The LAF, with the Capitol Park Museum in Baton Rouge, is proud to present a special screening event at the museum featuring "Designing Life: The Modernist Architecture of Albert C. Ledner." A virtual talk by John Klingman, Author and Professor Emeritus of Architecture at Tulane University, will follow the film.

Capitol Park Museum
660 N 4th St, Baton Rouge, LA 70802

The event is FREE! Eventbrite

The evening’s events are as follows:

5:00 p.m. - Cocktail Hour and gallery tours
6:00 p.m. - Screening of "Designing Life" (47 minutes)
7:00 p.m. - Virtual talk by John Klingman, Author and Professor Emeritus of Architecture at Tulane University, on Zoom

About Ledner:

Albert C. Ledner (1924-2017) is known for his organic and modernist style of architecture. His work includes the design of Manhattan's National Maritime Union building, which was built in the 1960s. Ledner also designed approximately 40 homes in the New Orleans metropolitan area and various other projects for the National Maritime Union.

Ledner, a New York native who grew up in New Orleans, enrolled at the Tulane University School of Architecture. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II and later returned to Tulane to earn his architectural degree in 1948. Ledner also supplemented his architectural education with studies at Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin Spring Green School.

About the Film

In 2016, filmmaker Roy Beeson, in collaboration with Ledner's daughter Catherine Ledner, produced a documentary film about the life and works of Ledner, entitled "Designing for Life: The Modernist Architecture of Albert C. Ledner." Ledner attended a preview of the documentary held at the New York City Architecture and Design Film Festival in early November 2017. He also gave a formal presentation at the festival. During this journey, he became ill and died shortly after that, on November 14, 2017, at the age of 93.