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Aerial image of the sun sets over Hayes Hall and South Campus in June 2021. Photographer: Douglas Levere.

Every semester the School of Architecture and Planning invites distinguished architects and planners to campus for a series of public symposia, seminars and exhibitions. Convening practitioners, scholars, students and members of the community around the top issues facing our profession today, the program is a vibrant part of the intellectual life of the school.

AIA and AICP members

Select lecture and events in our public programs series offer AIA and AICP learning units for professional continuing education. Details are provided on specific event pages. 

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2023 Spring Semester

  • 2022 Fall
    9/28/22

    The public lecture series for the 2022-23 academic year is dedicated to the entwined, even hopeful, themes of Recovery/Reclamation as a reflective response to the racially motivated shooting at the Tops supermarket on Buffalo’s East Side on May 14, 2022. In response, we will engage a range of speakers who address the subjects of recovery and reclamation through their work in an effort to place this recent tragedy within a broader history and perspective. 

  • 2022 Spring
    1/11/22

    We're pleased to announce the Spring '22 lineup in this year's public programs series, convening thought leaders from across our disciplines to consider the socio-spatial disruptions of the past few years and offer critical reflection on the status quo. 

  • 2020-2021
    2/9/21

    Our 2020-21 Lecture Series focuses on racial justice in our disciplines and the broader impacts that the work of architects and urban planners have on historically disenfranchised communities, to generate dialogue and prompt real change.

  • 2020 Spring
    1/30/20
    COUNTER / CULTURE takes its cue from the celebration of the School of Architecture and Planning's 50th year and sets up dialogues from a multitude of disciplinary perspectives on the subject of architectural education and institutional critique. 
  • 2019 Fall
    8/30/19
    COUNTER / CULTURE takes its cue from the celebration of the School of Architecture and Planning's 50th year and sets up dialogues from a multitude of disciplinary perspectives on the subject of architectural education and institutional critique. 
  • 2019 Spring
    1/10/19

    "Discursive Practices" presents the work of architects, urban planners, preservationists and historians whose approach to design bridges multiple territories of knowledge to create new work.

  • 2018 Fall
    8/27/18

    "Discursive Practices" presents the work of architects, urban planners, preservationists and historians whose approach to design bridges multiple territories of knowledge to create new work.

  • 2018 Spring
    1/29/18

    In context of today's political environment, we present architects, designers, urban planners, and researchers at work across boundaries – national borders, cultural lines, or disciplinary demarcations.

  • 2017 Fall
    8/11/17

    In context of today's political environment, we present architects, designers, urban planners, and researchers at work across boundaries – national borders, cultural lines, or disciplinary demarcations.

  • 2017 Spring
    2/16/17

    The School of Architecture and Planning invites the community inside its historic - and fully restored and renewed - home in Hayes Hall for an exciting spring 2017 lecture series.

  • 2016 Fall
    9/16/16

    The School of Architecture and Planning invites the community inside its historic - and fully restored and renewed - home in Hayes Hall for an exciting fall 2016 lecture series.

  • 2016 Spring
    2/2/16

    This semester the School of Architecture and Planning welcomes an exciting lineup of practitioners and scholars in architecture, planning and the design professions. View the full schedule now. 

     

     

  • 2015 Fall
    9/22/15

    This semester the School of Architecture and Planning welcomes an exciting lineup of practitioners and scholars in architecture, planning and the design professions. View the full schedule now. 

     

     

  • 2015 Spring
    1/30/15

    This semester the School of Architecture and Planning welcomes an exciting lineup of practitioners and scholars in architecture, planning and the design professions. View the full schedule now. 

     

     

  • 2014 Fall
    9/25/14

    This semester the School of Architecture and Planning welcomes an exciting lineup of practitioners and scholars in architecture, planning and the design professions. View the full schedule now. 

     

     

  • 2014 Spring
    1/31/14

    This semester the School of Architecture and Planning welcomes an exciting lineup of practitioners and scholars in architecture, planning and the design professions. View the full schedule now.