UMASS architecture Lectures: Beatriz Colomina

UMass Olver Design Building 170 551 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, United States

X-Ray Architecture Synopsis: Every age has its signature afflictions and each affliction has its architecture. This lecture will explore the psychopathologies of architecture--from the trauma of tuberculosis to more recent disorders such as burn-out syndrome, ADHD, allergies, and the environmentally hypersensitive unable to live in the modern world. Diagnostic tools from X-Rays to MRIs [...]

Net Zero School Summit – CT AIA

Rudolph Hall, Yale School of Architecture 180 York Street, New Haven, CT, United States

Net Zero School Summit January 31st, 2020 8:00am - 4:30pm Rudolph Hall, Yale School of Architecture 180 York Street New Haven, CT 06511 AIA Connecticut, in collaboration with the CT Green Building Council and the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA) is hosting their very first Net Zero Schools Summit at the Yale School [...]

Winter 2020 BCT Lecture Series – Active Chilled Beams and Radiant Cooling

UMass Olver Design Building 170 551 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, United States

Monday, February 10 | 4:00-5:15 | 170 Design Building |credit pending approval Active Chilled Beams and Radiant Cooling Giancarlo Tosi, MS, Regional Manager: DADANCO Mr. Tosi is a graduate of UMass Amherst’s Engineering School. Mr. Tosi’s role within DADANCO is promoting the understanding and marketing the product of the recent building cooling technology revolution [...]

UMASS architecture Lectures: Eric Bunge

UMass Olver Design Building 170 551 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, United States

Buildings and Almost Buildings Synopsis: Is architecture inherently complete? Or is it a state of incompletion and seeming inadequacy that incites us to imagine architecture as an armature for an ever-changing daily life? Across a range of buildings, public spaces, and ephemeral installations, nARCHITECTS argues for the formal and social potential of an architecture [...]

Post-Disaster Building Safety Assessment Training

BSA Space 290 Congress Street, Suite 200, Boston, MA, United States

POST-DISASTER BUILDING SAFETY ASSESSMENT TRAINING – focused on earthquake damage in Puerto Rico Hosted by the MA Architects & Engineers Emergency Response (MA AEER) Task Force Saturday February 29 | 9:00 – 5:00 PM | BSA Space |6.5 HSW REGISTER AEER disaster assistance organization in Massachusetts is offering a Safety Assessment Program Workshop specifically [...]

Winter 2020 BCT Lecture Series – Forensic Architecture and The Standard of Care

UMass Olver Design Building 170 551 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, United States

Monday, March 2 | 4:00-5:15 | 170 Design Building | LUs: 1 HSW Forensic Architecture and The Standard of Care Christopher D. Ling, AIA, NCARB, PP, LEED AP, CCT, Principal, Archforensic Architecture forensics assist attorneys and insurance companies with the resolution of their construction litigation claims. Mr. Ling is directly responsible for all litigation [...]

UMASS architecture Lectures: Deborah Morris

UMass Olver Design Building 170 551 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, United States

Lecturer: Deborah Morris Read about the entire lecture series here.

Winter 2020 BCT Lecture Series – ZOOM WEBINAR – Sustainable Forest Initiatives

ZOOM Webinar , United States

Monday, March 23 | 4:00-5:15 | 170 Design Building |credit pending approval Sustainable Forest Initiatives Russell Chapman, Architectural Consultant for Sierra Pacific Windows Now being presented as a ZOOM webinar. If you register, or have already registered, you will receive the access information. The Sustainable Forrest Initiative (SFI) works with the forest sector, brand [...]