RDA LECTURE SERIES-30N 60S: Latin American Architecture Revisited

Lectures will focus on transformations of and within Latin American
economies, politics, and society in the last decade and highlight the
currently flourishing moment of Latin American architectural innovation.

Tuesday, January 22
Alejandro Aravena
ELEMENTAL
Santiago, Chile

Wednesday, January 30
Rafael Iglesia
Rosario, Argentina

Wednesday, February 6
Daniel Bonilla Arquitectos
Bogota, Colombia

Wednesday, February 13
estudio teddy cruz
San Diego, California

Series Tickets: $25 - RDA, MFAH members
$20 - Senior citizens 65 and older
$10 - Students with identification
$40 – Others

Single Tickets (upon availability): $7 - RDA, MFAH members;
Senior citizens 65 and older; Students with identification

$10 – Others

WHEN: 7 pm
WHERE: Brown Auditorium at the MFAH, 1001 Bissonnet Street.

There will also be a short reception held just before each lecture at 6pm.

For other information visit the RDA's website or call 713-348-4876

UH Greenroof Updates!

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2007

Last Friday, the data collection equipment for monitoring the green roof was handed to Alex Alexander, Director of Plant Operations. The equipment was purchased with a generous RDA grant for students to track humidity levels, temperature and rainfall on the green roof, with continued opportunities for sustainable research in architecture.

There is a small portion of remaining grant funds for the purchase of more plants, if our time has not expired for using the funds. The Mexican Feathergrass that arrived last week from the Big Thicket was purchased also with the RDA funds. It really is going to be a fine addition to the Keeland Building.

Mr Alexander said his office would look over the installation plans of the data collectors and get with Geoffe Brune to discuss placement and installation.

equipment is for the East 3 bays, only.

RDA LECTURE - Wed. September 19

The second lecture of the fall lecture series, Design Activism: Agents of Change, this Wednesday, September 19th at 7 pm in the Brown Auditorium at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

In addition, thanks to our generous underwriter Debner + Company,
please join us upstairs in the museum lobby for a pre-lecture wine
reception from 6 pm to 6:45 pm.

Bryan Bell is the director of Design Corps, out of Raleigh, NC and
author of Good Deeds, Good Design (which will be available on
Wednesday evening for purchase and for a brief booksigning following
the lecture).

For more information about this series and our upcoming programming, please visit http://rda.rice.edu/index.php

To purchase tickets in advance, please call 713-348-4876. There is no guaranteed seating after 7 pm.

Series Tickets:
$25 - RDA, MFAH members
$20 - Senior citizens 65 and older
$10 - Students with identification
$40 - Others

Single Tickets (upon availability):
$7 - RDA, MFAH members; Senior citizens 65 and older; Students with identification
$10 - Others

RDA Civic Forum: EcoCities, July 11, 7pm

Everybody in Houston is talking "green".  But what, exactly, does this mean? What is an EcoCity? Does the European Union's EcoCity Project set the global standards? Are there exemplary local projects and initiatives, or does the term EcoCity only serve to point to Houston's role as a leading U.S. carbon producer?

Many Houstonians express a passionate interest in preserving and even increasing their city's green space. Are the strategies that seem to be productive in Europe and Asia, where many nations are working together to plan a sustainable future, applicable for us?

On Wednesday, July 11, 2007 at 7 p.m., the Rice Design Alliance (RDA) will hold a forum to begin to answer these questions.

Brown Auditorium, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
1001 Bissonnet (Enter via the Main Street door)

Admission is free and open to the public.