NASHER SCULPTURE CENTER PRESENTS PRITZKER PRIZE- WINNING ARCHITECT THOM MAYNE AT MAY NASHERSALON
4/15/2008 12:00:00 AM
Tickets to May 15 Salon are available for purchase beginning Sunday,
April 27
Dallas, TX (April 15, 2008) - The Nasher Sculpture Center is excited to welcome world renowned architect Thom Mayne as the featured guest at the May 15 NasherSalon. Tickets are $45 for adults ($40 for members) and will be available for purchase online at NasherSalonSeries.org or by calling 888.695.0888 beginning Sunday, April 27 at 10 am.
The Salon, presented by Museum Tower with media support by The Dallas Morning News, will take place at 8 pm in the intimate Nasher Auditorium and will be moderated by David Dillon, architect critic for The Dallas Morning News. Salon ticket holders may purchase a pre-Salon buffet dinner at Nasher Cafe by Wolfgang Puck for $25 per person by calling 214.242.5144.
Winner of the 2005 Pritzker Architecture Prize, the profession's highest honor, Thom Mayne is a Los Angeles based architect whose work has been distinguished with over 100 design awards over the past three decades. Mayne was recently selected to design the new Museum of Nature and Science building to open at Dallas' Victory Park in 2013.
Mayne founded his award-winning architectural firm, Morphosis, in 1972 as an interdisciplinary and collective practice involved in experimental design and research. With projects worldwide and offices in Los Angeles, New York, Paris and Shanghai, Mayne's work encompasses a wide range of project types and scales including residential, institutional, and civic buildings as well as large urban planning projects such as the firm's winning proposal for the NYC2012 Olympic Village.
Morphosis has received 25 Progressive Architecture Awards and 70 American Institute of Architects Awards and numerous other design recognitions including the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Award for Architecture (2006), Rome Prize Fellowship (1987), Alumni of the Year Award from USC (1992), Member Elect from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (1992), American Institute of Architects/Los Angeles Gold Medal in Architecture (2000), and the Chrysler Design Award of Excellence (2001) Under Mayne's direction, Morphosis has been the subject of extensive publications and exhibitions throughout the world.
Mayne's most prominent projects include the Diamond Ranch High School in Pomona, Calif.; the University of Cincinnati Campus Recreation Center in Cincinnati, Ohio; the San Francisco Federal Building; the Wayne L. Morse U.S. Courthouse in Eugene, Oregon; the Hypo Alpe-Adria Bank in Klagenfurt, Austria; and Caltrans District 7 Headquarters in Los Angeles. In addition to designing the new Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas, he is currently working on the Tour Phare in Paris, the tallest building in France since the Eiffel Tower; the Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics at Caltech in Pasadena, Ca; a New Academic Building for the Cooper Union in New York City and a social housing project in Spain,
About the Moderator:
David Dillon has been the architecture Critic for the Dallas Morning News since 1983. He has an M.A. and Ph.D from Harvard University in literature and art history, and was a Loeb Fellow at its Graduate School of Design in 1986-87.
He has written ten books, including Dallas Architecture 1936-1986, The Architecture of O'Neil Ford, The Miller Garden: Icon of Modernism, and Kallmann, McKinnell & Wood.
He is also the author of the new plan for Washington, DC, Extending the Legacy, as well as the plan for the White House and President's Park. He is a contributing editor to Architectural Record and writes regularly for numerous national design and planning magazines, including Landscape Architecture, Preservation and Planning.
In addition to writing he lectures widely and serves on major design juries, including the ATF Headquarters in Washington and new Federal Courthouses in Austin Texas and Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He currently divides his time between Dallas and Amherst, Mass, where he teaches in the Architecture School at the University of Massachusetts.
About the NasherSalon:
The NasherSalon series began in 2005 as a monthly forum held at the Nasher Sculpture Center to engage in discussions on topics relating to art in its various forms - sculpture, painting, music, and the culinary arts. In 2006, The Dallas Morning News signed on as the Salon's primary media partner, providing generous media support for publicity of the series, as well as experts from the news staff to share their insider knowledge and lead the conversations. The series, which was titled The Art of Urban Living, examined a range of topics germane to urban life - from entertaining and finding the best wines to the architectural evolvement of Dallas. The 2008 NasherSalon marks the third installment of the series and features the addition of presenting sponsor Museum Tower. Featuring internationally renowned speakers, this year's series provides an unmatched forum for intimate, intellectual conversation amidst the finest collection of modern and contemporary sculpture in the world. The NasherSalon takes place every month at the Nasher Sculpture Center and features nationally and internationally acclaimed speakers discussing topics relating to art, theater, dance, movies, and the culinary arts
NasherSalon Sponsors:
Presenting Sponsor: Museum Tower
Museum Tower is a 42-story luxury residential high-rise located in the heart of the Dallas Arts District between the Nasher Sculpture Center and Meyerson Symphony Center, among the works of four Pritzker Prize-winning architects. Museum Tower is designed by architect Scott Johnson. The contemporary tower will offer 122 residences in nine floorplans, ranging from an intimate 1,450-square-foot pied-à-terre to an 8,700-square-foot penthouse. The dramatic two- and three-bedroom interiors-created by Bodron+Fruit and Booziotis & Company Architects-will feature floor-to-ceiling glass, direct-access elevators, and outdoor terraces. Museum Tower will provide exceptional amenities, including outdoor pool, gallery, private gardens, concierge, and wellness services. Groundbreaking is scheduled for early 2008, with completion in late 2010. Museum Tower is being developed by Brook Partners, Inc. and Turtle Creek Holdings, Inc.
www.museumtowerdallas.com
Media Sponsor: The Dallas Morning News
The Dallas Morning News began publishing on Oct. 1, 1885. It is published by the oldest business institution in Texas, Belo Corp., which has chronicled Texas history for more than 160 years. The newspaper's daily circulation, which stood at 163,000 in 1950, grew to 368,000 in 1985, when it celebrated its Centennial. Circulation increased to nearly 515,000 in 1992 after the Dallas Times Herald ceased publication and Belo purchased its assets. Ten years later, those gains had been maintained and readership remained strong.
Airline Sponsor: American Airlines
American Airlines is the world's largest airline. American, American Eagle and the AmericanConnection® airlines serve 250 cities in over 40 countries with more than 4,000 daily flights. The combined network fleet numbers more than 1,000 aircraft.
Hotel Sponsor: Hotel Crescent Court
As culturally vibrant as the neighborhood in which it sits, Hotel Crescent Court, A Rosewood Hotel, is a refreshing experience of contrasts. Located within walking distance of the art, culture and energy of Dallas, the hotel consistently wins hearts and accolades as one of the best hotels in the United States. With a bold palette of colors, chic, newly renovated guestrooms, innovative New American cuisine at The Crescent Club, award winning Asian-fusion dishes from Nobu and the serenity of The Spa, Hotel Crescent Court offers discreet and professional service with Texas charm.
About the Nasher Sculpture Center:
Open since October 2003, the Nasher Sculpture Center is dedicated to the display and study of modern and contemporary sculpture. The Center is located on a 2.4 acre site adjacent to the Dallas Museum of Art in the heart of the Dallas Arts District. Renzo Piano, a world-renowned architect and winner of the prestigious Pritzker Prize in 1998, is the architect of the Center's 55,000 square foot building. Piano worked in collaboration with landscape architect Peter Walker on the design of the two-acre sculpture garden.
The Nasher Sculpture Center was the longtime dream of the late Raymond and Patsy Nasher, who together formed one of the finest collections of modern and contemporary sculpture in the world. The Raymond and Patsy Nasher Collection includes masterpieces by Calder, de Kooning, di Suvero, Giacometti, Hepworth, Kelly, Matisse, Miró, Moore, Picasso, Rodin, and Serra, among others, and continues to grow and evolve.
The Nasher Sculpture Center presents rotating exhibitions of works from the Nasher Collection as well as special exhibitions drawn from other museums and private collections. In addition to indoor gallery space, the Center contains an auditorium, education and research facilities, a cafe, and a store.
The Nasher Sculpture Center is open Tuesday through Sunday from 11am to 5 pm and on Thursday from 11am to 9 pm. Admission is $10 for adults, $7 for seniors, $5 for students, and free for members and children 12 and under. For more information, visit www.NasherSculptureCenter.org.
###
For more information and photos, please contact:
Kristen Mills Gibbins
Communications Manager
214.242.5177
kgibbins@NasherSculptureCenter.org