February 17 “The High Line – New York’s Park in the Sky: Lessons for Miami Marine Stadium,” a lecture by Robert Hammond, co-founder of the High Line, and Philip Aarons, founding chair. The event is co-sponsored by Friends of the Marine Stadium, the Miami Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, and Cliff and Petsy Mezey. Jorge M. Perez Architecture Center Glasgow Hall, 6 p.m.; followed by a reception in the Irvin Korach Gallery. Free and open to the public.

February 16 “The Reconstruction and Invention of Cities,” urban transformation strategies including two case studies — Warsaw and Lisbon.

• “Lisbon: The Pombal Plan after the 1755 Earthquake,” Prof. Luca Ortelli, Ecole Polytechnique Federale School of Architecture, Lausanne, Switzerland
• “Warsaw: The Urban Plan after WWII,” Prof. Dr. Stanislaus von Moos, Professor Emeritus of the History of Modern Art at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, currently teaching at Yale
• Roundtable Discussion with Questions and Answers

For faculty and graduate students only. 12:15 to 2:30 p.m. Korach Gallery.

February 15 – 24 School of Architecture Spring Symposia. See symposia dates and descriptions on February 15, 16, 22, 23 and 24. Also see series of four “Cinema of Cities” films on January 27 and February 3, 24, and March 2.

January 23 – February 29 New Palladians, an exhibition on one of the world’s most influential architects Andrea Palladio (1508-1580) and his influence on the architecture of today, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday in the Jorge M. Perez Architecture Center Irvin Korach Gallery. In conjunction with the exhibit, a lecture “New Traditional Architecture & Urbanism and the 21st Century” will be presented on Wednesday, February 8 by Professor Lucien Steil of the University of Notre Dame; followed by a tour of the New Palladians exhibition and a reception. Jorge M. Perez Architecture Center Glasgow Hall and Irvin Korach Gallery, 6 to 8 p.m. Free and open to the public.

February 15 “Beyond Post-Modernism: The Work of Aldo Rossi and Venturi-Scott Brown,” symposium on reassessing texts and architecture by Aldo Rossi & Robert Venturi.

• “Post-Modernism: A Timely Reappraisal,” Dr. Richard John, University of Miami School of Architecture
• “Aldo Rossi and the Architecture of the City,” Prof. Luca Ortelli, Ecole Polytechnique Federale School of Architecture, Lausanne, Switzerland
• “Venturi-Scott Brown and Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture,” Prof. Dr.Stanislaus von Moos, Professor Emeritus of the History of Modern Art at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, currently teaching at Yale University
• Roundtable Discussion with Questions and Answers: Dean Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, School of Architecture; Professor Roberto Behar, School of Architecture; Dr. Richard John; Stanislaus von Moos; Luca Ortelli

Jorge M. Perez Architecture Center Glasgow Hall, 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Free and open to students and the public.

February 6 The Pruitt-Igoe Myth, a documentary film about the transformation of the American city in the decades after World War II through the lens of the infamous Pruitt-Igoe housing development in St Louis and its residents, who were among the hardest hit by the national urban renewal program of the 1950s and 1960s. Presented by the University of Miami’s Office of Civic & Community Engagement. Jorge M. Perez Architecture Center Glasgow Hall, 6 p.m. Free and open to the public. Please visit http://www.miami.edu/civic for more information.

February 3 Cinema of Cities: Second in a Series. La Dolce Vita (1960) by Federico Fellini, a series of stories following a week in the life of a philandering paparazzo journalist living in Rome. Second film in the School’s Spring Symposia. Jorge M. Perez Architecture Center Glasgow Hall, 6 p.m. Free and open to the public.

January 30 “Periphery: Architecture and Urban Design in the Caribbean,” a lecture by Dr. Roberto Segre, Architectural Historian, Rio de Janeiro. Jorge M. Perez Architecture Center Glasgow Hall, 6 p.m. Free and open to the public.

January 27 Cinema of Cities: First in a Series. Saboteur (1942) by Alfred Hitchcock, filmed in stunning locations throughout the United States. First film in the School’s Spring Symposia. Jorge M. Perez Architecture Center Glasgow Hall, 6 p.m. Free and open to the public.

January 25 Visiting Critic and Spanish Architect Manuel Clavel Rojo of Clavel Arquitectos, Murcia, Spain will present a lecture with title to be determined. Jorge M. Perez Architecture Center Glasgow Hall, 6 p.m. Free and open to the public.