World Trade Center site architect to read memoir
One of the world’s most influential figures in architecture and urban design, Daniel Libeskind will read from his new book Dec. 6 in Graham Chapel.
Campus Authors: Gerald A. Gutenschwager, Ph.D., professor emeritus, School of Architecture
The professor emeritus in the School of Architecture’s book is titled Planning and Social Science: A Humanistic Approach.
Architecture exhibition showcases international competition
The entries were coordinated by Assistant Professor Zeuler Lima, who included the competition in his fall studio.
Obituary: Kohn, professor emeritus in School of Art, 73
He was one of St. Louis’ most respected painters, known for large, colorful landscapes based on his travels around the world.
Daniel Libeskind to speak in Graham Chapel Dec. 6
Studio Daniel LibeskindDaniel LibeskindDaniel Libeskind, master plan architect for the former World Trade Center site in New York City, will read from his new memoir, Breaking Ground: Adventures in Life and Architecture, at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 6, in Washington University’s Graham Chapel.
Printmaking exhibition
Courtesy photoWUSTL printmaking is the focus of the exhibition Printmaking: A Contemporary Tradition at Southern Illinois College.
From Florence to Givens Hall
Courtesy imageAn exhibition of student work created last spring as part of architecture’s semester abroad program to Florence is on view in Givens Hall.
Architecture’s Leet to discuss much-praised new book Nov. 1
In Richard Neutra’s Miller House, Leet traces the house from conception to realization and examines the complex relationships involved.
Art is for everyone
Photo by Joe AngelesThe Sam Fox Arts Center held the “Festival of the Arts” to spotlight construction of the Kemper Art Museum and Walker Hall.
Exhibitions, book trace development of comics
Original cover art, “Love and Rockets” #15There is no shortcut from popular art to cultural respectability, but few have wandered longer than comic book, which has only recently begun to receive its critical and scholarly due. In October, the School of Art at Washington University in St. Louis will present The Rubber Frame: Culture and Comics, a book and a pair of complementary exhibitions that together trace the evolution of comics from early precursors in 18th and 19th century England and Switzerland to turn-of-the-last-century newspapers, the raucous undergrounds of the 1960s and ’70s and the literary alternative comics of today.
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