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Design Talks Institute (d.talks)

1130 3 Street Southeast
Calgary, AB, T2G 5T6
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A public forum for ideas on design and the built environment.

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Let's talk about iconomy

September 5, 2013 d. talks adm
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location Glenbow Museum Conoco Phillips Theatre

what happened? Discussion on Brutalist architecture heritage and adaptive re- use for a building in Calgary.

Presentation and panel discussion with David Down/City of Calgary, Modern Office Design +Architecture, Spectacle Bureau for Architecture and Urbanism, Nyhoff Architecture

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Possibilities for a Brutalist Building.
If architecture was like hockey, what buildings would be on our city’s trading cards? ICONOMY brings focus to iconic buildings in Calgary. First up is the Education Centre Building, a 44-year-old Brutalist structure. This discussion promises to blend our city’s history with a perspective on all things Brutal, and some clear-headed thinking about the role of adaptive-reuse.
What makes a building an ICON and how important is it to our city’s ECONOMY?

event partner_ DIRTT
friends_ Black Fly Agency, Canadian Architectural Archives, University of Calgary, City of Calgary, Urban Design + Heritage, Stephen Riether

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What is d.talks

Each event is based on a design topic. They are a combination of presentations that open up discussion, followed by a distillation of how it relates at a local level. Screenings of a short documentary or an exhibition, prime the discussion. At d.talks, a question is as important as an answer. 

Past Event Archive
Past Events
Let's Talk About... Wanderlust
Let's Talk About... Wanderlust
about a year ago
Let's Talk About... Home
about a year ago
Lobbyfest x d.talks
about a year ago
Let's Talk About the Grid..a reflection by Richard Harrison
about a year ago
Let's Talk About...The Grid
about 2 years ago
Interrupt Reframe: Who Decides?
about 2 years ago
Interrupt Reframe: Becoming Urban differently
about 2 years ago
Interrupt Reframe: What Wasn't Built?
about 2 years ago
Lets make an exchange!
about 3 years ago
World After This with Julian Agyeman
about 3 years ago
Let's talk about...horizon
about 3 years ago
WriteON residency with Calgary Public Library
about 3 years ago
WriteON residency with Esker Foundation
about 3 years ago
WriteON residency with Esker Foundation
about 3 years ago
Untold City: Empty commercial building as opportunity
about 3 years ago
Untold City: More than a Parkade Tour
about 4 years ago
Live at Noon: a discussion on diaspora and belonging
about 4 years ago
Let's talk about...land and memory
about 4 years ago
Let's talk about...making room
Let's talk about...making room
about 4 years ago
Let's talk about...togetherness
Let's talk about...togetherness
about 5 years ago

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