David Gissen
AUD Virtual Lecture Series
David Gissen is University Professor (2019-20) at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna; Eero Saarinen Professor of Architecture at Yale University (2019); and former Professor at the California College of the Arts, where he was based for twelve years. He has held the position of Visiting Professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation and the PhD. program in the History, Theory, & Criticism of Architecture and Art (HTC) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He lectures and teaches in the areas of architecture, urban, and landscape history-theory, design, preservation, and architecture and urban writing.
David is the author of four books and over sixty essays. His books include the materialist study of architecture and the modern urban environment, Subnature: Architecture’s Other Environments (2009) and a history of New York City as told through struggles with the City’s air Manhattan Atmospheres (2014).
This event is presented by UCLA Department of Architecture & Urban Design.
Event Date: Wednesday, May 13, 12 p.m.
Venue: Online lecture
Price: Free
The UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design is pleased to announce the continuation of their Spring 2020 public programs with a series of virtual lectures.
Lectures will take place Wednesdays at noon. View the complete schedule
Stay engaged. Use #UCLAarts to stay connected.
