Aaron Betsky

The ISU Department of Architecture invites you to join us for Aaron Betsky’s lecture “The Monster Leviathan: Anarchitecture,” the 2024 Charles E 'Chick' Herbert lecture in Architecture!

About Aaron:

Aaron Betsky is a Professor in the School of Architecture and Design at Virginia Tech. He has previously been the Director of the School and also the President of the School of Architecture at Taliesin. Mr. Betsky is a recognized critic of art, architecture, and design and has authored more than twenty books on these subjects. He is also known to write a blog twice a week for architectmagazine.com, Beyond Buildings. He has a background in architecture and the humanities, having received his training from Yale University. In the past, he has held several important positions such as the Director of the Cincinnati Art Museum (2006-2014) and the Netherlands Architecture Institute (2001-2006), and also served as the Curator of Architecture and Design at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (1995-2001). He directed the 11th Venice International Biennale of Architecture in 2008. His most recent books include Fifty Lessons from Frank Lloyd Wright (2021), Making It Modern (2019), and Architecture Matters (2019). Additionally, he has an upcoming book called Anarchitecture: The Monster Leviathan, which will be published by The MIT Press in 2023.

About the Charles E 'Chick' Herbert lecture in Architecture:

The Charles E. “Chick” Herbert Lecture was established in 2010 in memory of 1951 Iowa State architectural engineering graduate Chick Herbert, FAIA, the founding principal of Herbert Lewis Kruse Blunck Architecture in Des Moines and recipient of the 2007 Distinguished Alumni Award, the highest honor given to Iowa State alumni by the ISU Alumni Association.

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