RAMAN @ ARUP
The University of Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning kicks off its spring lecture series with a bang. Mahadev Raman will be speaking today on the Main Street campus. He is an environmental engineer who leads Arup's building design sector in the Americas. Based in New York he has worked in Europe and North America where he has collaborated with Richard Rogers, Foster & Partners, Richard Meier and numerous other significant architects on a range of major projects. His expertise is in the design of energy efficient buildings and he is currently working on plans for a new sustainable campus for the University of California. He also teaches at Princeton and Columbia. Arup is one of the world's leading engineering firms with many projects on the cutting edge of technology. This lecture promises to be very much worth your time.
When and Where: January 25, 2006 / 301 Crosby Hall @ 5:30 pm, Main Street campus
Also of interest at UB is a talk and exhibit entitled Groen Hoek The East River Community Boathouse Competition. This event is sponsored by AIA Emerging NY Architects.
The Exhibition can be viewed until January 27 at the Dyett Gallery in Hayes Hall ( the one with the tower) on the Main Street campus. There will be a related presentation by Hanswater-Polshek Partnership Architects and Ryan Clarke, Associate Director, AIA NY today January 24 at 5:45 pm in Hayes Hall room 230.
University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning Hayes Hall 3435 Main Street Buffalo, New York 14214 http://www.ap.buffalo.edu/

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