 This detail of the winning design board in the School of Architecture's Steedman Fellowship Competition features a translucent glass surface that would cover Interstate 70, forming a pedestrian bridge to St. Louis' Gateway Arch grounds. Italian architect Fabio Oppici won the international competition. |
Designs provide 'grand gestures' to link Arch, downtownBy Ann Nicholson"Grand gestures" to link the Gateway Arch and grounds with downtown St. Louis appear in both of the top designs in the School of Architecture's biannual Steedman Competition -- an Italian architect's winning proposal and the second-place design entered by a Washington University graduate student. The winner, Fabio Oppici of Rome, was selected from 61 entrants from Europe, North and South America, Asia and Australia. Oppici will receive a $20,000 traveling fellowship to interview and research the work of 15 leading figures in contemporary Japanese architecture. Titled "Bridging the Gap -- Architecture in the Shadow of the Arch," the Steedman 2000 Fellowship in Architecture International Design Competition called for ideas for connecting Eero Saarinen's Gateway Arch and the surrounding Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Park with St. Louis' downtown district. |
Olympic diver Greg Louganis giving lectureOlympic diving champion Greg Louganis will discuss his life's triumphs and tribulations in an Assembly Series lecture titled "Beyond Breaking the Surface" at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 23, in Graham Chapel. The lecture, sponsored by the Congress of the South Forty, is free and open to the public, with limited seating. Louganis began competing in the world of diving at the age of 10. By 16 he had won his first Olympic medal, a 1976 silver on the platform. At 24, he became the first man in 56 years to win two Olympic gold medals in diving by winning both the platform and springboard events. In 1986, Louganis repeated his performance with both the platform and springboard events at the World Championship. Two years later at the 1988 Olympics, competing against divers half his age and despite a near-disastrous injury during a dive, Louganis became the first man to win double gold medals for diving in two consecutive Olympics. Altogether he has won the World Championship five times and has held a record number of National Championship titles. |
 Greg Louganis |
 Ancient writing "Messy, but fun" described the scene Feb. 7 as students in the Brookings College in-house Ancient Writing (Classics 370) seminar learned to make and write tablets, just as the ancient scribes, using clay and a stylus. The class, taught by Philip Freeman, Ph.D., assistant professor of classics in Arts & Sciences and faculty fellow in the Robert S. Brookings Residential College, is a regular for-credit class sponsored by and taught in Brookings College on the South 40. |
Dance Marathon to benefit childrenWith just one rule in effect -- "No sitting!" -- a standing-room only crowd is anticipated for Chimes' first Dance Marathon, to be held Feb. 26-27. The 14-hour event, which will include students from Washington University, St. Louis University and Fontbonne College, will benefit the Children's Miracle Network and Cardinal Glennon and St. Louis Children's hospitals. |
'Jazz at Holmes' back with free concertsThe University's Jazz at Holmes Series is back this spring, presenting a sterling line-up of St. Louis jazz musicians in free concerts at Holmes Lounge. The James Warfield Trio will perform Thursday, Feb. 17. Future performances will feature the Tom Rickard Trio Thursday, Feb. 24, the William Lenihan Quartet with Tom Kennedy March 15, the Linda Presgrave Quartet March 23 and the University's own InsideOUT April 6. |
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