Beginning in Spring 2011, Architecture's exhibitions are listed on the College Exhibitions webpage.

Exhibitions: Fall 2010 | 2009-10 | SP 2009 | FA 2008 | SP 2008 | FA 2007 | SP 2007 | FA 2006

September 8–October 1, 2010
Wurster Gallery (108 Wurster Hall)

Will Bruder: Built | Unbuilt

In conjunction with a lecture on September 8, 2010; 7-8 p.m., 112 Wurster Hall.

For 40 years, Will Bruder has explored inventive and contextually exciting architectural solutions in response to site opportunities and user needs. Will is a craftsman in his concern for detail and building processes, and a sculptor in his unique blending of space, materials, and light.

Self-trained as an architect, Will has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in sculpture from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Supplementing his studio art education were studies in structural engineering, philosophy, art history and urban planning, followed by a full architectural apprenticeship under Gunnar Birkerts and Paolo Soleri. Subsequent to becoming registered, Will opened his own studio in 1974. Most of Will’s 450 commissions have celebrated the craft of building in ways not typical in contemporary architecture, striving to invent form specific to function and his clients’ aspirations. Through his creative use of materials and light, Will’s ability to raise the ordinary to the extraordinary is renowned.

For more information, see Will Bruder+Partners Ltd.

October 4–November 5, 2010
Wurster Gallery (108 Wurster Hall)

Ron Rael with Virginia San Fratello: Rapid Manufacturing and Prototyping with Concrete

A exhibition of the tools and outcomes of rapid manufacturing and rapid prototyping with concrete. Rael San Fratello Architects employs computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) processes in design, research, and experimentation -- hacking a 3D printer to rapid prototype and rapid manufacture clays, ceramics, and cement.

November 17–December 3, 2010
Wurster Gallery (108 Wurster Hall)

Mitchell Squire: TOYZ: and other thoughtful objects for hours of play

An exhibition opening reception takes place November 17, 2010, at 6 p.m. in 108 Wurster Hall. Following the reception from 7-8 p.m. is “Wily Boy,” a lecture by Mitchell Squire in 112 Wurster Hall.

Play process is not tilted toward a goal — it is fluid, open-ended, perpetually (and quite easily) done and undone, a trap that springs the mind free. Any toy — and any act of toying — is a reflection of how its maker views the world, and the toys in this exhibition evoke the space between maker and world-at-large, a space the viewer/player is invited to drift into, dwell within, and wonder from.

…won’t you come out and play?

Mitchell Squire is an associate professor of architecture at Iowa State University. In 2010 he was one of seven artists to receive the Midwestern Voices and Visions award from the Alliance of Artists Communities, spending five weeks in residence at Ox-Bow School of Art in Saugatuck, Michigan. Born in 1958 in Natchez, Mississippi, Squire received his Bachelor of Architecture and Master of Architecture degrees from Iowa State University. He joined its faculty in 2001 and teaches, among other courses, a design studio on toys and the role of playfulness, curiosity, and “trouble-making” in intellectual development and problem-solving. Exhibitions of his work include “TOYZ: and other thoughtful objects for hours of play,” “Storied Toy: The Emotional and Imaginative Relationship Between a Boy and His Toys (plus a few other things),” and “Still Life with Peaches (and a little black boy atop a spotted pony).”