October 20, 2007 - Manuel Rosen, FAIA will be discussing his views about architecture.

Mr. Rosen has over 40 years of experience in architectural practice, including significant academic work as a professor of design at universities in Mexico and the United States. He is currently a Professor Adjunct at Cal Poly, Pomona, CA. He has also been awarded many times by the University Faculty as well as the students for his academic activities at the National University in Mexico City, where he has taught for twenty-three years and at the Unversidad Iberoamericana where he taught for 10 years.

Rosen has designed numerous important public facilities, e.g. an embassy, several museums, a cultural center, Olympiad facilities, etc. The Centro Cultural Center in Tijuana is one of Mr. Rosen's most visible delights visited by a million visitors a year. In June, the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach, a contemporary museum for Latin Art, opened in the emerging East Village Arts District. Mr. Rosen designed and worked on this project for eight years. Other accomplishments include both high and low-rise office buildings and many residential projects.

Mr. Rosen has been a consultant in Mexico and Japan. His works have been widely published in the Americas and Europe. He has lectured in Israel, Canada, California and has represented the national AIA in Mexico and Argentina..