Annual Swanson Public Lecture: Axel Timm

Axel Timm

Please join us for the 2024-25 Annual Swanson Lecture by Alex Timm, partner at raumlaborberlin, a Berlin-based collective of 9 architects working at the intersection of architecture, city planning, art, and urban intervention.

Cranbrook Academy of Art’s 2024-25 Public Lecture Series is free and open to the public at Cranbrook’s deSalle Auditorium. Cranbrook Art Museum is open late and free to all on Thursdays, please arrive early to explore their current exhibitions.

Axel Timm studied Architecture in Berlin (TU Berlin). 2003–2005; member of the board of Kunstfabrik am Flutgraben e.V. Since 2005 he has been head of “Autotrans Ltd.”, a society for artistic production and studio administration. He was a guest professor at the FH Dortmund from 2010 to 2011.

The annual Swanson lecture is sponsored by the J. Robert F. Swanson Fund.

The J. Robert F. Swanson Lecture Fund at Cranbrook Academy of Art was established in 1983 by the family of J. Robert F. Swanson, a noted architect who was also the son-in-law of Eliel Saarinen. Each year, the Swanson Lecture brings to the Cranbrook campus architects, designers, artists, or scholars who have received critical acclaim for their work and enjoy a sustained record of excellence and achievement in their respective fields.  J. Robert F. Swanson and his wife and lifelong design partner, Pipsan Saarinen Swanson, founded their firm Swanson Associates in 1947 and worked on many exteriors and interiors, including residences, schools, universities, churches, airports, banks, government, industrial and commercial projects.