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Globalization
This ninth annual lecture series on innovative architecture is organized by the University Architect/Planning Office and additionally supported by the Art Department, the Contemporary Collectors Circle of the Cantor Arts Center, the Presidents Office and the Program on Urban Studies.
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| John Patkau |
Wednesday, April 9
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| John Patkau, Patkau Architects, Inc., Vancouver, BC, Canada. Patkau's firm John Patkau is a practicing architect based in Vancouver, British Columbia. John is a founding partner, along with Patricia Patkau, of the firm Patkau Architects. In over 20 years, their practice has been responsible for a wide variety of projects, most notably public institutions and private houses. Their work has been exhibited and published widely, and in 1996 the firm represented Canada at the Venice Biennale. Recently they have won a number of international design competitions: the School of Nursing and Biomedical Sciences Houston, Texas; a student housing project at the University of Pennsylvania; and the Bibliotheque Nationale du Quebec.
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| Peter Latz |
Wednesday, April 23
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Peter Latz. Latz and Partner Landscape Design and Planning, Kranzberg, Germany. Latz firm
Peter Latz was born in Darmstadt, Germany. He and his wife, the landscape architect Anneliesse Latz, live and work in Kranzberg near Munich. Peter received a Master Degree from the Technical University of Munich in 1964 and did postgraduate work in urban planning at the RWTH Aachen completing his studies in 1968. He is currently an adjunct professor at the Graduate School of Fine Arts at the University of Pennsylvania. The firm is best known for the Landscape Park in Duisburg Nord. He received the 2001 Grande Medaille dÕUrbanisme, from the Academie dÕArchitecture in Paris, and the 2002 first European Prize for Landscape Architecture Rosa Barba in Barcelona. |
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| Michael Wilford |
Wednesday, May 7
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Michael Wilford. Michael Wilford Architects, London, England. Michael Wilford was born in Surbiton, England. Michael formed the firm of Michael Wilford Architects in 2001 after being the principal of Stirling Wilford from 1971 to 2000. He attended the Northern Polytechnic School of Architecture, London from 1955 to 62 and the Regent Street Polytechnic Planning School, in 1967. The firm work ranges from libraries and archives to museums and art galleries. Their Lowry project was named ÔBuilding of the YearÕ in 2001 by the Royal Fine Arts Commission Trust. Some of his other major projects include the Auditoria, Flexible Theatre and Outdoor Amphitheatre and the National Performing Arts Centre Singapore.
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| Carlos Jimenez |
Wednesday, May 21
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Carlos Jimenez. Carlos Jimenez Studio, Houston, Texas.
arlos Jimenez was born in Costa Rica and moved to the USA in 1974. Carlos graduated from the University of Houston School of Architecture in 1981, and established his private practice in Houston in 1982. He is a tenured professor at Rice University School of Architecture. Jimenez has received many awards including the 2002 excellence in design award from Architecture magazine. Some of his main projects include the Houston Fine Arts Press, the Lynn Goode Gallery in 1991, and the Central Administration/Junior School Building for the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston.
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Stanford University Lecture Series Free Admission. All lectures are held at the Annenberg Auditorium - Cummings Art Building (See map) at 7:30 pm - alternating Wednesday nights. Driving Directions 101 from
San Francisco
or San Jose Take University Avenue Exit towards Stanford. University Avenue turns into Palm Drive which dead ends at the Oval where parking can be found.
The Annenberg Auditorium is in the Cummings Art Building, to the left of the Main Quad (if you are facing it), and directly to the right of Hoover Tower (if you are facing it). For more information, please contact Karin Moriarty, Stanford University Architect/Planning Office, at (650) 723-3181 or ksmoriarty@stanford.edu. University Architect/Planning Office Postcard design: Karin Moriarty Photograph: tba
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