Symposium: Against Reason - John Lautner and Postwar Architecture

In a series of panels and presentations, architects, engineers, and architectural historians will explore the distinctive work of Lautner, and examine the relationship of his non-rational approach to design in the context of post-World War II architecture in the US and abroad. In addition, a panel of leading contemporary architects will describe how their work sets itself against the rationalist and functionalist traditions, and a panel of Lautner’s original clients and colleagues will discuss the challenges of creating and inhabiting buildings that reshaped the image of modernist architecture in the late 20th century. Presented by The Getty Research Institute and the Hammer Museum. Complete schedule and list of participants to be announced. Friday, September 19 Hammer Museum, Billy Wilder Theater Tour of John Lautner exhibition — 6pm Conversation: Contemporary Anti-Rationalist Architects — 7:30pm Saturday, September 20 The Getty Center, Museum Lecture Hall Symposium 10am — 5pm Free-Form Living: A Conversation with the Clients and Colleagues of John Lautner — 8pm http://www.hammer.ucla.edu/calendar_full_Sep_2008.htm#day1