With the recent passing of architect John Portman, a lecture given by SAH member
Charles E. Rice at the Charnley-Persky House on October 12, 2017 now contributes timely and thoughtful consideration to Portman's legacy. In a co-sponsored program with MAS Context, Rice speaks about his recent work,
Interior Urbanisim. A 45-minute video of the lecture follows below.
Charles E. Rice is Professor of Architecture at the University of Technology Sydney. He is the author of
The Emergence of the Interior: Architecture, Modernity, Domesticity (Routledge, 2007) and
Interior Urbanism: Architecture, John Portman and Downtown America (Bloomsbury, 2016). He is editor in chief of
The Journal of Architecture, the scholarly journal of the RIBA. He has been a member of SAH since 2003.
MAS Context, a quarterly journal created by MAS Studio, addresses issues that affect the urban context, edited by architect Iker Gil. Each issue delivers a comprehensive view of a single topic through the active participation of people from different fields and different perspectives who, together, instigate the debate. MAS Context is a 501(c)(3) not for profit organization based in Chicago, Illinois. SAH has collaborated with MAS Context on various programs since 2014.
Watch the video here.
