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04/24/2008

Architects Snyder, Keenen to speak during the School of Building Arts Lecture Series

SAVANNAH, Ga. — The American Institute of Architecture Students chapter at the Savannah College of Art and Design announces architects Daniel Snyder and John Keenen as the latest speakers in the SCAD School of Building Arts lecture series.

Daniel Snyder will speak April 10, 7 p.m. at River Club, 3 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Snyder is the founder of Daniel E. Snyder, Architect, P.C., a small architectural design firm noted regionally for excellence in residential, commercial and institutional design, whose services include new construction, as well as renovation, restoration and adaptive reuse of historic structures. Prior to founding the firm in 1991, Snyder worked in award-winning firms in Philadelphia, Washington D.C. and Augusta, Ga. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Kutztown University; a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Drexel University; and a Master of Architecture from Georgia Tech. Snyder's Savannah, Ga.-based firm has won awards from the American Institute of Architects, the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, the Historic Savannah Foundation and the Georgia Historical Society.

SCAD, Savannah, John Keenen, architecture, 2008

SCAD, Savannah, John Keenen, architecture, 2008

John Keenen will speak May 1, 7 p.m., at Trustees Theater, 216 E. Broughton St. In 1984, Keenen co-founded Keenen/Riley, a New York City-based architecture and design studio now known as K/R. Keenan earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in art history from Georgetown University and a Master of Architecture degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. He has taught, lectured and exhibited work at numerous academic institutions, including the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Parsons School of Design, Syracuse University, the University of Texas at Austin and Arlington, and the Internationale Sommerakademie für Architektur in Herne, Germany. He has received two Graham Foundation research grants, and has twice been a finalist for the International Andrea Palladio Award for Architecture. K/R was also chosen as part of the "Emerging Voices" program at the Architectural League of New York in 1992.

The theme for the 2008 School of Building Arts lecture series is "Application." It focuses on architecture as a tangible reality, exploring the methods and practices that take architecture from a designer's idea to a built reality. Members of the AIAS have invited guests who have taken concepts taught in the classroom and applied them to professional projects.

For more information on the lecturers, visit Snyder's Web site at or Keenen’s Web site .

Named one of Kaplan's "25 cutting-edge schools with an eye toward the future," the Savannah College of Art and Design is a private, nonprofit, accredited institution with locations in Atlanta and Savannah, Ga., and in Lacoste, France. Undergraduate and graduate degree programs also are offered online through SCAD-eLearning. The college offers Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Master of Architecture, Master of Arts, Master of Arts in Teaching, Master of Fine Arts, and Master of Urban Design degrees.