ghost lab 13: summer conference

foregoing the usual design-build workshop this year, brian mackay-lyons plans to replace this year's project with a huge gathering of the minds. a 4-day seminar packed full of lectures, discussions and ideas about architecture & material culture, this year's visit to the ghost laboratory promises to be an extraordinary event. below is the list of guests participating in the "resistance movement" of architecture:

Keynote Speakers

Kenneth Frampton, New York

Juhani Pallasmaa, Finland

Speakers

Deborah Berke, New York

Marlon Blackwell, Arkansas

Wendell Burnette, Arizona

Ted Flato, San Antonio

Andrew Freear, Alabama

Vincent James, Minnesota

Rick Joy, Arizona

Francis Kéré, Berlin and Burkina Faso

Richard Kroeker, Nova Scotia

Tom Kundig, Seattle

Brian MacKay-Lyons, Nova Scotia

Patricia Patkau, Vancouver

Dan Rockhill, Kansas

Brigitte Shim, Toronto

Peter Stutchbury, Sydney

Critics

Peter Buchanan, London

Tom Fisher, Minnesota

Robert McCarter, St. Louis

Moderators

Essy Baniassad, Hong Kong

Robert Ivy, Washigton, D.C.

Christine Macy, Nova Scotia

we'll be anxiously awaiting any coverage of the events--this blogger has decided to decline in order to take exams for that magical piece of paper called an Architect's license.

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