/news-archive/tag/architecture-and-design-network/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Thu, 05 Apr 2018 20:45:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2018/04/05/windgate-center-architecture-design-network-lecture/ Thu, 05 Apr 2018 20:45:18 +0000 /news/?p=70068 ... Windgate Center subject of Architecture and Design Network lecture]]> The design of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock鈥檚 new Windgate Center of Art and Design will be the subject of an April 10 lecture by the Architecture and Design Network.聽 The Windgate Center of Art and Design, which opened in January 2018, is the result of a $20.3 million gift from the Windgate Charitable Foundation. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 6 p.m. in the Windgate Center with a reception at 5:30 p.m. The panelists feature members of the Windgate Center鈥檚 building committee, including Tom Clifton, dean of the College of Arts, Letters, and Sciences; Mia Hall, director of Penland School of Crafts and former chair of the Department of Art and Design; Floyd Martin, professor of art history; Carey Roberson, chair of the Department of Art and Design; and John Greer, principal architect for WER Architects. The Windgate Center is physically divided into two distinct architectural forms based on the unique use of the spaces. Both forms are connected and share common utilities and circulation patterns. The studio arts portion of the building is a three-story, structural steel-framed building that houses classrooms, galleries, a lecture hall, departmental administration suite, and permanent collection storage that make up the visual arts program. The applied design area of the building is a single-story, high-bay industrial-style space that lends itself to three-dimensional forms of art. The building is designed to have a strong community presence to help strengthen the various community partnerships that have been forged over the years. Access for gallery shows, art festivals, and other events is an important component in the building design. Sustainable measures are fully integrated into the building orientation, exterior envelope, and support systems to support energy and long-term maintenance efficiencies. The building will pursue LEED Gold and is currently being registered in the LEED Certification program. The talk is a part of the Architecture and Design Network鈥檚. For additional information, contact ArchDesignNetwork@gmail.com.]]> /news-archive/2017/02/28/discuss-cinematic-images-emerald-city-oz/ Tue, 28 Feb 2017 16:03:06 +0000 /news/?p=66449 ... Modern architecture scholar to discuss cinematic images of Emerald City of Oz]]> A visiting modern architecture scholar will discuss the skyscraper and its effect on popular American culture on Thursday, March 9, at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.聽 , chair of the Department of Art History at Pennsylvania State University, will give his lecture, 鈥�The American Skyscraper from the Emerald City of Oz to Glass Towers of the 1950s,鈥� at 6 p.m. in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall in the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Fine Arts Building. The event is free and open to the public. The will host a reception at 5 p.m. in the Fine Arts Building. The illustrated presentation will explore two case studies of skyscrapers in popular culture. The first topic is images of the Emerald City of Oz as presented in the 1939 classic film, 鈥淭he Wizard of Oz.鈥� 鈥淭he cinematic image of this streamlined magical city will be examined within the context of the skyscraper age of the 1920s and 1930s as well as the Great Depression,鈥� Zabel said. 聽 The second topic discussed will be the Lever House, a glass-walled skyscraper built in 1952 by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. The building serves as a 鈥渃ollision of radical modernism and American consumerism/advertising targeting the 1950s housewife,鈥� Zabel said. 聽 Zabel teaches courses in modern architecture, with emphases on the architecture of the United States, Russia, Germany, and Great Britain. Before arriving at Penn State in 1985, he taught in the Department of Fine Arts at Dickinson College and in the Schools of Architecture at the University of Virginia and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Additionally, he is co-editor of 鈥淎merican Public Architecture: European Roots and Native Expressions.鈥� He has taught at Penn State since 1985 and chaired the Department of Art History since 1996. This lecture is part of the artWORKS series funded by a grant from the Windgate Foundation, and is co-sponsored by the Department of Art and Design, and the Architecture and Design Network as part of the June Freeman lecture series. For more information, contact Floyd Martin at 501.569.3182 or fwmartin@ualr.edu. ]]>