{"42545":{"#nid":"42545","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Jerusalem: COA Research Forum","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/smartech.gatech.edu\/bitstream\/1853\/29917\/3\/balfour_streaming.html\u0022\u003EView this lecture\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlan Balfour, Dean of the College of Architecture at Georgia Tech, presents his recent work on Jerusalem as part of the College of Architecture Research Forum. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe has recently completed \u003Cem\u003ETemple Mount\u003C\/em\u003E, a study of the constructive and destructive power of faith played out in the myths and realities of one place, Temple Mount in Jerusalem. It is a journey through four thousand years of constantly shifting realty religion and reality in the Middle East.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe College of Architecture\u0027s COA Research Forums provide an informal setting for the community to learn about research within the College of Architecture. Forums are free and open to the public and participants are invited to explore ideas and identify opportunities for collaboration.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAll talks are held in the Architecture Library from 11:00AM to 12:00PM on the last Thursday of August through April. Talks are 30 to 45 minutes followed by questions and discussion.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/smartech.gatech.edu\/handle\/1853\/19883\/browse?type=dateissued\u0026amp;submit_browse=Date\u0022\u003EView past COA Research Forums through SMARTech, Georgia Tech\u0027s digital repository.\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Balfour\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nEducated at Edinburgh and Princeton and a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects, Alan Balfour is Professor and Dean of the College of Architecture at Georgia Tech, a position he came to after serving as the architecture dean at Rensselaer. He was formerly chairman of the Architectural Association in London, and architecture dean at Rice University in Houston. Balfour was the year 2000 recipient of the Topaz Medal, the highest recognition given in North America to an educator in architecture.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBalfour\u0027s most recent book \u003Cem\u003ECreating a Scottish Parliament \u003C\/em\u003E(with David McCrone, Finlay Brown, Edinburgh 2005) offers an intimate exploration of the conceptualization of the political structure for a devolved Scotland and the architecture that would symbolize and be the instrument for its advancement. Though the city is the ostensible subject of Alan Balfour\u0027s writing in recent years, the underlying concern has been with exploring the cultural imagination. In 2002 he completed three books on three world cities; in each the city is viewed as the most tangible residue of the complexity of society\u0027s desires. \u003Cem\u003EShanghai \u003C\/em\u003Ewas published in 2002 and \u003Cem\u003ENew York \u003C\/em\u003Ein 2001, (both from Wiley\/Academy, London). The first in the series was \u003Cem\u003EBerlin \u003C\/em\u003Epublished by Academy Editions in 1995, which documents the transformation of Berlin before and after the collapse of the \u0022Wall,\u0022 This and an earlier book \u003Cem\u003EBerlin: The Politics of Order: 1737-1989\u003C\/em\u003E (Rizzoli 1990), received AIA International Book Awards. Other books include \u003Cem\u003EPortsmouth \u003C\/em\u003E(Studio Vista 1970), \u003Cem\u003ERockefeller Center: Architecture as Theater \u003C\/em\u003E(McGraw-Hill 1978), with contributions to \u003Cem\u003EThe Edge of the Millennium\u003C\/em\u003E (Cooper Hewitt 1993), \u003Cem\u003ECities of Artificial Excavation: The Work of Peter Eisenman \u003C\/em\u003E(Rizzoli International \/CCA 1994) and \u003Cem\u003ERecovering Landscape\u003C\/em\u003E (Princeton Architectural Press 1999).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EVisit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.alanbalfour.com\u0022\u003Ewww.alanbalfour.com\u003C\/a\u003E for more information.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBalfour presents recent study of Jerusalem as part of the College of Architecture Research Forum.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Dean Balfour to present research activities"}],"uid":"27213","created_gmt":"2011-09-14 10:01:28","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:47:00","author":"Teri Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2009-08-27T12:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2009-08-27T13:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2009-08-27T13:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2009-08-27 16:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2009-08-27 17:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2009-08-27 17:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"57438":{"id":"57438","type":"image","title":"Alan Balfour 2","body":null,"created":"1449175664","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:47:44","changed":"1475894506","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:46","alt":"Alan Balfour 2","file":{"fid":"190617","name":"balfour_portrait_2011.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/balfour_portrait_2011.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/balfour_portrait_2011.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":135117,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/balfour_portrait_2011.jpg?itok=xRt-OYUy"}}},"media_ids":["57438"],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"1166","name":"alan balfour"},{"id":"5150","name":"architecture research"},{"id":"636","name":"architecture schools"},{"id":"637","name":"design schools"},{"id":"638","name":"georgia tech architecture"},{"id":"239","name":"georgia tech design"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELeslie Sharp\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECollege of Architecture\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:leslie.sharp@coa.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EContact Leslie Sharp\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-1096\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}