Dallas Architecture Forum, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing challenging and on-going public discourse about architecture, design and the urban environment, is pleased to present innovative architect James Richärd of Phoenix, Arizona. He will speak on Wednesday, December 3 at the Magnolia Theatre, West Village, 3699 McKinney Avenue.
The lecture by Mr. Richärd will occur at 7 p.m. with a complimentary reception beginning at 6:15 p.m. Tickets are $20 for general admission, and $5 for students (with ID). Tickets can be purchased at the door before the lecture. No reservations are needed to attend Forum lectures. Dallas Architecture Forum members receive free admission to all regular Forum lectures as a benefit of membership, and AIA members can earn one hour of CE credit for each lecture. For more information on the Dallas Architecture Forum, visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.org or call 214-764-2406.
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James Richärd, AIA is the architectural design principal of Richärd & Bauer Architecture, a studio-based architectural and interiors practice focusing primarily on higher education, research, public and academic library design. The firm was founded in 1996 by James Richärd, AIA and Kelly Bauer FIIDA. Formative experience within large firms reinforced the idea that the largest and best of projects were executed by a
small group of dedicated people with a common vision. To that end, the firm remains an intimate size of highly skilled and motivated people. Over its history the firm has garnered a multitude of local, regional, national and international design awards. The firm was recognized as a Designer of the Year by Contract Magazine and as the Firm of the Year by AIA Arizona in 2013. The studio was also recognized as an "Emerging Voice" by the Architectural League of New York and as a "New Vanguard" by Architectural Record. Richärd was also awarded the AIA Arizona Architects Medal in 2008. Richärd was educated at the University of Arizona, College of Architecture. As a designer with a large A/E firm in the Tucson Sonoran Desert, he developed a special sensitivity to the context of the region and environment.
Richärd has over twenty-five years of experience in planning, design and construction of complex and high profile projects. With broad-ranging architectural experience, he has specialized expertise in research labs, classroom buildings, higher education facilities and libraries. His design process lends itself to complicated multi-discipline clients. Richärd has extensive experience in facilitating the design process and technical knowledge for problem solving. Richärd’s integrated approach to sustainable design has resulted in award-winning environmentally sensitive architecture.
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Among the over 160 speakers who have addressed the Forum’s Lecture Series are Shigeru Ban, Brad Cloepfil, Diller + Scofidio, Peter Eisenman, Michael Graves, Daniel Libeskind, Thomas Phifer, Rafael Vinoly, Juhani Pallasmaa, AIA Gold Medal Winner Peter Bohlin, and regional architects David Lake and Ted Flato. Pritzker Prize winners speaking to the Forum have been Kazuyo Sejima, Rafael Moneo, Thom Mayne, Rem Koolhaas and Norman Foster (the latter two in collaboration with the ATT Performing Arts Center). Other speakers for the Forum have been leading designers Calvin Tsao, Andrée Putman, and Karim Rashid; landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh; and National Trust President Emeritus Richard Moe. Important critics, authors and patrons who have spoken to the Forum include Emily Pulitzer, Terence Riley, Pulitzer Prize winners Robert Campbell and Blair Kamin, Aaron Betsky, and the late David Dillon.
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