Mexico City Surging: DF Architecture

Title: Mexico City Surging: DF Architecture
Location: Brown Auditorium, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, located at 1001 Bissonnet
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Description: Rice Design Alliance, with support from the Consulate General of Mexico, will kick off its annual spring lecture series on 3 February 2010 at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. This year’s program is Mexico City Surging: DF Architecture, and includes a lineup of young architects and urban planners helping to shape the burgeoning Mexico City landscape. The lectures coincide with Mexico’s year-long celebration of the Bicentennial of Mexican Independence (Día de La Independencia) and the Centennial of The Mexican Revolution (La Revolucíon Mexicana).

Greater Mexico City has a population exceeding 19 million people, making it the second largest metropolitan area in the Americas (after New York City) and the third largest in the world. Its architectural treasures are unmatched in the Western Hemisphere, with its abundance of Pre-Colombian and Colonial structures; radio announcers used to call Mexico City the “City of Palaces” in their daily broadcasts. Mexico City now boasts an extraordinary and growing body of modern architecture, led by a new generation of Mexican architects, planners, and designers.

Wednesday, February 3 РJos̩ Castillo
Co-founder and Principal, arquitectura 911sc

Wednesay, February 10 – Javier Sanchez
Principal, JSa

Wednesday, February 17 – Derek Dellekamp
Founder, Dellekamp Arquitectos

Wednesday, February 24 – Frida Escobedo
Principal, Frida Escobedo Lopez, Architect

Check out more information about all the speakers on our website!

All lectures will be held at 7:00 p.m. in Brown Auditorium, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, located at 1001 Bissonnet (enter via the Main Street door.) No guaranteed seating for ticket holders after 7:00 p.m.

Please join us for a 6 p.m. pre-lecture wine reception in the MFAH Foyer at 1001 Bissonnet. We thank our generous underwriters: Mission Constructors, Inc.; Barbara J. Amelio; Kendall / Heaton Associates; and Office Pavilion and Riviera.

Additional parking at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston is available until 7:00 pm for $3 in the museum garage located at the corner of Binz and Fannin Streets.

RDA will gladly make special accommodations for anyone needing assistance to attend a lecture. Contact RDA directly. A minimum of two week’s notice is appreciated.

Series Tickets:
$20 – RDA, MFAH members
$15 – Senior citizens 65 and older
$10 – Students with identification
$35 – Others

Single Tickets (upon availability):
$7 – RDA, MFAH members; Senior citizens 65 and older; Students with identification
$10 – Others

To purchase tickets for the series in advance, visit www.ricedesignalliance.org

The Rice Design Alliance is an AIA/CES Registered Provider of quality educational programs. For each lecture, attendees will earn one Learning Unit, which will be reported to CES Records on the member’s behalf. Registration at the lecture is required. Non-AIA members may request a Certificate of Completion to fulfill state MCE requirements.

This lecture series is supported by Austin Commercial; Gilbane; D. E. Harvey Builders; Haynes Whaley Associates, Inc.; Kirksey; Linbeck Group; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Satterfield & Pontikes Construction, Inc.; SpawMaxwell Company; TDIndustries, Inc.; Tellepsen; Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Tudor; Wylie Consulting Engineers; the Corporate Members of the Rice Design Alliance; the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance; the Texas Commission on the Arts; the National Endownment for the Arts; and the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Consulate General of Mexico in Houston; and Bank of America.
Start Time: 18:00 pm
Date: 2010-02-03