The Sound and Video Collection – about 800 titles – includes recordings of lectures, conferences and public reviews held at the School of Architecture from 1975 to the present.  This archive consists of several different analog media formats (such as Cassette Tape, Hi-8, VHS), as well as born-digital files.  The VRC is currently engaged in a digitization project to preserve these recordings and make them accessible on DVD and the web.  Currently, all recordings are available upon request, and an online catalog is in development. 

For more information and/or requests, please fill out the Recording Request Form.

See below for recent lectures.

Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, "Rooms, Parks and Stages, and Jonathan Hill, "Weather Architecture" (Intro. by Philippe Rahm).

Iñaki Ábalos, "Air in Motion. 5 Works," and Michael Jakob, "Sublime Atmospheres: Architecture and Vertigo" (Intro. by Stan Allen).

Cristina Díaz Moreno & Efrén García Grinda, "Carnal and Mundane Atmospheres," and Laurent Stalder, "From Space to Atmosphere" (Intro. by Philippe Rahm).

Jeanne Gang (Intro. by Stan Allen).

Sheila Kennedy, "Sleeping Beauty: Predicaments of Materiality in the Construction of Architecture" (Intro. by Philippe Rahm).

Chip Lord, "Ant Farm: Then and Now" (Intro. by Stan Allen and Fritz Haeg).

Sean Lally, "The Air on other Planets," and Michelle Addington, "Contingent Phenomena" (Intro. by Stan Allen and Philippe Rahm).

See below for recent lectures and special events.  

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Sou Fujimoto, "Primitive Future" (Intro. by Stan Allen).

Kenneth Frampton, "Keywords: A Reflection on the State of Things, Including the Membrane" (Intro. by Stan Allen and Alejandro Zaera-Polo).

Francisco Mangado, "Arquitectura con la mano izquierda / Architecture with the Left Hand" (Intro. by Stan Allen).

Winy Maas, "What's Next?" (Intro. by Stan Allen).

Preston Scott Cohen, "The Hidden Core of Architecture" (Intro. by Stan Allen).

Giancarlo Mazzanti, "Landscapes, Bands, Modules, and Systems" (Intro. by Stan Allen).

Sylvia Lavin, "Recent Works" (Intro. by Stan Allen).

Elizabeth Diller, "Three Short Stories" (Intro. by Stan Allen).

Michael Maltzan, "The House is Flooded" (Intro. by Stan Allen).

Carme Pinós, "from de context" (Intro. by Stan Allen).

Stanley Tigerman, "Displacement" (Intro. by Stan Allen).

Daniel Abramson, "Obsolescence, History, and the Present Crisis" (Intro. by Mario Gandelsonas and Lucia Allais, with a response by Jonathan Levy).

Princeton University School of Architecture Lecture Series videos are now available on iTunes U.    

Also available online (Click the iTunes U screenshot above to open iTunes U):

Spring '11 Lecture Series: "Models of Design in the Age of Computation," Curated by Axel Kilian.

Fall '10 Lecture Series: "Shades of Green," Curated by Dan Wood + Amale Andraos.

Spring '10 Lecture Series: "Envelope Conversations," Curated by Alejandro Zaera-Polo.

Fall '09 Lecture Series: "Down the Garden Path," Curated by Ed Eigen.

Spring '09 Lecture Series: "Imminent Domains," Curated by Jesse Reiser.

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