To celebrate the publication on September 15, 2026 of Max Bond: The Life and Work of the People’s Architect, a book launch in the Bond-designed Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, a Harlem landmark.

Brian D. Goldstein in conversation with Mabel Wilson, Nancy and George Rupp Professor of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Professor in African American and African Diasporic Studies, and Director of the Institute for Research in African American Studies (IRAAS) at Columbia University.

Langston Hughes Auditorium, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

In conversation with Inga Saffron, architecture critic for the Philadelphia Inquirer

MAS Context and the Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture are organizing the Chicago book launch of Max Bond: The Life and Work of the People’s Architect with a talk by author Brian D. Goldstein. The program will take place at S. R. Crown Hall, home of IIT's College of Architecture (3360 South State Street, Chicago, IL 60616).

A Q&A with Irene Sunwoo, John H. Bryan Chair and Curator of Architecture and Design at the Art Institute of Chicago, will follow the presentation.

In conversation with Steven Nelson, inaugural Executive Director of the Sam Gilliam Foundation, professor emeritus of art history and African American Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, and former dean of the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

In conversation with Arthur J. Clement and Melody Harclerode

A Cappella Books and the Auburn Avenue Research Library welcome author Brian D. Goldstein in honor of his new book, “Max Bond: The Life and Work of the People's Architect.” Goldstein will appear in conversation with preservation architect and historian Arthur J. Clement and architect and nonprofit leader Melody Harclerode.

This event is free and open to the public; copies of the book will be available for purchase.

“Black Modernism,” a panel discussion.

Details TBA

In conversation with Garnette Cadogan, essayist and Tunney Lee Distinguished Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology