Book Talk
Past Events
Book Talk – The Edith Farnsworth House: Architecture, Preservation, Culture
6/20/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for a discussion on The Edith Farnsworth House: Architecture, Preservation, Culture (Monacelli, 2024). One of the most famous residences in modern history, a glass and steel marvel that seems...
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Book Talk: Pedagogical Experiments in Architecture for a Changing Climate
5/13/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
The Center for Architecture is pleased to host a round-table discussion celebrating the book launch of Pedagogical Experiments in Architecture for a Changing Climate (Routledge, 2024) edited by Tülay Atak, Luis...
The Flexible City: Solutions for a Circular and Climate Adaptive Europe
4/12/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for a discussion of Tom Bergevoet’s and Maarten van Tuijl’s The Flexible City: Solutions for a Circular and Climate Adaptive Europe (Nai010 Publishers, 2024), in conversation with Yasemin...
Book Talk – Louis I. Kahn: The Last Notebook
3/18/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for the book launch and discussion of Louis I. Kahn: The Last Notebook (Lars Müller Publishers, 2024). This intimate conversation will celebrate the publication of Louis I. Kahn:...
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Book Talk – Shigeru Ban: Timber in Architecture
2/15/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
In-person tickets for this event are sold out. Only Zoom tickets are available. Join us for a discussion of Shigeru Ban: Timber in Architecture (Rizzoli, 2022) with Laura Britton and Vittorio...
Book Talk – Sea Pools: 66 Saltwater Sanctuaries from Around the World
1/18/24, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for a discussion of Chris Romer-Lee’s Sea Pools: 66 Saltwater Sanctuaries from Around the World (Batsford 2023), in conversation with Robert Hammond and Kara Meyer. Designed to provide...
Book Talk – Why Public Space Matters to New York
9/5/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for a discussion to mark the occasion of Setha Low's new publication, Why Public Space Matters (Oxford University Press, 2022), in conversation with Ya-Ting Liu, Matthew Clarke, and Quilian Riano....
Book Talk – Verify in Field: Projects and Conversations with Höweler + Yoon
5/31/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for a talk by Eric Höweler, J. Meejin Yoon, and Thomas de Monchaux for a discussion on Höweler + Yoon's latest book, Verify in Field: Projects and Conversations with Höweler +...
Material Worlds: Designing the Forest and Other Mass Timber Futures
5/5/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join Carson Chan and Lindsey Wikstrom for the culmination of the Material Worlds lecture series. The inaugural episode of Materials Worlds was focused on Mass Timber, and brought together the President...
Book Talk – E 1027: Restoring a House By the Sea
4/4/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Published following the completion the long-awaited restoration of a legendary house, this book explores an exemplary conservation project. A modern house par excellence, Villa E 1027, located in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, was...
Back to the Office: 50 Revolutionary Office Buildings and How They Sustained
3/30/23, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Join us for a conversation with Ashley Schafer, Ruth Baumeister, and Stephan Petermann about their latest publication, Back to the Office: 50 Revolutionary Office Buildings and How They Sustained (NAi010 publishing, 2022). ...