Structural engineer Matthys Levy will be talking about his work for Weidlinger Associates on Eero Saarinen’s CBS Headquarters in New York (1965). Admission is free but registration is required; details on the Skyscraper Museum’s website here.

I’m particularly looking forward to this one. Levy’s talk will be the next in a series leading up to the Museum’s exhibit on Concrete Skyscrapers later this Fall, which I’m helping to curate. CBS is (literally) a dark horse in the canon–a building that deserves a lot more discussion and attention than it’s typically had.

Levy (also literally) wrote the book on structural engineering for students, along with Mario Salvadori. It’s a text that I’ve relied on ever since to explain structural concepts to architects, so speaking with him as we’ve pre-gamed his talk has been particularly welcome. Look forward to seeing many of the ArchitectureFarm regulars “there…”