Kent State University, Florence Program | College of Architecture & Environmental Design
Jeannette Kuo, co-founding partner of Zurich-based Karamuk Kuo Architects and Assistant Professor-in-Practice of Architecture at Harvard Graduate School of Design, will lecture on Tuesday 1 October at 7 pm at Palazzo Vettori. Her lecture, titled “Possible Futures”, will be introduced by prof. Paola Giaconia. Jeannette Kuo’s research and work focus on the intersection of structures,…
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Alberto Iacovoni, founding partner at ma0 (www.ma0.it), an inter-disciplinary design practice based in Rome, Italy, will lecture on Tuesday 24 September at 2:30 pm at Palazzo Vettori. His lecture, titled “Open Forms. Architectures for the Public Realm”, will be introduced by prof. Paola Giaconia, Kent State University Florence CAED coordinator. Alberto Iacovoni, architect, is a…
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Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu, founding partners at Neri&Hu (www.neriandhu.com), an inter-disciplinary design practice based in Shanghai, China with an additional office in London, will lecture on Tuesday April 16 at Palazzo Vettori. Their lecture will be introduced by prof. Paola Giaconia. Founded in 2004 by partners Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu, Neri&Hu works internationally…
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Bernard Khoury of DW5 / Bernard Khoury, based in Beirut, Lebanon, will be at Palazzo Vettori presenting recent works by his office on Tuesday April 9 at 7 pm. His lecture, titled “Toxic Grounds”, will be introduced by prof. Marco Brizzi. Bernard Khoury studied architecture at the Rhode Island school of Design (BFA 1990 / B.Arch…
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The workshop “Between Tower and River”, that will run from Monday 1 to Friday 5 April 2019, continues the long-time collaboration between Kent State University Florence, College of Architecture & Environmental Design and DIDA, Dipartimento di Architettura dell’Università degli Studi di Firenze. Previous experiences have seen students engaged in architecture workshops and studios focused on…
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The week after midterm reviews (March 18 – 21, 2019), students enrolled in the Architecture and in the Interior Design programs at Kent State University in Florence attended the fifth edition of the LOOK AT ME NOW! workshop. Instructors were two architects, photographers and video makers who are especially talented in portraying contemporary architecture in photography…
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Casper Mork-Ulnes, principal at Mork-Ulnes Architects with offices in San Francisco and in Oslo, will lecture on Tuesday February 26 at Palazzo Vettori. His lecture, titled “Eight Houses in the Landscape”, will be introduced by prof. Andrea Ponsi. With offices in San Francisco and Oslo, Mork-Ulnes Architects approaches projects with both Scandinavian practicality and Northern California’s…
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Clara Murado, founding partner at Murado & Elvira, based in Madrid, will lecture on Tuesday February 19 at Palazzo Vettori. Her lecture, titled “Reading Spaces”, will be introduced by prof. Andrea Ponsi. Murado & Elvira is a Madrid-based multidisciplinary office founded by Juan Elvira and Clara Murado in 2003 dedicated to innovative architecture and interior design.…
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Adolfo Natalini will lecture on Tuesday January 29 at Palazzo Vettori. Marco Brizzi will introduce him. Adolfo Natalini is an Italian architect, author and designer, who was born in Pistoia, in 1941. After his experience as a painter, Natalini graduated in architecture in Florence in 1966 and founded Superstudio (with Cristiano Toraldo di Francia, Gian…
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Adrian Blanchard, architect at Natalini Architetti in Florence, will offer a special lecture on Thursday January 24, part of the program of the Architecture studios. The lecture is titled “A Brief History of Touching the Earth Lightly”. Born in Pontefract, England in 1954, he has been with Natalini Architects in Florence since 1993 working on…
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