Michael Lykoudis,
The Francis and Kathleen Rooney Dean of Architecture
University of Notre Dame
Architecture, Urbanism & Preservation:
After the Oil Age in a Time of Global Warming
On October 16th, almost 300 guest filled the Netherland Hall of Mirrors for CPA’s 14th Annual Fall Forum Lecture on urban issues featuring Michael Lykoudis, dean of the school of Architecture at the University of Notre Dame. Mayor Mark Mallory gave an wonderful introduction of Dean Lykoudis who presented his lecture entitled “Architecture, Urbanism, and Preservation: After the Oil Age in a time of Global Warming”. His lecture left the audience thinking about the validity of the idea that new technology equals sustainability. He pointed out that many of the planning principles that went into designing the city of Cincinnati as a walkable city comprised of blocks, mixed-use buildings, and public transportation are sustainable practices that have been used for hundreds of years. They have been used for so long because they are inherent to human nature and they work. Dean Lykoudis urged everyone to try to do simple things such as walking for short errands to lower our impact on the environment and improve our health.
Dean Lykoudis has devoted his career to the building, study and promotion of traditional architecture and urbanism. Because of this, he is a frequent lecturer on topics of sustainability and tradition. His assessment for solution to the massive problems of energy and environment as they relate to the post-modern city is holistic, involving knowledge gained from history and historic structures.
The lecture was filmed and the video will be available to view shortly.
CPA thanks the Sponsors of this year's Fall Forum Luncheon
$1,500 Capital
Anonymous
Mr. & Mrs. Martin E. Rahe
Thomas R. Schiff
Strauss & Troy
US Bank
$1,000 Column
Duke Energy Foundation
Eagle Realty Group
HHB Partners Realtors, Inc./Aggie Broker & Susan Haas
Ohio National Financial Services
Michael Schuster Associates, Inc.
Michael & Margaret Valentine
$500 Supporting
Dr. & Mrs. Masood Ahmad
Dr. Compton Allyn
Al. Neyer, Inc.
Bahl & Gaynor
Brashear Bolton, Inc.
J. Leland & Hazeleen Brewster, II
Frost Brown Todd
GAI Consultants, Inc.
Don & Lynn Jacobs
Legg Mason Investment Counsel
Manley Burke, LPA
Mellott & Mellott, PLL
The Preview Group, Inc.
Towne Properties
Andrew B. Ulmer & Bobbie McTurner
3CDC
Non-Profit Sponsors
Architectural Foundation of Cincinnati
Cincinnati Museum Center
The Cincinnatus Association
Corporation for Findlay Market
Greater Milford Area Historical Society
OKI Regional Council of Governments
Over the Rhine Chamber of Commerce
The Spring Grove Heritage Foundation
Taft Museum of Art
Updated: October 22, 2009
