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Environmentally-friendly design and social responsibility of architects will be the focus of the 2006 John and Muriel Landis lecture at 8 p.m. May 2 in Oechsle Hall auditorium.
Architect Bruce Fowle, co-founder and senior principal of FXFOWLE ARCHITECTS, PC, in New York, will give the presentation and also participate in a roundtable discussion with A.B. engineering and art/architecture students in the Kirby Council Room at 4 p.m.
The lecture entitled, “Sustainable Design Teamwork: Architect & Engineer,” is connected with the launch of Lafayette’s new architectural studies minor being developed by Dave Veshosky, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and chair of the A.B. engineering program, and Robert Mattison, Metzgar Professor of Art History.
Fowle is a leading expert on sustainable architectural design, better known as the “green” or environmentally-friendly movement in building design. He co-founded FXFOWLE in 1978 based on his belief in a blend of excellence in design and environmental responsibility.
The firm has designed hundreds of projects including the CondéNastBuilding @ 4 Times Square, the New York Times building, and a new School of Management at SyracuseUniversity. In 2001, FXFOWLE earned the American Institute of Architects’ National Honor Award for Design, which is the highest honor the AIA bestows.
Fowle helped create New York New Visions immediately following the Sept. 11 attacks on the WorldTradeCenter. New Visions is a coalition of organizations that are shaping the planning and design of the area in response to the destruction.
Established by Trustee Emeritus John Landis ’39, the Landis Lectureship focuses on issues of technology and international cooperation. Previous Landis lecturers include author Isaac Asimov; New York Times foreign affairs columnist Thomas L. Friedman, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and recipient of the National Book Award; television journalist and former Texas state district judge Catherine Crier; B. Gentry Lee, space-systems engineer and science fiction novelist; Alden Meyer, director of government relations for the Union of Concerned Scientists; and Peter H. Gleick, co-founder and president of Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security.