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 Marie Warsh, landscape historian and Director of Preservation Planning for the Central Park Conservancy for a talk about the history and design of the Conservatory Garden in Central Park. Learn about the origins of the Park's only formal garden and how it compliments and contrasts with Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux's overall design for Central Park. |
Wednesday, July 10, 2013 - 6:30pm to 8:00pmCooper-Hewitt Design CenterJoin Harlem-based landscape architect Elizabeth Kennedy as she presents her work on the Brooklyn Grange farm, 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. |
