L'Enfant Lecture
on City Planning and Design

The American Planning Association and the National Building Museum established an annual lecture to draw attention to critical issues in city and regional planning in the United States. The lecture, named for Pierre Charles L'Enfant, who created the plan for Washington, D.C., features leading figures in planning, architecture, urban design, governance, and other fields.

The goal of the lecture series is to enliven national dialogue about urban and regional growth, while challenging individuals to create communities of lasting value for the 21st century and beyond.

The lecture is held in a different city each year. APA and the National Building Museum will work with a local host to select the venue, speaker, and topic.

2008 Lecture

Tuesday, December 2, 2008
National Building Museum
Washington, D.C.

"Revisiting Learning from Las Vegas"

The New Yorker's Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic, Paul Goldberger, revisits Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown's seminal book, Learning from Las Vegas.

Thirty-five years after the book's initial release, this presentation asks whether we can still learn from Las Vegas.

$12 for museum and APA members and students; $20 non-members. Prepaid registration required. Walk-in registration based on availability.

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