UMass Architecture Lecture Series FALL 2026
October 7 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
UMass Architecture Lecture Series
RESUMES September 16, 2026
Lectures are free and open to the public. You can self-report for credit
David Dillon Memorial Lecture
Wednesday, September 16 | 5:30pm, Design Building 170, UMass Amherst
Jack Murphy
Editor in Chief, The Architect’s Newspaper
Wednesday, September 30 | 5:30pm, Design Building 170, UMass Amherst
Rick Rundell, FAIA
Founder and Principal Advisor, Track 5.
Former Senior Director, Autodesk Research Programs
Five College Architectural Theory Seminar
Thursday October 1 | 5:30pm, Paino Lecture Hall, Beneski Museum, Amherst College
NOTE DIFFERENT VENUE
Ana Maria Leon Crespo
Associate Professor of Architecture, Harvard Graduate School of Design
Wednesday, October 7 | 5:30pm, Design Building 170, UMass Amherst
Sung Ho Kim + Heather Woofter
Sung Ho Kim: Architecture Program Director, Urban Design Program Director
College of Architecture & Environmental Design, Kent State University; Co-founder, Axi:Ome.
Heather Woofter: Dean, School of Architecture, The University of Texas Austin
Co-Founder, Axi:Ome
Wednesday November 4 | 5:30pm, Design Building 170, UMass Amherst
Hansy Better Baraza
Principal and Co-founder, Studio Luz
