Millennium Seminars

October 16, 2007

UPCOMING TV BROADCAST: On January 24, 2008 at 10 p.m., the "Green" Millennium panel discussion moderated by PBS Television host Charlie Rose featuring noted architect Thom Mayne, public health expert Dr. Dick Jackson and NC State College of Design dean Marvin Malecha will be broadcast on UNC-TV.

Can sustainable design theories and "green"(environmentally friendly) design practices come together in the architectural world? In front of a standing-room-only crowd at NC State's Stewart Theatre, North Carolina native and Emmy Award winning journalist Charlie Rose moderated a panel discussion featuring Thom Mayne (affectionately known as the 'bad boy' of architecture), public health expert Dr. Dick Jackson and NC State Dean of the College of Design Marvin J. Malecha to find out the answer.

Rose is the host of Charlie Rose, the nightly PBS program that engages America's best thinkers, writers, politicians, athletes, entertainers, business leaders, scientists and other newsmakers. He graduated from Duke University with an AB in history and a JD from the school of Law, and is the recipient of the George Peabody Broadcasting Award, the Emmy Award and The CableACE Award.

Thom Mayne, affectionately known as the 'bad boy' of architecture, is a principal of Morphosis, a Santa Monica, Calif.-based architectural office and a co-founder of the Southern California Institute of Architecture. He is also a tenured professor at UCLA and a visiting professor and lecturer at institutions and universities around the world. Mayne's eclectic designs feature blocky jutting shapes, curvilinear walls and shifting degrees of light have gained him praise and notoriety alike. In 2005, he became the first American architect in 14 years to be awarded the Pritzker Prize - regarded as the world's highest architectural honor - and in 2007, Morphosis earned a Top Ten Green Projects Award for its design of the Wayne L. Morse Courthouse in Eugene, Oregon.

With Morphosis, Thom Mayne has been the recipient of 25 Progressive Architecture Awards, 69 AIA Awards and numerous other design recognitions, including the inaugural Zumtobel Group Award for Sustainability and Humanity in the Built Environment, designed to honor sustainable solutions in architecture and engineering that make a pioneering contribution to the future quality of life. At the annual TED (Technology, Education, Design) Conference held annually in Monterey, Cailfornia, Mayne spoke candidly about architecture as a way to connect to the new world. | WATCH HERE!

In June 2005, Dr. Richard (Dick) J. Jackson received the Presidential Distinguished Executive Award from President Bush for his outstanding leadership and extraordinary achievement in service to the nation, and in particular to improving environmental public health. A former director of the Center for Environmental Health at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, Ga., Dr. Jackson has an ongoing and keen scientific interest in the public health effects of pesticides and other toxic substances, particularly as they may affect children.

Currently a Professor of Environmental Health at the University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health.Jackson is co-author of the book Urban Sprawl and Public Health, a 2004 book from Island Press. He has served on many medical and health boards, and in September 2005 he was selected to serve on the Board of Directors of the national American Institute of Architects (AIA).

Marvin J. Malecha, FAIA, is the Dean of NC State's College of Design. Throughout his career, Malecha has maintained an active involvement with architectural practice in roles from peer reviews to project architect and designer. His work has been recognized with a number of awards, including the prestigious 2003 Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education from the American Institute of Architects and Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, and he is also president-elect of the AIA and the 2009 president of the AIA.

As an architect, he gained experience working with the firm of Hugh Stubbins and Associates in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and he has continued to work on his own and in association with offices in Minneapolis, Los Angeles, and the Raleigh-Durham area. He has worked on building types as diverse as university classrooms and galleries, church and parish facilities, correctional facilities, an entertainment amphitheatre master plan, and residential projects, including the official residence of a university chancellor.

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