{"id":95,"date":"2013-01-23T11:54:35","date_gmt":"2013-01-23T16:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.townbranch.org\/info\/2013\/01\/23\/events-for-town-branch-commons-design-competition\/"},"modified":"2013-01-23T11:55:31","modified_gmt":"2013-01-23T16:55:31","slug":"events-for-town-branch-commons-design-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.townbranch.org\/info\/?p=95","title":{"rendered":"Events for Town Branch Commons Design Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Upcoming Events for the TOWN BRANCH COMMONS DESIGN COMPETITION @ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.townbranchcommons.com\/\">townbranchcommons.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>EVENTS<br \/>\nDiscussion of  \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Landscapes of Confrontation\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<br \/>\nBradford McKee, editor, Landscape Architecture magazine<br \/>\n7 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 30<br \/>\nGluck Equine Research Center auditorium, 1400 Nicholasville Road<br \/>\nHosted by UK Landscape Architecture<br \/>\n\u00ef\u00bb\u00bf<br \/>\nBradford McKee will lead a discussion on &#8220;Landscapes of Confrontation&#8221; covering how to deals with site contamination. McKee is the current editor of Landscape Architecture Magazine and a member of the Town Branch Commons Design Competition Jury.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u2039<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u2039Lafayette Seminar in Public Issues<br \/>\n11:30 a.m., Thursday Jan. 31<br \/>\nHilary J. Boone Center, 500 Rose St.<br \/>\nHosted by the Gaines Center for the Humanities<br \/>\n\u00ef\u00bb\u00bf<br \/>\nSpeakers are local architect Van Meter Pettit and planner Stan Harvey. Sponsored annually by the Gaines Center for the Humanities at UK, this lecture will be an opportunity for Lexington community members, elected officials, and faculty and students to offer insights on the history of the Town Branch and examine large-scale projects from other cities and how they have been implemented. The Lafayette Seminar is supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Lunch is free and the event is open to the public. Seating is limited, reservations required. To reserve a seat, please email Gaines.Center@gmail.com or call (859) 257-1537.<\/p>\n<p>Design Adds Value to the Commons<br \/>\nFive Landscape Architects Discuss the Importance of Good Design for Downtown Development<br \/>\n4 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 31,<br \/>\nLexington Children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Theatre, 418 W. Short St.<br \/>\nHosted by the UK College of Design<br \/>\n\u00ef\u00bb\u00bf<br \/>\nEach of the five design firms shortlisted for the competition will speak to how the implementation of large-scale public projects can increase a city&#8217;s value, citing past commissions as examples. The discussion will be moderated by Michael Speaks, Dean, UK College of Design<br \/>\nand will feature Aaron Betsky, Director, Cincinnati Art Museum, and Bradford McKee, Editor, Landscape Architecture magazine. This event is free and open to the public.<br \/>\n\u00ef\u00bb\u00bf<\/p>\n<p>Designs on Display<br \/>\nFebruary 4-22 (February 15 Gallery Hop Included)<br \/>\nCity Gallery, Downtown Arts Center, 141 East Main Street<br \/>\n\u00ef\u00bb\u00bf<br \/>\nThe designs each firm has created will be on display at the Downtown Arts Center from February 4-22 and will be displayed during the Gallery Hop on the 15th. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Upcoming Events for the TOWN BRANCH COMMONS DESIGN COMPETITION @ townbranchcommons.com EVENTS Discussion of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Landscapes of Confrontation\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Bradford McKee, editor, Landscape Architecture magazine 7 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 30 Gluck Equine Research Center auditorium, 1400 Nicholasville Road Hosted by UK Landscape &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.townbranch.org\/info\/?p=95\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.townbranch.org\/info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.townbranch.org\/info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.townbranch.org\/info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.townbranch.org\/info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.townbranch.org\/info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=95"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.townbranch.org\/info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.townbranch.org\/info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.townbranch.org\/info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.townbranch.org\/info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}