“Back Together”

We’re proud to announce the schedule for “Back Together,” the Tulane School of Architecture (TuSA) 2024–2025 lectures series and public programs. This collection of invited lectures, presentations, symposia, conferences, exhibits and shows features research and work that span the fields of the built environment.

For more information about all events, visit architecture.tulane.edu. 

Fall 2024

Wendy Redfield: Monday, September 9, 6–7pm 
Associate Professor of Architecture, Tulane School of Architecture 

What Matter’s Here.?!: Wednesday, September 18, 5–9pm  
Exhibition opening at TuSA’s Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design, New Orleans 

Carmen Trudell: Monday, October 7, 6–7pm, a Walter Wisznia Memorial Lecture 
Associate Professor, College of Architecture and Environmental Design, California Polytechnic State University 

Pankaj Vir Gupta: Monday, October 14, 6–7pm, an Allen Eskew Endowed Lecture 
Partner, vir.mueller architects; Co-Founder and Co-Director, Yamuna River Project; Professor of Architecture, University of Virginia; Adjunct Lecturer, Tulane School of Architecture 

Sara Bronin: Monday, October 28, 6–7pm, a Laura and Sonny Shields Preservation Lecture  
Chair, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; Professor (on leave), Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning 

National Trust for Historic Preservation related events:
Resilience and Revival Workshop and Symposium: October 27, in partnership with the Richard Hampton Jenrette Foundation
PastForward National Preservation Conference: October 28–30

Gulf Coast Climate Futures Symposium: November 1–2
In partnership with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) Gulf Research Program 

Teaching Fellows’ Research Dialogues: Monday, November 11, 6–7pm
Presented by: Patricia Fraile Garrido, Jesus Meseguer Cortes, and María Redondo Pérez / Teaching Fellows, TuSA/Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid—Spain / Xenia Stoumpou and Isabel Verhaeghe / Teaching Fellows, TuSA/Katholieke Universiteit Leuven—Belgium 

Spring 2025

Natasha Jen: Monday, February 3, 6–7pm, an Azby Fund Endowed Lecture
Partner, Pentagram

Alan Karchmer: Monday, February 17, 6–7pm  
Architectural Photographer, TuSA Alumnus (M.Arch ’78); and Robert Ivy, Design Advocate/Architect/Educator former Editor-in-Chief, Architectural Record; former CEO, American Institute of Architects (AIA); TuSA Alumnus (M.Arch ’76)

Morris Adjmi: Monday, February 24, 6–7pm, a William Kay and Nancy Proctor Turner Lecture
Founder/Owner, Morris Adjmi Architects; TuSA Alumnus (M.Arch ’83)

Ann Forsyth: Monday, March 10, 6–7pm
Ruth and Frank Stanton Professor of Urban Planning and Director of the Master in Urban Planning Program, Harvard Graduate School of Design 

Adam Marcus: Monday, March 17, 6–7pm 
Director, Variable Projects; Partner, Futures North; Associate Professor of Architecture and Director of Research at the Center on Climate Change and Urbanism, Tulane School of Architecture; and Andrew Kudless, Founder, Matsys; Bill Kendall Memorial Endowed Professor and Director of the Advanced Media Technology (C.R.A.F.T.) Lab, University of Houston Hines College of Architecture Design; TuSA Alumnus (M.Arch ’98)

ACSA 113th Annual Meeting: March 20–22
Association for Collegiate Schools of Architecture 113th Annual Meeting in New Orleans and Tulane School of Architecture

Design Showcase + Fashion Show: Thursday, May 1
Exhibition of Design students’ work from courses and studios at Tulane School of Architecture

Design Futures Forum: June 2–6
National forum hosted at Tulane School of Architecture