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2023.09.30
“Comics and Architecture: A reading Guide.” Online lecture in the seminar ‘Arquitectura y Cómic’, Facultad de Historia, Universidad Complutense, Madrid.
2023.09.01
From September 1 2023 through August 31 2024, Klaus will be spending his time at La Cambre Horta School of Architecture (Université libre de Bruxelles – ULB).
2022.11.21
“Chicago Tribune Tower Competition at 100”, online event with Stewart Hicks, and Katherine Solomonson coinciding with the centenary of the Chicago Tribune Tower competition. Mas Context Falls Talks 2022.
Link to: Mas Context Falls Talks 2022.
2022.09.01
Guest lecturer in the Course “Humor, dibujo y ciudad”, together with cartoonists Oroz and Focho. Organized by the University of Navarra and the Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos Vasco-Navarro.
2021.12.15
Speaker in the Session “La Ciudad Narrada”, together with poet Matias Ayala (@vivienteaun), and engineer/writer Julio Carrasco. This session is part of the series ‘Diálogos públicos desde lugares privados’, a project coordinated by Felipe Ladrón de Guevara and María Pilar Pinchart.
Link to: Session “La Ciudad Narrada”
Link to: ‘Diálogos públicos desde lugares privados‘
2020.11.14
Guest lecture “¿Por qué Klaus sigue dibujando? Obras recientes“, in Arquine’s Autumn Academy course ‘¿Por qué la arquitectura se sigue dibujando?’
2020.10.01
Article/strip “Letter to a Young architect by Klaus” published in The Architectural Review issue 1474, ‘Letters to a Young Architect’, October 2020.
2020.07.01
“Klaus, 10 Years of Architecture, Satire, and Cartoons”, in Carabí-Bescós, Guillem; Massad, Fredy: Foros 2020: Co-Benefits (Barcelona: Universitat Internacional de Catalunya / QUT Ediciones; Buenos Aires: BISMANEDICIONES, 2020): 14-35.
Link to: Carabí-Bescós, Guillem; Massad, Fredy: Foros 2020: Co-Benefits (Barcelona: Universitat Internacional de Catalunya / QUT Ediciones; Buenos Aires: BISMANEDICIONES, 2020)
2020.04.30
Guest Reviewer. School of Architecture, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, Final (Thesis Tutor: Ellen Donnelly).
2020.02.29
“Una visión satírica de la arquitectura”. Article by Nerea Alejos in Diario de Navarra, Saturday, 29 Feb. 2020: 50-51.
2020.02.28
Public Lecture. “Klaus: 10 Years of Architecture, Satire, and Cartoons”, ETSA Universidad de Navarra.
2020.02.28
“Cartoonist and architect Klaus inaugurates the new edition of the Foros series of lectures.” Review at UIC Barcelona.
2020.01.29
Public Lecture. “Klaus: 10 Years of Architecture, Satire, and Cartoons”, opening lecture ‘Foros 2020: Co-Benefits’ lecture series, School of Achitecture, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya. Organizers: Fredy Massad, Guillem Carabí.
Link to: ‘Foros 2020: Co-Benefits’
2019.12.30
Article/strip “A Short (Architectural) History of the 20th Century. Review, Celebration and Tribute to 40 Years of “A Short History of America”, by Klaus and Luis Miguel Lus Arana (Ahem), published in ARQ No. 103: Ecology, Winter 2019.
Link to: ARQ No. 103: Ecology, Winter 2019.
2019.07.01
Article/strip “Architecture Between the Panels. Comics, cartoons, and graphic narrative in the (New) Neo-Avant-garde, 1960-2018”, by Klaus and Luis Miguel Lus Arana (Ahem) published in Architectural Design (AD)’s special issue ‘Re-imagining the Avant-Garde: Revisiting the Architecture of the 1960s and 1970s’, guest edited by Matthew Butcher and Luke C. Pearson.
Link to: ‘Re-imagining the Avant-Garde: Revisiting the Architecture of the 1960s and 1970s’,
2019.02.28
Guest Lecture at the Multistory Lecture Series 2018-19. UCA Canterbury School of Architecture.
Link to: MULTISTORY* Guest Lecture Klaus Toons
2019.01.01
Several full-page illustrations published in Luis Miguel Lus Arana: “Quotidian [T]errors: Hyperbole, Caricature, Deformation and Other Catalysts of Invention”, Bitácora Arquitectura nº 37 (2018); 120-135.
Link to: Bitácora Arquitectura nº 37
2018.10.28
Speaker at the round table “Arquitectura y Cómic”, together with authors Enrique Bordes, Carlos Reyes, Gonzalo Martínez, and Vicente Cociño. Conducted and organized by Miguel Ángel Contreras, director of ArqFilmFest. Museo de Artes Visuales (MAVI) de Santiago de Chile, Chile.
Link to: ArqFilmFest
2018.10.26
Opening of the monographic exhibition La imagen del arquitecto. Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Estudios Urbanos UC, Campus Lo Contador, Santiago de Chile (Chile), October 26-November 2, 2018. Curated by Miguel Ángel Contreras / Felipe Ladrón de Guevara.
Link to: La imagen del arquitecto exhibition.
2018.10.19
“Coloquios de Arquitectura y Narrativa.” Interview by Pablo Andulce and Magdalena for the Section ‘Muy Personal’ of the magazine Más Deco (Diario La Tercera, Santiago de Chile).
2018.09.19
Guest lecturer and instructor in the ‘Ensayos sobre el Espacio Público’ Summer course (Sept 19-21) organized by the Facultad de Arquitectura de la Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo (Morelia, Mexico).
2018.10.05
Public Lecture.”Cómics y Arquitectura: Guía de Lectura”. Aulas de Autor series. FAUP, Porto.
2018.04.01
Interview and illustrations in Lus Arana, Koldo: “Dancing about Architecture; a conversation with architect and cartoonist Klaus”, Thresholds nº. 46: Scatter!, edited by Anne Graziano and Eliyahu Keller. (Cambridge: MIT Press): 278-298.
Link to: Thresholds nº. 46: Scatter!
2018.03.19
Public Lecture.”Klaus: Satirizar la Arquitectura“. Festival de Arquitectura y Ciudad MEXTRÓPOLI. México DF.
Link to: Festival de Arquitectura y Ciudad MEXTRÓPOLI
2018.03.16
Drawing Jam session together with Héctor López (@_thearchitector) and simultaneous interview conducted by @Arquine’s content editor Alejandro Hernández (@otrootroblog) at Centro Cultural España, México DF.
2018.03.18
Opening of the exhibition “Arquinoir By Klaus” at the Centro Cultural España, México DF (@ccemx). March-June 2018.
Link to: “Arquinoir by Klaus” at CCEMX
2018.03.16
“Klaus, humor blanco y sátira de la arquitectura.” Article by Cool Hunter México.
Link to the article here
2018.03.15
Guest Reviewer. Taller de Expresión Gráfica/ Proyectos (Gerardo Fernández, ‘Drawings and Models’ studio) La Salle, School of Architecture, México DF, México.
2018.03.14
“Klaus: La arquitectura con sátira.” Article by Melissa Mota in Gatopardo (digital edition).
Link to the article here
2018.02.22
Guest lecturer and critic. UNL (University of Nebraska Lincoln), College of Architecture. Courses ARCH 411 Studio, DSGN d.Make, ID Studio.
2018.02.21
Public Lecture.”Comics and Architecture: A Reading Guide“, Hyde lecture Series. “Cartooning Architecture and Other issues” & Lunchtime Lecture at UNL (University of Nebraska Lincoln), College of Architecture (@UNLarchitecture).
2018.02.14
Public Lecture. “Envisioning New Spatial Organizations”, together with Stewart Hicks (@designwithco) and Willam Chyr (@WilliamChyr), Chicago Design Museum, organized by Mas CONTEXT (@MASContext)
Link to: “Envisioning New Spatial Organizations”
2018.02.08
“Comics and Architecture, comics in Architecture”. Lecture. Architecture, Culture and Technology Series, organized by Jonathan Charley. University of Strathclyde, Department of Architecture. Glasgow. February 8, 2018.
2017.10.24
Exhibition of selected works in Drawn Theories / Theorie Disegnate. Politecnico di Milano, Venice, June 10 – July 3, Curators: Andrea Gritti, Sara Marini, et al.
2017.08.16
“Get Lectured: University of Nebraska – Lincoln, 2017-18”. Hyde Lecture Series Poster and Lecture revealed by Justine Testado at @archinect
2017.05.10
“Sorteo Libro Forty and Famous” Spanish website Cajón de Arquitecto (@CajonArquitecto) gives away two copies of Indira Van’t Klooster/Klaus’s book amongst its readers.
2016.08.25
“Klaus: Architecture, cómic and critique (II).” Interview conducted by Ana Barreiro Blanco and Alberto Alonso Oro, in Veredes, Arquitectura y Divulgación.
Link to: “Klaus: Architecture, cómic and critique (II).“
2016.08.23
“Klaus: Architecture, cómic and critique (I).” Interview conducted by Ana Barreiro Blanco and Alberto Alonso Oro, in Veredes, Arquitectura y Divulgación.
Link to: “Klaus: Architecture, cómic and critique (I).“
2016.06.07
Public Lecture “Architectural Narratives/ Building Stories”. Lecture. Graham Foundation, Chicago, June 7.
Link to the event here
2016.06.07
Public Lecture. “Klaus.Toon: Cartooning Architecture and Other Issues.” MAS Context: Analog 2016 lecture series. Chicago Design Week, Chicago.
Link to: MAS Context: Analog 2016 lecture series
2016.05.26
Release of “Forty and Famous: 10 interviews with successful young European architects.”Indira van’t Klooster (@indira.vantklooster) with Illustrations by Klaus. Additional texts by Gonzalo Herrero Delicado. Amilcar Publishers, 2016.
2016.03.10
Exhibition of selected works in Drawn Theories / Theorie Disegnate. Ca’ Pesaro, Venice, June 10 – July 3, Curator: Sara Marini / Giovanni Corbellini.
2016.02.15
“The [not so] Fine Line: A Conversation Thread about this and that with architecture cartoonist Klaus“. Interview conducted by Sophie Lovell in: Uncube, magazine for architecture and beyond #42: Walk the Line: 51-60.
Link to: Uncube #42: Walk the Line
2015.05.01
Portuguese magazine Arqa: Arquitectura e Arte features a dossier of Klaus’s work on issue #118, May/June 2015.
Link to: Arqa: Arquitectura e Arte #118
2015.04.11
Exhibition of selected works in Chatter: Architecture Talks Back. Art Institute of Chicago, April 11 – July 12, Curator: Karen E. Kice / Iker Gil.
2015.04.01
Several cartoons published in Fredy Massad’s La viga en el ojo: Escritos a tiempo. Madrid: Ediciones Asimétricas, 2015.
2015.03.01
2 illustrations for the chapter “CompaCity [Ballard I]”. In: Pier Vittorio Aureli, Pedro Gadanho, Phyllis Lambert, Saskia Sassen et al.: Densidades. México DF: Editorial Arquine, Primavera 2014, pp. 35-42.
2015.02.01
Selected works exhibited in Export: Arquitectura Española en el Extranjero. Fundación ICO, Madrid, February-May 2015. Curator: Edgar González.
Link to: Export: Arquitectura Española en el Extranjero.
2015.01.01
Lecture “Klaustoon, arquitectura, sátira y crítica” in José Juan Barba’s Masters course Teoría y crítica de los procesos contemporáneos de proyectación. E.T.S.A.G. Alcalá de Henares, Spain.
2015.01.01
“Form Follows Friction (Aka: Za ha ha… did I?)” published, together with Gabriele Neri’s commentary on Klaus’s work in Caricature Architettoniche: Satira e critica del progetto moderno (Macerata: Quodlibet, 2015): 286- 288.
2014.06.15
“Wi(nd)gs of Change in the GSD“. Illustration published in Jeanette Sordi: Beyond Urbanism. Trento: Listlab, 2016.
2014.06.01
“It’s not easy being Kool – 2001 ways to misinterpret Koolhaas… and help him have it his way” – Illustration and article in VV.AA: Clog #11: REM, June 2014.
Link to: VV.AA: Clog #11: REM.
2014.05.15
A10 Magazine starts publishing a full-page cartoon by Klaus in its section ‘Interchange’, with interviews by editor-in-chief Indira van ‘t Klooster (@indira.vantklooster).
2014.05.05
Several illustrations from the ‘Kunst Haas’ series published in Jean-Louis Violeau: REM. Le Bon, la Brute… Paris: Éditions B2. Collection CONTRE-CULTURES, 2014.
Link to: REM. Le Bon, la Brute…
2014.04.25
“The Pharrell Review”: Cartoon for online edition of The Architectural Review.
2014.03.30
“Satirizar la arquitectura. Entrevista a Klaus (II).” Interview conducted by Fredy Massad in La Viga en el Ojo.
Link to: “Satirizar la arquitectura. Entrevista a Klaus (II).”
2014.02.01
“Table of Contents” in Praxis: Journal of Writing + Building #14: TrueStories. New York: Praxis Inc.
Link to: Praxis: Journal of Writing + Building #14: TrueStories.
2014.01.07
“Screen/Print #4: MAS Context”. Amelia Taylor-Hochberg reviews MAS Context: Narrative for Archinect.
2013.12.23
“Narrative, new issue for MAS Context Magazine, and 5 Years!!” José Juan Barba reviews MAS Context: Narrative at Metalocus.
2013.12.16
Release of MAS Context #20: NARRATIVE, guest edited by Klaus/Luis Miguel Lus. It also includes two pieces featuring Klaus and his work: “Starchitecture Redux” and “Cartooning Architecture and Other Issues. Iker Gil interviews graphic artist Klaus”.
Link to: “Starchitecture Redux”
Link to: “Cartooning Architecture and Other Issues. Iker Gil interviews graphic artist Klaus”.
2013.11.01
Several cartoons published in Goodbye Topolinia. Su architettura e fumetto, by Laura Cassarà and Sebastiano D’Urso (Malcor D’Edizione, November 1, 2013).
2013.09.01
“Metabunker’s in Da Haus (Haas)”– Illustration published in Clog #7: SCI-FI.
Link to: Clog #7: SCI-FI.
2013.07.01
“Caricature, Hyperbole and the Politics of the Cartoon. A conversation with Jimenez Lai and Koldo Lus (Klaustoon)” Article and illustrations published in Volume #36: Ways To Be Critical. The Netherlands: Archis Foundation, 2013. Nº 36, pp. 106-111.
Link to: Volume #36: Ways To Be Critical
2013.04.25
Monographic Exhibition within the (larger) exhibition “Building Comics”. Naples International Fair, Mostra d’Oltremare, April 25-28 2013.
2013.04.27
Guest author and speaker in the round tables “Building Comics” (April 25 de abril, along with Joost Swarte and François Schuiten) and “Fumett(archi)tettando” (April 27, with Joost Swarte and Manuele Fior). Naples, Mostra d’Oltremare.
2013.03.20
2013.02.14
Starting with their issue #07, “Off-Places”, Uncube Magazine will start publishing Klaus’s section “Klaus’s Kube”, featuring the series “Numerus Klausus”.
Link to: Uncube #07 “Off-Places”
2012.12.30
‘A Comic View on the Harvard Graduate School of Design’: two pages with a selection of Klaus cartoons during his time at the GSD make up the section “The Shifting Institution” in Mohsen Mostafavi and Peter Christensen’s (ed.): Instigations: Engaging Architecture, Landscape, and the City [Zurich, Cambridge (MA): Lars Muller Publishers, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, 2012], 520-521.
Link to: Instigations: Engaging Architecture, Landscape, and the City
2012.10.03
Opening of the “Architectural Narratives” exhibition at the New Projects Gallery, Chicago. October 13 – November 30, organized by Mas CONTEXT (@MASContext)
2012.10.01
“Bruno Latour & Peter Sloterdijk: Networks and Spheres” published in Russian Magazine Project International #31.
2012.10.01
“Iconic On”: article and illustrations published in Studio Magazine #03: ICON, October 2012.
Link to: Studio Magazine #03: ICON
2012.07.29
“Three Little Worlds: Klaus Toons at the Architecture Foundation” featured in Metalocus.
2012.07.24
“Three Little Worlds: Klaus Toons“. Conference/interview and exhibition. Architecture Foundation, London, July- August 2012. With Tomorrow’s Thoughts Today’s Liam Young.
Link to the event here
2012.07.04
“Modern Talking – don’t you forget about me”. Illustrations and article for Mas Context. Communication. Chicago: MAS Studio, 2012, nº 10, pp. 12-21.
2012.07.01
“Tell me more! – Gossiping, cartooning, and the nourishing of the Starchitectural status quo”, article and illustrations for Conditions magazine #10: Gossip, July 2012.
Link to: Conditions magazine #10: Gossip
2012.06.30
“But today we collect gags”, shorttext and illustration for The Importance of the Ways Stories are Being Told (dpr-Barcelona, June-July 2012).
2012.06.28
Exhibition of selected works in Eme3: Bottom-Up Festival. Barcelona. Guest speaker in the round table “The importance of the way stories are being told”, conducted by Ethel Baraona.
2012.03.01
“Full House vs. Full(er) House”. Illustration for the cover and back cover of MAS Context #13: Ownership.
2012.02.01
“Get a Job(s) / Close encounters in Cupertino 2”. Illustration published in Clog #2: Apple.
2012.01.01
Cartoons “On Starchitecture”, “Rapid Eye Movement”, “Koolhaas Gets Golden Lion Award”, and “Man on the Moon” published in Darwin J. Marrero (ed.): (In)forma nº6. Hiperturismo. San Juan: UPR, Universidad de Puerto Rico, 2011, pp. 1, 175, 177.
Link to: (In)forma nº6. Hiperturismo
2011.11.18
“Klaus Dispatches from the GSD: 075 Years of Design” featured in Metalocus.
2011.08.22
Exhibition of selected works in Gund Hall’s main exhibition “Dispatches from the GSD: 075 Years of Design“, Harvard GSD, Cambridge (MA), August 22–December 22. Curators: Moshen Mostafavi, Peter Christensen.
2011.11.01
“YES IS MORE or Less [Zoom!/zzzzrrtt!/thud!/blaam! – me not]” Published in Clog #1: BIG.
2011.04.02
“Klaus’s Cartoon Commentary”, a nice shout out by Luke Butcher (@butcherluke) at his blog.
2010.12.01
Illustration for Dan Willis‘s article “Are Charrette’s Old School?”, published in Harvard Design Magazine: Design Practices Now Vol. II, Number 33, Fall/Winter 2010-11.
2010.11.27
Public Lecture. “Klaus.Toon”, at the Instituto Superior Manuel Teixeira Gomes (ISMAT), Portimão (Portugal).
2010.11.26
Opening of the Exhibition “Klaus.Toon, from New York to Portimao”, Portimão (Portugal). November 26 to December 26 2010. Organized by the Ordem dos Arquitectos and the Casa Granturismo office, in collaboration with the Teatro TEMPO, the bar Porta Velha and the association of store owners of Portimão’s historical center.
2010.11.01
“Cities Will Rise” cartoon published in the Fall/Winter 2010 issue of New York- based, Carlo Aiello-directed eVolo Magazine (#3).The cartoon accompanied the article “API – AR 2050”, by John Hill, creator of A Weekly Dose of Architecture and its sister website A Daily Dose of Architecture.
2010.10.30
“El Arte de Klaustoon: Humor Crítico e Ironías Gráficas Reflexivas”, by Martín Lisnovsky at Arquitectura + Historia.
2010.10.24
“Editorial”, the first of several cartoons to be published by Klaus during his tenure as in-house cartoonist for Kazys Varnelis and Joseph Grima’s The New City Reader: A Newspaper of Public Space. The New City Reader is a performance-based editorial residency designed as part of the exhibition the Last Newspaper, which runs at New York’s New Museum from 6 October 2010‒9 January 2011.
Link to: he exhibition the Last Newspaper at New York’s New Museum
2009.04.09
“Klaus on GSD: ecologicalurbanism”. The crew of the GSD: Ecological Urbanism blog feature the cartoon ‘Sustained Cynicism’, which comments on Koolhaas’s lecture at the April 3-5 international conference at Harvard.
2009.04.01
Installations “Be Kool” and “Kunst-Haas”. Harvard GSD, Cambridge (MA), April/May 2009.
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