Upcoming Events at The Times Center
Sat Jan 25, 10:30 AM - Sat Jan 25, 6:30 PM
The Times Center
242 W 41st St, New York, NY 10036
Community: Midtown Manhattan
Description
THE FIRST EDITION OF THE WORLD AROUND, A NEW GLOBAL FORUM FOR ARCHITECTURE AND IDEAS, TAKES PLACE JANUARY 25, 2020, IN NEW YORK CITY
Event Details
Dedicated to discussing and rethinking the “now, near, and next” of architectural culture, the new global forum The World Around will host its first edition on January 25, 2020, at the Renzo Piano designed The TimesCenter in New York City. The day-long conference curated by Beatrice Galilee, co-founder and executive director of The World Around, will bring together leading international practitioners and thinkers in architecture and associated fields including landscape, art, sculpture, film, game design and planning for far-reaching discussions about the most vital current and upcoming building projects, the most significant developments in technology and the environment, and the most promising new ideas that are shaping our world to come.
Participants so far announced include: Paola Antonelli, Nick Axel, Shumon Basar, Barozzi Veiga, Josh Begley, Elizabeth Diller, Eva Franch i Gilabert, Catherine Ince, Junya Ishigami, Ibrahim Mahama, Bruce Mau, David OReilly, Caroline Priado Perez, Emmauel Pratt, Cecilia Puga, Shohei Shigematsu, Something & Son, Marina Tabassum, Xu Tiantian, and Michael Wang.
Participants so far announced include: Paola Antonelli, Nick Axel, Shumon Basar, Barozzi Veiga, Josh Begley, Elizabeth Diller, Eva Franch i Gilabert, Catherine Ince, Junya Ishigami, Ibrahim Mahama, Bruce Mau, David OReilly, Caroline Priado Perez, Emmauel Pratt, Cecilia Puga, Shohei Shigematsu, Something & Son, Marina Tabassum, Xu Tiantian, and Michael Wang.
