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Please join Avery Library and AIA-NY for this special event:

*Practice post-50: Edgar Tafel in New York*
January 23, 2014
6:00 pm with reception following

Edgar A. Tafel Hall
Center for Architecture
536 LaGuardia Place

Well known for his role as Wright apprentice and historian, Edgar Tafel 
also maintained a long productive architectural practice in New York. 
This event celebrates the opening of the Edgar Tafel archive at the 
Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University and will 
introduce the archive to the architectural community. Speakers will 
discuss Tafel's two most prominent projects in post-1950 New York: the 
Church House for the First Presbyterian Church and the SUNY Geneseo 
campus. The program will also take place in Edgar A. Tafel Hall, named 
for a person who cared deeply about bringing people together to share 
ideas and good stories.

*Speakers:*
*Janet Parks*, The Drawings and Archives at Avery Library
*Tania Franco*, The Edgar Tafel Archive
*Kimbro Frutiger*, Edgar Tafel's Religious Work: Design, Traditions, Ethics
*Caroline Zaleski*, Edgar Tafel and SUNY Geneseo: Lessons from Frank 
Lloyd Wright

*Moderator:*
*Robert Silman*, President Emeritus, Robert Silman Associates

*Organized by*: Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia 
University and AIANY Historic Buildings Committee

Register to attend: 
http://cfa.aiany.org/index.php?section=calendar&evtid=6693 
<http://cfa.aiany.org/index.php?section=calendar&evtid=6693>
CES/Continuing Education credits available: AIA CES: 1 LU

Avery Library’s Edgar A. Tafel finding aid: 
http://findingaids.cul.columbia.edu/ead/nnc-a/ldpd_10226981

Tafel blog: https://blogs.cul.columbia.edu/tafelarchive/

-- 
Carole Ann Fabian
Director
Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
1172 Amsterdam Avenue MC0301
New York, NY 10027
212-854-3068
Web:http://library.columbia.edu/indiv/avery.html
News:https://blogs.cul.columbia.edu/avery/
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Project Director
Built Works Registry
http://builtworksregistry.wordpress.com/


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