Thomas Vietzke explains the structure of the pavilion Zaha Hadid Architects designed for Millennium Park in Chicago to celebrate the centenary of Daniel Burnham's 1909 Plan of Chicago.
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Thomas Vietzke of Hadid Architects talks about their Burnham Pavilion in Millennium Park
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Stewart Brand talks about 4 environmental 'heresies'
The man who helped usher in the environmental movement in the 1960s and '70s has been rethinking his positions on cities, nuclear power, genetic modification and geo-engineering. This talk at the US State Department is a foretaste of his major new book, sure to provoke widespread debate.
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Talks on Green Architecture
How do we design for a sustainable future? Leadel.NET takes a look at the future of Green Architecture by sitting down with some of the leading pioneers in the field.
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Rem Koolhaas talks about fundraising for the S. R. Crown Hall
One of the most influential architects of the 20th century and director of the College of Architecture at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) for 20 years, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe expressed his modernist vision in the IIT campus, which he designed in the 1940s and 1950s. IIT's Mies van der Rohe Society is restoring his masterworks on the campus, enhancing the buildings to serve educational needs, and reinforcing Chicago's international reputation for architectural distinction. The Mies Society is a membership organization whose fundraising has supported the award-winning restoration of S. R. Crown Hall, Wishnick Hall, and currently, Carr Memorial Chapel (Mies' only religious building, interior photo here).
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