Events 2017

11 Feb. “Brutalism and Preservation,” for AIA Committee on Historic Resources, 2017 Taliesin Colloquium, at Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Ariz.

Events 2016

3 Mar Keynote Address for conference “Future of Suburbia,” Center for Advanced Urbanism, MIT

18 June “Griffin and the Mainstream of Modernism” for Walter Burley Griffin Society of America, 17th annual meeting, Morgan Park Academy

21 July panelist for “New Architectures and Urbanisms of Decentralization,” organized by Marshall Brown and Judith De Jong at Graham Foundation, Chicago

24 Sep. Panel on Arts Club of Chicago at Expo Chicago 2016

15 Oct. “The Landscape of Sprawl” for 40th Anniversary Symposium of the Historic Preservation and Planning Program, Cornell University

Events 2015

28 Feb. Toronto Panel on Leveraging the Marketplace at After Empirical Urbanism conference, University of Toronto

17 Apr. Chicago Sprawl, Gentrification and Preservation for session on 21st Century Critical Conservation at SAH National meeting

18 Apr. Chicago panelist for SAH Chicago seminar at SAH national meeting

19 Apr. Tour leader, Mid-Century Modernism on the River with Alison Fisher for SAH national meeting in Chicago

18 June Edmonton Presentation Sprawl and the Future of the North American City for Urban Development Institute of Alberta

18 June Edmonton Some Thoughts on Brutalism Presentation for MADE

1 Oct. Panel organized by Van Alen Institute, ÒInternational Perspectives on Chicago and the Future of Urban Change,Ó Art Institute of Chicago

9 Oct. Chicago The Chicago Tradition in Architecture: Inspiration or Artifact? Keynote address for 2015 Environment Symposium sponsored by Richard H. Driehaus Foundation,

Events 2014

4 Nov. Program (with Thomas Leslie) on Native Modernism in Chicago for Architecture and Design Society of the Art Institute of Chicago

18 Oct.: Presentation at event honoring David Van Zanten, Art Institute of Chicago

11 Oct. Alliance Française de Milwaukee Introduction to film on William LeBaron Jenney from Ecole centrale des arts et manufactures, Paris

28 June Tour of public housing in Chicago, with Todd Palmer and Peter Landon, for AIA national meeting

27 June Chicago Panel on Washington Metro for AIA national meeting in Chicago

26 June Chicago Lecture on Brutalism and Preservation for AIA Historic Resources Committee at AIA national meeting

5-7 June Cleveland State University Presentation on preservation in small industrial cities at Historic Preservation in America's Legacy Cities program

29 May Denver Debate with Peter Calthorpe for Politico “What Works” event

7 May Chicago Panel on preservation with Jim Peters, Phyllis Ellin, Eleanor Gorski, Lisa Yun Lee, and Remi Pappilaut, Great Cities Institute

9 April Oak Park Lecture on suburban architecture for American Institute of Architects, Northeast Illinois Chapter

8 April Alliance Française de Chicago Introduction to film on William LeBaron Jenney at

3 April Columbus, Indiana Keynote address for conference on Harry Weese: Creative Syncretism and the Early Architectural Work of Harry Weese, sponsored by Indiana University Center for Art and Design

18 March New York Presentation on Harry Weese, National Arts Club