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Grocery store, New York City Photo © Michael Freeman

MIT architecture professor and 2008 MacArthur Fellow John Ochsendorf discusses the engineering genius and architectural legacy of the Rafael Guastavino family. Ochsendorf is the author of Guastavino Vaulting: The Art of Structural Tile and the project director for the exhibition currently on view. Palaces for the People: Guastavino and America’s Great Public Spaces will be open before the lecture.

1.5 LU HSW (AIA)

$12 Members; $12 Students; $20 Non-members. Prepaid registration required. Walk-in registration based on availability.

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