For Immediate Release: November 20, 2008
Media Contact: Marketing and Communication Department
2008 L'Enfant Lecture on City Planning and Design
Paul Goldberger: Revisiting "Learning from Las Vegas"
WHAT
Paul Goldberger, Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic for The New Yorker, revisits Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown's seminal book Learning from Las Vegas.
In a recent interview on his upcoming lecture, Goldberger noted, "The most important reason to look at Las Vegas now is simply because of its growth. It has expanded so rapidly that it can act as a kind of demonstration case of what happens when you engage in rampant growth with relatively few planning and environmental restrictions. While the current economic situation means that things are slowing down, the long term questions about sustainability and planning remain." Goldberger will elaborate on this point and others when he questions whether we can still learn from Las Vegas in the 2008 L'Enfant Lecture on City Planning and Design.
The National Building Museum and the American Planning Association (APA) established the L'Enfant lecture series to draw attention to critical issues in city and regional planning in the United States. The annual lecture features leading figures in planning, architecture, urban design, governance, and other fields. Named after Pierre Charles L'Enfant, creator of the acclaimed plan for Washington, D.C.
The L'Enfant Lecture on City Planning and Design is co-sponsored by the National Building Museum and the American Planning Association.
WHERE
National Building Museum
401 F Street NW
Washington, DC 20001 (Judiciary Square Metro, Red Line)
WHEN
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
6:30 – 8:00 pm
$12 Museum and APA members, and students; $20 non-members. Prepaid registration required. Walk-in registration based on availability. Register online or call 202.272.2448.
CONTACT
Marketing and Communications Department, 202.272.2448, ext. 3458
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