EVENTS

November 7, 2009

TODAY

Learn Web Design for Accessibility

Student's preference
Location: Online

This online course, created by Georgia Tech’s Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access, offers up-to-date information for web designers on creating sites that are accessible to people disabilities.

Good Urbanism 101

Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Location: AGL Building, Ten Peachtree Place

Join the Georgia Conservancy’s Growth Management Program and Georgia Tech professors David Green, Richard Dagenhart, and Doug Allen to learn about urban design and how different professions can collaborate to improve the city of Atlanta and its region.

Marcel Breuer Design and Architecture

Tuesday through Saturday, 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Location: Museum of Design Atlanta

As a designer and architect, Marcel Breuer (1902-1981) is one of the most influential and important designers of the 20th century.

THIS WEEK

plexus r+d: Graduate Program in Architecture Visiting Lecturers

November 9, 2009   6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Location: Reinsch-Pierce Family Auditorium

Plexus is dedicated to creating innovative projects that explore the cultural significance of architecture by revealing the critical role it plays in enhancing our lives, articulating experiences that are intellectually and aesthetically productive.

Elliott Sclar / World Town Planning Day

November 11, 2009   6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Location: Reinsch-Pierce Family Auditorium

The Policy Network as a Strategic Planning Tool: A New Approach to Urban Planning in the Global South

UPCOMING EVENTS

plexus r+d: Graduate Program in Architecture Visiting Lecturers

November 9, 2009   6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Location: Reinsch-Pierce Family Auditorium

Plexus is dedicated to creating innovative projects that explore the cultural significance of architecture by revealing the critical role it plays in enhancing our lives, articulating experiences that are intellectually and aesthetically productive.

Elliott Sclar / World Town Planning Day

November 11, 2009   6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Location: Reinsch-Pierce Family Auditorium

The Policy Network as a Strategic Planning Tool: A New Approach to Urban Planning in the Global South

Vince Voron: Coca-Cola Global Head of Industrial Design

November 16, 2009   6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Location: Reinsch-Pierce Family Auditorium

Mr. Voron directs the design vision and provides leadership for all global beverage packaging and equipment form design from conception through commercialization.

Sonic Generator: The French-American Connection

November 16, 2009   8:00 PM
Location: Georgia Tech Alumni House

Georgia Tech’s chamber music ensemble-in-residence, Sonic Generator, opens its 2009-2010 season with The French American Connection, exploring the connections between French and American musicians in their explorations of technology.

Valerio Olgiati: T. Gordon Little Lecture Series in Imagination

November 17, 2009   6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: Reinsch-Pierce Family Auditorium

Called by some the most important Swiss architect of his generation, Olgiati’s buildings have shot to prominence over the past few years for their intensity and precision. AIA Continuing Education Credits available.

Ben Ledbetter: Graduate Program in Architecture Visiting Lecturer

November 18, 2009   6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Location: Reinsch-Pierce Family Auditorium

Read about Ledbetter’s work at http://www.world-architects.com/index.php?seite=ny_profile_architekten_detail_us&system_id=14061

Perry Kulper, Graduate Program in Architecture Visiting Lecturer

November 23, 2009   6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Location: Reinsch-Pierce Family Auditorium

Kulper’s interests include the roles of representation and methodologies in the production of architecture and in broadening the conceptual range by which architecture contributes to our cultural imagination.

Book Series: Catherine Ross’ MEGAREGIONS

January 27, 2010   6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Location: Reinsch-Pierce Family Auditorium

Engaging debate and discussion featuring the author and a panel of local practitioners.