The University of New Mexico School of Architecture and Planning presents, “Desert Cities: Surviving the 21 st Century?” by John Meunier, former dean of the College of Architecture and Environmental Design, Arizona State University , on Friday, April 2, at 4:30 p.m. in Room 2018, Center for the Arts, UNM main campus.
This is the final lecture in the 2004 John Gaw Meem lecture series.
The illustrated lecture will focus on traditional and contemporary efforts in designing desert cities and sustainable structures throughout the world, with suggestions and lessons applicable to our current needs.
Meunier's recent work has focused on design of new buildings in historically sensitive urban contexts. He has been a design consultant to Cincinnati and served on its urban design review board. He is currently vice-chair of the City of Phoenix Central City Architectural Design review panel. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and was a fellow of Darwin College, Cambridge.
Prior to coming to Arizona in 1986, Meunier was director of the School of Architecture and Interior Design at the University of Cincinnati. He began his teaching career at Cambridge University, where he served on the architecture faculty from 1962 to 1976.
Meunier received a master's from Cambridge University and a master of architecture from Harvard University. He has published several articles on architectural education, edited “ Language in Architecture ,” and is the founding editor of the journal “ CENTRAL Papers on Architecture .”
Parking is available in the recently opened UNM Visitors Parking Garage near Stanford and Central. The lecture is free of charge and open to the public.
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales (505) 277-5920
Posted by kwentworth at March 22, 2004 04:44 PM