Designer Michael Graves will Speak at October 27 AIAS Fundraiser

World-renowned architect and product designer Michael Graves will give a lecture on Wednesday, October 27, in conjunction with a course taught by pioneer retail developer A. Alfred Taubman and a fund-raiser for the Lawrence Tech chapter of the American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS).

The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will be at 7 p.m. in the Architecture Building auditorium. A public afterglow reception will follow the lecture at 8:15 p.m.

During the AIAS fund-raising reception beginning at 5:30 p.m., Graves and Taubman will participate in an autograph session in the Architecture Building gallery as part of an AIAS silent auction to raise money for Freedom By Design, an ongoing student project to make homes of handicapped people more accessible and functional.

Tickets for the reception include the autograph session, reserved seating for the lecture, reserved parking, and hors d’oeuvres. Ticket prices are $35 per person or $25 each for groups of four or more. To order tickets, contact Mary Johnson at (248) 204-2807 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . For more information, click here.