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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.

College of Architecture and Planning newspaper-style main poster image with layers of the Fall 2024-25 Lecture and Exhibition Series.

2024-25 CAP Lecture Series

Fall 2024 Schedule

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
yyyy-mm-dd, Co-Founder
>> 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
>> RSVP to Attend Thomas's Lecture 

 

Spring 2025 Schedule

Monday, January 27, 2025
Feldberg Rourke Endowed Lecture
12:10 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
12:10 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
12:10 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

Saturday, February 22, 2025
12:10 p.m., Second Floor Gallery, CAP
A Roundtable for Chinatowns Symposium
Organized by Assistant Professor, Leyuan Li
CU Denver CAP
>> Registration Details to Come

Monday, March 3, 2025
Feldberg Rourke Endowed Lecture
12:10 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
12:10 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
12:10 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
12:10 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
12:10 p.m., Second Floor Gallery, CAP
José Ibarra
CU Denver CAP
Assistant Professor
>> RSVP to Attend José's Lecture


2024-25 CAP Lecture and Exhibition Series Committee

Louise Bordelon
Priyanka deSouza
Leyuan Li (Lecture Chair)
Sarah Hearne (Exhibition Chair)

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