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Joe Angeles/WUSTL Photo ServicesBall gown by Lauren EdelsteinThe Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis will present The 78th Annual Fashion Design Show at Saint Louis Galleria Sunday, May 6. The fully choreographed, Paris-style extravaganza will feature more than 50 professional and volunteer models wearing more than 150 outfits created by 19 seniors and 12 juniors from the school’s fashion design program.

Photo by Kevin LowderPrintmaker Koichi Yamamoto, assistant professor of printmaking at Utah State University, conducts a printmaking lecture/demonstration for students and faculty in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts. Born in Osaka, Japan, Yamamoto is known for creating etchings and large-scale monoprints inspired by natural forms.

Joe Angeles/WUSTL Photo Services Wedding gown by Yehua Yang Media photo downloads for the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Art’s 78th Annual Fashion Design Show, which takes place May 6 at Saint Louis Galleria.

David Kilper/WUSTL Photo ServicesZeuler LimaZeuler R. Lima, Ph.D., assistant professor of architecture in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, has won the 2007 Bruno Zevi Prize from the Bruno Zevi Foundation in Rome. Lima received the award for his extended essay “Towards Simple Architecture,” about the Italian-Brazilian architect Lina Bo Bardi.

The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis honored five outstanding architecture alumni at its 14th annual Distinguished Alumni Awards Dinner March 29. The awards recognize architecture graduates who have demonstrated creativity, innovation, leadership and vision through their contributions to both the practice of architecture and the School.

Sean Godsell Architects, MelbourneFuture ShackAustralian architect Sean Godsell combines spare aesthetics with environmental sensitivity and social engagement. At 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 23, Godsell will discuss his work for the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts’ spring Architecture Lecture Series. The talk, titled “Towards an Australian Architecture,” is free and open to the public and takes place in Room 300 of the Arts & Sciences Laboratory Building.

With inspiration from 13th-century Persian poet Rumi and Victorian-era American dancer Isadora Duncan, two faculty members present an evening of dance and poetry titled “The Watching Heart: A Journey in Peace” at 8 p.m. April 13 in the Olin Dance Studio.

Dickson Street stationA collaborative light-rail master plan involving close to 50 architecture students from the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts and the University of Arkansas has won a national Education Honor Award from the American Institute of Architects. The award, one of only three given this year, will be presented in May during the AIA National Convention in San Antonio.

Artist Rick Lowe, founder of Project Row Houses in Houston, will speak about his work at 6:30 p.m. April 13 in Room 458 of Louderman Hall as part of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts’ spring Architecture Lecture Series.

The Washington University Concert Choir will perform music based on Old Testament texts at 8 p.m. April 13 in Graham Chapel.