Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 6:30pm to 8:00pmCooper-Hewitt Design CenterArchitect Jack Travis will present his design for the Harlem Hospital’s Mural Pavilion and talk with John Reddick about this work and the juxtaposition between its historic inventory of WPA-era murals by African-American Artists, and the contemporary African-inspired color palette, pattern, and philosophy. |
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - 6:30pm to 8:00pmCooper-Hewitt Design Center2012 National Design Award winners Mack Scogin and Merrill Elam have worked together in architecture for over forty years. Founded in 1984, their Atlanta-based firm, Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects, has won international acclaim for work that ranges from a sleek factory for Herman Miller to the Lulu Chow Wang Campus Center for Wellesley College and commercial office space for Tishman Speyer Properties. The firm’s diverse body of work is uniquely characterized by profound rigor tempered by childlike innocence. |
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 - 6:30pm to 8:00pmCooper-Hewitt Design CenterThe distinguished architectural and environmental photographer Albert Vecerka presents his photographic work, sharing insights and technical savvy in capturing the utility, spirit and beauty of the designed environment. Vecerka is currently listed on the roster of Esto Photographics, the premier photography studio of contemporary architecture. |
Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - 6:30pm to 8:00pmCooper-Hewitt Design CenterJoin the curator and gardeners from the Central Park Conservancy for a talk about the landscape design of the Central Park Conservatory Gardens and how it compliments and contrasts with Frederick Law Olmsted's overall design for Central Park. Learn about how the elements of form and color are rethought and refreshed each year within the garden's formal planting structure. Hear how the redesign strategies offer the public new and unique views from season to season. |
Wednesday, July 10, 2013 - 6:30pm to 8:00pmCooper-Hewitt Design CenterJoin landscape architect Elizabeth Kennedy as she presents her work on the Brooklyn Grange farm, located on a massive 65,000 sq ft roof towering eleven stories over the East River, atop Building no. 3 at the historic Brooklyn Navy Yard. Constructed as a Stormwater Management Tool funded by a NYC DEP Green Infrastructure Grant under PlaNYC, the project serves as an inspiring model of green roof possibilities. |
