AIA Lecture Series

If anyone missed, (like myself) Antero Pietela talk tonight, he will be speaking again on his book, Not in My Neighborhood, during the AIA lunch lecture series on April 28 from noon-1pm. There are also some other interesting lectures in the series as well. The lectures are located in the Johns Hopkins Downtown Center, 10 N. Charles Street. If you don't have class, I suggest checking these out-I'll be there.

March 31, 2010
Monuments and Monumentality

Jeremy Kargon, an architect on staff at Morgan State University, presents an illustrated discussion of statuary in the Monumental City, traces the history of these monuments, and relates the monuments to the city’s recognition of American history.

April 7, 2010
Westside-the 10th Anniversary and Beyond

Kathy Robertson, Westside Coordinator of the Baltimore Development Corporation, knows every building and alley on the Westside. She will discuss 10 years of redevelopment progress, upcoming projects, and answer questions about future plans.

April 14, 2010
The Design Challenge of Columbia’s Downtown

Roger Lewis, professor at the University of Maryland’s School of Architecture, practicing architect, author of a standard textbook on the practice of architecture, and Washington Post columnist, discusses the myriad design challenges faced by the aging town center of Columbia, Maryland.

April 21, 2010
Transform Baltimore

Laurie Feinberg, chief of Comprehensive Planning for the Baltimore City Planning Department, discusses the mammoth and long-awaited rewrite of the City’s zoning code, and the timetable for release of the draft of the new form-based code.

April 28, 2010
Not in My Neighborhood

Antero Pietila, retired Baltimore Sun editorial writer, discusses what he learned from his long career writing for the Baltimore Sun and how he saw a need to address and create rhetoric focusing on this historically problematic American city. Not in My Neighborhood explains why Baltimore is still suffering the aftereffects of long-term racial segregation and bigotry on both a city and federal level.