Events

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  2011 AIA CRAN Symposium

  AIA's Custom Residential Architects Network (CRAN) is hosting the fourth annual symposium in Indianapolis on Oct. 14-16, 2011.

   
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  2011 Solar Decathlon Kicks Off

  Twenty teams create working prototypes of affordable, livable, efficient, solar-powered houses in Washington, D.C., for the 5th DOE Solar Decathlon.

   
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  Reinvention 2011

  Reinvention Symposium, the only national symposium focused exclusively on residential architecture, will take place December 7-9 in Phoenix, AZ.

   

• AIA Seattle Hosts Third Annual FutureShack

  On Sept. 20, Seattle architects present and discuss solutions to the way we live.

   

• Glass House Launches Evening Series and Website

  philip johnson’s glass house hosts evening lecture tours and receptions with noted architects and other design experts, every thursday at 5:30 p.m. through nov. 17. a corresponding online forum launched in july to continue the live conversations electronically.

   

• Gates Foundation Pushes for Drastic Improvements in Worldwide Sanitation

  $42 million in grants offered to designers and organizations to cheaply, effectively, and globally reinvent the toilet.

   
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  Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust to Co-Sponsor Unity Temple Concert Series

  Unity Temple of Oak Park, Ill., one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s most famous designs, will be kicking off the 39th year of its successful concert series this October with the help of a new partner, the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust.

   
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  Cooper-Hewitt Closing Its Doors for Two Years

  On July 4, the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum enjoyed its last day open to the public until 2013.

   
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  “John Lautner Turns 100” Series Kicks Off July 16

  Renowned architect John Lautner would have turned 100 years old on July 16, 2011. Beginning July 16—officially declared John Lautner Day in L.A.—a series of events lasting through Nov. 13 will showcase the venerated architect's work through tours, exhibitions, and films.

   

• National Building Museum to Begin Charging for Admittance to Exhibitions

  As of June 27, the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., now charges an entry fee for its exhibitions.