REVISION DALLAS
Brent Brown, AIA, with the City of Dallas newly formed citydesignstudio, will recap the ReVision Dallas competition and present the winning entries. Brent leads the Buildings Community Workshop that has won AIA Dallas Community and Sustainability design awards for their Congo Street Holding House project in 2008 and the Community award for their work on the Imperial Illumination project in 2007.
Speaker: Brent Brown AIA, LEED AP
SOLAR DECATHLON
Michael Garrison, the Gilbert Cass Centennial Teaching Fellow with UT Austin will present the UT Austin Solar Decathlon Entries into the DOE Solar Decathlon competition. Professor Garrison has served as the faculty sponsor of the 2002, 2005, and 2007 Solar Decathlon competitions administered by the U.S. Department of Energy.
He is currently principal investigator for a Zero Net Energy highrise tower for Shreveport, Louisiana, sponsored by Community Renewal International.
Speaker: Michael Garrison
THE SHAPE OF GREEN: Aesthetics, Ecology & Design
Great design is a marriage of art and science, but so far green design has focused on science and neglected art. When photovoltaics, wind turbines, and fuel cells overshadow basic decisions about shape and form, green tech becomes a green crutch. Do ethics support or supersede aesthetics? Does going green change the face of design or only its content? This book demonstrates how to be as smart about the way things look as how they are made. Form, image, and experience can enhance conservation, comfort, and community at every scale of design, from products to buildings to cities. Fully embracing the principles of ecology could spark a revolution not just in industry but also in culture, and every aspect of design could change with it.
Speaker: Lance Hosey AIA, LEED AP, Hon FIGP
SOUTHERN SUSTAINABILITY
illustrated with Works of MARLON BLACKWELL
Marlon Blackwell is an architect and a tenured professor at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Work produced from his private practice, Marlon Blackwell Architect, has received national and international recognition through AIA design awards and architectural publications including Architecture, Arquine, A+U, Detail, Dwell, Southern Living, Architectural Record (with the honor of having the Keenan TowerHouse featured on the cover of the February 2001 issue), Architectural Review (2002 ar + d prize winner for the Moore HoneyHouse) and The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary Architecture (2004). His residential projects are featured in design books including New Country House, Houses of Wood, Private Towers, House: American Houses for the New Century, The New American House 3
, The New American Cottage, and 40 Under 40. Princeton Architectural Presspublished a monograph of his work titled An Architecture of the Ozarks: The Works of Marlon Blackwell (April 2005). Blackwell was selected by a national jury as one of the top 40 designers under 40 years old in 1995. In 1998, the Architectural League of New York recognized him as an “Emerging Voice” in architecture. In January 2006, he was selected by The International Design Magazine as one of the ID Forty: Undersung Heroes.
Speaker: Marlon Blackwell
AFFORDABLE SUSTAINABILITY: Less is More
Angela Brooks is as a leader and pioneer in the field of sustainable architecture. From the groundbreaking Colorado Court affordable housing development—the first of its kind to be 100% energy neutral and achieve a LEED Gold rating—to co-founding a non-profit development company created to stimulate neighborhood 
revitalization, to Step Up on 5th, an apartment for homeless adults where an exhaustive energy-efficient strategy was implemented from construction through occupancy, Brooks’ projects have set the standard for responsible 21st century design. Brooks and her Santa Monica based firm PUGH+SCARPA have been recognized with more than fifty major awards, including 15 National American Institute of Architects awards, the AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Project Award in 2003 and 2006, The Rudy Brunner Prize, the 2009 National American Institute of Architects Young Architects Award and the 2010 National and State of California American Institute of Architects Firm Award. Angie is also featured in a USA Network “Characters” commercial, where she shares her vision for the future of architecture.
Speaker: Angela Brooks
CITY OF DALLAS GREEN BUILDING CODE
Dallas Timberglen Library
Speaker: Zaida Basora AIA, LEED AP www.greendallas.net
STUDIO 804 and the 5.4.7 ART CENTER in GREENSBURG, KANSAS
The 5.4.7 Arts Center, a significant and integral component in the rebuilding of Greensburg, Kansas
Speaker: Dan Rockhill AIA, LEED AP www.rockhillandassociates.com
THE PURSUIT OF NET ZERO
Several years ago, achieving a LEED Platinum rating seemed an almost insurmountable challenge to any project, particularly for energy hungry laboratory buildings. There is a new paradigm forming in the practice of architecture; as energy costs and the impacts of global warming are becoming part of the equation of what it costs to build and operate buildings, the industry is now learning lessons from pioneering projects with goals beyond even those reflected by LEED Platinum status. Net-zero energy, and net-zero potable water use, are elements of what projects aiming for principles in the Living Building Challenge, The Natural Step, and the 2030 Challenge are aspiring toward.
Speaker: R. Doss Mabe FAIA & Ted Hyman AIA, LEED AP www.zgf.com
SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIES
illustrated with work by BERCY CHEN STUDIO
Different aspects of sustainable buildings will be highlighted through built and un-built work of Bercy Chen Studio. The scarcity of resources and the population explosion has created huge pressure on the ecology of the planet. Architecture in the 21st century will have to confront these challenges by creating a new balance between buildings and nature. The presentation will focus on density and the suburban model, materials and recycling, systems and technology, and designing with nature.
Speaker: Thomas Bercy www.bcarc.com
SUSTAINABILITY and DESIGN AWARDS:
Case Studies - Minimalist Decisions
Todd Howard, Moderator
Robert Meckfessel 2007 AIA Dallas Urban Edge Excellence
FAIA, LEED AP in Sustainable Design Award
www.dsgn.com Urban Reserve Master Plan, Dallas, Texas
Brent Brown 2008 AIA Dallas Urban Edge Excellence
AIA, LEED AP in Sustainable Design Award
www.bcworkshop.org Congo Street Holding House, Dallas, Texas
Gary Cunningham 2008 AIA Dallas Merit Award
FAIA
www.cunninghamarchitects.com House on Cedar Hill, Dallas, Texas
SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTS
Speaker: Anne Schopf FAIA www.mahlum.com
The first annual North Texas Sustainable Products Showcase was held at the Addison Conference Center on Friday, July 18, 2008. The Showcase gave architects, engineers, developers, interior designers, owners, facilities managers, contractors, and anyone interested an opportunity to learn more about sustainable products.
With sustainability’s impact on the design and construction profession, there are continuous question on what are local green products that can be used for our projects. Fifty-four exhibitors, carefully vetted from the planning committee, provided a variety of products for use in sustainable applications. The North Texas Sustainable Product Showcase was an overwhelming success and another showcase is being planned for 2009.
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