Posted at 5:34 p.m., Friday, November 30, 2007
Free lecture on Ossipoff tomorrow at Doris Duke
Advertiser Staff
In conjunction with its show "Hawaiian Modern: The Architecture of Vladimir Ossipoff," the Honolulu Academy of Arts is holding a free lecture and panel discussion on the influential architect at 1 p.m. tomorrow, Dec. 1, at the Doris Duke Theatre.Dean Sakamoto, guest-curator of the exhibition, will talk about the making of the show, the exhibition catalogue and the accompanying documentary film "True to Form: Vladimir Ossipoff, Architect." Born and raised on O'ahu, Sakamoto is now critic in design and director of exhibitions at the Yale University School of Architecture.
Following the lecture will be a panel discussion on "Modern Hawaii Today," from 1:45 to 2:30 p.m., featuring Karla Britton, lecturer in architectural history at the Yale University School of Architecture; Don Hibbard, Hawai'i -based architectural historian; Karl Kim, PhD, professor and chair, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Hawai'i-Manoa; Spencer Leineweber, FAIA, professor at UH's School of Architecture; Ossipoff client Dr. Linus Pauling, Jr.; and Ossipoff collaborator Sidney Snyder, Jr., AIA, principal, Ossipoff Snyder and Rowland Architects.
