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The School of Architecture, Planning, & Preservation at the University of Maryland will host eight lectures and a gallery talk this fall. Materiality, structure, and tectonics create the framework for the architectural lectures this fall, reinforced by technologically-rich exhibitions and events in the Kibel Gallery.

Marveling at the creative accomplishments of our presenters, we pose the question “What are the processes these designers go through as we trace their thoughts from inception to reality?” Each speaker has been selected for the significant contributions and richness in their work, and has been invited to reveal his or her experiences in the process of structuring the material environment. The architectural lectures are augmented by world-class presentations in urban design and environmental art. An increasing concern for sustainability appears in the form of the student-led Solar Decathlon 2007 entry (LEAFHouse) that highlights the semester's events.

All events are free and open to the public. AIA CES credits are available for all lectures. Directions to the School

Monday, September 24, Noon
Gallery Talk
    Architectural Design and Structural Innovation
Deborah Oakley, RA, PE, University of Maryland
Matthew Daw, PE, Keast & Hood
Zachary Kates, PE, Thornton Tomasetti, Inc.
David Foxe, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Event Details

Friday, October 5, 6:30 p.m.
Rob Wellington Quigley, FAIA
Rob Wellington Quigley Architect
    Searching for the Vernacular: Ennobling the Present
Co-sponsored by the CADRE Corporation
    Speaker Profile

Wednesday, October 17, 6:30 p.m.
Patricia Johanson
Environmental/Landscape Artist
    Art and the Ecological Landscape
Co-sponsored by the Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture
    Speaker Profile

Wednesday, October 24, 6:30 p.m.
Frank Grauman, AIA
Principal, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
    The Architecture of Design Process and Practice
Co-sponsored by the CADRE Corporation
    Speaker Profile

Monday, October 29, 6:30 p.m.
Ronnette Riley, FAIA, LEED AP
Principal, Ronnette Riley Architect
    Detail of a Space: On the Way to WOW!
2007 Kibel Foundation Lecture
    Speaker Profile

Friday, November 2, 7:00 p.m.
Vincent Chang, MA DipArch, RIBA, AIA
Andrew Whalley, BArch, AADip, AIA, RIBA
Partners, Grimshaw Architects
    Macro to Micro
2007 Kea Distinguished Professor Lecture
    Speaker Profile

Wednesday, November 7, 6:30 p.m.
David Miller, FAIA
Partner, Miller-Hull Partnership, LLC,
Chair, University of Washington Department of Architecture
    Concept to Craft: The Architecture of Miller-Hull
2002 Kea Distinguished Professor
    Speaker Profile

Wednesday, November 14, 6:30 p.m.
Charles H. Thornton, Ph.D., PE
Chairman Charles H. Thornton and Co., LLC,
Founding Partner, Thornton Tomasetti, Inc.
    The Structure of Contemporary Architecture
2007 Kibel Foundation Lecture
    Speaker Profile

Monday, November 19, 8:00 p.m.
Richard Sennett
Professor of Sociology, London School of Economics,
Bemis Professor of Social Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Fellow, New York Institute for the Humanities, New York University
    The Architecture of Justice
2007 URSP LeFrak Lecture
    Speaker Profile