Lecture Description

Zoom around the globe with exposition scholar Lisa D. Schrenk to explore the architectural designs and building innovations that shaped the first 60 years of international expositions. These include advances in iron, glass, electricity, and aesthetics, all of which made possible the magnificent pavilions that covered the fairgrounds at these grand events. This lecture is co-sponsored by the Farm House Museum at the University of Iowa in connection with their exhibit World's Fairs, Expositions, and Centennial Celebrations of the Victorian Era (open February to October 2024) curated by the 2023 Pohlman Fellow Gracia Koele. Support for the lecture is provided by Carol Pletcher and the College of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture at the University of Arizona.

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Lisa D. Schrenk, Ph.D. is Professor of Architectural History at the University of Arizona and a co-founder of ISIE. Her core research, which reassesses developments in modern architecture with focuses on Chicago, international expositions, and the early work of Frank Lloyd Wright, has been supported by grants from NEH and the Graham Foundation. Her book publications include The Oak Park Studio of Frank Lloyd Wright (UChicago) and Building a Century of Progress: The Architecture of Chicago’s 1933-34 World’s Fair (UMinnesota). She has served on the Board of Directors for the Society of Architectural Historians, as President of the Chicago Society of Architectural Historians, and been involved in Minnesota’s efforts to host a future world’s fair.

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