Michael Lykoudis will headline CPA’s Fall Forum Lecture on urban sustainability

Each fall for the past fourteen years the Cincinnati Preservation Association (CPA) has been convening a group thought and community leaders to discuss urban issues as they relate to our built environment.  This year’s Fall Forum Lecture will feature Dean Michael Lykoudis, introduced by Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory, from the School of Architecture at the University of Notre Dame to discuss the issue of making cities more sustainable in the face of climate change, while also preserving their historic character. “For fourteen years, CPA has been able to present to our region’s architects, developers, planners, preservationists – and everyone interested in the evolution of our city – the best minds on these topics through our Fall Forum Lecture,” said Bobbie McTurner, executive director of the Cincinnati Preservation Association and, “we are thrilled to be able to bring Michael Lykoudis to Cincinnati to present his point of view on the compelling components of building a sustainable future.” Dean Lykoudis has worked most of his career on building, studying and promoting traditional architecture and urbanism.  He has served as professor of architecture at the Notre Dame’s nationally acclaimed school since 1991 and has since received numerous awards for his teaching and lectured around the country and abroad on topics of sustainability and traditional design. Dean Lykoudis has worked as a project designer and architect in Florida, Greece, Connecticut and New York and has directed his own practice since 1983.  He will also soon be releasing his third book entitled Modernity, Modernism and the Other Modern. Dean Lykoudis’ lecture at the Fall Forum entitled Architecture, Urbanism & Preservation: After the Oil Age in a Time of Global Warming will offer a solution to the problems of energy and environment as they relate to the post-modern city based on a holistic assesment involving knowledge gained from history and historic structures. Tickets can be purchased for the noon luncheon on Friday, October 16, that will be held in the Hall of Mirrors at the Hilton Netherland Plaza downtown, for $50 (supporter) or $70 (patron – name included in program).  Corporate table sponsorships are also available, as well as, free student tickets for balcony seating.  Due to limited space, please contact CPA at info@cincinnatipreservation.org or (513) 721-4506 to reserve your tickets in advance.  Tickets will not be available at the door. Writer: Randy A. Simes Photography by Scott Beseler Stay connected by following Randy on Twitter @SoapboxRandy