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Join Kevin Adkisson for the return of the Center's popular History of American Architecture lecture series. The eighth annual installment will study utopias, and their role in shaping modern architecture.This 5-week series will introduce new utopias - from ideas and plans to buildings and entire cities—in a 75-minute, image-rich lecture that draws from the resources of Cranbrook Academy of Art Library and Cranbrook Archives.
All are welcome to attend this engaging series: students, curious beginners, seasoned enthusiasts, or design professionals.
Lecturer: Kevin Adkisson, Curator, Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research
$85 for Adults; $25 for Full-Time Students with ID
Free for Cranbrook Students (email [email protected])
✨Advance registration is required (fee includes all five lectures)
There are both in-person and virtual options for attendance:
◾ Virtual at 12:00 p.m.
◾ In-Person at 6:30 p.m.
◾ Virtual at 6:30 p.m.
This lecture series is eligible for American Institute of Architects Continuing Education Credits (AIA/CES)
Lecture Series:
◾ Week 1: Ideal Cities to Enlightenment Utopias, 1480-1864
◾ Week 2: The Promise of Industrialization, the Idealization of Craft, 1865-1918
◾ Week 3: Modernist Manifestos, Garden Suburbs, and World's Fairs, 1918-1944
◾ Week 4: Retreating, Reshaping, and Rebuilding, 1945-1979
Week 5: Our Own Utopias on a Turbulent Globe, 1979-present
The History of American Architecture lecture series is presented by Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research. The fee includes admission to all five lectures. Although the lectures build on each other, attendance at all five lectures is not required.
We look forward to seeing you at this year's HoAA Lecture Series!
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Cranbrook Art Museum deSalle Auditorium, 98 Institute Way, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304, United States,Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
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