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 continue its 2012-13 season of lectures with award-winning landscape architect James BURNETT, the designer of Klyde Warren Park, who will speak Thursday, November 8 at 7 p.m. at the Magnolia Theatre in the West Village at 3699 McKinney Ave. This lecture is presented in collaboration with the Association of Architecture Organizations. Season Benefactors are Briggs-Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty | Claire Dewar. Fall Series Benefactors are Corgan Associates, The Joule, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Maharger Development | Reggie Graham, modmedia,inc//moderndallas.net. Lecture Benefactor is Southern Botanical. Reception Underwriters are Frank Aldridge, Mathews Nichols Group and Gensler.
The lecture will start at 7 p.m. with a complimentary reception beginning at 6:15 pm. 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.
James BURNETT, FASLA
Landscape Architect of Klyde Warren Park
San Diego, California
8 November 2012
Magnolia Theatre, West Village
Jim Burnett founded the Office of James Burnett in 1989 and has dedicated his career to creating meaningful spaces that challenge the conventional boundaries of landscape architecture. To date, Jim has garnered over fifty state and national design awards for projects consistently cited for innovative design solutions. Jim has taken a multi-disciplinary approach to his practice, often working closely with design teams of well-known architects, planners, artists, and other professionals, including doctors, scientists, and a diverse range of clients. In his work, ranging from corporate and educational campuses, park planning, resorts, healthcare campuses, and visionary projects, there has been a particularly strong focus on designing landscapes that promote healthy living.
His work and writings in health care design have been widely published and have changed the approach to creating healing environments, bringing the needs of the patients to the forefront of projects. Jim has a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from Louisiana State University and has been a member of the Louisiana State University Design Circle since 2000. In 2004 Jim was made a Fellow by the American Society of Landscape Architects, the highest form of honorary recognition that the professional association can bestow upon one of its members. Among the firms’ many projects are the Brochstein Pavilion at Rice University, the Annenberg Estate (Sunnylands) in California, the Conoco Phillips World headquarters, and Lakeshore East Park in Chicago. The firm has received numerous awards and recognitions including multiple Texas SLA recognitions and an ASLA National Honor Award for Design for The Brochstein Pavilion.
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Among the over 130 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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