Lecture
Location
Abby and Howard Milstein Auditorium
Milstein Hall
Contact
Department of Architecture
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Abstract
Leading architect Thomas Phifer of Thomas Phifer and Partners, New York, presents three major cultural projects: the Glenstone Museum, set in a serene location outside Washington, DC, the Museum of Modern Art Warsaw, and the TR Warszawa Theatre in the heart of the city of Warsaw. All three projects showcase remarkable approaches to space, light, and nature. The lecture will be followed by a discussion with AAP faculty and a Q&A with the audience.
Biography
Thomas Phifer
Since founding Thomas Phifer and Partners in 1997, Phifer has completed the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, an expansion of the Glenstone Museum in Potomac, Maryland, an expansion of the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, New York, the United States Courthouse in Salt Lake City, Utah, the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, North Carolina, the Raymond and Susan Brochstein Pavilion at Rice University in Houston, Texas, the Moody Amphitheater in Austin, Texas, two campus buildings for Indiana University, and houses across the United States.
Projects under construction include the TR Warszawa Theatre in Warsaw, an artists’ retreat in Maine, and the Wagner Park Pavilion, a key component of the South Battery Park City Resiliency Project in Lower Manhattan. Phifer is also engaged in private residences in Texas, Maine, and New York.
