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INSIDE THIS ISSUE • Vol. 21 • No. 1• October 2010
Announcements

ARCHITECT FRANK GEHRY AT PRATT

World-renowned architect Frank Gehry will speak at Pratt on Wednesday, November 10 at 3 PM in Memorial Hall. The Pritzker Prize winner is based in Los Angeles, and best known for his design of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. His residence in Santa Monica, California, and many of his other buildings have become tourist attractions.

The conversation with Gehry will be moderated by Julie Iovine, editor of The Architect’s Newspaper and joined by Yael Reisner, author of Architecture and Beauty: Conversations with Architects about a Troubled Relationship (Wiley, 2010).  

The lecture is free and open to the public, however seating priority will be given to Pratt students with valid ID at 2:30 PM. Members of the public will be admitted at 2:50 PM should seating be available.

Frank Gehry's lecture is part of the School of Architecture's fall lecture series. Click here for a full schedule.

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PRATT HOSTS TEDxBROOKLYN

Pratt will host TEDxBrooklyn, an independently organized day of lectures and discussions inspired by the famed annual TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Talks that originated in California and now travel the globe featuring the world’s leading thinkers.

The theme of TEDxBrooklyn is “One Moves Many,” exploring how individuals can create movements influencing and improving the way we communicate, interact, and work in the communities around us.

Among the Pratt speakers will be School of Architecture Professors Karl Chu, William Katavolos, and Haresh Lalvani, as well as performance artist and Associate Professor of Humanities and Media Studies Tracie Morris.

Also featured will be Brooklyn artist Swoon (B.F.A. ’02) and Sam Cochran (B.I.D. ’05), creator of solar ivy and member of the Pratt Sustainable Design Incubator.

TEDxBrooklyn will take place Saturday, November 13. For more information on time, location, ticket prices and registration, visit TEDxBrooklyn.com and follow TEDxBrooklyn on twitter @TEDxBrooklyn.

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STUDY ABROAD IN COPENHAGEN, DENMARK INFORMATION SESSION

Are you a current graduate or undergraduate student who wants to learn about cutting-edge Scandinavian design? Do you want to study architecture, furniture design, textile design and much more with faculty from the Royal Academy, Danish Design School, and the University of Copenhagen? If so, find out more about the Architecture and Design Program in Cophenhagen for students.

Tuesday, November 9 
Myrtle Hall, Room 4E-3 

6 PM — Lecture by Johanne Riegels Ostargard, director of architecture and design at the Danish Institute for Study Abroad
 

7:30 PM — Fall program information session

8 PM — Opening reception for the DIS/Copenhagen Furniture and Textile exhibition. Second Floor Gallery Juliana Curran Terian Design Center.

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PRATT BUILDINGS SHOWCASED ON NEW YORK ARCHITECTURE TOUR

Gretchen Cobb (B.Arch '09) gives a tour of the grounds of the Caroline Ladd Pratt House.Participants in the eighth annual Open House New York tour on October 9 and 10 had a rare chance to visit and learn about the history and architecture of two unique Pratt buildings —  the Caroline Ladd Pratt House and Higgins Hall.

On Clinton Street, tour guide Gretchen Cobb told tourists that the Pratt House was completed in 1897 and given by Pratt founder Charles Pratt to his son Frederick, who served as Pratt’s president between 1923 and 1927. The three-story mansion, is now the residence for Pratt’s president and is used for official Pratt functions.

A few blocks away, visitors toured Higgins Hall, a New York City-landmarked building that began as an elementary and high school in the 1860s, then was acquired by Pratt in 1965. After a serious fire destroyed the Center Section of Higgins Hall in 1996, Pratt built a new home for the School of Architecture, creating a 26,000-square-foot building with a multilevel glass-enclosed entrance.

 

 

 

Photo: Diana Pau

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