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The Maurice F. Childs Memorial Lectureship Series

Maurice F. Childs Profile
Maurice F. Childs

Established in 2008, The Maurice F. Childs Endowed Lectureship honors the memory of Maurice F. Childs—a dedicated preservationist and celebrated architect who co-founded the Boston-based firm CBT Architects. The BAC and CBT have a long professional and personal history: CBT co-founders Maurice F. Childs, Richard Bertman, and Charles Tseckares taught at the BAC, along with other firm employees. CBT continues to employ and mentor many students and alumni. CBT principal, Kishore Varanasi AICP, serves on the BAC Board of Trustees.

Walter J. Hood. Photo by Adrienne Eberhardt.

2024 Childs Memorial Lecture

Walter J. Hood, Landscape Designer and Artist
The Phillips Community and the International African American Museum: Exploring the Landscape of the Low Country

Thursday, October 31, 2024
6PM | Cascieri Hall or Virtually

To learn more about this special lecture, please contact Karen Nelson.

Two women embrace outside the International African American Museum, Charleston, SC, 2023. Photo Credit: Esto/Sahar Coston-Hardy.
Two women embrace outside the International African American Museum, Charleston, SC, 2023. Photo Credit: Esto/Sahar Coston-Hardy.
Aerial view of the landscaping outside the International African American Museum building, Charleston, SC, 2023. Photo Credit: Esto/Sahar Coston-Hardy.
Aerial view of the landscaping outside the International African American Museum building, Charleston, SC, 2023. Photo Credit: Esto/Sahar Coston-Hardy.
Visitors enjoy the outside area of the International African American Museum building, Charleston, SC, 2023. Photo Credit: Esto/Sahar Coston-Hardy.
Visitors enjoy the outside area of the International African American Museum building, Charleston, SC, 2023. Photo Credit: Esto/Sahar Coston-Hardy.
International African American Museum, Charleston, SC, 2023. Photo Credit: Mike Habat Photo.
International African American Museum, Charleston, SC, 2023. Photo Credit: Mike Habat Photo.
Pascale Sablan. PC Stanley Jordan.
Pascale Sablan, FAIA, NOMA, & Associate Principal, Adjaye Associates. Photo by Stanley Jordan.

2023 Childs Memorial Lecture


Pascale Sablan, FAIA, NOMA
I Was Asked to Stand

Thursday, October 5, 2023

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To learn more about this special lecture, please contact Karen Nelson.

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Patricia Anahory. PC Daniel Grund.
Patricia Anahory, B,Arch'95. Photo by Daniel Grund.

2022 Childs Memorial Lecture


Patricia Anahory, B.Arch'95
"Errant Praxis: Practicing Architecture Otherwise"

Wednesday, September 14, 2022

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This lecture was approved by AIA to grant 1 HSW CEU for attendees.

To learn more about this special lecture, please contact Karen Nelson.

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Past Childs Memorial Lectures

View the recordings of past Childs Lectures

Yung Ho Chang | Founding Principal of Atelier FCJZ
Architecture, More or Less 
2021 Lecturer 

Juan Miró | Founding Principal of Miró Rivera Architects
Building a New Arcadia: Reflecting on 20 Years of Work 
2020 Lecturer

Craig Scott | Principal of IwamotoScott Architecture
Three Avenues 
2019 Lecturer

Merrill Elam and Mack Scogin | Principals of Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architecture
Square Clouds 
2018 Lecturers

Thom Mayne | Founder of Morphosis
Multiple Agendas 
2017 Lecturer

Blair Kamin | Architecture Critic at The Chicago Tribune
The Gates of Harvard 

2016 Lecturer