Guest lecture by Allison James, March 20, 2018
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lease join us for a guest lecture by Allison James, Landscape Architect.
This lecture, “The Architecture of Procession: Gardens and Landscapes of Hyderabad and Isfahan” will present an exploration of gardens and landscapes between the Golconda Fortress to the Qutb Shahi necropolis in Hyderabad, Southern India at the beginning of the Qutb Shahi dynasty (mid-16th Century) and the gardens and planning methods of Isfahan, during the Safavid Dynasty.
Allison James graduated from the Aga Khan Program in Islamic Architecture (AKPIA) at MIT with a Master of Science in Architectural Studies in 2015, and received a master’s degree in Landscape Architecture from Cornell University in 2012 with an emphasis on cultural landscapes in Turkey and India.
CAS – History of Art & Architecture – 755 Commonwealth Ave – Room B18
Tuesday, March 20th @ 5:30pm
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC