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A Dialogue with Architecture Critic Blair Kamin of the Chicago Tribune

PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH Blair Kamin is the architecture critic of The Chicago Tribune, a post he has held since 1992. He is a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism and continues a tradi- tion of accessible but authorita- tive criticism begun by the Tribune's ﬁrst modern-day architecture critic, Pulitzer Prize- winner Paul Gapp. Kamin also serves as a contributing editor of Architectural Record magazine and was part of a team of editors, writers, photographers and critics for the magazine which in 2003 won the National Magazine Award for General Excellence. A DIALOGUE WITH ARCHITECTURE CRITIC BLAIR KAMIN OF THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE To ﬁnalize our year-long series “Design in the Midwest and the Midwest- OCTOBER 18, 2011 ern City,” AIA Columbus will host an evening of dialogue between Mr. Blair Kamin, Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic of The Chicago RECEPTION 5:00 PM Tribune, and Professor Robert Livesey, FAIA, from the Knowlton School of PRESENTATION 6:30 PM Architecture at The Ohio State University, as they discuss design in the Midwest and the importance of architecture criticism in today’s times. Kamin comes to Columbus soon after the publication of his appropriately THE CANZANI CENTER @ CCAD timed new book, Terror and Wonder: Architecture in a Tumultuous Age, 60 CLEVELAND AVENUE which covers the Post 9/11 era of architecture, with topics ranging from terrorist attacks and hurricane disasters to what he calls “urbanization COLUMBUS, OH 43215 without urbanity.” Following discussion, Mr. Kamin and Mr. Livesey will open the microphone for a question and answer session with the attend- ees. THE FINAL PROGRAM OF OUR YEAR-LONG SERIES SPONSORED BY: TO REGISTER VISIT: http://aiacolumbus.org.

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