WHO: David Heymann\, FAIA&ndash\; Architect\, contributing writer for Places Journal\, and a University of Texas Distinguished Teaching Professor. He is interested in what people want from nature. Heymann&rsquo\;s architectural work\, widely known for a sustainable house designed for George W. and Laura Bush in Crawford\, has been variously published and recognized with design honors\, including selection for Emerging Voices by the Architectural League of New York. He recently published My Beautiful City Austin\, a book of short stories about a young architect struggling with his clients&rsquo\; problematic wishes.
\n\nWHAT: My Beautiful City&ndash\; The allure and explosive growth of Central Texas are at the center of the stories in My Beautiful City Austin\, David Heymann&rsquo\;s first book of fiction (from which he will be reading). The narrator\, a young architect starting his own practice\, struggles to understand why his clients want what they want &mdash\; a retiring couple needs an immense home in the middle of nature\, a progressive couple wants a regressive house\, a young family intends to build a castle &mdash\; and so becomes complicit in destroying a landscape he seeks to protect.
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\n LOCATION:UTA Fort Worth Center 1401 Jones St.\, Rm. 122 Fort Worth\, TX 76102 UID:e.1802.3998 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260430T175054Z URL:https://business.fortworthchamber.com/events/details/design-talk-david-heymann-faia-07-08-2015-3998 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR