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Spend an architectural weekend in Savannah at the height of its spring bloom and discover why this seductive Southern city is currently so popular. We will spend three nights in the heart of the historic district, enjoy private homes and plantations not open ro rhe public, dinners at private clubs and four-star restaurants, and walking tours conducted by architectural historian Stephen Fox. Participation is limited to 25 RDA members. For more information, please call the Rice Design Alliance at 713-527-4876.

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September 22 through October 12 Brown Auditorium, Museum ol Fine Arts. I [ouston and the University of I [ouston Gerald I), I lines College of Architecture, 713.S27.4876

This lecture series celebrates the millennium In examining the future-looking myths of the past — recalling the waj we thought tilings would be — as well as speculating mi new scenarios for tomorrow.

Wednesday, September 22, 7: it) p.m.. Brown Auditorium, Museum ot Fine Arts, Houston, CI IRISTIAN THOMSEN, professor of literature. University of Siegen, tierman), and author ol Visionary Architecture from Babylon to Virtual Reality speaks on "New Media's Challenge to Architecture."

Wednesday, September 2l>, 7:30 pan., Brown Auditorium, Museum ol Fine Arts, Houston. DWII I LIB! SklNll, principal. Architectural Studio Daniel I ibeskind, and author of Radix-Matrix: Works and Writings of Daniel Libeskind will present a lecture entitled "Beyond the Image."

Thursday, October 7, 7:30 p.m., Universit) of Houston Gerald I). I lines College ol Architecture ("heater. [I \ \ I o i is COM NT,chair for lowii-Planning History, Instittil I rane.tis d'Urbanisme, University ot I'aris VIII, and author oi Scenes o/ the World to Come: European Architecture .iiul the American ( ballenge 1893- X 960 speaks on "America vs. Europe: One ( entury of Transatlantic Misunderstanding and Its Legacy.11

Inesday, October 12, ~:M) p.m.. University ol Houston Gerald I). Hines College of Architecture Theater, M. CHRISTINE BOYER, professor ol architecture, Princeton University, and author oi CyberCtties: Visual Perception in the Age o/ Electronic Communication speaks on "CyherCitiess Playing with Information."

I HOUSTON TALKS; DEAN'S IffTLIBF SFBIFS RDA and the schools *>i architecture at Rice and the University of I [ouston COSponsor this program, which features international architects. I ocation to be announced.

Monday, December "*; Michael Graves.

• BOOK SIGNINf, Wednesday, September I S, ~"K p.m., Bra/os bookstore. 713.523.0701 I he Rl >A .Hid lira/os bookstore rf) sponsor a reception honoring Margaret ( ulbertson on the publication of her book, Texas Houses limit by the Hunk, Books will be available for purchase and signing,

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l'sing Bush Intercontinental Airport as a case study, the RDA will present an informal discussion on creating an in public spaces. Panelists will include representatives from the Cultural Arts Council of Houston/Harris County, dcnsler, antl the Department ol Aviation, as well as two ol the artists whose work has been incorporated into the in pnrt\ interior.

• RICE DESIGN ALLIANCE l<m GALA Saturday, November (•>, "" pan. 11 Paso I nergy Building. 713.527.4876

I he I ith aiiiin.il RDA gala, supporting 1999-2000 RDA programs and publications, will include dinner catered by the Four Seasons l Intel, dancing to Commercial Art, and a silent auction. The 1999 Award lor Design Excellence will be presented posthumously to Walter I'. Moore |r., admired educator and engineer. Dr. Moore was president ol Waher P. Moore and Associates, and under his direction the company became nationally known for its design ot high-rise buildings, spurts facilities, and Other large projects. Dr. Moore u.is also a proiessor at lexas Ac\M University ami held several directorships there,

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All lectures are held in the Parish Gallery at (he Rice University School of Architecture, lor more information, please call 713.527.4864 or check the website ai http://www.arch.rice.edu. There will be a short film following each lecture from the gelatin film series spon-sored bj thi I arish Gallery.

Monday, September 2(1. - p.m. BERNARD KHOURI, architect, Beirut, talks on his receni work.

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£ M 11 A R Monday, September 27, 7 p.m. MARK I.INNKMAN, Nl.. Architects, Ro t te rdam, the Nether lands, presents " A Mcidest Proposa l . "

M o n d a y , Oc tobe r 4 , 7 p.m. G E O R G E K A N A l . U , archi tect . New York Ci ty , ta lks on his recent w o r k .

Vlond. iy, Oc tobe r I I , - p.m. T O M l U l R T M l , U u h r i e + B u r e s h Archi tects , l.os Angeles, ,i C ra ig I'rancis Cu l l i nan V is i t ing Cha i r in I'ine Ar ts , Arch i tec tu re , and Urban P lann ing , ta lks on his recent w o r k .

M o n d a y , Oc tobe r 2 5 , 7 p .m. IAV1ER P E R I • / . - S A I . C I D O, archi tect . M e x i c o Ci ty , ta lks on his recent w o r k .

Monday, November 1, 7 p.m. RF.NNY RAMAKERS, Droog Design, A m s t e r d a m , a C r a i g I ' rancis C u l l i n a n V is i t i ng l ha i r in l i n e Ar rs , A r c h i t e c t u r e , and U r b a n P lann ing , ta lks on his recent w o r k .

M o n d a y , November H, 7 p .m. JAVIER S A N C H E Z , Higuera t Sanchez Archi tects , Mex i co < ity, speaks mi " 1 9 9 9 in 1 9 2 6 . "

Monday , November I S , 7 p .m. [OSE A N T O N I O A L D R E T E - H A A S , archi tect , M e x i c o Ci ty , speaks o n his recent w o r k .

M o n d a y , December 6 , 7 p .m. (or immediately l o l l o w i n g last review) CONSTANCE ADAMS, Johnson Space I etlti r. \ \S \ , I [uusiMii . speaks ni l "Space In f la to r . "

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EDWARD DIMENDBERG, International Inst i tu te Assistant Professor o f Arch i tec ture , l i l m , and V ideo , and Cerm.mic Languages and l i t e ra tu res , Univers i ty o l M i c h i g a n , otters a series o l lectures on " A f t e r N igh t Falls: Post-1939 Amer ican Urban ism and F i lm Nun- . " Ind iv idua l topics include the f o l l o w i n g :

Thursday , Novembe r 4 , 7 p.m. "< ore Ref lect ions."

Friday, November 5, noon , " f i l m No i r . " (This lecture w i l l be held in Anderson 1 17.)

Thursday , Novembe r 1 1 , 7 p.m. " N a k e d C i t ies . "

Fr iday, November 12, n o o n , "Per ip l ier . i l V i s ions . " (Th is lecture w i l l be held in Anderson 117.)

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I xcept where no ted , all lectures are held in the Parish Gal lery at the Rice University School o l Arch i tec ture. For more i n f o r m a t i o n , please cal l 713 .527 .4864 or check the website at h t tp : / /www.arch . r i ce .edu.

I Kl DRICK TURNER, University of Texas, Dal las, w i l l speak m i the f o l l o w i n g :

Tuesday, Oc tober S, _ p.m. "beau ty , the t iosmological Constant,"

Wednesday, October 6, 7 p.m. "Art in the Age o l the C h a r m Indust r ies ."

Thursday , Oc tober 7, ~ p.m. "Eco log ica l Turbulence and the N e w A r c a d i a . "

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| . i i iu. i r \ lh t h rough February 2 1 b r o w n A u d i t o r i u m , M u s e u m of Tine Ar ts , 1 lous ton . 713.527.4876

Lat in Amer i can archi tecture is enter ing a per iod o f design excellence unseen since the g lory days ot the 1950s, l e a d i n g the renaissance is a generat ion o l architects w h o Lombine the long-s tand ing devo t ion to mode rn i s m w i t h a n e w f o u n d concern for the u rban env i ronmen t . Th is series w i l l showcase the w o r k of archi tects f r o m Argen t i na , l l ra /M, Ch i le , Costa Rica, and M e x i c o .

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON GERALD D. MINES CnilFGE OF ARCHITECTURE F i l l LECTURE SERIES A l l lectures are held in the College o l Arch i tec ture Theater. Tor more i n fo rma-t i o n , please cal l 713 .743 .2400

Wednesday, October 20, 3 p.m. WOLFGANG TSCHAPELLER, architect, Austria, speaks on his recent work.

Thursday , Novembe r 4 , 7 p.m. STEVI l / l N O U R , pr inc ipal , Ventur i , Scott, Hrown is: Associates and co-author o l I.turning fmni las Veeys. speaks on "Learn ing to Love What You Love to I late: Excursions Into the Everyday Vernacular."

UNIVERSITY Of HOUSTON GERALD D. HINES COHERE OF ARCHITECTURE BLUEPRINT BALI

Saturday, Oc tober 2.1, 7:30 p.m. Arch i tec ture bu i l d i ng , U H Campus 713.74.5.9557

The U l I School o f Archi tecture 's f i f th annual b luepr in t bal l w i l l honor wo r l d - r enowned architect Cesar Pel l i , whose H o u s t o n bu i ld ings inc lude the St. Luke 's M e d i c a l Towe rs , the Tour Leal c o n d o m i n i u m towe rs , and Rice Univers i ty 's I l e r rmg H a l l . The evening w i l l inc lude an arch i tec tura l exh ib i t , an awards ceremony, and a si lent auc t ion o f drawin.es. photographs, furniture, and l igh t ing f ix tures by local and na t iona l l y -k n o w n designers.

IRICE DESIGN ALLIANCE HOMETOWN TOUR: SAVANMAH flFORMA

M a r c h M) t h rough A p r i l 2 , 2 0 0 0 " 1 L527 .4K7& Arch i tec tu ra l h is tor ian Stephen Pox and Savannah nat ive l ia r r ie Scardino w i l l guide visi tors th rough th is seductive Southern city at the height o f its spr ing b l o o m . The four-day t r ip includes tours of private historic homes, dining in private clubs and four-star restaurants, .[n\.\ side t r ips t o I S th -cen tu ry p lan ta -t i ons . The tou r is l im i ted to 25 guests. Ca l l R D A for a tour brochure and registrat ion i n f o r m a t i o n .

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ANNUAL ARCHITECTURE TOUR AND LECTURE Saturday and Sunday, April 8 and 9, 2000 RDA's f irst members-on ly archi tecture tour of the new century w i l l be held in Ap r i l and w i l l feature sis: Hous to n t o w n -houses. A lecture by archi tectural histor ian Stephen Pox w i l l precede the tour.

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Oc tobe r 4 -November 12, Two Allen t enter "75 That Made A Difference,'" an exh ib i t ion celebrat ing 75 years o l the I louston Chapter o l the A IA .

Fr iday, Oc tober H. Smart d r o w t h Conference: In con junc-t ion w i t h the Cit izens Env i ronmenta l C o a l i t i o n , the A I A , H o u s t o n , w i l l sponsor a Jay lung discussion of smart g r o w t h issues.

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It's always interesting to see new genera-tions rediscovering I (onston, hut the article "The Bridges of Buffalo Bayou" |by Christof Spieler| in the spring I L>w issue t>i (.ilc |44| suggests that history is repeated because Houston may still have no memory of itself.

Houston does have a bibliography, however.

M\ own article "Bayou City bridges," an over two-decades old feature u hich appeared in the January 11,-S issue of Houston Home 6" Harden, made essen-tially the same points and included most ot the examples in the Cite 44 piece, but went further west (including the footbridge to Bayou Bend), suggesting that the bayou still has a remnant of its once natural state, a glimpse of which mav still he seen, and which was a public amenity in the pre-oil days when I loustonians would even swim in rhe Ship Channel.

Perhaps progress may best be seen by keeping one eye on a rear-view mirror.

I'eter C. I'apademctriou, AIA Professor and Graduate Program Director New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark. New Jersey

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Thank you for letting me see Cite 44. I .mi muclil) happj « nil the results, ihe interview, and the presentation of my photographs | "A Singular Vision: Cite "talks with Julius Shulman," by Nonya Cirenader ami Danny Samuels|. The Frieze with my I.ice as the page is trained was a clever, attractive element for my talk with the students as Rice University. Thank yOU Foi tin1 idea.

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Interior designer, collector, and philan-thropist Mary I ynch Kurt / died June 27, 1999 at her apartment in London. She was 54, A founding member of the Rice Design Alliance, Kurt/ served as president ol the RDA in 1977 and 1978.

Following her marriage to symphony conductor F.lrcm Kurt/ in |9H I, Mary Kurtz divided her time between New York, Monte Carlo, and London, After her husband's death in 194 s, she returned tn I louston frequently and resumed an active role in the city's cultural activities. She was a member of the hoard ol direc-tors of the I louston Seminar, a trustee of the Contemporary Arts Museum, and a former trustee of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. A collector of modern art, photography, and art furniture, Mary Kurt / was also an enthusiastic proponent of modern architecture and design.

James C. Morchead Jr. 1913-1999

James Caddall Morchead Jr., architect, author, .\mi professor emeritus of archi-tecture at Rice University, died on July 4, 1999 in Houston. He was 85.

A native ol Br.ulcnton, Honda, Morchead was a graduate of Princeton University and the Carnegie Institute of Technology. In 1940 he accepted an otter from Will iam Ward Wat kin to teach architecture at the Rice Institute in Houston. I mm | 4 s l until 1961 he was director ol Rice's architecture depart-ment, and from 1965 to 1979 he was the registrar of Rice University.

Morchead was most active as an architect in the 1950s, when he designed houses for Rice professors T. W. Bonner and Radoslav Tsanoft, as well .is his fam-ily's house in Piney Point Village (1951), for which he won an Award of Merit

from the I louston Chapter AIA. I le was the first and long-time chair ol the plan mug and zoning commission ot Piney Point Village, A member ot the Houston Philosophical Society, and a member of the board of directors of the San Jacinto ( i i r l Scouts.

With his lather, Morchead wrote A Handbook <>/ Perspective Drawing, which was published in 1941 and repub-lished in both l.nghsh and foreign lan-guage editions as late as I960. Following his retirement, Morchead wrote the pop-ular illustrated WJI km a lour of Rice University. James Morchead is survived by his wife, their three children, and five grandchildren.

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