire Covers
New York City
Through March 31, 2009
From 1962 to 1972, George Lois changed the face of magazine design with his ninety-two covers for Esquire. He stripped the cover down to a graphically concise yet conceptually potent image that ventured beyond the mere illustration of a feature article. Viewed together, the covers serve as a visual timeline and as a window into the turbulent events of the 1960s.  At the Museum of Modern Art. Call 212/708-9400 or visit www.moma.org.

Chicago: You Are Here
Chicago
Ongoing
This new permanent exhibit includes a scale model of downtown Chicago, along with images, artifacts and video presentations, encouraging visitors to explore the architecture, infrastructure and environment of Chicago. At the Chicago Architecture Foundation. Call 312/922-3432 or visit www.architecture.org.

Transforming LACMA
Los Angeles
Ongoing
This installation is comprised of the Renzo Piano Building Workshop drawings, studies, and models-all of which chronicle the development of a master plan and early building designs for LACMA. At the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Call 323/857-6000 or visit www.lacma.org.

ReThink/ReDesign/ReCycle
Chicago
Ongoing
The ongoing exhibition Competition: Public Process for Public Architecture will be updated with the display of more than 100 entries for the competition to design on-street recycling bins created by members of the City of Chicago and the AIA Chicago Young Architects Forum. At the CAF’s CitySpace Gallery. Call 312/922-3432 or visit www.architecture.org.

 

The Act of Creation and the Spirit of a Place
New Jersey
November 3, 2008
Architect Nili Portugali will present her particular interpretation of the holistic-phenomenological worldview in architecture both in theory and in practice. A humanistic worldview (which she will argue is much beyond the given definition of Sustainable Architecture) which stands in recent years at the forefront of the scientific discourse as a whole in disciplines like cosmology, neurobiology, psychology, particle physics, brain sciences, and recent theories of complexity as well as in convergence with the fundamentals of Buddhist philosophy. Contact nili_p@netvision.net.il, visit http://www.niliportugali.com.

4th Session of the World Urban Forum
Nanjing, China
November 3 -  7, 2008
The World Urban Forum was established by the United Nations to examine one of the most pressing issues facing the world today: rapid urbanization and its impact on communities, cities, economies, and policies. The World Urban Forum is a biennial gathering that is attended by a wide range of partners, from nongovernmental organizations, community-based organizations, urban professionals, and academics to governments, local authorities, and national and international associations of local governments. At Nanjing Convention and Exhibition Centre. Visit www.uhabitat.org/wuf.

The 7th annual Fire Station Symposium and Fire Station Design Awards Program
Charlotte, N.C.
November 3-5, 2008
This symposium is staged by the Fire Industry Equipment Research Organization (F.I.E.R.O.) offering an array of topics, speakers, and exhibitors. For further information and entry details on the awards program can be visit www.fierofirestation.com.

Motherhouse, presented by Ciro Najle
Cambridge, MA
November 11, 2008
An architect practicing in Buenos Aires, Ciro Najle is the former Director of the Landscape Urbanism Graduate Design Program and Diploma Unit Master at the Architectural Association in London, and has taught at different architectural schools and institutions worldwide, including Cornell University, Columbia University, the Berlage Institute, and the University of Buenos Aires. Director of GDB (General Design Bureau) and previously of MID, Young Architect of the Year Second Prize in London in 2001, he has practiced in Buenos Aires, New York and London since 1991. The lecture will be held in Gund Hall at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design.

Justice Architecture: Sustainability / Design / Delivery / Practice
San Francisco
November 5-8, 2008
The conference will address a broad spectrum of issues that affect the planning, design and delivery of justice facilities. Through presentations that are related to the conference theme, conference participants will explore the sustainability, design, delivery and practice. For further information, visit www.aia.org/aaj. 

Tom Wiscombe: Founder, Emergent, Los Angeles
Los Angeles
November 5, 2008
Tom Wiscombe is an architectural designer based in Los Angeles. In 1999, he founded EMERGENT, an organization dedicated to architectural research. Tom Wiscombe was Senior Designer and Project Partner at Coop Himmelb(l)au for over 10 years, right-hand to Principal Wolf Prix. He was in charge of various internationally renowned projects, including the Dresden UFA Cinema Palace, the Lyon Musée des Confluences, and the Akron Art Museum. Most notably, Wiscombe was Senior Designer for BMW World, Munich, which has been hailed as one of the most important buildings of the 21st century. At SCI-Arc gallery. Call 213/613-2200 or visit www.sciarc.edu.

ARTiculations: Minicity, The Architectural and Urban Design of Convenience
Scottsdale, Ariz.
November 5, 2008
In this lecture, John Kaliski will explore the micro-urbanism of the mini-mall in the place of its birth, Los Angeles. He will suggest the forms of its evolution and transformation in to full blown Minicity. Kaliski founded Urban Studion, Los Angeles, in 2000. Prior to private practice, he was principal architect of CRA/LA and also worked as a designer for Skidmore, Owings and Merrill in Los Angeles. The ongoing Lecture Series explores issues related to design, architecture, economics and sustainability. At the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. Call 480/874-4666 or visit www.smoca.org.

The Urbanization of the Swiss Alps
New York City
November 6, 2008
Contemporary Swiss Architecture: Culture Transmitted and Transformed" is a series of three lectures organized by the AIA New York Chapter Cultural Facilities Committee and the Consulate General of Switzerland in New York and within "ThinkSwiss - Brainstorm the Future" Switzerland's US-wide program on Education, Research and Innovation. This lecture features Valentin Bearth, of Bearth & Deplazes Architects. From 6-8 PM at the Center for Architecture.

Re-Imagining Cities: Urban Design After the Age of Oil
Philadelphia
Nov. 6-8, 2008
New urban design challenges will be explored in this symposium, focusing on urban design and development across the globe, from the rapidly urbanizing cities of Asia and Africa to the more developed world. With more than 70 speakers from around the globe, a range of issues critical to the future of urban design, including innovations in the way cities can be conceived, adapted, designed, developed and managed in a post-carbon world will be addressed. At Houston Hall at the Unniversity of Pennsylvania.  For complete details, visit, www.upenn.edu/penniur/afteroil.

2008 ACSA Administrators Conference: Design in the Curriculum, in the University, in the Economy
Savannah, Georgia
November 6-8, 2008
The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Administrators conference features a variety of scholarly presentations, keynote sessions, and other social events. At the Hilton Savannah Desoto. Call 202/785-2324 or visit www.acsa-arch.org.

Healthcare Design 08
Washington, D.C.
November 8–11, 2008
This conference is devoted to how the design of responsible built environments directly impacts the safety, operation, clinical outcomes, and financial success of healthcare facilities now and in the future. At Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center. Visit www.aia.org/aah.

Public Housing / Public Sphere: In Defense of Public Housing
New York City
November 10, 2008
A debate, whose speakers include Sudhir Venkatesh, Sociology, Columbia University; Kenneth Frampton, History and Theory, GSAPP; Nicholas D. Bloom, Social Science, NYIT. Responses by: Richard Plunz, Urban Design and Gwendolyn Wright, History and Theory, GSAPP. Held in Wood Auditorium, Avery Hall at Columbia University. A second lecture in this series will be held on November 12. For more on Columbia’s pubic programs, visit their website.

GEOSCAPE 2008: International Conference Living landscape: Memory, Transformation and Future Scenarios
Czech Republic
November 10-11, 2008
Landscape modeling has become a phenomenon studied from different points of view by all disciplines dealing with a landscape. This interest is motivated not only by the desire for scientific understanding to the matter, but also by the actual demands of the postindustrial society in the 21st century, which result from necessity to stabilize the damaged natural ecosystems on one hand, and to find effective ways of landscape exploitation on the other. Conference Sessions/Topics include the ecological aspect of spatial-functional landscape heterogeneity; economic and social transformations: impacts to regional scale; perception of social changes; and landscape modeling and GVIS. Visit www.conference.geoscape.cz.

Cecil Balmond: Solid Void
Chicago
November 11, 2008
Cecil Balmond has transformed the role of the engineer in contemporary architecture with his unorthodox and visionary approach that merges architecture and engineering. Since the early 1980s Balmond has collaborated with such important contemporary architects and artists working today as Toyo Ito, Anish Kapoor, Rem Koolhaas, Daniel Libeskind and Álvaro Siza. Balmond has introduced innovative structural concepts that have resulted in some of the most challenging buildings in the canon of contemporary architecture. His long standing collaboration with Rem Koolhaas has yielded an array of groundbreaking projects. This lecture is held on the occasion of Balmond's site-specific installation, Solid Void, on view at the Graham Foundation's Madlener House (4 West Burton Place in Chicago) from September 26, 2008 to February 14, 2009. At the Art Institute of Chicago. Visit www.artic.edu.

Public Housing / Public Sphere: In Defense of the Public Sphere
New York City
November 12, 2008
Speakers include Bruce Robbins, English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University; Clara Irazabal, Urban Planning, GSAPP; Mabel Wilson, Architecture, GSAPP. Responses by: Robert Beauregard, Urban Planning, GSAPP and Peter Marcuse, Urban Planning, GSAPP. Held in Wood Auditorium, Avery Hall, at Columbia University. A continuation of the series that began on November 10.

Daniel Mihalyo and Annie Han: Founders, Lead Pencil Studio, Seattle
Los Angeles
November 12, 2008
Annie Han and Daniel Mihalyo are Seattle-based collaborative artists who explore the intangible conditions of architecture. They were selected as an Emerging Voice in 2006 by the Architecture League of New York, named STRANGER GENIUSES in 2006, awarded the Rome Prize for architecture in 2007, and have completed residencies at the Center for Land Use Interpretation and the Headlands Center for the Arts. Upcoming museum installations include: The Exploratorium, San Francisco, California, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina, and Boise Art Museum, Idaho. At SCI-Arc gallery. Call 213/613-2200 or visit www.sciarc.edu.

Toshiko Mori: Works and Projects
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
November 13, 2008
Toshiko Mori, FAIA is the Robert P. Hubbard Professor in the Practice of Architecture and the chair of the Department of Architecture at Harvard University Graduate School of Design since 2002. She is also principal of Toshiko Mori Architect, which she established in 1981 in New York City. Mori taught at the Cooper Union School of Architecture from 1983, until joining the Harvard GSD faculty with tenure in 1995. She has been a visiting faculty member at Columbia University and Yale University, where she was the Eero Saarinen Visiting Professor in 1992.The lecture will be held at the Armstrong World Industries Corporate Campus. Visit www.aiacentralpa.org.

Breaking the Green Ceiling: Affordable Housing Meets Environmentalism
Brooklyn, N.Y.
November 13, 2008
How can we bring green building and beautiful design into the low budget realm of affordable housing and why is it critical for community development?
Topics include locating affordable, well-designed green products; greening landscapes, streetscapes, and roofscapes; and creating jobs in the green building industry. At CUNY Graduate Center, Skylight Room. Visit www.whedco.org or www.aia.com.

The Architecture Foundation’s Real Architecture Autumn 2008
London
November 13, 20, 27, and December 3, 2008
Presentations on the most important architectural projects of today, from the tallest building in the world to a vision for a desert settlement; from a multi-award winning London school to a Norwegian cultural center, will take place in two of London’s most innovatively designed buildings. As the opener, a special presentation on the Stirling Prize-nominated Westminster Academy will take place in the Academy itself and the remainder of the series will be housed in the Royal college of Physicians. Call 020 7420 9425 or visit www.architecturefoundation.org.uk.

Sanford Smith’s 23rd Annual Modernism: A Century of Style and Design
New York City
November 14-17, 2008
With over sixty international dealers, this annual fair is devoted to the European and American design movements of the 20th century. At the Park Avenue Armory at 67th Street. Call 212/777-5218 or visit www.sanfordsmith.com.

Jan and Tim Edler, Principals of realities:united (Berlin)
Los Angeles
November 17, 2008  
In 2000, brothers Tim and Jan Edler founded realities:united (realU), a studio for art, architecture and technology. The studio develops and supports architectural solutions, often incorporating new media and information technologies, with a major focus on architecture's outward communicative capacity and the quality of the user experience inside spaces.The pair has been honored with a number of architecture and design accolades. Their work has been shown at numerous international exhibitions. The lecture will be held in Perloff Hall at UCLA. Call 310-267-4704 or visit http://www.aud.ucla.edu.

Build Boston Convention and Tradeshow
Boston
November 18-20, 2008
As the premier regional tradeshow and convention for the design and construction industry, Build Boston boasts 350 exhibits and more than 240 workshops, tours and other professional-development opportunities. At Seaport World Trade Center. Visit www.buildboston.com.

Jennifer Siegal: Founder, Mobile of Mobile Design, Venice
Los Angeles
November 19, 2008
Jennifer Siegal is known for her work in creating the Prefab home of the 21st century. She is founder and principal of the Los Angeles-based firm Office of Mobile Design (OMD), which is dedicated to the design and construction of responsible, sustainable, and precision built structures. At SCI-Arc gallery. Call 213/613-2200 or visit www.sciarc.edu.

Lunchtime Lecture: Structural Oscillations
New York City
November 21, 2008
A lecture probing the potential of digital design, construction, and manufacturing techniques for architecture. Fabio Gramazio (1970) and Matthias Kohler (1968) are partners in the award-winning Zurich practice Gramazio & Kohler. Gramazio and Kohler hold the Chair for Architecture and Digital Fabrication DFAB at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Their research focuses on the exploration of highly informed architectural elements and processes and produces design strategies for full-scale automated fabrication with their robotic construction units. Held in Room 114 of Avery Hall, Columbia University from 1:00 pm-2:00 pm

Jürgen Mayer H., Principal of J. Mayer H. Architecture (Berlin)
Los Angeles
November 24, 2008
Jürgen Mayer H. is founder and principal of J. Mayer H. Architecture, a cross-disciplinary studio that focuses on the intersection of architecture, communication and new technology. Mayer H. has studied at Stuttgart University, New York's Cooper Union and Princeton University. His work has been published and exhibited worldwide and is part of numerous collections. Mayer H. has taught at Princeton, Harvard, Columbia, the Berlin University of the Arts, Berlin's Kunsthochschule, London's Architectural Association and the University of Toronto. "Patterns of Speculation: J. MAYER H.," curated by Henry Urbach, will be on view at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art from Feb. 6 to June 14, 2009. The lecture will be held in Perloff Hall at UCLA. Call 310-267-4704 or visit www.aud.ucla.edu.

The True, the Beautiful, and the Good: Reconsiderations in a Postmodern, Digital Era Kinds and Degrees of Truths
New York City
November 25, 2008
In this unprecedented lecture series, world-renowned psychologist Howard Gardner offers an extended reflection on the concepts of truth, beauty, and the good in the digital age, analyzing how a sophisticated understanding of the power and limitations of these concepts can come about. Peter Galison, Pellegrino University Professor in History of Science and Physics, Harvard University, leads a discussion with Gardner after the lecture. At the Museum of Modern Art. Call 212/708-9400 or visit www.moma.org.
 

Studio-X: Soviet Contamination
New York City
December 2, 2008
Celebrate the five-year anniversary of Future Anterior: Journal of Historic Preservation, History, Theory and Criticism, and a new issue devoted to experimental preservation and Soviet modernism. Panel discussion with Barry Bergdoll, Jean-Louis Cohen, Yevgeniy Fiks, Vitaly Komar, Annette Michelson and Jorge Otero-Pailos. Reception to follow. Held from 6:30 pm-8:30 pm at 180 Varick Street, Suite 1610 Visit the Studio-X website for more information.

Fencetech ’09 and Decktech ‘09
New Orleans
January 14-16, 2008
With over 9,000 fence, deck and railing professionals expected to attend and more than 450 exhibitors, FENCETECH was recently announced one of Tradeshow Week’s Fastest 50. From innovative gate technology to beautifully custom-made ornamental iron and long lasting composite and vinyl decking to traditional wood pickets, the world’s top fence, deck, railing, and security professionals will find the industry’s newest products at Fencetech ‘09 and Decktech ‘09. At the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. For more information, visit www.fencetech.com or call 800/822-4342 or 630/942-6598.

The Design Build Architect Conference
Boston, Chicago, Atlanta, and Miami
January 17, 2009 and March 28, 2009
The Design Build Architect Conference is a program developed for architects by architects. The conference strives to motivate design professionals to achieve greater degrees of success through the addition of deliverables. Incorporating ‘build’ services into an existing design practice has the potential to better serve the client, fortify the practice, and revitalize the role of architect.  At Harvard University, Northwestern University, Georgia State University, and Florida International University.  For more information visit www.TheDesignBuildArchitect.com.

The Urban Divide in Latin America: Challenges and Strategies for Social Inclusion
Gainesville, Florida
January 28-30, 2009
The central theme for the 58th Annual Latin American Conference is social inclusion in Latin American cities. These issues comprise social and spatial equity, informal economies, access to employment and services, economic expansion and capacity building, crime and violence, supportive urban systems, political representation, and sustainable development practices. At the University of Florida’s Center for Latin American Studies Annual Conference.  Additional information visit www.conferences.dce.ufl.edu/LAS/.

Indiana Building Green Symposium
Indianapolis, Ind.
January 31- February 1, 2009
In Indiana, the green building movement is just beginning to take shape and gain momentum. Therefore, continuing upon the success of last year’s inaugural symposium, the Indiana Building Green Symposium will emphasize green building economics, technology, and operational strategies that enable designers, builders, and owners to build green and maximize both financial and environmental performance, contributing to an improved bottom-line as well as an improved quality of life. The program will include educational workshops and informative sessions intended to benefit a diverse audience including building-related professionals, corporate leaders, real estate developers, local & state policymakers, educators and students. At University Place Hotel and Conference Center. Visit www.bsu.edu.

International Icon Expo: Concrete Exposition
Indianapolis, Indiana
February 26-28, 2009
At the Indiana Convention Center. For more information about Icon Expo 2009, please visit www.iconexpo.org

47th International Making Cities Livable Conference on True Urbanism: Cities for Health and Well-Being
Portland
May 10 – 14, 2009 
Call for Papers Deadline: October 15, 2008
An international conference for city officials, practitioners and scholars in architecture, urban design, planning, landscape architecture, transportation planning, health policy and social sciences from many parts of the world to share ideas, and establish working relationships. For more information, visit www.LivableCities.org.

China Eco Expo:  The International Marketplace for the Environment
Beijing
June 18-20, 2008
Held in conjunction with the China Ministry of Construction’s 14th Annual Trade, this expo is a high level and highly promoted showcase for advanced green products, technologies and services from around the world. At the Beijing International Exhibition Center. The MOC show is the premiere Industry event in China, with 30,000 Sq meters of exhibit space, a professional audience of over 50,000 and extensive media coverage. Visit www.ecoexpo.com.

National Preservation Institute: Professional Seminars in Historic Preservation & Cultural Resource Management
Various locations
Ongoing
Various seminars with distinguished faculty highlighting state-of-the-art practice in important areas of historic preservation, protection, and interpretation of historic, archaeological, architectural, and cultural resources. For more information, call 703/765-0100 or visit www.npi.org.

 

2008 National Student Design Competition
Deadline: November 3, 2008
The third annual national student design competition will challenge students to learn about building materials, specifically architectural aluminum building products and systems, in the design of a library. The competition is open to all students of architecture and design in North America. Participants will be required to research, respond to and highlight the unique aspects of designing a library for the 21st Century that serves the selected site and community. As publicly funded buildings, libraries need to be as energy efficient as possible, so participants will be challenged to design a facility utilizing the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) building standards. Visit www.aias.org or www.kawneer.com.

The Alma Schapiro Prize
Deadline: November 3. 2008
The Alma Schapiro  Prize is to advance the career of an American artist recipient and to foster the  continuity of knowledge of the classical tradition as a vital aspect of  contemporary culture around the globe. The prize is made possible by a permanent endowment awarded by the Morris and Alma Schapiro fund. The centerpiece of the prize is a three-month affiliated fellowship at the American Academy in Rome, the premier American overseas center for independent study and research in the fine arts and humanities. The total award will include Academy fees, travel allotment and award stipend. Visit www.classicist.org.

2009 Latrobe Prize: Change that Matters
Deadline: November 14, 2008
Since the inception of the Latrobe grant program, the College of Fellows has awarded exemplary proposals selected by jury review for their promise to advance professional knowledge in architecture. This year’s prize seeks design research proposals that go beyond invention to innovation: Change that Matters. Visit www.aia.org/latrobe_prize.

2009 Palladio Awards
Deadline: November 14, 2008
The eighth annual competition recognizes outstanding work in traditional design for commercial, institutional, public and residential projects. For more information, go to www.palladioawards.com.

The Smack Mellon 2009/2010 Studio Program
Deadline: November 14, 2008
Smack Mellon offers free studio space to eligible artists for a one-year period. Visit www.smackmellon.org for further information.

Discarded Dreams: Used Mattress Design Competition
Deadline: December 5, 2008
Architecture for Humanity and Rubicon National Social Innovations invite entrants to create innovative ways of converting used mattresses into useful products. The competition aims to encourage entrants to form groups capable of creating a consumer product, instructions detailing how to make the product, and a plan for production on a larger scale. Entrants must create designs that take into account the volume of mattress waste generated each year. Groups are encouraged to utilize local resources, including existing manufacturing facilities and other waste products. Visit www.openarchitecturenetwork.org/mattress for further information.

INDEX: AWARD 2009
Deadline: December 8, 2008
This award acknowledges designs that contribute to improve life for people. This internationally recognized design award accepts nominations from all design disciplines, including industrial design, service design, architecture and graphic design. The nominated design must be dated later than 2004. Life improvements for everyday life as well as global issues can be considered for an INDEX: AWARD. Previous winners of INDEX: AWARD include Architecture for Humanity (Siyathemba – field of hope), Tesla Motors (Tesla Roadster), OLPC (XO1) and Vestergaard Frandsen (LifeStraw). Visit www.indexaward.dk.

2009 Rudy Bruner Award for Excellence
Deadline: December 15, 2008
The purpose of the award is to discover places that embody excellence, not just in design, but in social, economic, and environmental contributions to the urban built environment. For further information, visit www.bruenerfoundation.org or www.bruenerloeb.org.

32nd Annual SOURCE Awards: National Lighting Design Competition
Deadline: January 1, 2009
The competition is open to all lighting designers, architects, engineers, professional designers, and consultants who have used Cooper Lighting fixtures in a completed interior or exterior lighting design project. Call 630/513-8625 or visit www.cooperlighting.com.

From the Ground Up: Innovative Green Homes
Deadline: December 15, 2008
The goals of the competition are to foster the most advanced thinking about design, sustainability, and cost-effective building practices for the single-family house, and to elicit proposals that can be built based on the $150,000 construction budget. Call 315/443-2256 or visit www.soa.syr.edu/competition.

Design for the Children Competition: Pediatric Health Clinic
Deadline:  January 15, 2009
Open to students and professionals, this international design competition asks participants to explore the potential of future pediatric and prenatal clinics for East Africa.  Entry is free and our goal is to use the winning design as the base for a pediatric and prenatal health center in Rwanda.  Visit www.designforthechildren.org for additional information and registration.

USITT 3rd Annual Student Architectural Design Competition
Deadline: January 15, 2009
The Architectural Commission of the United States Institute for Theatre & Technology (USITT) has announced calls for entries for its 3rd annual student Architectural Design Competition to design an “Ideal Theatre” on an academic campus. The competition is open to any U.S. or International architecture and theater student at an accredited college or university. Visit www.usitt.com.

2009 Metropolis Next Generation Design Competition
Deadline: January 30, 2009
This competition challenges designers to fix our energy addiction and the winning design will be awarded $10,000. Visit www.metropolismag.com/nextgen.