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SU Florence Fall 2010 Lecture Series
	Digital Ito New Media, New Real Patrizia Mello December 2, 2010 6:30pm - School of Architecture, Syracuse University in Florence, Piazza Savonarola 15, Florence

	Maxximalism Rise (and Expected Fall) of a Cultural Institution in Italy Pippo Ciorra, senior curator Maxxi-Architettura November 24, 2010 6:30pm - School of Architecture, Syracuse University in Florence, Piazza Savonarola 15, Florence

	A Toast Welcome Reception celebrating 30 years of Syracuse Architecture in Italy November 10, 2010 6pm - Villa Rossa, Piazza Savonarola 15, Florence

	The Italian City as Entertainment Machine Prof. Paola Somma, IUAV October 13, 2010 6:30pm - School of Architecture, Syracuse University in Florence, Piazza Savonarola 15, Florence


SU Florence Spring 2010 Lecture Series
	Informal Networks Cecil Balmond, Structural Engineer, OVE ARUP, London March 24, 2010 5pm – Salone Brunelleschi, Istituto degli Innocenti, Piazza SS Annunziata, Florence Cecil Balmond, one of the world's most exceptional structural engineers and deputy Chairman of the Ove Arup Group in London, is best known for his inventive approach toward creatively applied mathematical formulas and art, which ultimately challenge the boundaries of architecture and structural engineering.


SU Florence Spring 2009 Lecture Series

	Civic Space in Scattered Cities SUF School of Architecture Symposium March 25, 2009 - 3.30pm Ospedale degli Innocenti, Salone Brunelleschi Piazza SS. Annuziata, Florence As the world’s cities continue to expand, with more than 50% of the current population urbanized, urban form becomes increasingly spotty and disconnected. Despite their greater size and productivity, cities generally have not made a corresponding investment in the public realm. Civic Space in Scattered Cities Program


SU Florence Fall 2008 Lecture Series

	Guido Beltramini “Palladio and the Design of Battle” Wednesday, October 1, 2008 Fall Inaugural Lecture in collaboration with SU Florence on the 500 Year Anniversary of the Birth of Palladio Evening lecture preceded by student roundtable comparing illustrations of ancient Greek and Roman battle arrangements with those of Palladio’s published ville and pallazzi

	Akos Moravanszky “Shedding Light On Things. Atmospheres in Recent Swiss Architecture” November 5, 2008 Camillo Sitte's "picturesque urbanism" and its influence on recent Swiss architecture, in particular the notion of atmosphere in the work of Zumthor and younger Swiss architects

	Giorgio Ciucci “The Autonomy of Architecture and History: Rossi and Tafuri” November 11 + 12, 2008 A two-lecture colloquium covering the dabate on modernity and tradition in Italy after WW2, with a glance on the previous period (fascism) and new positions on architecture and history later presented by Aldo Rossi and Manfredo Tafuri

	Symposium Spring 2008 The Political Dimension of Architecture An international symposium organized by the School of Architecture of Syracuse University in Florence and the Osservatorio sull'Architettura della Fondazione Targetti. In collaboration with the Assessorato all'urbanistica del Comune di Firenze and the Istituto degli Innocenti. March 18, 2008 3:30 - 8:00pm Salone Brunelleschi, Istituto degli Innocenti Piazza Santissima Annunziata Florence, Italy For more information: 055.5031.345


SU Florence Fall 2007 Lecture Series

	Robert Maxwell London Uk Former Dean, Princeton School Of Architecture, Professor, Architectural Association London Alan Colquhoun Professor Emeritus, Princeton University Lecture and Round Table Rowe and Mannerism in Modern Architecture November 12, 2007 Room 13 - 6:30 pm

	Gabriele Mastrigli Architecture in the Age of Books Theories and Stories behind S,M,L,XL November 26, 2007 6:30 pm Villa Rossa Room 13

	Jose Echavarria Architect, Spain 25 years of Urban Development in Spain December 3, 2007 6:15 pm Villa Rossa Room 13