The Dennos Museum Center at Northwestern Michigan College in collaboration with the Tusen Takk Foundation will present the world renowned architect and AIA Gold Medal recipient, Peter Bohlin on Thursday, September 27, 2018 at 7 p.m. in the Milliken Auditorium. Tickets to the event are $10 plus fees and can be purchased at dennosmuseum.org and MyNorthtickets.com or by calling the Dennos Box Office: (231) 995-1055 or 1-800-836-0717.
The designer of the iconic Apple Stores, the headquarters of Pixar and Adobe and architect for the homes of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs plus a roster of significant projects world-wide, Peter Bohlin was commissioned by Geoffrey Peckham, to create Tusen Takk, a spectacular residence with an, now under construction, artist-in-residence compound with living, studio and gallery space on the shores of Lake Michigan in Leelanau County. A place where artists and scholars from around the world will come to work and share their talents with the people of this region.
This presentation is a unique opportunity to hear one of the world’s finest architects, Peter Bohlin. He will discuss the fundamental design principles that underlie his understanding of how great buildings consider the circumstances of the nature of people, places and how we make things.