ARCHITECTURE ARRIVES

ARCHITECTURE ARRIVES:
The Post War Boom! Wham! Bam!
AH 112

These lectures will put the postwar movements in architecture in context with the political, economic, artistic and social atmosphere of the late 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s. Each of the three-part series will help to illuminate the development of architecture and culture that is now considered historic -– and enlightening.

Session 1: Restoration or Radical Reconstruction: Ordinary, Symbolic, and Cultural Memory.
What happens to architecture? Sometimes it’s torn down, or deteriorates, or restored, or radically reconstructed. All of this can be ordinary, but the most evocative part of any this is the important symbolic and cultural memory that affects and inspires us.

Session 2: Unfamiliar Architecture: Form Forever Follows Function … Sometimes.
Architecture can strongly survive, but sometimes the function of such things can culturally crumble. Learn how things form, function, and follow in our lives.

Session 3: Strange and Surreal: The Frenzy of Architectural Aesthetics.
Architectural design swings both ways, sometimes further than expected. Such unique characters — the people involved and the buildings created — often have influence on how our community progresses and transform our paths to the future.

Presenter: Ted Wells
is an architectural and cultural historian, author and principal of a firm for design, publishing and film production. He is the trustee managing the restoration and operation of historically significant and protected architectural sites as well as for museum exhibitions and education programs throughout the United States, Mexico, Great Britain and Europe. He is the Director of Ted Wells Trust, dedicated to arts and architecture, thought and culture.

Developer: Gloria Moldow

Dates/Time:
Fridays, April 6, 13 and 20
1:00 - 3:00 PM

Facilitators:
Sally Snyder 714-328-6810
salLysnyder@cox.net
Holly Schuman 949-939-1631
schumanhome@yahoo.com