Finalist for Obama Presidential Center to Speak at Dallas Architecture Forum Event
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The Gary Comer Youth Center designed by John Ronan, FAIA. Photo: Steve Hall-Hedrich Blessing
John Ronan, FAIA, is an award-winning architect who is known for thoughtful, elegant buildings that have been published in the national and international business and design press. His Poetry Foundation building has achieved iconic status, and he was one of only seven international finalists for the Obama Presidential Center.
He will be speaking Dec. 6 as part of the 20th Anniversary 2016-2017 lecture season from the Dallas Architecture Forum.
“John is very engaging with audiences, and we believe his breadth of architectural, education and research experience will provide a program of great interest to the Dallas community,” said Nate Eudaly, Executive Director of the Dallas Architecture Forum.
Erie Elementary Charter School designed by John Ronan, FAIA. Photo: Steve Hall-Hedrich Blessing
Akiba Schechter School designed by John Ronan, FAIA. Photo: Nathan Kirkman
Ronan is one of our nation’s distinguished design architects. He was named as a member of the Design Vanguard by Architectural Record, and was selected as an Emerging Voice of The League of New York. In 2007, Ronan’s firm was selected as architect of the iconic Poetry Foundation in Chicago, a search that included over 50 architecture firms from around the world. Ronan has lectured widely, exhibited internationally, and has been included in numerous publications and covered by the international design press. Ronan has received two AIA Institute National Honor Awards and has won many design competitions including those staged by the Graham Foundation. He holds a Master of Architecture with distinction from the Harvard GSD and is a professor of architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology.
John Ronan will speak Tuesday, Dec. 6 at the Magnolia Theatre, 3699 McKinney Ave. Reception and check-in are from 6:15 – 6:55 p.m. with the event at 7 p.m. For more information on the forum, visit DallasArchitectureForum.org.
