UMass Fall Lecture Series & Exhibitions

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

UMass FALL LECTURE SERIES Wednesday October 23 | 5:30pm-6:30pm | Olver Design Building 170 Susanne Schindler. Design Critic, Harvard Graduate School of Design; Research Fellow, Harvard Joint Center of Housing Studies David Dillon Memorial Lecture Monday October 28 | 4:00-5:00pm | Olver Design Building 170 Jason Griffiths. Associate Professor & W. Cecil Steward Professor, [...]

WMAIA Annual Meeting

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

REGISTER NOW! WMAIA ANNUAL MEETING & GREEN GIANTS PRESENTATION 2023 Featuring:  Scholarships, Chapter Elections & a Special Green Giant Presentation in celebration of Laura Fitch AIA Tuesday December 12th | 5:30 – 8:00 PM| in person at 170 Design Building UMass|1HSW (for 4:30 tour, approval pending) BONUS -  arrive early and tour the Bromery [...]

Event Series UMass Spring Lecture Series

UMass Spring Lecture Series

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

UMass Department of Architecture Spring 2023 Lecture Series This spring UMass has a dynamic line-up of speakers who represent a diverse range of architectural practices, from academic base scholarship to activism to professional practice. All events scheduled to be help in-person at the Design Building on the UMass Campus. All events are free and [...]

Winter 2020 BCT Lecture Series – ZOOM WEBINAR – Incorporating Healthier Building Materials

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

Monday, April 13 | 4:00-5:15 | 170 Design Building | LUs: 1 HSW View from the Front Line: Incorporating Healthier Building Materials Lisa Carey Moore, LEED AP BD+C, Senior Sustainability Manager for Integrated Eco Strategy Products used on a project can have significant and enduring health effects—not only on your building’s occupants, but on [...]

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 – 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: 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 [...]

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: 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 [...]