Dallas Architecture Forum Symposium "Shopping Texas Style: EG Hamilton, Omniplan, and NorthPark Center" April 30, 2010

“Shopping Texas Style: EG Hamilton, Omniplan, and NorthPark Center” a symposium on architecture will take place Friday, April 30 11:30 a.m.-4:45 p.m. at Nasher Sculpture Center, 2001 Flora Street. Presented by University of Texas Arlington Oral History of Texas Architecture Project and Dallas Architecture Forum, speakers will include EG Hamilton, Mark Dilworth, Mark Gunderson, Kate Holliday, Gabrielle Esperdy, Michael Buckley, Monica Penick, and Stephen Fox.

Hamilton was the original architect of NorthPark Center, and also founded the architecture firm Omniplan, which also did the major expansion of NorthPark. The symposium will overview Hamilton and Omniplan’s key body of architectural projects, with particular focus on the groundbreaking and iconic design of NorthPark, incorporating space for large-scale public art and sculpture while elevating the experience of shopping in Texas.

An optional informal reception at Omniplan, 1845 Woodall Rodgers Freeway, Suite 150, will conclude the day from 5-6:30 p.m.

Individual tickets for the Symposium can be purchased for $50 and individual tickets for both the Symposium and the reception can be purchased for $60. Advance registration/payment is requested for all attendees, including members of the Dallas Architecture Forum. Tickets and more information are available online at http://www.uta.edu/architecture/symposium2010 or by calling 214-764-2406.

ABOUT DALLAS ARCHITECTURE FORUM

The Dallas Architecture Forum provides a continuing and challenging public discourse on architecture and urban design in - and for - the Dallas area. The Forum offers presentations of architecture through public lectures by designers, critics, and historians; through topical discussions; and through occasional study tours to buildings and cities locally and throughout the world. The Dallas Architecture Forum serves as an inclusive arena where people interested in and concerned with the built environment, non-professionals and professionals alike, may interact intellectually and socially.

Our membership comes from business, development, public affairs, education, the arts and from the design fields.

This mix of interests and ties is one of the strengths we bring to our involvement with architecture. Support for the Forum's programs is a grassroots effort, coming from membership subscriptions at all levels and from the generous sponsorship of Forum seasons and events. Visit dallasarchitectureforum.org or call 214-764-2406.

Official Website: http://www.uta.edu/architecture/symposium2010