Today the Rice Design Alliance kicks off this years spring lecture series 30N 60S: Latin American Architecture Revisited with guest speaker Francisco Liernur. Proffessor Liernur is Chair of the School of Architecture at Di Tella University in Buenos Aires, Argentina and has been a visiting professor at Harvard, Princeton, Sci-Arc, and Columbia University. His books include Writings on Twentieth Century Architecture in Latin America and Architecture in Latin America 1965-1985.
Following lectures will focus on transformations of and within Latin American economies, politics, and society in the last decade and highlight the currently flourishing moment of Latin American architectural innovation.
Further scheduled RDA lectures will be:
Tuesday, January 22
Alejandro Aravena
ELEMENTAL
Santiago, Chile
Wednesday, January 30
Rafael Iglesia
Rafael Iglesia Architect
Rosario, Argentina
Wednesday, February 6
Daniel Bonilla
Daniel Bonilla Arquitectos
Bogota, Colombia
Wednesday, February 13
Teddy Cruz
estudio teddy cruz
San Diego, California
Series Tickets: $25 - RDA, MFAH members
$20 - Senior citizens 65 and older
$10 - Students with identification
$40 – Others
Single Tickets (upon availability): $7 - RDA, MFAH members;
Senior citizens 65 and older; Students with identification
$10 – Others
All lectures are held at 7 pm in the Brown Auditorium at the MFAH, 1001 Bissonnet Street. There will also be a short reception held just before each lecture at 6pm.
For other information visit the RDA's website or call 713-348-4876
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