new york NEW YORK

How does architecture make its appearance in civil society? How did architectural modernism function as a political and social instrument? Constitutional Modernism pursues these questions by exploring architecture, planning, and law as cultural forces in mid-century Cuba. Author Timothy Hyde’s analysis of the complex entanglements between these disciplines reconstructs how architects joined with other professionals and intellectuals in efforts to establish a stable civil society, from the promulgation of a new Cuban Constitution . . . until the Cuban Revolution. Join Hyde in conversation with architect and theorist Jorge Otero-Pailos.

in conversation: Timothy HYDE & Jorge OTERO-PAILOS
Thursday, 09/05
7.00 p.m. / Van Alen Books
30 W 22nd St.
New York, NY 10010

houston TEXAS

Jorge Otero-Pailos is an architect, historian and theorist specialized in experimental forms of preservation. His research and work rethinks preservation as a powerful countercultural practice that creates alternative futures for our world heritage. He is the Founder and Editor of the journal Future Anterior, the first American peer-reviewed scholarly journal to be devoted to the history theory and criticism of historic preservation.

Jorge Otero-Pailos, “
Architectures Under Erasure”
Thursday, 11/15
5.30 pm / Farish Gallery
Anderson Hall
Rice University SOA
6100 Main Street
Houston, TX