{"70765":{"#nid":"70765","#data":{"type":"event","title":"James Corner: Noted","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESection 1 of the High Line, a 1.5 mile long park on an abandoned elevated railway, opened earlier this summer in New York. The winning proposal for a competition in 2004, the design is a redevelopment of an abandoned, elevated freight-railway that spans 22 blocks through the west side of Manhattan.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EJames Corner Field Operations led the winning design team for the 2004 international competition in collaboration with Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Piet Oudolf  and many other expert specialists. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u201cThere is a desperate need for a different kind of professional who isn\u2019t so Balkan\u00acized, who is capable of seeing a bigger picture and choreographing a bigger team.\u201d\n\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECorner has spent the last 25 years becoming that guy in a deliberate attempt to reinvent the field of landscape architecture by pushing aside its second-fiddle status and antiurban tendencies and claiming a more ambitious agenda: to design the postindustrial city. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E-- Metropolis Magazine, November 2008\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe lecture will be the first Douglas C. Allen Lecture, established by alumni, faculty and friends in honor of Professor and Senior Associate Dean Douglas C. Allen in appreciation for his long-time dedication to the College of Architecture as a teacher, colleague and leader. Allen often asserts that guest lectures foster important intellectual exchange among professors, students and practitioners. The project\u2019s foremost objective was to thank Doug for his inspired teaching and thinking over his tenure and for his inspired work as Interim Dean in 2007 and 2008.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA Georgia native and graduate of the University of Georgia and Harvard School of Design, Allen continues to lead the College of Architecture as Senior Associate Dean.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"The inaugural Douglas C. Allen Lecture features James Corner, a landscape archiect redefining the field with projects like Fresh Kills and The High Line.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Douglas C. Allen Lecture \/ T. Gordon Little Lecture Series"}],"uid":"27213","created_gmt":"2009-07-23 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:56:15","author":"Teri Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2009-11-02T17:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2009-11-02T18:30:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2009-11-02T18:30:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2009-11-02 22:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2009-11-02 23:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2009-11-02 23:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"636","name":"architecture schools"},{"id":"1312","name":"atlanta events"},{"id":"637","name":"design schools"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"4963","name":"high line"},{"id":"5140","name":"james corner"}],"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":"\u003Cstrong\u003ETeri Nagel\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECollege of Architecture\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=tw117\u0022\u003EContact Teri Nagel\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-385-2156\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}