Beyond Metaphor: Shaping Buildings

Max Abramovitz Distinguished Lecture

Monday, October 11th, 7:00 PM
Lawrence J. Plym Auditorium

Carol Ross Barney, FAIA

Ross Barney + Jankowski
www.rbjarchitects.com

About the Lecturer

CAROL ROSS BARNEY, FAIA is founder and President of Ross Barney + Jankowski. She is responsible for the design excellence of all projects undertaken by the firm. Dedicated to improving the built environment, her work has an international reputation in design of institutional and public buildings. Her work has been published in national and international journals, books and newspapers. The work has been awarded with numerous honors including 4 Institute Honor Awards from the American Institute of Architects. Her drawings have been widely exhibited and collected by the Art Institute of Chicago, the Chicago Historical Society, The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and the National Building Museum.

Recent commissions include the new United States Federal Building in Oklahoma City, the United States Border Station in Sault Ste. Marie Michigan, a new laboratory building for the University of Minnesota at Duluth and reconstruction of two of Chicago’s most heavily used transit stations at Fullerton and Belmont Avenues.

Ross Barney is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. Following graduation, she served as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in Costa Rica planning national parks. She has taught at the University of Illinois at Chicago, the University of Oklahoma (Goff Chair for Creative Architecture) and the Illinois Institute of Technology where she serves on the College Board of Overseers.