Authors Showcase: Practice with Purpose

Serving the Bay Area for more than a century, theAmerican Institute of Architects, San Francisco Chapter (AIASF)offers professional development and networking opportunities as well as public forums, tours, lectures, and gallery exhibitions that provide architects and design enthusiasts with many opportunities to explore the local built environment.TheCenter for Architecture + Designenhances public appreciation for architecture and design, both locally and internationally, through exhibitions, lectures, tours, films, and other programs that reveal the richness of the design arts. Founded in 2005, the Center for Architecture + Design is a collaborative environment where design organizations and affiliates share not only space, but ideas.

AIA San Francisco & The Center for Architecture + Design

LEDDY MAYTUM STACY Architects share their experience and insight as a call to action to the architecture profession.

Center for Architecture + Design

20th Annual Architecture + the City Festival

The 20th Annual Architecture + the City Festival continues to offer behind-the-scenes programs, tours, lectures, film presentations, and more that provide an excellent opportunity for all communities to experience architecture and design.

General Admission: $25 | Student: $15Note: Copies of Practice with Purpose will be available for purchase Published in 2023, Practice with Purpose by LEDDY MAYTUM STACY Architects is about designing buildings beyond their property lines to address some of society’s most urgent challenges: the climate emergency, racial and ethnic injustice, chronic homelessness, educational crises, and the preservation of the embodied carbon and culture of existing buildings. In Practice with Purpose, LMSa share their experience and insight as a call to action to the architecture profession. Through case studies, data-driven essays, user testimonials, and thought-provoking questions, LMSA offers design and practice strategies to architects, designers, and students who want to make an environmental and social impact on the world we live in.<h3>Presenters</h3>Dominique Elie, AIA, is a Senior Associate at LEDDY MAYTUM STACY Architects. Throughout her career, Dominique has focused on projects that are authentically rooted in the diverse communities they serve. At LMSA, Dominique has shepherded a wide range of mission-driven projects from early design phases through the successful completion of construction. With a background in participatory design facilitation, Dominique has led community engagement efforts for many of the firm’s recent projects throughout Bay Area. Dominique holds a Bachelor of Arts in History and Literature from Harvard University and a Master of Architecture from UC Berkeley.Gregg Novicoff, AIA, LEED AP, is a Principal with LEDDY MAYTUM STACY Architects in San Francisco. Gregg ‘s body of work includes cultural, educational and civic projects in new construction and adaptive reuse. Since joining LMSA in 2005, Gregg has been instrumental in the firm’s most important projects including the award-winning Ed Roberts Campus and the Ed Lee Apartments. He is current board member with the AIA San Francisco. As a registered architect in California, he received his Bachelors of Arts in Architecture and English from the University California, Berkeley and a Master’s Degree in Architecture from Harvard University. <h3>Learning Objectives (2 LU Pending)</h3>1 - Understand why Mission-Driven Design is an important practice model that can help address some of the big challenges of our time 2 - Learn from real-world case studies that Practice with Purpose is both achievable and economically sustainable. 3 - Identify the practical benefits of Mission-Driven Design for recruitment, retention, and marketing your practice. 4 - Discover the multiple benefits of public advocacy that promotes resilient, equitable communities.

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