Lectures will be held in the Robert and Freda Harrison Auditorium in Giles Hall unless otherwise notes. A virtual option will be available for each lecture, and a recording will be available following the lectures (posted here). Times are Central Standard.
September 9, 2024 | 3:30 p.m.
Anne-Marie Duvall-Decker and Roy Decker
Founders and Principal Architects of Duvall Decker
"Roy and Anne Marie formed Duvall Decker to foster Public Good in and beyond the lot lines of each project. As an amateur pianist and composer, Anne Marie sees architecture as instrument; allowing the transcendent to resonate among the conditions of our physical environment. As an amateur painter and teacher, Roy sees architecture as didactic; making hopeful critical propositions about the growth of our culture. Together, these perspectives have formed an engaging and critical conversation about why we practice architecture that is alive in the studio and work every day. Because the character of the built environment matters to our health and well-being, Duvall Decker designs with hopeful speculation to create architecture that is durable in material and memory. It plans for diverse, healthy, and community-centered growth. It develops with civic-minded, triple-bottom-line, innovation, and it leverages its experience to care for buildings over time."
Duvall Decker is based in Jackson.
Lecture recording coming; check back.
September 25, 2024 | 3:30 p.m.
Keller Easterling
Architect, writer and the Enid Storm Dwyer Professor of Architecture at Yale
Full bio. coming soon
October 21, 2024 | 3:30 p.m.
Bryan Norwood
Architectural historian and assistant professor of architecture at the University of Texas at Austin
Full bio. coming soon
The Harrison Lecture Series is sponsored by an endowment created by Freda Wallace Harrison and Robert V.M. Harrison, FAIA, FCSI.