Campus Architecture

Cesar Pelli, Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, New Haven, CT	Carol Ross Barney, Ross Barney Architects, Chicago, IL	Tom Oslund, Oslund and Associates, Minneapolis, MN	Ralph Johnson, Perkins + Will, Chicago, IL	Ken Johnson, SJA Architects, Duluth, MN

University of Minnesota Duluth Chancellor Kathryn A. Martin presents the Sieur du Luth Fall Lecture and Symposium focused on Campus Architecture.

Five architects, each with a stake in the growth of the University of Minnesota Duluth campus, will give an afternoon symposium on Campus Architecture from 2:30 – 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 18, in the Weber Music Hall on the UMD Campus. Architect Cesar Pelli will deliver the opening address. In the second event, Pelli from Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, New Haven, Conn. (UMD Weber Music Hall), will be joined in a panel presentation by Carol Ross Barney, Ross Barney Architects, Chicago, Il. (UMD Swenson College of Science and Engineering), Tom Oslund, Oslund and Associates, Minneapolis, Minn.(UMD landscape design), Ralph Johnson, Perkins + Will, Chicago, Il. (UMD Labovitz School of Business and Economics), and Ken Johnson, SJA Architects, Duluth, Minn. (UMD Library and local architecture support). Dean Thomas Fisher, College of Design, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities will serve as moderator for the event.

A presentation on Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Certification and Sustainability by Tom Oslund and John Rashid from UMD will end the symposium.

Students, faculty, staff, and community members are invited to this free presentation. For additional information, contact Kate Andrews at 218/726-7005 or kandrews@d.umn.edu.

September 18 — Schedule of Events:
2:00 p.m. Reception — Weber Music Hall Lower Lobby
2:30 p.m. Address by Architect Cesar Pelli

3:15 p.m. Questions and Answers

3:30 p.m. Architects Panel featuring:
* Cesar Pelli, Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, New Haven, CT
* Ken Johnson, SJA Architects, Duluth, MN
* Carol Ross Barney, Ross Barney Architects, Chicago, IL
* Ralph Johnson, Perkins + Will, Chicago, IL
* Tom Oslund, Oslund and Associates, Minneapolis, MN

4:45 p.m. Faculty Response

5:45 p.m. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, Certification and Sustainability

UMD Recent Building Projects Include:
Library, $26 million, open 2000
Weber Music Hall, $9.2 million, open 2002
Kirby Plaza, $20 million, open 2004
James I. Swenson Science Building, 33 million, open 2005
Sports and Health Center Addition $13 million, open 2006
Life Science Renovation, $15 million, open 2006
Labovitz School of Business & Economics $23 million, open 2008
Bagley Environmental Classroom, planned opening 2009
Civil Engineering Building, planned opening 2010

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