The Dwell Guide to Events in Your City

Wednesday, April 2

As many New Yorkers saw at his 2003 solo exhibit at MoMA, Liam Gillick's artwork verges often on the architectural. Hear the artist speak tonight at The New School. 6:30 p.m. Tishman Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th St.; (212) 229-8919; www.parsons.newschool.edu/events 

Thursday, April 3

The Pratt Institute presents a day-long symposium on the history and future of prefab architecture, with lectures by MoMA’s chief architecture and design curator Barry Bergdoll and other experts in the field. 8 a.m.-7 p.m.; Higgins Hall, 60 St. James Place; 908-781-6420; Brooklyn; www.pratt.edu/school_of_architecture

Stretch your legs at the DUMBO First Thursdays Gallery Walk, where you can get your fill of art Down Under (the Manhattan Bridge Overpass). 5:30-8:30 p.m.; www.dumbo-newyork.com

Architecture critic James Russell discusses building history and progress in New Orleans, along with Matthew Berman and Andrew Kotchen, principals of New York firm Workshop APD, and New Orleans architect Allen Eskew. 7 p.m.; The Urban Center, 457 Madison Ave.; www.archleague.org

To accompany Design and the Elastic Mind, an exhibition that explores the way technology has altered design, MoMA and Seed magazine bring you MIND DESIGN + SCIENCE, a two-day conference where science geek meets aesthete. The Museum of Modern Art, 11 W. 53rd St.; (212) 708-9400; www.moma.org

Friday, April 4

Catch three panel discussions on interior design at Parsons The New School for Design today, including The Intellectual History of Taste, a look at the field’s future with design historian Penny Sparke and others. Through April 5. 2-6 p.m.; Parsons The New School for Design, 66 5th Ave.; (212) 229-8919; www.parsons.newschool.edu/events 

Fresh from Los Angeles, this exhibit of Japanese artist Takashi Murakami's pop culture creations takes over the Brooklyn Museum of Art. Brooklyn Museum of Art, 200 Eastern Pkwy.; (718) 638-5000; www.brooklynmuseum.org

Sunday, April 6

Last Chance: Emerging filmmakers from around the world are the stars of the New Directors/New Films series at the Walter Reade Theater in Lincoln Center. www.filmlinc.com/ndnf/ndnf.html

Monday, April 7

In this talk titled The Spirit of Space, architect Noushin Ehsan discusses how to design the right atmosphere for your interior.  5:30-8 p.m.; Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place; 212-683-0023; www.aiany.org

Tuesday, April 8

Pratt hosts this screening of Japanese director Hiroshi Teshigahara’s film Antonio Gaudí, a gracefully executed tribute to the late architect Antonio Gaudí’s work. 5:30-7 p.m.; Higgins Hall Auditorium, 61 St James Place, Brooklyn; (908) 781-6420; www.pratt.edu/school_of_architecture

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