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i£9S Blueprint Ball Celebrating Houston's Architecture

Honoring Philip Johnson Blueprint to our city

10.17.98

Underwri ter SI 0,000 Benefactor $5,000 Sponsor 51.500 Patron $500 Individual ticket $100 Alumni $75 Students $50

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University of I louston Gerald 1>. Hints College of Architecturc & ilit- VII ArthiiLcturf Alumni Association

Dinner 7:30 put Architecture Building, University ol Houston Central Campus

Ii) celebrate with visionaries, entrepreneurs, owners, architects, allied professionals, educators, theorists, and artists who help lo shape I Illusion's huilt environment.

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ALL LECTURE SERIES CHANGING FOCUS: PHOTOGRAPHERS VIEW PLACE September 16 through October 2t Brawn Auditorium, Museum of Pine Arts, I louston. 713.527.4876

prom I heir experience and personal per specmes, the five speakers in this series will explore the relationship between architecture, the environment, and pho-tography. They wil l show how, through the process ol selection, framing, and editing, the photographer captures tune and pi.ke. forming an image more exact-ing than memory itself.

Wednesday, September 16, S p.m. EUGENIA PARRY, an historian and author of The Art of French Calotype, speaks on "The Pirst Photographs of Architecture — A French Romance."

Thursday, September 24, 8 p.m. JOHN SZARKOWSKI, author of The I,lea nf Louis Sullii'iiii and former direc-tor of the department of photography at the Museum of Modern Art, speaks on "Photographs and Buildings."

Wednesday, October 7, S p.m. JULIUS SIIUI M A N . best known for his definitive record of the California (. ase Study Mouse Program and subject of the monograph A Constructed View: The [Architectural Photography of Julius Shulman, speaks on '•Architecture and Its Photography."

Wednesday, October 14, s p.m. I I M O T I I V I ILIRSLPY, recipient of a 1940 I lonor Award from the American Institute of Architects for architectural photography, speaks on " I ight and Porin: Photographing Modern Buildings."

Wednesday, October 21, S p.m. Al. l 'X MA( I I AN , an aerial photograph-er who documents the profound changes forced upon the land by development, and co-author of Taking Measures Across the American Landscape, speaks on "Transitions on the landscape."

IT DOCUMENTING HOUSTON: HF WORK OF PAUL HESTER

October 16 through January 3, 199V Menil Collection, 713.527.4876

The work of long-time Cite photographer Paul Hester wi l l be featured as part ol the _2.Sih anniversary celebration of the Rice Design Alliance. This exhibition will con-tain approximately 40 black and white prints that will provide a chronicle of I louston since 1978.

•CINEMARCHITFCTURE VII C V'tobcr Id through > 1 Brown Auditorium, Museum ol l ine Arts, I louston. 713.639.7530

A film festival focusing on works about architects and architecture. Co sponsored In ihe Museum of Pine Arts, Houston

Friday, October 16, and Saturday, October 17, 7:30 p.m. Concert of Wills, directed by -Susan Procnikc. Hub I isenhardt, and Albert Mayslcs (USA, l l ' " 7 , 1 10 minutes). Twelve years in the making, this film chronicles the conception, construction, and completion ol the Getty Center in Ins Angeles. Mayslcs Films, veteran documen-tanans whose oetivre includes (.limine Shelter and Grey Gardens, enjoyed unpar-alleled access while documenting this bil-lion-dollar project.

Preceded by Two Impossible iilms, directed by Mark I ewis (Canada, 199.5, J!s minutes), which examines the possibili-ties of superimposing movies' closing cred-its over architectural and landscape sites; and Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, direct eil by Ultan Guilfoyle and Allison I ane (USA, 1997, 10 minutes), which includes inten iews with artists and critics on the design of the new (itiggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spam.

Sunday, October 18, S p.m. Lostis Kabti: Silence & Tight, directed by Michael Blackwood (USA, 1995, 58 minutes). Architects, critics, and clients express appreciation for the work of architect Louis Kami (1901-74), whose works include the Kimbell Art Museum in Port Worth. The film includes rare scenes of k.ibii in action.

Preceded by Hi tings and Other Effects, directed by Clara van Coo (the Nether-lands, 199.5, M) minutes, subtitled), which uses the landscape and architecture of Palermo, Sicily, as a stage set for a dance inspired by the bite of the tarantula; and Carlo Scaipa, directed by Murray Crigor, (UK, 1996, 57 minutes), which explores the design philosophy of the Venetian-bom Scarpa (1906-78).

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:riday, October 23, ~?:M) p.m. Mary Jane Colter: House Made of Dawn, Jireeted by Karen A. Harder (USA, 1997, 90 minutes). American architect and inte-rior designer Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter [ 1 8 6 9 - 1 9 5 8 ) designed hotels, cu r io shops, and rest havens a long the route o i the Santa I T Ra i l r oad . A p roponen t of the Ar t s and O a t t s ph i losophy, her designs d r e w insp i ra t ion f r o m the West's Spanish and Na t i ve Amer ican cul tures.

Preceded by Walls of Mexico, directed by Guido de Bruyn (Belgium, 1993, 55 minutes , subt i t led) , wh i ch prof i les M e x i -can architect I ins Uarrag.in (1902-88) .

Saturday, October 24, S p.m. Frank Lloyd Wright, d i rected by Ken Burns and Lynn N o v i c k (USA, 1998, 146 minutes] , Hums documents one of the most i n t r i gu ing f igures o f ou r t ime and ot ters insights i n t o ho th the history ot architecture and the broader sweep o f his-torj from the 1890s to the 1950s, The film interweaves Wright's extraordinary career and his equal ly ex t rao rd ina ry l i fe . O f the 461) Wr ight -des igned bui ld ings that st i l l s tand, l i i i rns features the Johnson Wax l i u i l d i ng in Racine, Wiscons in ; Tal-iesin, Wr ight 's estate 111 Wiscons in , and la l iesin West in A r i zona ; the Guggenheim Museum m New York ( i ts ; and Wright 's l iome and s tud io and Un i ty Temple, hoth in O a k Park, I l l ino is .

Friday, October 30, " J O p.m. Peter l.iseiinuw: Making Architecture Move, d i rected by M ichae l B lackwood (USA and Germany, 1995, S6 minutes). Colleagues and Critics speak about th is Amer i can architect 's w o r k and ideas, w h i c h have p romp ted debate, as have his co l labora t ions w i t h German architect A lber t Speer, the grandson ot I l i t ler 's archi tect .

Preceded by A Vision liuilt: '/.aha Undid, directed by Boris Penth (Germany, 1994, 45 minutes , subt i t led) , w h i c h traces the q u i r k y style o f I raq i -born architect / a h a 1 l ad id ; and In Search of Clarity: Gwathmey Siegal, d i rected by M u r r a y G n g o r (USA, 1995, 45 minutes) , wh i ch examines the rise ot Siegal's modernist arch i tec tura l f i r m ,

Soturday, October 3 1 , 7 :30 p .m. Juni Vtzon: Clouds, d i rected by l'i M ichae l ( D e n m a r k , 1994, ~?2 minutes, subt i t led) . The Sydnev Opera House has become an in ternat iona l icon, yet its archi tect remains relat ively obscure. Th is Danish T V p r o d u c t i o n , inc lud ing inter-views w i t h U t zon , explores the h is tor ] oJ

the bu i l d ing and the contretemps that led to the resignat ion of its v is ionary arch i -tect before its comp le t i on .

Preceded by / / Girasoie: Una Casa Vkino a Verona, d irected by Chr is roph Schaub and Marce l Me i l i (Swi tzer land, 1995, I"7 minutes, subt i t led) , in wh i ch t in

daughter o f the engineer of the I ta l ian Casa Girasole recalls h o w her rather designed the house modeled after the sun-f lower for wh ich it is named; Cbarlety: tin Stade dans la Ville (A Stadium in the City), d i rected by O l i ve r H o r n (France,

1996, 26 minutes, subt i t led) , w h i c h fo l -lows the father/son team o f architects w h o designed the ma jo r sports s tad ium w i t h i n the dense urban contex t o f Porte Gent i l l y in southern Paris; and Nemausus 1 - Une HIM des Annees Hi) (Public Housing for the 'HOs), d i rected by Stan N e u m a n n and R ichard Copans (France, 1995, 26 minutes, subt i t led l w h i c h explores the development of 1 14 publ ic hous ing uni ts in the ci ty ot N imes.

RICE DESIGN ALLIANCE 1998 GALA Saturday, November 7, 7 p .m. P.dwin I [omberger Conference Center. 7 1 3 . 5 2 7 . 4 8 7 6

The 12th annual R D A gala, suppor t ing 1998 -99 R D A programs and publ ica-t ions, w i l l include dinner, danc ing, and a silent auc t ion . The 1998 A w a r d for Design l.scellence w i l l be presented to S. I. M o r n s , w h o th rough a series o l part-nerships and associations ex tend ing over decades has been involved in the design o l many o l Houston 's s igni f icant bu i ld ings.

I STRING 1999 1FCTMRFSFRIFS PORTUGUESE ARCHITECTURE M a r c h 1 th rough i t B rown A u d i t o r i u m , M u s e u m of Pine Ar ts , H o u s t o n . 71;1.527.48^6

Th is lecture series w i l l present (he w o r k o l lour nat iona l ly k n o w n architects w h o practice in Por tugal . Kenneth I ' rampton w i l l open the scries w i t h a lecture dis-cussing the impor tance ot this w o r k in a his tor ica l contes t .

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R D A and the schools of archi tecture at Rice Univers i ty and the Un ivers in o l H o u s t o n co-sponsor this p r o g r a m , w h i c h features in te rnat iona l architects w h o give publ ic lectures and spend t ime w i t h stu-dents o f bo th schools.

Wednesday, November 18, 8 p.m. (an Kap l icky , o f Future Systems, L o n d o n , speaks at the B r o w n A u d i t o r i u m , Museum o l I me Ar ts , I [ous lon . - | ; .6 5 '> . -s ;n

A l l lectures are held at 7 p .m. in the Parish Gal lery at Rice Univers i ty School o f Arch i tec ture , l o r gal lery hours, cal l 713 , 527 .4864 o r check ht tp : / /w ww.arch. r ice.edu.

LECTURES

Tuesday, September 8 Josep M u n t a n o l a , "D ia log i cs o f Archi tec ture : The Cata lan Exper ience. "

Wednesday, September 9 Magda Saura, " I'he Arch i tecture o f Urban f o r m . "

Monday, September 21 Peter (. 0 0 k , " [ong i ie , ( l a w s , and Tai l . "

Wednesday, October 28 Kevin Dal ) a n d Chr is Gen i k , " C a t a l o g . "

Monday, November 2 James Corner, " D i s p o s i t i o n . "

Monday, November 9 Dana Cuf f , " G l o b a l i z a t i o n . "

Tuesday, December 8 Michae l M a l t / a n . "Recen t W o r k . "

•EXHIBITIONS

September 18 through October 2 " longue , ( l a w s , and Tails," a survev o l Peter Cook ' s w o r k .

October 23 through November 6 "E ich le r Homes E x h i b i t i o n . "

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