
The University of New Mexico
NEWS RELEASE
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales 277-5920
cgonzal@unm.edu
Feb. 12, 2007
The University of New Mexico School of Architecture and Planning presents renowned Santa Fe architect Beverley Spears, delivering, “Ancient Roots, New Expressions: the Architectural Work of Beverley Spears,” on Monday, Feb. 19, at 5:30 p.m. in Northrup Hall, room 122, on the UNM campus.
Spears’ presentation is the George Pearl Fellow Lecture, an installment in the spring 2007 John Gaw Meem Lecture series.
Spears’ presentation explores the origins and current development of her career. Spears began her work in Santa Fe in 1975 as an urban designer, studying the historic development and visual characteristics of downtown Santa Fe for the City Planning Department. Her firm, Spears Architects, was established in 1981 as a design firm focusing on commercial/institutional facilities, residential design, urban design, landscape architecture and historic preservation. It continues to develop these areas of expertise, blending them in diverse projects and creating a body of work architecturally rich and sensitive to its environment. The firm is particularly proud of its ability to work with client “communities,” whether office, school, church or museum projects. Drawing from its experience with government and institutional projects, Spears Architects recognizes not only the sensitivity required to address important client needs, but also the foresight necessary for successful design and construction.
Based on an NEH grant to study pitched-roof adobe houses in northern New Mexico, Spears published “American Adobe” (UNM Press, 1986).
Northrup Hall is on the main UNM campus, south of the Duck Pond. For more information, contact the UNM School of Architecture and Planning at 277-5885, or see Events at http://saap.unm.edu/. This lecture is sponsored by the Historic Preservation and Regionalism Program of the UNM School of Architecture and Planning.
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