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11 March 2009 | CED e-news

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LECTURE - Building City | City Building

March 11. | . 7 pm - 8 pm . | .112 Wurster Hall

Scott Johnson and William Fain are principals of Johnson Fain Architects in Los Angeles and 2009 Friedman Visiting Professors of Architecture at the College of Environmental Design, UC Berkeley. This event is part of the Spring 2009 Architecture Lecture Series. For more info, visit CED online.

CONFERENCE - Global Metro Studies: Changing Urban Spaces Conference

March 13 . | . 9 am - 6 pm . | . Lipman Room, 8th Floor, Barrows Hall

A conference presented by the Berkeley Journal of Sociology and the Center for Global Metropolitan Studies, with the support of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the Berkeley Department of Sociology, Berkeley Diversity Research Initiative and the Interdisciplinary Immigration Workshop. Panels include topics in Ethnicity and Urban Spaces, Cities in a Time of Transition and Contesting Space. For more info, visit CED online.

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LECTURE - Urban Sustainability and Community Development

March 16. | . 6 pm - 8pm . | .106 Wurster Hall

The Department of City and Regional Planning and the Center for Community Innovation presents the Community Innovation Lecture Series in commemoration of DCRP's 60th anniversary. The lectures are from 6 to 7 pm in 106 Wurster Hall. A reception follows from 7 to 8 pm. Co-sponsored by the Theodore Bo Lee and Doris Shoong Lee Chair in Environmental Design and the Kevin Aaron Memorial Fund. For more info, visit CED online.

PANEL - Low-Carbon Cities and Regions: Promises and Pitfalls of California Legislation Senate Bill 375

March 17 . | . 6 pm - 8 pm . | . 106 Wurster Hall

The panel will discuss a new state law, SB 375, which ties together regional planning, reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, transportation funding, and affordable housing. The New York Times said Senate Bill 375 would create the nation's most comprehensive effort to reduce sprawl. This is the first session in IURD's new speaker series, Growing Sustainably in a Low-Carbon World. For more info, visit IURD online.

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LECTURE - Claudio Vekstein: Public Demonstration Architecture (pda)

March 18. | . 7 pm - 8 pm . | .112 Wurster Hall

Claudio Vekstein is an architect and professor in the Masters of Architecture Program, School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Arizona State University and has run his architecture practice specializing in the Architecture of Public Works, both in Buenos Aires Argentina and in Phoenix Arizona. This event is part of the Spring 2009 Architecture Lecture Series. For more info, visit CED online.

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SYMPOSIUM - Resources for Community Development: Creating Affordable Homes: Challenges and Opportunities

March 19. | . 7 pm . | . 112 Wurster Hall

Creating Affordable Homes: Challenges and Opportunities is a symposium hosted by Resources for Community Development focusing on creating and sustaining affordable rental housing as we move forward in a changing landscape. Moderated by Sam Davis, Interim Dean of the College of Environmental Design and Professor of Architecture with Linda Maio, Berkeley City Councilmember, District 1, and co-founder of RCD, Joel Rubenzahl, director of Community Economics, Daniel Solomon, principal of WRT/Solomon E.T.C. and profess emeritus of architecture and urban design and Dianne Spaulding, executive director of Non-Profit Housing Association. For more info, visit CED online.

OLLI @ Berkeley Open House

March 17. | . 10 am - 12 pm . | .Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant Ave.

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute @ Berkeley Open House is a great opportunity to hear presentations by the Spring term faculty on their courses, get individualized guidance on which courses match your interests, learn more about OLLI at UC Berkeley and meet fellow lifelong learners. The OLLI spring session starts March 30. For more information visit OLLI.

EXHIBIT - Greenwood Common: Uncommonly Modern

February 3 - May 8 . | . 6 pm - 8 pm . | . 210 Wurster Hall

This exhibition reveals the history of Greenwood Common, an enclave of eight distinct modernist houses, developed between 1951 and 1957 in the Berkeley hills by architect William W. Wurster. The purchasers of the lots, working with established architects and landscape architects, created homes showcasing a uniquely Californian lifestyle that reflected the mild climate, the distinctive geography, and the local environment. Greenwood Common has become an icon of regional mid-century modernism and continues to thrive as a well maintained and comfortable community site—all as it was originally intended. For more information, visit CED online.

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