THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA
Fall 2014 Guest Lectures
Wednesday, Sept. 24 | 6 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 22 | 5:30 p.m.
2014 Walton Critic
2014 Marcou Lecture
ELIANA BÓRMIDA
THOMAS M. MENINO
Principal, Bórmida & Yanzón Arquitectos
Former Mayor of Boston
Architecture and Nature
Boston’s Contemporary Architectural
and Planning History: Governing a
Major American City in the Midst of
Dynamic Change
Koubek Auditorium, Edward M. Crough Center for
Architectural Studies, The Catholic University of America
Tuesday, Oct. 7 | 7 p.m.
2014 Walton Critic
ELIANA BÓRMIDA
Koubek Auditorium, Crough Center,
The Catholic University of America
Principal, Bórmida & Yanzón Arquitectos
Saturday, Oct. 25 | 8 p.m.
Place, Wine & Architecture.
The Work of Bórmida & Yanzón Architects
2014 BEAUX ARTS BALL
Embassy of Argentina
1600 New Hampshire Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20009
Lecture followed by wine tasting. R.s.v.p. required.
Contact Julio Bermudez at 202-319-5755 or bermudez@cua.edu.
Co-sponsored by The Embassy of Argentina and AIA|DC.
Wednesday, Oct. 15 | 6 p.m.
Screening of a Documentary Film by Leah Mahan
Come Hell or High Water:
The Battle for Turkey Creek
CUAIAS presents
Rediscover Our District
The Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
641 D St., N.W., Washington, DC 20004
Wednesday, Nov. 12 | 6 p.m.
Guest Lecture
DAVID ROSS SCHEER
Architect
Koubek Auditorium, Crough Center,
The Catholic University of America
The Death of Drawing:
Architecture in the Age of Simulation
Co-sponsored by the Planning and the Black Community Division of APA, the
DC Chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects, and the U.S.
EPA Office of Environmental Justice.
Book signing will follow.
For events taking place on CUA’s campus, request accommodations for individuals with
disabilities by contacting Julio Bermudez at 202-319-5755 or bermudez@cua.edu.
Photos: Bórmida & Yanzón Architects
Koubek Auditorium, Crough Center,
The Catholic University of America
CUArch
2014 Walton Critic
ELIANA BÓRMIDA
Professor in Residence (September and October 2014)
Sacred Space and Cultural Studies Concentration*
Eliana Bórmida is one of the two principals of Bórmida & Yanzón Architects, an international, award-winning office operating from Mendoza,
Argentina. Their portfolio contains remarkable projects related to nature, wine, lodging, agro-industrial architecture, and more. Balancing
contemporary demands and consciousness with the values of local tradition, their buildings are beautiful, simple, tectonic, and sophisticated.
It is an experiential architecture that defines a spatial narrative full of sensations and emotions that kindly invites our actions and always
grounds us in local nature, culture, and history. Bórmida & Yanzón’s work has been covered in the international press (including the New York
Times and the Financial Times) and recognized with many awards, including the 2012 Konex Award, the 2011 ParexKlaukol Prize, and several
“Best of Wine Tourism” global awards for five years straight (2009 through 2013). Their oeuvre has been published in architecture journals,
magazines and books such as SUMMA+, WALLPAPER, Revista D&D, and Phaidon Atlas of 21st Century World Architecture.
Bórmida was a professor at the Universidad de Mendoza for 30 years, teaching history of architecture and urbanism. She was named
“Outstanding Woman” by the Mendoza Federation of Business Leaders in 2012 and “Notable Woman of Mendoza” in 2008. During her
residence at CUA’s School of Architecture and Planning, she will direct a three-week-long design studio centered on the intersection between
nature, everyday life, and spirituality. As the 2014 Walton Critic, she will participate in the life of the school through guest talks, reviews, and
spontaneous meeting with students and faculty.
Eliana Bórmida’s residence is made possible in part by the Clarence Walton Fund for Catholic Architecture. Past Walton Critics include architects
Antoine Predock (2009), Craig Hartman (2010), Juhani Pallasmaa (2011), Alberto Campo Baeza (2012), and Claudio Silvestrin (2013).
* The Sacred Space and Cultural Studies concentration is one of very few programs in the world in which architecture graduate students, faculty, and professionals
can reflect upon, learn, research, and profess the deepest spiritual and cultural roots of place-making. We pursue this interest by engaging the inspiring
conversations between the physical and the metaphysical, matter and spirit, life and intention, with the eyes of architecture. For more information, contact
Program Director Julio Bermudez (bermudez@cua.edu) or visit www.sacred-space.net.
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THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA
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2014 Walton Critic
ELIANA BÓRMIDA