April

April 1-November 24 Lumenhaus at Farnsworth House, Plano, IL; www.farnsworthhouse.org. Special display house exhibition by Virginia Tech, the winner of the International Solar Decathlon competition, at Mies van der Rohe?s historic Farnsworth House.
April 6 The Reference Library Caravan Trade Show, Doubletree Hotel, Tucson, AZ; www.thereferencelibrary.com.
April 7 Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture 2011 Lecture Series, Taliesin West, Scottsdale, AZ; www.taliesin.edu. Katrin Klingenberg, Ecological Construction Laboratory, Urbana, IL.
April 8-10; April 15-17 2011 Denver Designer Show House, Denver, CO; www.denvershowhouse.com. Showhouse benefitting The Children?s Hospital.
April 13 AIA Las Vegas 2011 Architecture Week Exhibit and Awards Presentation, Historic Fifth Street School Auditorium, Las Vegas, NV; www.aialasvegas.org.
April 13 Arizona Design Center Spring Market, Arizona Design Center, 7350 N. Dobson Road, Scottdale, AZ; www.arizonadesigncenter.com. Seminars, showroom reception, Sources+Design breakfast and portfolio review by Sources+Design editor Nora Burba Trulsson.
April 15 & 16 Southwest Build-It-Green Expo & Conference, Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, AZ; www.builditgreenexpo.com.
April 16-17 Doors Open Denver 2011: Modern Architecture, 50s & Beyond; various sites, Denver, CO; www.denvergov.org/tabid/436791/Default.aspx. Free public tour of Denver architecture.
April 18 Deadline: Call for Entries ASID Arizona North Chapter 2011 Design Excellence Awards; www.asidaznorth.org.
April 21 Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture 2011 Lecture Series, Taliesin West, Scottsdale, AZ; www.taliesin.edu. Diane Reicher Jacobs, Holly Street Studio, Phoenix, AZ.
April 25-May 6 Israel: An Architect?s View of 2,000 Years of Structure and Design, various locations in Israel, www.aiautah.org. Guided tour of Israel, presented by AIA Utah.
April 28 Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture 2011 Lecture Series, Taliesin West, Scottsdale, AZ; www.taliesin.edu. Brad Cloepfil, Allied Works Architecture, Portland, OR.

May

May 4-5 Re-New Design (formerly Rocky Mountain Designers? Market), Denver Design District, Denver, CO; www.denverdesign.com.
May 6-7 AltBuild Expo and Conference, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA; www.altbuildexpo.com. Presented by the City of Santa Monica.
May 12-14 AIA 2011 National Convention and Design Exposition, Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, LA; www.aia.org.
May 15-19 Lightfair International, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia.