Great Lakes Fabricators and Erectors Association Funded Lecture Series

Gino Rossetti '59, FAIA, chairman and founder of Rossetti Associates, was the speaker at the School of Architecture Great Lakes Fabricators and Erectors Association Lecture Series in early October.  Rossetti is an alumnus of the School, Class of '59, whose talk was entitled "40 Years of Fun". An exhibition of his work highlighted some of the major accomplishments of his illustrious career. See pictures from the Rossetti lecture.

The annual funded lecture series — which began Oct. 7 — resumes Jan. 13 with the Gensler + Master of Community Development Program Lecture. A panel of speakers (Dan Pitera, director, Detroit Collaborative Design Center; Terri Swartz, urban planner, Cleveland Urban Design Center; and Craig Wilkins, director, Detroit Community Design Center) will discuss Cleveland + Detroit "Design Centers as Operative Change."

This year's series, "National Exchange + Regional CO-Labor," focuses on regional economies, national networks and multi-disciplinary approaches to design as an operative word and is offered in collaboration with Cranbrook Academy of Art and Lawrence Technological University. The series is sponsored by University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture and Great Lakes Fabricators and Erectors Association. Additional sponsors include Dichotomy, HOK Toronto, Gensler Associates, Rossetti Associates, UDM Master of Community Development Program and SSOE, Inc.

Read more about each participant.

See the lecture schedule.

Fridays @ 5 Lecture Series

Alumni are welcome to attend the "Fridays @ 5" Lecture series. Lectures begin at 5 p.m. on Fridays and take place in the Genevieve Fisk Loranger Architecture Center in the School of Architecture, unless otherwise noted. The upcoming lecture on Dec. 4 features UDM Assistant Professor of Architecture Noah Resnick, who will talk about "Roosevelt Park, Detroit."

For more, see the lecture event page or call the UDM School of Architecture at 313-993-1532.