Land Use Prof Blog

Films for land use lovers

The Chicago Architecture Center's Architecture and Design Film Festival has a bunch of great films that any good land use lover might want to see. Some of them are already out on streaming services...

Here is a link to the festival list, and schedule with links below.

FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

**Opening night pre-screening reception will be held on Wednesday, January 31, 2024**

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

• 7:00 PMWe Start With the Things We Find (2023)Gand Lecture Hall TheatreBUY
• 7:15 PMWe Start With the Things We Find (2023)Drake Family Skyscraper Gallery TheatreBUY

Thursday, February 1, 2024

• 5:45 PMTerra Forma / House of Adaptation (2023 | 2023)Drake Family Skyscraper Gallery TheatreBUY
• 6:00 PMWomen in Architecture / Clodagh (2022 | 2022)Gand Lecture Hall TheatreBUY
• 8:30 PMRadical Landscapes (2022)Gand Lecture Hall TheatreBUY
• 8:45 PMThe Promise: Architect B.V. Doshi (2023)Drake Family Skyscraper Gallery TheatreBUY

Friday, February 2, 2024

• 6:00 PMThe Genius of the Place: The Life and Work of Geoffrey Bawa (2023)Gand Lecture Hall TheatreBUY
• 6:15 PMWomen in Architecture / Clodagh (2022 | 2022)Drake Family Skyscraper Gallery TheatreBUY
• 8:30 PMEmotional Architecture 1959 / Soviet Bus Stops (2022 | 2022)Gand Lecture Hall TheatreBUY
• 8:45 PMPoint of Origin / Veins (2023 | 2023)Drake Family Skyscraper Gallery TheatreBUY

Saturday, February 3, 2024

• 1:00 PMBest in the World (2022)Gand Lecture Hall TheatreBUY
• 1:15 PMThe Genius of the Place: The Life and Work of Geoffrey Bawa (2023)Drake Family Skyscraper Gallery TheatreBUY
• 3:00 PMRehab (from rehab) (2023)Gand Lecture Hall TheatreBUY
• 3:15 PMLife, Assembled (2022)Drake Family Skyscraper Gallery TheatreBUY
• 5:15 PMThe Mies Van der Rohes (2023)Drake Family Skyscraper Gallery TheatreBUY
• 5:30 PMMy Architect: A Son's Journey (2004)Gand Lecture Hall TheatreBUY
• 8:30 PMEmotional Architecture 1959 / Soviet Bus Stops (2022 | 2022)Drake Family Skyscraper Gallery TheatreBUY
• 8:45 PMModernism, Inc. (2023)Gand Lecture Hall TheatreBUY

Sunday, February 4, 2024

• 1:45 PMModernism, Inc. (2023)Drake Family Skyscraper Gallery TheatreBUY
• 2:00 PMSkin of Glass (2023)Gand Lecture Hall TheatreBUY
• 4:00 PMThe Mies Van der Rohes (2023)Drake Family Skyscraper Gallery TheatreBUY
• 4:15 PMRehab (from rehab) (2023)Gand Lecture Hall TheatreBUY
• 6:30 PMThe Power of Utopia -- Living with Le Corbusier in Chandigarh (2023)Gand Lecture Hall TheatreBUY
• 6:45 PMPoint of Origin / Veins (2023 | 2023)Drake Family Skyscraper Gallery TheatreBUY

Midwest, West and Back Again

After 23 years living in the West--first 11 years in San Francisco, then 12 years in Idaho--my wife and I decided we'd head back to the Midwest where we grew up. 

I've been debating whether to make this public or not, in large part because I continue to teach at Idaho Law and was visiting at Iowa Law in the fall. It's complicated. My carbon footprint is too large. But it works in a way.

I wanted to start up the blog again for several reasons, perhaps mostly because I wanted a forum for my musings about the differences between places. Particularly, I wanted to write more about living in a big American city. This is my third: first New York City for three years after undergraduate; then San Francisco for 11 years; and now...Chicago for six months. Before I started writing about Chicago and the Midwest again, I thought it might make sense to explain why. And so, that is why.

I still have plenty to say about the West. I just might now have something to say about the Midwest, too.

Feb 9 - New Frontiers in Enviro Law @ UC Law SF

Excited to be part of this event...

 

Apply to be Part of Study Space, Creating Resilient Cities, in Rio de Janeiro

We are now accepting applications for Study Space XIII:  Creating Resilient Cities:  Disaster Preparedness, Climate Change Adaptation and Public Health Responses in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from June 16-21, 2024.  This weeklong workshop is being organized by the Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth at Georgia State University College of Law in conjunction with FGV Direito Rio. 

Through daily lectures from leading experts and guided site visits, topics discussed throughout the week will include:

• Disaster preparedness and mitigation
• Housing and human rights
• Climate change, urban forests and biodiversity
• Land use law and urban revitalization
• Pandemic preparation and recovery

The cost of the program is $975 and includes scheduled group meals, speaker honoraria and site visits.  Hotel, airfare, and airport transportation must be purchased separately. 

For more information, contact Karen Johnston at [email protected] or Ryan Rowberry at [email protected] or visit our website.

Applications are due February 23, 2024 but early application is encouraged and space is limited.  No payments are required at the time of application.  Apply online at:  Online Survey Software | Qualtrics Survey Solutions

Download the Study Space Brazil brochure