Media Relations
Press Release:
MEDIA CONTACT : Whitney Turk
561-297-3020, mediarelations@fau.edu
FAU’s School of Architecture Presents ‘Visualizing Urban Futures’ by Alex Cohn
WHAT:
FAU’s
School of Architecture within
the
College of Architecture, Urban and
Public Affairs will host “Visualizing Urban
Futures:
A Toolkit for Collaborative Urban |
Design”
by architect Alex Cohn
WHEN:
Friday,
October 30 at 5 p.m.
WHERE:
Museum
of Art – Fort Lauderdale
Auditorium
One E. Las Olas Blvd.
COST:
Free
and open to the public
CONTACT:
For more information, contact Marian
Williams
at
954-762-5140 or
mwilliam@fau.edu
Alex Cohn, an award-winning architect, will speak during his lecture about interactive tools developed with digital media for collaborative urban design and planning. He also will provide an overview, including an analysis and discussion, about the toolkit, the value it brings to urban design projects, as well as how these tools are planned and delivered. Cohn is the director of Place Design Group, an international planning, design and environmental consultancy. The agency is a leading, integrated, multidisciplinary practice providing collaborative services to development professionals.
-FAU-
About Florida Atlantic University:
Florida Atlantic University opened its doors in 1964 as the fifth public university in Florida. Today, the University serves more than 28,000 undergraduate and graduate students on seven campuses. Building on its rich tradition as a teaching university, with a world-class faculty, FAU hosts ten colleges: College of Architecture, Urban & Public Affairs, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters, the Charles E. Schmidt College of Biomedical Science, the College of Business, the College of Education, the College of Engineering & Computer Science, the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, the Graduate College, the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing and the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science.
