LITERATURE + LECTURES

ArchiTypes and the Houston Public Library are pleased to announce the second installment in the series Authors in Architecture. Authors Jodi Wright-Gidley and Jennifer Marines will present Galveston: A City on Stilts.

About Galveston: A City on Stilts:
A story of the city’s first reconstruction after the September 8, 1900 hurricane that destroyed most of the island city of Galveston and took the lives of more than 6,000 people. Through 200 vintage images with photographs from the Zeva B. Edworthy Collection, Galveston: A City on Stilts documents the rebuilding of the port city and life around Galveston in the early 1900s.

Highlights of Galveston: A City on Stilts:
•Epilogue by Lew Fincher, vice president of Hurricane Consulting, Inc., evaluating the successes of the permanent concrete seawall and grade raising of the entire city

•Galvestonians of the early 1900s who demonstrated a strong determination to rebuild their city in a way that reflects the national trend to turn to technology to solve human problems

About Authors in Architecture:
Debuting in January 2009, Authors in Architecture is a new collaboration beween the Houston Public Library Downtown and ArchiTypes, the membership group of ArCH. Our aim is to create a dialogue between these two downtown cultural centers and their patrons.

This monthly series is free and open to the public.

About ArchiTypes:
ArchiTypes is a membership organization of Architecture Center Houston (ArCH) dedicated to increasing appreciation of architecture, understanding our built environment, and encouraging sustainable development. There are no membership requirements other than an interest in architecture including environmental responsibility, urban design, interior design, public art, and landscape architecture.

To join ArchiTypes please contact nicole@aiahouston.org  or call 713.520.0155 for further information.

Please note, the 6pm presentation and reading will be at the Houston Public Library Downtown and the following reception and book signing at 7pm with the authors will be at Architecture Center Houston, 315 Capitol.