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NEWS

Friday, February 26th 2010 - 3pm
RIBA-USA Trust - Board Meeting
There will be a phone in conference for the RIBA-USA Board Meeting @ 3.00pm EST
An agenda will be distributed prior to this meeting.
Please submit your item topics one week in advance to Jonathan Wimpenny wimpenny@rcn.com or the Secretary Cynthia Fischer cfischer@schnader.com Thanks.

2010 Design Build Competition
Call for Entries has been posted
Entry Deadline April 7, 2010
http://www.dreamhomeawards.com

WASHINGTON DC
Thursday, 11th February 2010 7pm – 8pm
On the opening night of Josef Albers: Innovation and Inspiration, Nicolas Fox Weber, Executive Director of the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, discusses the artist’s life and work, as well as Albers’ close relationship with Joseph Hirshhorn. Thanks to Hirshhorn’s interest in the artist’s work, the Museum possesses one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive collections, encompassing his entire career.

PITTSBURG
Sunday, 6th Fabruary 2010
ARTIST’S LECTURE: CECIL BALMOND
Cost: Free Exhibit/Exhibition Hall: CMA TheaterTime:3:30 pm - 5:00 pmCecil Balmond discusses his unorthodox and visionary ideas, which merge architecture and engineering. Reception follows; exhibition open until 7 p.m.


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Monday, 8th Feb 2010 6 9.00am – 2,00pm
ARCHITECTURE & SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS FROM SPAIN
Center for Architecture, La Guardia Place NYC
An event sponsored by the European Union
09.30am: Guest Registration and coffee.
10.00am -11.30am: Event Conferences and Seminars.
11.30am - Noon: Closing Remarks and Questions.
Noon - 01.30pm: Networking with Spanish Tapas and Wines.

Tuesday, 9th February 2010 6.00pm – 8.00pm
MEDIA ARCHITECTURE MYTHS AND DEFINITIONS LECTURE
Center for Architecture, La Guardia Place NYC
Digital media, either as signage, communication systems, 4D CAD tool, interactive exhibits, digital wayfinding, real time displays in corporate lobbies, or out of home advertising, is increasingly becoming an integral component of architectural design and the built environment. Technologies formerly used just for 3D animations and for making movies are now helping architectures dramatically shorten the distance and time between ideation and realization. New technologies in tandem with the integration of digital media, gives architects an unprecedented range of expression, allowing them to create previously unimaginable forms, sustainable designs, and dynamic responsive buildings and environments that appear to be almost alive This lecture will discuss this evolving field, show case studies, point out how to avoid pitfalls, and learn about leveraging, existing and new technologies, and possibilities for the future.

Thursday, February 12 to April 28 2010
This exhibition celebrates the catalytic power of the Frank Lloyd Wright–designed museum’s spiraling rotunda on the occasion of the building’s 50th Anniversary. Since its opening in 1959, the building has served as an inspiration for invention, challenging artists and architects to react to its eccentric, organic design. The central void of the rotunda has elicited many unique responses over the years, which have been manifested in both site-specific solo shows and memorable exhibition designs. With that history in mind, the Guggenheim invited approximately 200 artists, architects, and designers to imagine their dream interventions in the space. The show will feature their renderings of these visionary projects in a salon-style installation that will emphasize the rich and diverse range of the proposals. This exhibition is organized by Nancy Spector, Chief Curator, and David van der Leer, Assistant Curator for Architecture and Design.

Tuesday, 16th February 6.00pm – 8.00pm
UK PANCAKE DAY
$30 cover charge includes: English hors d’ oeuvres and PANCAKES - OPEN BAR from 6:00pm - 8:00pm
ARCTICA BAR & GRILL 384 3RD AVENUE, NY (BETWEEN 27TH & 28TH)
To reserve and pay for your spot visit: shop.stgeorgessociety.org
For more information: anna.titley@stgeorgessociety.org Tel: 212-682-6110
Proceeds go to the St. George’s Society Beneficiaries Fund & Scholarship Program
www.stgeorgessociety.org

Sunday, 22nd Fabruary 2009
The 21st C Campus- King Abdullah University Saudi Arabia Lecture
When: 6:30 PM - 12:00 PM MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22
Where: 19 Washington Square North
The 21st Century Campus Series
NYU Abu Dhabi joins a small number of complete universities developed in the 21st century. The series will highlight both campus design and the ideas about education these plans embody. We are interested in the communal ideals the campuses stand for, the challenges associated with community building in the 21st century, and the intercultural agenda universities are forging with their host cities and regions. The lectures will take place at 19 Washington Square North, the gateway to NYUAD in New York City.
CES LUs 1.5; HSW 1.5 Lectures are free and open to the public, but seating is limited.
Please RSVP by email to 19wsn.rsvp@nyu.edu.

Wednesday, February 24th 2010
TWILIGHT IN THE GARDEN
Save the date for the popular annual benefit for the British Memorial Garden, "Twilight in the Garden".  For more details of the 2010 event see: www.britishmemorialgarden.org

Wednesday, February 24th 2010 onwards:
‘Sleep Furiously’- a film by Gideon Koppel -will have its US premiere at the Museum of Modern Art NY in February and a possible theatrical release.*****Organized by the Welsh Assembly government

Thursday, February 25th 2010
WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION NETWORKING EVENT - MEET THE CONSTRUCTION CHIEFSNetworking with Exhibit TablesWhen: Thursday February 25, 2010 5:30pm to 8:00pmWhere: Il Valentino, 330 E. 56th Street, NYC between 1st & 2nd Aves

China Prophecy: Shanghai (Exhibit closing March 1)
The Skyscraper Museum 39 Battery Place New York, NY, 10280 USA
China Prophecy: Shanghai explores 21st-century skyscraper city of Shanghai and is the third in a cycle of three related exhibitions entitled FUTURE CITY: 20 | 21 that juxtaposes a retrospective of American visions of the skyscraper city of the future from the early 20th century with an exploration of Chinese cities today, pursuing the parallel conditions of rapid modernization and urbanization. The second exhibition of the cycle, Vertical Cities focused on Hong Kong and New York.

Friday, February 26th 2010 - 3pm
RIBA-USA Trust - Board Meeting
There will be a phone in conference for the RIBA-USA Board Meeting @ 3.00pm EST
An agenda will be distributed prior to this meeting.
Please submit your item topics one week in advance to Jonathan Wimpenny wimpenny@rcn.com or the Secretary Cynthia Fischer cfischer@schnader.com Thanks.


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Monday, February 15th 2010 – 7pm
Lecture ‘Mark Dziewulski’ (SF/London) California College of the Arts(CCA)

Thursday, February 25th 2010- 6pm
Lecture/Dinner Meeting
Location TBD


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