Author: Liam Otten

A detail from Mariano Sagasta’s winning conceptual master plan for the west side of Brentwood Boulevard north of Highway 40.New York architect Mariano Sagasta has won Washington University’s 2004 Steedman Fellowship in Architecture International Design Competition. The biennial competition, which is open to young architects from around the world, carries a $30,000 first place award to support study and research abroad — the largest such award in the United States.

Recipient biographies for School of Architecture 2004 Distinguished Alumni Awards

The School of Architecture at Washington University in St. Louis will honor five outstanding alumni at its 11th annual Distinguished Alumni Awards Dinner April 8.

*Lo Sciocco Senza Paura* (The Fearless Fool) (1984), by Frank StellaNew York art collectors and patrons Ann Fertig Freedman and Robert L. Freedman have donated Lo Sciocco Senza Paura (The Fearless Fool) (1984), a major work by American artist Frank Stella, to Washington University’s Gallery of Art. The piece will be installed prior to Stella’s April 14 keynote address at the groundbreaking of the university’s new Sam Fox Arts Center.

Photo by David Kilper / WUSTL PhotoWashington University’s new Earth & Planetary Sciences Building.Earth Day may arrive each April, but for architecture students and faculty, environmental design is increasingly part of the year-round curriculum. At the same time, a growing number of American universities are challenging themselves to implement green principles on their own campuses. From ivy-covered walls and tree-lined walkways, new ideals are taking shape: highly efficient buildings — constructed of local, sustainable materials — that reduce waste and minimize strain on local infrastructures; a holistic approach that considers operational as well as construction costs; and entire universities that might someday achieve net zero environmental impact.

ArmstrongShakespearean actor Gareth Armstrong, a former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, will present Hand in Hand to Hell: Richard III and Macbeth—An Actor’s Perspective, the fifth annual Helen Clanton Morrin Lecture, for Washington University’s Performing Arts Department (PAD) in Arts & Sciences April 28.

Washington University’s Performing Arts Department (PAD) in Arts & Sciences will present the *Young Choreographers Showcase* April 2-4 in the Annelise Mertz Dance Studio.

Charles Dill of the University of Wisconsin will speak on Rousseau and the Language of Opera Criticism for Washington University’s Department of Music in Arts & Sciences at 4 p.m. Friday, March 26.

Washington University senior Leon Barrett will present a guitar recital at 4 p.m. Saturday, March 27, in the university’s Karl Umrath Hall Lounge.

Seth Carlin, professor of music and director of the piano programRenowned pianist Seth Carlin, professor of music and director of the piano program in Arts & Sciences, will perform music of Johann Sebastian Bach, Maurice Ravel and Robert Schumann at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, March 28, in Washington University’s Edison Theatre.