The University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation is proud to announce the Spring 2010 Lecture Series. This season's lectures represent a wide range of interests within the school, exemplifying our interdisciplinary, exploratory approach to the built environment.

All lectures are free and open to the public. AIA CES credit is available. Unless otherwise noted, lectures are held in the Architecture Building Auditorium. Click here for directions.

Wednesday, February 17, 6:15pm
R. Donahue Peebles
The Peebles Corporation | Chairman and CEO
The Peebles Principles: Tales and Tactics from an Entrepreneur's Life of Winning Deals, Succeeding in Business and Creating a Fortune from Scratch

Wednesday, February 24, 12:30pm
Ronit Eisenbach
University of Maryland | Associate Professor of Architecture
Installations by Architects: Building Questions, Building Dialogue

Wednesday, February 24, 6:15pm
Lombardo Lecture
James Wines
SITE Environmental Design | President and Creative Director
Penn State University | Professor of Architecture

Wednesday, March 24, 2010 | 6:30pm
Alvaro Rojas Quiros, AIA
University of Design, Costa Rica | Dean
FoRo Arquitectos | Principal
The Wings of Daedalus: An Experimental School of Architecture in Costa Rica

Wednesday, March 31, 6:15pm
Christopher Payne
Photographer
Asylum: Inside the Closed World of State Mental Hospitals

Friday, April 9, 6:30pm
Michael Graves
Princeton University | Robert Schirmer Professor of Architecture, Emeritus
Michael Graves & Associates | Founder and Principal
Schumacher Symposium Keynote Lecture

Thursday, April 29, 8:00pm
Christopher Shea
East Baltimore Development Inc. | President and Chief Executive Officer
University of Maryland School of Social Work
525 W. Redwood Street, Baltimore, MD 21201
Getting It Right: Rebuilding Baltimore's East Side

Wednesday, May 5, 6:15pm
Adam Gross
University of Maryland | Spring 2010 Kea Distinguished Professor
Ayers Saint Gross | Principal
Kea Distinguished Professor Lecture

Friday, May 7, 7:00pm
Mark Robbins
Syracuse University | Dean, School of Architecture
Colvin Institute Symposium Neomie Colvin Lecture
The Future of Nostalgia

Wednesday, May 12, 6:15pm
Harvey Molotch + Crispin Sartwell
Harvey Molotch, New York University | Professor, Sociology, Metropolitan Studies, Social and Cultural Analysis
Crispin Sartwell, Dickinson College | Professor, Art and Art History
Open Dialogue: The Future of American Urbanism
Sponsored by the Student Advisory Board 

From the Archive:
Fall 2009 Lecture Series
Spring 2009 Lecture Series
Fall 2008 Lecture Series
Spring 2008 Lecture Series
Fall 2007 Lecture Series

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