About this Event
Join us to celebrate Our World in Ten Buildings: How Architecture Defines Who We Are and How We Live with author Michael P. Murphy, a renowned architect, educator, and writer. Murphy is deeply well-connected in the architecture, health, and social justice spaces,and has worked with many of the most prominent voices in them including Bryan Stevenson and Dr. Paul Farmer. Please join to learn about about the history and buildings. The event will included a rich book talk, Q & A session and a book signing line.
Who may be interested in this event:
- History Buffs
- Architects
- The Social Justice minded
You can join with a free or book ticket at this link. The books will be available for pick up at the event. Books will be available for purchase before the event as well.
From “tomorrow’s greatest designer” (The Atlantic), a personal and deeply researched look at how the choices we build into our environment reflect and determine the way we think, connect, and live.
About the Book:
Our World in Ten Buildings unpacks this hidden but ever more important element of our lived experience. As author and architectural designer Michael Murphy takes us through ten milestone projects in his career he lays bare the physical, political, and intellectual labor at work shaping the world we live in.
With rare insight, access, and passion, Murphy braids the history of architecture with his own iconic projects to show the power of urban design and how it revolutionizes our homes, minds, workplaces, safety, and health care. Profound, and accessible, Our World in Ten Buildings will change the way you look at and think about your surroundings.
About the Author:
Michael P. Murphy is an architect, educator, and writer, and is the founder and president of AMMA, a design and development collaborative focused on the ways in which space shapes our minds, bodies, and communities. In 2007, he founded the architectural non-profit firm, MASS Design Group, and was CEO until 2022, leading the design of their projects including the Butaro Hospital and The National Memorial for Peace and Justice to name a few. He is currently the Thomas Ventulett Chair of Architecture at The Georgia Institute of Technology. Originally from Poughkeepsie, New York, he lives in Los Angeles with his wife and children.
“Murphy opens a door to understanding architecture and some of the most basic qualities and unshakable principles of life itself.”
—Ai Weiwei
“Murphy peels back the layers of architecture to reveal how human choices—often invisible, always consequential—shape the places we inhabit and pass through daily.”
—Dan Barber, author of The Third Plate
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Source Booksellers, 4240 Cass Avenue, Detroit, United States
USD 0.00 to USD 34.59
