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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – , an internationally recognized architect and educator who has designed projects ranging from NFL stadiums to unique private homes, will speak Sept. 23 at as part of the Chancellor’s Lecture Series.
Eisenman is the founder of New York-based Eisenman Architects and is the first Irwin S. Chanin Distinguished Professor of Architecture at in New York City, which is dedicated to preparing students for careers in art, architecture and engineering. He also is the Louis I. Kahn Visiting Professor of Architecture at and a visiting professor at .
His lecture, “Architecture Matters,” will begin at 4 p.m. at the . A reception will follow the lecture at 5 p.m. Both events are free and open to the public. Parking is available in the Kensington Garage at 25th Avenue and Kensington Place.
Eisenman’s current projects include a 68,000-seat multipurpose stadium for the in Phoenix and a 75,000-square-foot complex, the City of Culture of Galicia in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, that includes two museums, two libraries and an opera house. He recently finished the , which was dedicated May 10 in Berlin.
Among Eisenman’s award-winning projects are the at , and the Koizumi Sangyo Corporation headquarters building in Tokyo, which received National Honor Awards for Design from the .
Eisenman founded the , an international think tank for architecture in New York, in 1967 and served as its director until 1982. He has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Arnold W. Brunner Prize from the , and a grant from the .
He has a bachelor’s degree from , a master’s from , and master’s and Ph.D. degrees from . His academic career includes work at Cambridge, Princeton, Yale and Ohio State.
Eisenman has written several books, most recently Eisenman: Inside Out, Selected Writings 1963-1988, published by Yale University Press in 2004. In addition, Eisenman’s numerous essays on architecture have appeared in magazines and journals worldwide, and recently published a full-page on Eisenman.
Eisenman’s lecture is the second this academic year in the ongoing Chancellor’s Lecture Series at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ. The event scheduled for Oct. 6 with Elliot Eisner, Lee Jacks Professor of Education and Professor of Art at Stanford University, has been canceled due to an injury to Eisner. His lecture has not been rescheduled at this time.
Artist Laurie Anderson will speak at the Chancellor’s Lecture Series event on Nov. 16.
The Chancellor’s Lecture Series seeks to bring to the university and the wider Nashville community those intellectuals who are shaping the world today. For more information about the Chancellor’s Lecture Series, visit .
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