Cranbrook Art Museum - Exhibitions - Living Light on the Land

Living Light on the Land: Prototypes for Sustainable Architecture and Design June 4 through September 25, 2005
NETWORK GALLERY This exhibition presents avant-garde projects of five artists and architects – all of whom are graduates of Cranbrook Academy of Art -- contributing to the field of sustainable (“green”) architecture and design. Works presented range from a section of a house made from recycled printing plates, to products made by a community of Native Americans living in Argentina.
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Ann Arbor News- Exhibit focuses on recycled, renewable materials for homes, furnishing MetroTimes - Homes that heal: Architecture and design embrace wind, water and waste in Cranbrook show
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Sunday, June 19, 2:30 pm The Home Maker: Samuel “Sambo” Mockbee This film documents the work of award-winning architect Samuel Mockbee and his students at Auburn University’s Rural Studio in Alabama. Mockbee, a 2000 MacArthur Fellowship recipient, has designed and built homes for the poor in Alabama’s Hale County using recyclable materials. Sunday, June 26, 1:30 pm Greenplans and Economy within One Generation’s Time Hosted by CNN’s Jack Hamann, this film presents a hopeful look at how the Netherlands and New Zealand are developing a comprehensive national environmental policy – or Green Plan – aimed at creating a sustainable environment. Sunday, June 26, 2:30 pm Building Sustainability With the Natural Step Guided by the scientific principles of The Natural Step, the University of Houston Health Science Center is designing one of the most ecologically friendly large-scale buildings ever constructed. The film focuses on the collaboration between the nursing faculty and students, and architects, engineers, and experts in green building practices.
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Cranbrook Art Museum’s 2004-2005 Exhibition Season is generously sponsored by Standard Federal Bank. The Summer Exhibitions also are presented with the support of the Masco Corporation Foundation and the Museum Committee of Cranbrook Art Museum with individual sponsorships generously provided by Jonathan and Sheri Boos, Maxine and Stuart Frankel through The Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation, Ralph and Jeanne Graham through the Clannad Foundation, Stanley and Barbara Grandon, Diane Kirkpatrick, James Nichols, Cathy and James Rosenthal, Jane and Edward Schulak, Gilbert and Lila Silverman, and Pamela Applebaum Wyett. Cranbrook Art Museum is supported, in part, its Members, the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, the Museum Committee and the fund-raising activities of the Serious Moonlight Steering Committee and the Women's Committee of Cranbrook Academy of Art and Art Museum. Cranbrook Art Museum is open Wednesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. with extended hours until 9 p.m. the Fourth Friday of each month. Cranbrook Art Museum Members: Free! Adults: $6 Full-Time Students with ID and Teens 13 and over: $4 Senior Citizens (65+): $4 Children 12 and under: Free! No credit cards accepted Personnal Checks Welcomed U.S. Currency Only For more information, please call 1.877.GO.CRANBrook. (1.877.462.7262)