JUNE 2006

1. NEW YORK EVENTS
2. CALIFORNIA EVENTS
3. NEW ENGLAND EVENTS
4. PHILADELPHIA EVENTS


NEW YORK (Back to top)

Friday, June 2nd 2006
“Anglomania” at the Metropolitan Time: 6.00pm
Place: The Metropolitan Museum New York

A private tour is being organized which will be led by Carrie Reorah Barratt, the Curator of American Paintings. Drinks in the Patron’s Lounge will be followed by a talk by Ms Barratt then an opportunity to have a private view of the Costume Institute’s exciting new exhibit “Anglomania”. Group size is limited so for reservations contact Jonathan Wimpenny wimpenny@rcn.com for tickets asap

Friday, June 2nd, 6:00–8:00pm
Architecture for India: A lecture by architect B. V. Doshi, FAIA

Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place RSVP
Balkrishna Doshi, an Indian architect, educator and planner worked with Le Corbusier in Paris from 1951 to 1954 as senior designer, and then in India to supervise Corbusier’s projects in Ahmedabad and Chandigarh. In 1955 he also established the Vastu-Shilpa Foundation for Studies and Research in Environmental Design, known for pioneering work in low-cost housing and city planning. He maintains an office, Vastu-Shilpa Consultants, in Ahmedabad. This lecture will explore spatial concepts and architectural themes in his work while examining contradictions and challenges posed by India's unique cultural milieu, rapid urbanization and growth. The presentation will include institutional projects, housing and large-scale urban design and planning projects. Organized by: AIA New York International and Architecture in Education Committees Member Price: $10 Nonmember Price: $15 Student members: Free CES LUs: 2

Wedneasday, June 14, 6.30pm
RECEPTION CELEBRATING HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN'S 80TH BIRTHDAY
Location: The Racquet and Tennis Club 370 Park Avenue
Benefiting the Renovation of Kew Palace, The Anglo-American Societies of New York
For full information contact Tessa Lockhart at 212-682 7945.

Monday, June 19th Time: 6.00pm till 8.00pm
St George’s Society Arts Initiative

Place: The National Arts Club 15 Gramercy Park South
$20 cover charge at door to include hors d’oeuvres and cash bar
contact Jonathan Wimpenny wimpenny@rcn.com

Monday, June 19, 7:00 to 10:00 p.m.
Storefront for Art and Architecture

2006 Annual BenefitHonoring Dan Graham and Terence Riley
and bidding farewell to outgoing Director Sarah Herda
1 Chase Manhattan Plaza
Cocktails and light fare. Festive attire. Tickets required
For more information please call 212.431.5795
or email info@storefrontnews.org

Thursday, June 22nd 2006 – 6.00pm
Hafele, sponsors of last month’s RIBA-USA events in Los Angeles, are celebrating.
Join RIBA members at the opening of their new NYC Hafele Showroom
Häfele America Co. 26 East 26th Street New York, NY, 10010
For further information contact Jonathan Wimpenny: wimpenny@rcn.com


Thursday, June 29th
South Street Seaport and India House


St George’s and the Pilgrim’s Society join together to celebrate America’s 400th anniversary of the commemorative visit of the tall ship Godspeed, a recreation of one of the three dhips that brought America’s first permanent English settlers to Jamestown in 1607.


CALIFORNIA (Back to top)

June 9, 2006 6-9 pm
2006 AIA/LA Design Awards Exhibit
Opening Reception: Friday
Southern California Institute of Architects (SCI-Arc)
960 E. Third Street
Los Angeles, Ca 90013
Free and Open to Public

June 10 and 11
Environmental Fair - San Diego County Fair in Del Mar
The exhibit will feature a very environmentally-friendly lightweight webbed
steel frame, metal roof, Bale walls with Clay exterior and Lime interior
plasters. Some of the other features displayed will be PV (Solar Electric)
Solar Thermal (hot water) and radiant floor heating systems, Sustainable
flooring, recycled doors and windows, and much more.
Co-hosting the event, will be CASBA, the California Straw Building
Association; Eco-Life Foundation, Bill Toone Director; Hubbell & Hubbell
Architects; Our company, Sustainable Building Systems, Bob Bolles,
President; and of course, The San Diego Fair, to whom we owe a debt of
gratitude for their continued support of the Environment and their very
generous assistance in the project - my thanks to all of you.
On exhibit until July 4th. Contact: bob@strawbalehouse.com


June 7th-June 10th
RIBA-USA's AIA Convention Program ; Sponsors: AutoDesk Delta Faucet and Häfele/ HAWA




Los Angeles Convention Center Los Angeles, CA
The AIA 2006 National Convention in Los Angeles, the City of Angels, will bring together architects and related professionals to
Explore innovations in design, construction, and beyond
Examine the challenges of the public realm
Inspire fresh visions of a preferred future for the profession and the built world.

June 11 – 18,
Build Here Now
at Lama Foundation (Taos County, New Mexico)
$495 until April 1, 2006, $650 thereafter
Limited number of half-tuition work-trade positions available.
Click here for the full PDF (require acrobat reader 5.0)

NEW ENGLAND (Back to top)

PHILADELPHIA (Back to top)