Curt Schafer Lecture
Since 1986, the Foundation has sponsored the annual Curt Schafer Lecture which brings a noted architect or designer to Arizona to speak about their work and their design ideas.
The annual Curt Schafer Lecture is organized as a collaboration between the Arizona Architecture Foundation and The Design School at ASU. Each year a noted architect or designer is invited to Arizona to speak about their work and their design ideas. The annual event brings together students, professionals, and community members to engage in discussions about architecture and the built environment.
The annual lecture is named in memory of Curt Schafer who was a founding member of the foundation and chaired the annual golf tournament.
2025 Lecture
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Past Lecturers
2024 Sandra Barclay
2023 Michael Maltzan
2021 Tatiana Bilbao, Tatiana Bilbao Estudio
2019 Felipe Mesa, PLAN:B Arquitetos
2018 Francis Kere, Kere Architecture
2017 Jeannie Gang, Studio Gang
2016 Bernard Tschumi, Bernard Tschumi Architects
2015 Bijoy Jain, Studio Mumbia
2014 Christopher Sharples, SHOP Architects
2013 Elizabeth Diller, Diller Scofido + Renfro
2012 Joshua Prince Ramus, REX
2011 Peter Rich, Peter Rich Architects
2010 David Adjaye, Adjaye Associates
2009 Steven Ehrlich, EYRC Architects
2008 Peter Eisenman, Eisenman Architects
2007 Elias Torres, Elias Torres Architects
2006 Glenn Murcutt
2005 Eugene Kohn, KPF
2004 Thom Mayne, Morphosis
2003 Tod Williams + Billie Tsien
2002 Mario Botta, Mario Botta Architetti
2001 Joel Kotkin
1999 Antoine Predock
1998 Stefanos Polyzoides, Moule & Polyzoides
1997 Sim Van der Ryn
1996 Dan Cort
1995 John DeGrove
1994 Grantland Johnson
1993 Tadao Ando
1992 Barton Myers, Barton Myers Associates
1991 Glenn Murcutt
1990 Peter Calthorpe
1989 Harold Guida, Guida Moseley Brown Architects
1988 Andrés Duany
1987 Jonathan Barnett
1986 John Reps
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