los angeles CALIFORNIA

Commonly understood today as a set of beliefs or practices in conflict with prevailing dogma, the word “heresy” derives from the Greek “heiresis,” meaning “choice.” In classical antiquity, the term also signified a period during which a young philosopher would examine various schools of thought in order to determine his future way of life.

symposium: “Modern Architecture in L.A.: A Confederacy of Heretics” with Ewan BRANDA, Hernan DIAZ ALONSO, Todd GANNON, Wes JONES, Jeffrey KIPNIS, Thom MAYNE, Eric MOSS, Andrew ZAGO, & more.
Friday, 06/14, 3.00-9.00 p.m,
Saturday, 06/15, 10.00 a.m.-4.00 p.m.
SCI-Arc Campus
960 East 3rd Street
Los Angeles, California 90013

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columbus OHIO

The Possible Mediums Conference, which took place at The Ohio State University Knowlton School of Architecture from February 07-10, 2013, brought together 18 designers, 120 students (from the four co-host schools: The Ohio State University Knowlton School of Architecture, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Architecture, University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning and University of Kentucky College of Design), and special guests John McMorrough and Jeffrey Kipnis, to participate in design workshops and formal discussions surrounding the question of mediums in contemporary architecture.

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los angeles CALIFORNIA

Eric Owen Moss was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. He received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California at Los Angeles. He holds Master Degrees in Architecture from both the University of California at Berkeley and Harvard University. Eric Owen Moss Architects was founded in 1973. . . .

Eric Owen MOSS, “The Man from the Country Where No One Else Lives”
intro. by Jeffrey KIPNIS
Wednesday, 03/06
7.00 pm / W.M. Keck Lecture Hall
SCI-Arc
960 East 3rd Street
Los Angeles, California 90013

Photo: Philip Arnold, Knowlton School of Architecture.

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los angeles CALIFORNIA

SCI-Arc
critics: Andrew ZAGO w/ guest advisor Jeffrey KIPNIS

suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.

Dale STRONG: This thesis is investigating formal architectural conditions existing between abstraction and legibility in order to challenge notions of sobriety and solemnity within the discipline of architecture. The context of the site, located on the campus of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, is architecturally earnest with neighbors like Mies Van der Rohe’s Brown Pavilion and Raphael Moneo’s Audrey Jones Beck building. To counter the seriousness of the surrounding and help lighten the mood, this thesis will make a serious attempt to introduce comic and licentious characteristics to the new building.

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columbus OHIO

This event will feature a conversation between Peter Eisenman and Jeffrey Kipnis regarding the Venice Biennale and Field of Dreams, the KSA’s entry into this year’s bi-annual exhibition featuring internationally-acclaimed architects and designers. The KSA team included Jeffrey Kipnis, Jose Oubrerie, Stephen Turk, and KSA graduate students. The team developed a model of Rome with interventions by Gregg Lynn, Stan Allen, Andrew Zago, Peter Eisenman, and Jose Oubrerie.

peter EISENMAN & jeffrey KIPNIS, “The Venice Biennale”
Tuesday, 11/13
5.30 pm / Big Stairs, Knowlton Hall
Knowlton School of Architecture
275 West Woodruff Avenue
Columbus OH, 43210

los angeles CALIFORNIA

In spring 2012, the University of Applied Arts, Vienna, issued an international competition to overhaul the campus of the Angewandte, a group of buildings that house the University as well as the Museum for Applied Arts in Vienna, Austria. The competition became the center of a polemic debate marking both the end and beginning of an entirely different architectural landscape in the city of Vienna, the repercussions of which are still unraveling today. This symposium aims to discuss the architectural outcome and the political ramifications of the fragility of an intellectual project.
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“Why Bother,” Jeffrey Kipnis, Wolf Prix, and Patrik Schumacher
Moderated by Hernan Diaz Alonso & intro. by Eric Owen Moss
Thursday, 10/11
7.00 pm / W. M. Keck Lecture Hall
SCI-Arc
960 East 3rd Street
Los Angeles, California 90013

vienna AUSTRIA

Why should architecture continue any effort to thwart the expectations and customs of its clientele and the public?

Jeffrey Kipnis (born 1951, Georgia, USA) is an architectural critic, theorist, designer, film-maker, curator, and educator. Kipnis first came to prominence through his association with avant-garde architect Peter Eisenman, and their joint collaboration with French philosopher Jacques Derrida. He has been a visiting professor at Princeton, Columbia, SCI-Arc, and Harvard. As a critic he has written for numerous periodicals, including Assemblage, El Croquis, Architectural Design, and Log.

jeffrey KIPNIS
“Why Bother?”
Thursday, 05/10
7.00 pm / Lichthof 2
University of Applied Arts Vienna
Oskar Kokoschka-Platz 2
1010 Vienna, AUSTRIA

new york NEW YORK

Storefront for Art and Architecture will present “Toward a Theory of Misbehavior,” a Manifesto Series event showcasing different generational approaches towards architecture theory on the occasion of the release of The Sniper’s Log: Architectural Chronicles of Generation X by Alejandro Zaera Polo. Presenters include: Kenneth Frampton, Peter Eisenman, Bernard Tschumi, Cynthia Davidson, Jeff Kipnis, Stan Allen , Sylvia Lavin, Sanford Kwinter, Alejandro Zaera Polo, Michael Meredith, Anna Pla Català , Bjarke Ingels, Eva Franch i Gilabert.

“Toward A Theory of Misbehavior”
Friday, 05/27
7.00-9.00 pm / Storefront for Art & Arch.
97 Kenmare Street
New York, NEW YORK 10012

boston MASSACHUSETTS

Digital Aptitudes
ACSA 100th Annual Meeting
March 1-4, 2012 in Boston, MA
Host School: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Co-chairs: Mark Goulthorpe, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Amy Murphy, University of Southern California
Presenters: Including Sanford Kwinter, Jeffrey Kipnis, Ingeborg Rocker, Kathryn Gustafson, Mark Burry, Anthony Vidler, Michael Silver, Michael Young, Volkan Alkanoglu, Skylar Tibbits, & more.

Digital Aptitudes: Opening Panel & Reception
Sanford Kwinter, Jeffrey Kipnis, Sylvia Lavin, Kathryn Gustafson, Mark Burry
Thurday, 03/01
6.00–8.30 pm / Boston Park Plaza
50 Park Plaza at Arlington Street
Boston, MA 02116

lexington KENTUCKY

04.13.10 6pm LOT gallery
please join local/international designers and thinkers at lexington’s land of tomorrow (LOT) gallery for a lecture by david ERDMAN followed by a discussion about contemporary architecture with jeffrey KIPNIS, marcelo SPINA, and michael SPEAKS.