

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: History of American Architecture Lecture Series: Beauty Revisited
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 13 Jan, 2026 at 12:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Join Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research Curator Kevin Adkisson for the ninth installment of the popular History of American Architecture lecture series, this year focused on beauty as a force that attracts, unsettles, and persists across time. 

Beauty Revisited is a five-part series, with a 75-minute lecture by Kevin Adkisson each week, beginning Tuesday, January 13, 2026. There are both virtual and in-person options. 

Adkisson examines what was gained—and lost—when architects distanced themselves from beauty as an explicit goal. Across five lectures, the series considers beauty as something intentionally made, incidentally discovered, or actively resisted, alongside other elusive architectural qualities such as charm, delight, humor, and ease. 

All are welcome to attend this engaging series: students, curious beginners, seasoned enthusiasts, or design professionals.

Lecturer: Kevin Adkisson, Curator, Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research

$85 for Adults; $25 for Full-Time Students with ID
✨Advance registration is required (fee includes all five lectures)

Tuesdays, January 13 through February 10, 2026:
◾ Virtual at 12:00 p.m.
◾ In-Person at 6:30 p.m.
◾ Virtual at 6:30 p.m.

This lecture series is eligible for American Institute of Architects Continuing Education Credits (AIA/CES)

Lecture Series Topics:
◾ Week 1: When Beauty Became a Problem
◾ Week 2: Material Pleasure
◾ Week 3: Ornament Is Not a Crime
◾ Week 4: Beauty and the Body
◾ Week 5: In the Eye of a Collective Beholder

Presented by Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research.
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## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://center.cranbrook.edu/history-american-architecture-2026?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=bloomfield+hills-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Bloomfield Hills
- **state**: MI
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Cranbrook Art Museum deSalle Auditorium
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- **full address**: Cranbrook Art Museum deSalle Auditorium, 98 Institute Way, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304, United States

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- **organizer**: Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research (https://allevents.in/org/cranbrook-center-for-collections-and-research/27269498)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Tue, 13 Jan, 2026 at 12:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Cranbrook Art Museum deSalle Auditorium, 98 Institute Way, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
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