Alex Gino and Jason Griffiths, partners in the London-based firm Gino Griffiths Architects, will lecture at 7 p.m. Feb. 26 in the Paul B. Sogg Architecture Building on the UNLV campus. The event, which is free and open to the public, is part of the Klai::Juba lecture series. A 6:30 reception will precede the lecture.
Future Klai-Juba lectures include the following:
* March 10: Margo Grant Walsh, vice-chair of Gensler Worldwide.
* March 26: Dave Hickey, UNLV professor of art theory and criticism and MacArthur Genius Grant recipient.
* April 16: Glenn Murcutt, 2002 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize
Gino Griffiths Architects was established in 1995 after the partners won a competition to design and build a temple of laughter. This and subsequent successful competitions formed the basis of the practice that is focused on building commissions, teaching, writing, exhibitions, and lecturing.
Gino Griffiths finds architectural sources in the adaptive environments of contemporary society. They explore forms and material that express and question current paradigms about buildings and ways of inhabiting architecture. For instance, Gino Griffiths explore architectural uses from ordinary things, such as discarded toys, plastic glasses, and galvanized service boxes. Their buildings are inspired by car boot sales and swap meets. What one person rejects, another finds useful. They seek to re-condition and re-use objects and building typologies (as opposed to actual buildings) to define a new future for architecture.
Griffiths was born in 1964 and grew up in Herefordshire, England. He has been living in London since 1984 and is a practicing architect and senior lecturer at the University of Westminster. He has exhibited in London, Berlin and California and is currently has an exhibition in London's Bridge Gallery called "Collection Point." His work has been published in architectural journals including World Architecture, Japan Architect, and il Progetto.
Gino was born in 1971 and grew up in London, after spending her early childhood in Belgium, Puerto Rico, and Colombia. She is a practicing architect and part-time design tutor at the University of Westminster. In 2001, she began teaching at the University of Westminster. Her work has been published in World Architecture and Japan Architect.
