Three Events from UC Berkeley's College of Environmental Design

LECTURE: Focus on Cities: the Expanding Potential of Urban Design, Ken Greenberg, Greenberg Consultants, Inc.
Date: February 2, 7:30 pm
Location: 112 Wurster Hall

Mr. Greenberg will deliver the keynote address of The Mayor's Institute on City Design, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, The United States Conference of Mayors, and the American Architectural Foundation; and hosted by The College of Environmental Design and The Institute of Urban and Regional Development at UC Berkeley.
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DEADLINE: edra/Places Awards nominations
Deadline: February 7, 2006

The edra/Places awards are unique in the ever-expanding universe of award programs. Their primary concern is for good places and how people inhabit them. They invite participation from a range of design and research disciplines, recognizing projects whose significance extends beyond any one profession or field. And they emphasize a link between research and practice, demonstrating how a careful understanding of human interaction with place can inspire design. For more information: Janet Singer, Executive Director, edra; 405-330-4863; edra@edra.org

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SYMPOSIUM: Thinking/Drawing: Drawing in an Electronic Age
Date: March 3 & 4, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Location: 112 Wurster Hall

March 3-4, the college will sponsor “Thinking/Drawing: Drawing in an Electronic Age”
a two-day symposium examining the need and role for drawing today in the design professions and fine arts. Organized by architecture professor Marc Treib, the program will broadly address the question “Why draw?” by variously examining the dynamic relationships between media, process, thought and environment.

Drawing, it has been said, is the language of design, the language by which we conceive and communicate our ideas to ourselves and to others. Today the presence of myriad images and virtual realities influences how we both see and think, underscoring the relation between the image and cognitive process.

Presenting papers and/or their work will include: Errol Barron, Professor of Architecture,
Tulane University; Christopher Brown, Adjunct Professor of Painting, California College of the Arts.

A reception will follow the completion of the program. Admission is free and open to the public, but registration is required.

For more information: http://www.ced.berkeley.edu/events/drawing .