John Andrews's Laconic Legacy, Gallery Tour and Talk with Kevin Liu
Event description
Join us for 'John Andrews's Laconic Legacy, Gallery Tour and Talk with Kevin Liu'!
Join designer Kevin Liu for an afternoon in the gallery which will include a talk and tour of the exhibition. In 2022, the Harvard University Graduate School of Design celebrated the 50 year anniversary of George Gund Hall which opened in October of 1972 and preceded the release of the book of the same name on John Andrews’s career to be published in almost 40 years. Kevin will speak on Andrews’s early use of simple diagrams and innovative forms of collaboration and communication over his career with illustrated examples and presentation. He will also touch briefly on John Andrews as one of the first “international” architects which led to him receiving the prestigious commission for George Gund Hall over all of his much older and distinguished peers and mentors, at the age of 35.
When
Saturday, April 6, 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Saturday gallery opening 11:00am - 3:00pm
Where
Tin Sheds Gallery, 148 City Road, Darlington, 2008
Speaker
Kevin Liu
Bio
Kevin Liu is an urban designer and co-curator of the John Andrews: Architect of Uncommon Sense exhibition. He was a graduate of Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design, having completed his Master’s thesis on John Andrews in 2021, titled “John Andrews’s Laconic Legacy” which explored John Andrews’s early use of diagrams and innovative forms of collaboration and communication in architecture practice. In 2022, he and Paul Walker co-curated the inaugural international showing of John Andrews’s work at the Harvard University, Graduate School of Design Druker Gallery.
Open Hours
Tin Sheds Gallery will be open for public viewing Saturday, April 6 and Saturday, May 4 11:00am - 3:00pm.
Image credit: George Gund Hall, drawing A-20 Roof Details sheet, by Andrews/Anderson/Baldwin, dated October 1970. Drawing courtesy of the Frances Loeb Library, Special Collections, Harvard University.