Leader in sustainable architecture to lecture at The Warehouse

Leader in sustainable architecture to lecture at The WarehouseOctober 19, 2006Mary Kate O’Brienmcobrien@syr.edu

Richard A. Cook, a graduate of the Syracuse University School of Architecture and founder and principal of Cook + Fox Architects located in New York City, will speak at the School of Architecture on Wednesday, Nov. 1, at 4:30 p.m. in the main auditorium of the school’s home, The Warehouse, 350 W. Fayette St. His lecture, “Explorations for an Environmental Response,” is free and open to the public and will be followed by a reception in the Architecture Gallery.

For information on parking at The Warehouse, call (315) 443-8238. The lecture is co-sponsored by the Syracuse University School of Architecture and the Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems.

Cook established Cook + Fox Architects in 2003 with partner Robert Fox. The firm is devoted to creating environmentally responsible high-performance buildings. Major projects include the Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park, designed to be one of the most highly efficient and ecologically friendly buildings in the world; a large preservation project in the South Street Seaport Historic District in downtown Manhattan, involving 11 existing buildings and the design of three new buildings for a two-block waterfront area; 360 Madison Ave., for which the firm received the 2002 Merit Award from New York Construction News; the Chelsea Grande, a residential development that was selected by the Congress for New Urbanism for the 2002 Charter Award; and the Caroline, a suite of condominiums with forms echoing its former department store neighbors along Sixth Avenue.

An exhibition by Cook, “Green Towers,” will be on display at the Architecture Gallery at The Warehouse from Oct. 30 through Jan. 12, 2007.

For more information, contact Mary Kate O’Brien, communications manager of the School of Architecture, at (315) 443-2388 or mcobrien@syr.edu.