Brown Forman Chair Florian Idenburg to Lecture

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 29, 2010) − The University of Kentucky College of Design presents Florian Idenburg, director of Solid Objectives - Idenburg Liu (SO-IL) and UK's Brown Forman Chair in Urban Design, as its next speaker in this year's UK College of Design Lecture Series. Idenburg's lecture, which is free and open to the public, is scheduled for 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 1, in 209 Pence Hall.
 

Before becoming director of SO-IL, Idenburg gained experience through his work at Japanese design firm Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa /SANAA,  where he worked from 2000 to 2007. He was involved in a number of key projects at the firm, most notably the Almere Stadstheater in the Netherlands, the Institut Valencian d' Art Modern in Spain, the Glass Pavilion at the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio and the New Museum in New York.

Idenburg is a devoted educator and writer. He is a frequent lecturer, panelist and critic at universities and institutions throughout the U.S. and abroad. From 2006 to 2007, he held the position of visiting lecturer at the School of Architecture at Princeton University. Idenburg is currently an adjunct assistant professor of architecture at Columbia University’s Graduate School for Architecture Planning and Preservation and a design critic at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University. Idenburg's writings have been published in magazines such as Domus, A+U and Idea Magazine.

In addition to his work as a lecturer and critic, Idenburg is the director of SO-IL design agency. SO-IL is a proactive agency that develops ideas in the realm of art, architecture and the city of Brooklyn where the firm is based. The firm is currently involved in projects in the United States, the Netherlands and China. Its ambition is to play a participatory or catalytic role in projects that enhance the exchange of ambitiously progressive ideas. SO-IL and its work have been featured in a variety of publications including the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. The agency recently was named one of the 2010 Sukkah City winners for the installation "In Tension," as well as the 2010 winner of the Museum of Modern Art and P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center’s Young Architects Program for the installation "Pole Dance" on exhibit in the P.S.1 courtyard in Long Island City through the month of September. 

While he is here teaching in Lexington this semester as the Brown Forman Chair in Urban Design, the public can see an exhibition of SO-IL's award-winning work. The exhibition, "Future Archaeology," is currently on display at Lexington's Institute 193. Co-sponsored by the UK College of Design and artwithoutwalls, the exhibit will continue through Oct. 2.

For more information on the Florian Idenburg lecture, the SO-IL exhibition, or any of the UK College of Design Lecture Series events, call the UK College of Design at (859) 257-7617 or visit their website at www.uky.edu/design.