William Whitaker and Anne Tyng at the opening reception of "Anne Tyng: Inhabiting Geometry," Madlener House, Chicago, 2011 © Graham Foundation. Photo: James Prinz Photography.

Celebrate Anne Tyng: Inhabiting Geometry on its closing day with a talk by William Whitaker. Whitaker, one of the exhibition organizers, will discuss the work of Anne Tyng, who he has worked closely with for many years. Whitaker brought Tyng’s work into the collection of the Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania in 2005. A reception in the garden of the Madlener House will follow the event.

William Whitaker is the curator and collections manager of the Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania—one of the leading repositories of architectural records in the world. He has organized and co-curated over 30 exhibitions, including retrospectives on Louis I. Kahn, Lawrence Halprin, Robert LeRicolais, Antonin and Noemi Raymond and most recently Wharton Esherick. In addition, Whitaker directed research for the landmark retrospective "Out of the Ordinary: the Architecture and Design of Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown & Associates", organized by the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 2000. Trained as an architect, he received his undergraduate degree from the University of New Mexico and Master's from the University of Pennsylvania where he teaches as a visiting lecturer in the Historic Preservation and History of Art departments.

The Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania preserves the works of more than 400 designers from the 18th century to the present. For more information, click here.

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