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Anthony Vidler and Terry Smith on the
"Architectures of Aftermath"
Pittsburgh
April 2-3, 2007
In the aftermath of Mellon Professor Terry Smith's new book, The Architecture of Aftermath (University of Chicago Press, 2006), Prof. Smith engaged in a public dialogue on contemporary architecture with Anthony Vidler, Dean of the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of The Cooper Union.
The event was sponsored by the Department of the History of Art and Architecture and the Graduate Program in Cultural Studies, University of Pittsburgh and the School of Architecture, Carnegie Mellon University.
The Necessity of Utopia: Art, Architecture and Society from Plato to Koolhaas
Monday, April 2
Anthony Vidler Lecture
6:30-8 p.m. at CMU (venue TBA)
The Persistence of Theory
Tuesday April 3
Anthony Vidler Seminar
noon - 2 p.m., venue TBA
Open to all, but especially architecture and architectural studies students in the city
Contemporary Architecture after the Aftermath: Problems and Prospects
Tuesday April 3
Anthony Vidler and Terry Smith
6-7:30 p.m.
University of Pittsburgh: Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
Two papers: Anthony Vidler: "Histories and Theories of the
Aftermath" and
Terry Smith: "Currents of Contemporaneity: Dwelling on Futures"
Reception to follow in Frick Fine Arts Cloister.