CAP Lectures and Exhibitions

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Our lectures and exhibitions are free and open to the public. Lectures will be hosted in-person in CAP's 2nd Floor Gallery and recorded, unless otherwise noted. We invite you to sign-up for our mailing list to stay up to date on current and future CAP lectures and exhibitions.

2024-25 CAP Lecture Series

Spring 2025 Schedule

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Monday, January 27, 2025
Feldberg Rourke Endowed Lecture
12:15 p.m., Second Floor Gallery, CAP
Jesús Vassallo
Rice University
Associate Professor
>> RSVP to Attend Jesús' Lecture

Monday, February 3, 2025
Feldberg Rourke Endowed Lecture
12:15 p.m., Second Floor Gallery, CAP
Sylvia Lavin
Princeton University
Professor, History and Theory of Architecture
>> RSVP to Attend Sylvia's Lecture

Monday, February 10, 2025
12:15 p.m., Second Floor Gallery, CAP
Joseph Altshuler
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Assistant Professor
Could Be Design, Principal and Co-Founder 
>> RSVP to Attend Joseph's Lecture

Monday, February 17, 2025
12:15 p.m., Second Floor Gallery, CAP
Maria Novotná
Slovak Technical University in Bratislava, PhD Student
CU Denver CAP, Visiting Scholar 
>> RSVP to Attend Maria's Lecture

Monday, February 24, 2025
12:15 p.m., Second Floor Gallery, CAP
Liz Babcock
City and County of Denver
Executive Director, Office of Climate Action, Sustainability, and Resiliency (CASR)
>> RSVP to Attend Liz's Lecture

Monday, March 3, 2025
Feldberg Rourke Endowed Lecture
12:15 p.m., Second Floor Gallery, CAP
Rossana Hu
University of Pennsylvania Weitzman School of Design, Chair and Miller Professor of the Department of Architecture
Neri&Hu Design and Research Office, Co-Founder
>> RSVP to Attend Rossana's Lecture

Monday, March 10, 2025
Maria Luisa de Min Puggioni Endowed Lecture
12:15 p.m., Second Floor Gallery, CAP
Mariana Ordóñez Grajales and Jesica Amescua Carrera
Comunal: Taller de Arquitectura, Founders
>> RSVP to Attend Mariana and Jesica's Lecture

Monday, March 17, 2025
12:15 p.m., Second Floor Gallery, CAP
Zeina Koreitem
Southern California Institute of Architecture, Faculty
MILLIØNS, Co-Founder
>> RSVP to Attend Zeina's Lecture

Thursday, April 3, 2025
12:15 p.m., Second Floor Gallery, CAP
Lisa Moffitt
Carleton University
Associate Professor of Architecture and Associate Director of the Graduate Program
Exhibition | Architecture's Model Environments | April 3 - May 3
>> RSVP to Attend Lisa's Lecture

Monday, April 7, 2025
12:15 p.m., Second Floor Gallery, CAP
José Ibarra
CU Denver CAP
Assistant Professor
>> RSVP to Attend José's Lecture

Monday, April 14, 2025
12:15 p.m., Second Floor Gallery, CAP
Amy Ford
Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (DOTI_, City and County of Denver
Executive Director
>> RSVP to Attend Amy's Lecture

Monday, April 28, 2025
12:15 p.m., Second Floor Gallery, CAP
Andrew Zitcer and Vincent Russell
(Respectively) Drexel University, Director of the Urban Strategy Graduate Program, and Associate Professor of Arts Administration
Western Carolina University, Assistant Professor and the Liberal Studies Program Coordinator in the Department of Communication
>> RSVP to Attend Andrew and Vincent's Lecture

Fall 2024 Schedule

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Monday, August 26, 2024 
12:10 p.m., Second Floor Gallery, CAP
Erin Besler
Princeton University, Assistant Professor
Besler & Sons, Founder
Exhibition | In Stock: A Barn Raising in Two Parts | August 26 - September 26
Performance | Barn Raising and Opening | August 27 | 1 - 4 p.m. in the CAP Annex Forecourt
>> Watch Erin's Lecture

Monday, September 16, 2024
ColoradoBuildingWorkshop Presentation
5:30 p.m., Second Floor Gallery, CAP - Exhibition Opening Reception
6:00 p.m., Lawrence Street Center, Terrace Room - Presentation
Rick Sommerfeld
CU Denver CAP, ColoradoBuildingWorkshop
Associate Professor and Director
>> Watch Rick's Lecture

Monday, September 23, 2024
4:00 p.m., Second Floor Gallery, CAP
M. Elen Deming
North Carolina State University
Professor, Director of Doctor of Design Program 
>> Watch M. Elen's Lecture

Thursday, October 3, 2024
12:10 p.m., Second Floor Gallery, CAP
Brittany Utting and Daniel "DJ" Jacobs
(Respectively) Rice University, Assistant Professor and University of Houston, Instructional Assistant Professor
HOME-Office, Founders
>> Watch Brittany and DJ's Lecture

Thursday, October 10, 2024
12:10 p.m., Second Floor Gallery, CAP
Kate Yeh Chiu
Materials and Applications, Executive Director
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>> Watch Kate's Lecture

Tuesday, October 22, 2024
12:10 p.m., Second Floor Gallery, CAP
Michael O'Sullivan
Bull O'Sullivan Architecture
Architect
>> Watch Michael's Lecture

Thursday, October 24, 2024
Catherine and Alec Garbini Historic Preservation Lecture
12:10 p.m., Second Floor Gallery, CAP
Jorge Otero-Pailos
Columbia GSAPP
Professor, Director of the Master of Science in Historic Preservation and PhD in Historic Preservation Program
>> RSVP to Attend Jorge's Lecture

Thursday, November 7, 2024
Third Annual Mark Outman, FAIA Memorial Lecture
6:00 – 6:30 p.m. - Light Refreshments
6:30 – 7:30 p.m. - Presentation
Lewis I. Sharp Auditorium at the Denver Art Museum
Thomas Phifer
Thomas Phifer and Partners
Founder
>> Watch Thomas Phifer's Lecture (Beginning at 15:50)

2024-25 CAP Lecture and Exhibition Series Committee