The Department of the History of Art and Architecture presents a series of talks by renowned architects presented in coordination with Raymond Hood and the American Skyscraper, a virtual exhibition online through December 31, 2020, curated by Dietrich Neumann, Professor of the History of Modern Architecture and Brown University Ph.D. student Jonathan Duval. The Architects in Conversation lectures can be accessed via the Brown Arts Initiative's YouTube channel.
Pawtucket native, Raymond Hood has been called “the last great architect of America’s Metropolitan era.” As part of a month-long exhibition at Brown's Bell Gallery, HIAA Professor Dietrich Neumann has invited five contemporary architects working in New York and Chicago, whose work follows the spirit and tradition of Hood's American skyscraper designs.
The exhibition takes place from April 4 through May 24 at the David Winton Bell Gallery and includes photographs, models, videos and nearly 75 architectural drawings that explore Raymond Hood’s built and unbuilt skyscrapers. Hood is known for his designs of the Chicago Tribune Tower, The New York Daily News Building, the McGraw-Hill Building and Rockefeller Center in New York.
Lecture Series
February 28 at 1 pm in List 120
Carol Krinsky | Professor of Art History, New York University
March 9 at 6 pm in List 120
Amale Andraos | Dean, Columbia Graduate School of Architecture and Co-Founder, WORKac
March 12 at 6 pm in List 120
Juliane Wolf | Principal, Studio Gang
Raymond Hood and the American Skyscraper
Opening April 10 at 5:30 pm in the David Winton Bell Gallery featuring art historians Katherine Solomonson (University of Minnesota) discussing Hood's Chicago Tribune building featuring art historians, and Isabelle Gournay (University of Maryland) discussing his life in Paris.
April 16 at 6 pm in List 120
Annabelle Selldorf | Founding Principal, Selldorf Architects
April 20 at 6pm in List 120
Laurinda Spear (BFA ’72) Brown Trustee, 2003-2009 | Founding Principal, Arquitectonica
Sponsored by the Department of the History of Art and Architecture and the Charles P. Sisson II Memorial Lectureship. All lectures are free and open to the public.