Dear AIA Japan Members,
The next event in WAAJ's inaugural seminar series, aimed
at promoting greater cultural awareness of Frank Lloyd Wrights
work and ongoing legacy in Japan, is scheduled for June
3, 2006 in Tokyo.
The featured speaker is Yumi Doi, an architect and former
Taliesin board member who has lived and worked at Taliesin,
in Scottsdale, AZ, for nearly 15 years. She will be joined
by Taliesin apprentices who returned to work in Japan after
studying at the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture.
Although the seminar is in Japanese, it will be amply illustrated,
and all attending apprentices are fluent English speakers.
This has been registered with the AIA CES program and the
lecture/seminar is valid for 2 learning units. Please sign
your name on the AIA member list at the reception desk.
Best Regards,
Jim Lambiasi
AIA Japan CES Committee
| TITLE: |
Wright's Apprentices: Living and
Learning at Taliesin Followed by a discussion/Q&A
with Japan-based apprentices |
| SPEAKERS: |
Yumi Doi, architect and former Taliesin board member
Ichiro Nomura, architect and former Taliesin apprentice |
| DATE: |
Saturday, June 3 |
| TIME: |
14:30 - 16:30 |
| VENUE: |
Tokyo University of Fine Art and Music, Central Building,
Lecture Room 1
(10-min. walk from either Ueno or Uguisudani stations) |
| COST: |
WAAJ members: 1,000yen; student members: 500yen
General public: 1,500yen; students: 1,000yen |
| LEARNING UNITS:
|
2 |
| HSW Credit: |
YES |
| RSVP: |
Please reserve a seat by contacting WAAJ by phone,
fax or email at the numbers below. |
WRIGHTIAN ARCHITECTURAL ARCHIVES
JAPAN
1-4-9-201 Kita Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 169-0074
Tel/fax: 03-5875-5110 email: waaj@apost.plala.or.jp
Name used with the permission of The Frank Lloyd Wright
Foundation, Scottsdale, Arizona. |
The nonprofit WAAJ was founded in 2005, marking the centenary
of Wright's first visit to Japan in 1905, to ensure that his
legacy of innovative, organic design would live on. Japan
is the only country outside of America in which the great
architect lived and worked, but his impact here has been eroded
by the loss of those with firsthand knowledge, and the casual
destruction of buildings, historic documents and artifacts.
WAAJ's goal is to endow, manage and grow an archives of Wright-related
materials, as well as to create a living museum where Wright
fans and scholars from around the globe can come together
to make new discoveries. The group plans ongoing exhibitions,
seminars and community outreach programs, all aimed at helping
to prevent a further erosion of Japan's architectural heritage,
as well as making contributions to a new era of sustainable
design.
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