Constructing Modernism: Hilyard R. Robinson's Life and Legacy - A talk by Kelly Quinn February 2, 2010

In this presentation, Kelly Quinn looks at three examples of the work of Hilyard R. Robinson: the Langston Terrace Dwellings, his unbuilt program for the Liberian Centennial and Victory Exposition, and Lincoln Park in Washington, D.C. Robinson was an African-American architect whose most prominent work includes a modern housing program built by and for African Americans in the District of Columbia during the early part of the 20th century. Prof. Quinn is in the American studies department at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Kelly Quinn will be in residence at the Institute for Advanced Study during spring semester with the Design, Architecture, and Culture Group of Quadrant, a joint initiative of the University of Minnesota Press and the Institute for Advanced Study. Quadrant is funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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