Building arts master class: 'Timber in Architecture' with Shigeru Ban's Dean Maltz

From ancient civilizations to modern marvels, wood continues to revolutionize how buildings are designed and constructed. Join Dean Maltz, managing partner at Shigeru Ban Architects, for a rediscovery of timber, its impact on climate change, and how the international architecture firm continues to innovate with one of the world’s oldest building materials.

In this lecture, Maltz explores the challenges and merits of wood buildings, mapping the trajectory of many of the firm’s most inspired works, as detailed in the cache of insightful essays, technical drawings, and photographs in the firm’s recent publication Timber in Architecture.

About the speaker
Dean Maltz, AIA, is a managing partner at Shigeru Ban Architects, an international firm with a more than 30-year legacy of wood innovation. Maltz is responsible for all SBA projects in North and South America. Most notably, he led the AIA National Honor Award-winning Aspen Art Museum (2014), the Nomadic Museum (2005), Metal Shutter House (2011), and Cast Iron House (2021). He also oversees the design of Kentucky Owl Park distillery and a 13-story condominium in Miami. Maltz is a licensed architect in eight U.S. states.

This lecture is free and open to the public.