THE ARCHITECTURE of NOWHERE BY JAMES KRUHLY

A LECTURE HOSTED BY THE RIBA AND SUPPORTED BY THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF CHARTERED ARCHITECTS

TUESDAY 22nd October 2013 at 6.00 for 6.30pm at THE RIBA IN THE LASDUN ROOM

James is a graduate cum laude with distinction in Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania and has a Master of Architecture from Yale University. He has been a visiting professor at the Universities of Pennsylvania, Temple, Southern California, and San Diego. He is a member of LOrdre des Architectes, France. He is Principal of James Kruhly Architects, a practice that is described by AIA Philadelphia as having received national recognition for designing architectural works of originality, subtlety and quiet excellence within difficult constraints imposed by the context. The practice has received numerous awards for work completed in ten US states and in Europe. Those Company members that went on the US East Coast trip in 2010 met James Kruhly in Philadelphia where he took us on a fascinating walking tour of historic buildings, including the Carpenters Hall (1770, Robert Smith).

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In April 2010 he delivered the Inaugural Exchange lecture the to the Carpenters Company, in the London Carpenters Hall. He is giving one lecture in the UK on a subject about which he is passionate international contextualism.

THE ARCHITECTURE of NOWHERE

As we enter a brave new world of open borders allowing architects to work in different countries, we cannot lose sight of the dangers of ignoring the larger context of each project, the cultural, political, historical and environmental context that makes each place special. Each project must have a sense of place or we will simply create an Architecture of Nowhere. With this lecture, it is our intention to show both how the issue of Contextualism has been sabotaged in various ways over the course of history and how architects around the world have responded to emphasize the uniqueness of each place. Today, the need for a responsible, sensitive and sometimes poetic Contextualism is quite essential. We cannot let globalization and the obsession with green technology result in the making of building where there is no there there.

The lecture is free of charge, but numbers are limited. To book a place. please reply to: wccareply@gmail.com with your name and email details reference RIBA LECTURE.

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