ON ARCHITECTURED MATERIAL
Lecture by Sarat Babu (Betatype)

Dr. Sarat Babu is a material scientist and designer that has focused on converging both disciplines into a singular practice. To that end he founded Betatype, an entity focusing on developing materials and future products through new manufacturing process. Betatype focuses on physical making at the heart of its methods, alloying both technical analysis and craft techniques to simultaneously design materials and forms that can create a new generation of products.

This lecture is part of the School of Architecture's Fall 2014 Student Lecture Series.

CONCIOUS/UNCONSCIOUS LANDSCAPES

Lecture by Walter Hood

This lecture is co-sponsored by the Architectural League of New York.

Walter Hood's firm works primarily in the urban public realm, with projects ranging from small, community-based interventions to large-scale landscape commissions. His landscapes address the complexities of urban space by particularizing and layering function, incorporating what he terms "hybrid" spatial strategies, a pragmatic multifocal approach to design that Hood described in a recent article as reflecting "collisions of differing points of view, which 'fuse the un-fuseable.'"

DESIGN COMPETITION

Bamiyan Cultural Centre

DESIGN COMPETITION

Fairy Tales II

After the record breaking success of Fairy Tales 2014, with entries from over 50 different countries, registration is now open for the second edition of the competition.

Fairy Tales is a single phase competition. Participation is open to architects, designers, writers, engineers, illustrators, students and creatives worldwide. Individual or group entries are permitted. Multiple entries per individual or team are permitted, but each submission must be registered and paid for separately. The indication of a group leader is mandatory. Proposals do not need to be generated exclusively for this competition, but they must address the intent of the competition and should not have been published elsewhere before. The official language of the competition is English. All proposals must be submitted in English.

Jurors included Anish Kapoor, Paola Antonelli, Karim Rashid, among other leading artists, architects and designers.

Discounted Student Registration ($30). Students will be required to enter their University or College, and their .edu email address.

OPEN CALLS & OPPORTUNITIES 

ALUMNI NEWS* 

Diller Scofidio + Renfro (Elizabeth Diller AR '79; Ricardo Scofidio AR '55) | news | "Under Construction: Diller Scofidio + Renfro's Columbia University Medical and Graduate Education Building," The Architect's Newspaper blog, November 19, 2014 

Legge Lewis Legge (Murray Legge AR '90) | news | "Creek Show shines a light on Austin's Waller Creek," The Architect's Newspaper blog, November 19, 2014 

Yael Erel (AR '02) | exhibition | Light-scapes, Schenectady Museum of Innovation and Science, Schenectady, NY October 4, 2014-January 4, 2015, Schenectady, NY; Artist talk and reception on December 6, 2014 

Atelier Alter (Yingfan Zhang AR'06) | article | "Atelier Alter Translates bamboo into Double Façade for Senior Center," designboom.com, November 10, 2014