LECTURES AND TOURS
The SF Urban Program classes are enriched by workshops, presentations, and tours provided by individuals from the Bay Area design and construction industries. Practitioners generously share cumulative knowledge and perspectives about their accomplishments and deepen student understanding about the opportunities and responsibilities of designers in trying to improve our communities and countryside.
Guest Presenters
Office Tours
Building Tours
See the list of recent Guest Presenters, Office Tours, and Building Tours by opening the tabs below:
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ARCH 443 Professional Practice
Guest Presenters 2023
Young Architects Panel:
Marcus Simons, Taylor Design
Connor Earnest, Taylor Design
Brian Cronin, BAR Architects
Suzie Yang, ELS Architecture and Interiors
Lily Bowman, Hayes Group Architects
Natacha Ikuzwe, VMWP Architects
Daniel Arzaga, VMWP Architects
Jason Gonzalez
Molly Watterson-Ismail
August Uffelman
Marketing and Communications Panel:
Linda Crouse, BAR Architects
Karen Robichaud, Karen Robichaud Architecture and Planning
Public Speaking Workshop:
Betsy Graziani Fasbinder
Justice, Equity and Diversity:
Saskia Dennis, Cameron Macallister
Principai's Round Table:
Patrick MacLeamy, HOK retired
Toby Levy, Levy Design Partners
Kevin Hinrichs, Taylor Design
Dennis Henmi, DLR Group Architects
Christen Soares, Field Paoli Architects
Maryam Rostami, TEF Design
Business Management:
Rich Pipkin, AE Resources
Risk Management:
Reno Caldwell, Insurance Office of America
Resumes and Portfolio Panel:
Liza Bass, BAR Architects
David Lee, FAME Architects
ARCH 472 Housing Concepts
Guest Lecturers 2023
Kennerly Architects: Owen Kennerly, Founding Principal
2016 AIA Housing Award for 1180 4TH Street Affordable Housing, San Francisco, 2019 AIA Housing Award for Bill Sorro Community, San Francisco
Mithun Architects: Sade Borghei and Anne Torney, Principal Architects and Alyssa Olson, Designer
2016 AIA Housing Award for 1180 4TH Street Affordable Housing, San Francisco
Pyatok Architects: Marcial Chao. Principal Architect
Multiple PCBC Gold Nugget Project Awards, 2014 AIA Thomas Jefferson Award to Mike Pyatok for Excellence in Public Architecture
CMG Landscape Architects: Kevin Conger, Founding Principal
2021 AIA COTE Top Ten Award for Nueva School, 2020 ASLA Honor Award in Research for ‘Climate Positive Design” publication
LMS Architects: Ryan Jang, Principal Architect, AIA, LEED AP, Gwen Fuertes, Senior Associate
2014 AIA Housing Awards for Merritt Crossing Oakland and for Sweetwater Residences Sonoma, 2017 AIA Firm of the Year, 2021 AIA Housing Award for Edwin C. Lee Apartments Affordable Housing, San Francisco
Trachtenberg Architects: David Trachtenberg, Founding Principal
12 separate Design Awards from various Berkeley based civic organizations
AECom, Urban Design Division: Wynee Au, Associate Principal in Urban Design
Numerous International Awards for large scale urban planning work, Fortune Magazine “Worlds Most Admired Companies” award 2016 through 2019
VMWP Architects: Karen Murray, Principal Architect
ASLA 2022 Award of Excellence in Urban Design for HOPE SF: Rebuild Potrero, several California based Design Awards for other projects
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2023 Architectural Office Tour List:
SOM
Studio Gang Architects
WRNS Studio
Aidlin Darling Design
David Baker Architects
Steinberg Hart
Snohetta
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Building Tour List 2023:
Affordable Housing:
Casa Adalante at 2060 Folsom St., Mithun Architects
La Fenix 1950 Mission St., David Baker Architects
Casa Adalante at 2828 16th St., LMS Architects
1064-68 Mission Street, HCL Architects
Stanford Campus Field Trip:
Stanford Campus Historic Masterplan, Frederick Law Olmstead Landscape Architect
Memorial Chapel and Historic Quad, Shepley Bullfinch Richardson Abbot Architects
Denning House, Ennead Architects
Windover Meditation Center, Aidlan Darling Architects
Sarafan Chemistry Engineering & Medicine for Human Health Center and the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute, Ennead Architects
James Clark Center, Norman Foster Architect
The McMurty Building, Diller Scofidio Renfro Architects
Cantor Arts Center Addition, Ennead Architects
Anderson Collection, Ennead Architects
Marin County Field Trip:
Marin Civic Center, Frank Lloyd Wright
Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Pei Cobb Freed and Partners Architects
Osher Marin Jewish Community Center, Field Paoli Architects
Congregation Rhodof Sholom, HCL Architects
Mike Pyatok’s presentation starts at 29:35
Recorded Guest Lectures
The program has partnered with the podcast Second Studio to produce four recorded in-depth interviews with architects and planners involved in housing and community design and development: Anne Fougeron, Fougeron Architecture; John Lum, John Lum Architecture; Mike Pyatok, Pyatok Architects; and Jane Lin, Urban Field Studio. All four are founding partners of their own firms. They share their evolutionary histories and perspectives on current challenges and opportunities for design field professionals in the videos below.