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ASLA OCTOBER FILM NIGHTS
@ The Center for Architecture 536 LaGuardia Place between W 3rd and Bleeker Phone: 212.358.6112 Time: 7:00-9:00 October 15 - The Draftsman's Contract directed by Peter Greenway October 22 - Nostalgia directed by Andrei Tarkovsky October 29 - The Passenger starring Jack Nicholson directed by Michelangelo Antonioni We may adjourn to a nearby pub after for lively discussion:) Also the film fun continues… see the AIA website http://aiany.org/calendar/ for films shown every Friday in November!The Architectural League Lecture Series-2004
Fields and Boundaries, an introductory discussion Lyn Rice, Open Office Ken Smith, Ken Smith Landscape Architect Michael Van Valkenburgh, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates Dan Wood, Work Architecture Company Paula Meijerink, Design Critic in Landscape Architecture, Harvard Design School, moderator Thursday, September 23, 6:30 p.m. The Great Hall, Cooper Union 7 East 7th Street, New York City $10 for general public, free for members, advance reservations for League members only. To join the League download a form from the League¹s website. Reservations are held until 6:25 pm for 6:30 pm lectures. After 6:25 pm, non-members and members without reservations will be admitted on a first-come, first-served basis.Making Peace With the Land Shlomo Aronson, Landscape Architect Jerusalem Monday, September 27, 6:30 p.m. The Urban Center 457 Madison Avenue, New York City $10 for general public, free for members, advance reservations for League members only. To join the League download a form from the League¹s website. Reservations are held until 6:25 pm for 6:30 pm lectures. After 6:25 pm, non-members and members without reservations will be admitted on a first-come, first-served basis.
Other fall Architectural League programs include: Peter Walker, Peter Walker Partners Minimalist Gardens Leading to the Memorial Monday, October 4 The Great Hall, Cooper Union Elias Torres, Martinez Lapeña-Torres Arquitectos Openspace Architecture Wednesday, October 13 The Great Hall, Cooper Union Mack Scogin and Merrill Elam, Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects Matthew Urbanski and Michael Van Valkenburgh, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates 15 Years of Collaboration Wednesday, October 27 The Great Hall, Cooper Union Christo and Jeanne-Claude Two Works in Progress The Gates, Project for Central Park, New York City Over the River, Project for the Arkansas River, State of Colorado Thursday, November 4 The Great Hall, Cooper Union David Hays, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Jeffrey Day, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Jessie Marshall Linda Pollak 306090 07: Landscape Within Architecture Thursday, November 11 The Urban Center John Patkau, Patkau Architects Town and Country Thursday, November 18 The Great Hall, Cooper Union Brigitte Shim, Shim-Sutcliffe Architects Charles Waldheim, University of Toronto Building Sites Thursday, December 2 The Urban Center Thom Mayne, Morphosis George Hargreaves, Hargreaves Associates NYC 2012: Olympic Village Thursday, December 9 Caspary Hall, Rockefeller University Elizabeth Diller, Diller Scofidio + Renfro James Corner, Field Operations The High Line Thursday, December 16 The Great Hall, Cooper Union
Memorial announcement
CHESTER "CHET" HALKA SR., 80, died Saturday, Sept. 11 Chet’s contributed enormously to landscape architecture through his supplying landscape architects with the finest of trees for the past 50 years. Services will be held on Wednesday. A link to the obituary is: http://www.injersey.com/obits/search/results/showname.pl?id=3D1048700 He was given a lifetime achievement award from the New Jersey Nursery and Landscape Association, and a lifetime achievement award from the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. His trees are planted at national historical monuments all over the country including the White House and the Statue of Liberty.