For Immediate Release: May 1, 2008
Media Contact: Marketing and Communication Department
Spotlight on Design: Joshua Prince-Ramus: Media Advisory
The Lost Art of Productively Losing Control
WHO /WHAT
Architect Joshua Prince-Ramus rejects conventional responses to the constraints, conditions, and challenges of a given project. His highly conceptual approach to design developed during his partnership with Rem Koolhaas. As lead partner of the New York branch of Koolhaas's Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), he served as project manager for the acclaimed Seattle Public Library. Now a principal of REX (Ramus-Ella Architects), he will discuss his young firm's design methodology in other high-profile projects, which include the Museum Plaza tower in Louisville, Kentucky; the Dee & Charles Wyly Theater in Dallas, Texas; and the new Deichmanske Library in Oslo, Norway.
WHERE
National Building Museum
401 F Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
(Judiciary Square Metro, Red Line)
WHEN
Thursday, July 19, 2007
7:00 – 8:30 pm: Spotlight on Design Lecture
$12 Museum members and students. $20 nonmembers. Prepaid registration required. Walk-in registration based on availability.
IMAGES
Dee & Charles Wyly Theater, Dallas, Texas. Image courtesy of Auralab.
Museum Plaza Tower, Louisville, Kentucky. Image courtesy Auralab.
Seattle Public Library, Seattle, Washington. Photo by Phillipe Ruault.
BACKGROUND
Spotlight on Design is an ongoing lecture series featuring architects and designers of distinction from around the world. Since its inception in 1997, the series has presented many of the world's premier design voices in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning and design, including Pritzker Prize Laureates Tadao Ando, Frank Gehry, Rem Koolhaas, I.M. Pei, and other acclaimed designers such as Cesar Pelli, and Robert A.M. Stern.
Spotlight on Design is sponsored by Lafarge, the world leader in construction materials.
The National Building Museum is America’s leading cultural institution dedicated to advancing the quality of the built environment by educating people about its impact on their lives. Through its exhibitions, educational programs, online content, and publications, the Museum has become a vital forum for the exchange of ideas and information about the world we build for ourselves. Public inquiries: 202.272.2448 or visit www.nbm.org. Connect with us on Twitter: @BuildingMuseum and Facebook.
