2021 Architecture Around the World

Welcome to the 2021 Architecture Around the World virtual lecture series sponsored by the St. Louis Public Library’s Steedman Architectural Library and the St. Louis Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians. All lectures will be offered on Tuesday evenings from 6:30-8 p.m.  Please join us! 

Advanced registration is required, so please register below for each program. The Zoom meeting link will be sent out to all registrants one day prior to the event.If you have any questions with this process, please contact Kristina at kimpastato@slpl.org.   

September 28
Peter Wollenberg, Architectural Conservator, Wollenberg Building Conservation, LLC, discusses Lustron Homes:  St. Louis and Beyond.
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October 26
Karen Bode Baxter, Architectural Historian and Preservation Specialist, discusses “St. Louis Globe Democrat Building/St. Louis Post-Dispatch Building.”
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November 16
Aaron Frei, Craftsman and President Emil Frei & Associates, discusses “The Art and History of Stain Glass.”
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Our Fall 2020/Spring 2021 Architecture Around the World lectures can be viewed below.

September 22, 2020
Bill Hart, Executive Director of Missouri Alliance of Historic Preservation

October 27, 2020
Esley Hamilton, former Preservation Historian, St. Louis County Parks  

February 23
Esley Hamilton, past Preservation Historian for St. Louis County Parks

March 23
Robert McCarter, Ruth and Norman Moore Professor of Architecture, Washington University in St. Louis

April 27
John C. Guenther, FAIA, LEED AP, Principal, John C. Guenther Architect LLC