Amy Donohue, AIA

Principal, Bora

Melissa Higgs, Architect AIBC, FRAIC

Principal, HCMA

Sarah Lindenfeld, AIA 

Managing Partner, Payette

Brandon Specketer, AIA

Partner, COOKFOX

Paul Schwer, PE

President, PAE

8:30 AM

Welcome

Mark Cameron

Community Agreements and Land Acknowledgement

Tiffany Bergeron

Review of the Topic and Introductions

Mark Cameron

8:40 AM

Autodesk Sponsorship Thank You

Saskia Dennis

8:45 AM

Designing for the Climate Crisis – a Conversation for a Better Future

Opening words and introduction of the panelists

Mary Ann Lazarus

Presentations by each panelist on their work:

Activism

Kelly Alvarez Doran

Microclimates and What Owners Are Grappling With

Ed Soltero

Research Initiatives

Thomas Auer

Practitioner’s POV & How To Create Opportunities for Our Firms

Jack Rusk

Advocacy & What the AIA is Doing

Lori Ferris

Q&A with the Panel

Facilitated by Mary Ann Lazarus

10:10 AM

Break

10:20 AM

Facilitated Conversation with the Panel & Audience questions

Mary Ann Lazarus & Saskia Dennis

10:40 AM

Breakout Groups: Where do we go from here?

(small group discussion)

11:15 AM

Small Group Report Share

Saskia Dennis

11:27 AM

Final Thoughts and Spring Symposium

Mark Cameron

11:30 AM

Adjourn

Facilitator:

Mary Ann Lazarus, FAIA, LEED Fellow

Principal Consultant, Cameron MacAllister Group

Kelly Alvarez Doran, OAA, MRAIC

Co-Founder, Ha/f Climate Design

Thomas Auer

Managing Director and Partner, Transsolar

Lori Ferris, AIA, PE, LEED AP BD+C

Principal Consultant, Cameron MacAllister Group

Ed Soltero, Ph.D., FAIA, LEED AP BDC

Assistant Vice-Chancellor, FPM and University Architect, Washington University in St. Louis

Jack Rusk, LEED AP BD+C

Director of Climate Strategy, EHDD

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2023 SPRING RESOURCES

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Amy Donohue, AIA

Principal, Bora

Melissa Higgs, Architect AIBC, FRAIC

Principal, HCMA

Sarah Lindenfeld, AIA 

Managing Partner, Payette

Brandon Specketer, AIA

Partner, COOKFOX

Paul Schwer, PE

President, PAE

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 2023

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4:30 - 6:30 p.m. PDT

Welcome Reception at PAE

PAE will host the Welcome Reception and give members a tour of their Living Building. The tour will be led by PAE, ZGF, and Walsh Construction representatives.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 2023

8 a.m. 

Breakfast

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8:30 a.m. 

Welcome
 

Land and Labor Acknowledgement

Saskia Dennis-van Dijl 

Review Schedule and Opening Statements

Mark Cameron, Cameron MacAllister Group

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8:45 a.m. 

Mithun, recipient of AIA National Architecture Firm Award 2022

Jason Steiner and Erin Jacobs of Mithun will present their practice: how they have sustained quality over 50 years; how they have re-interpreted what design excellence is; how they have achieved a healthy culture where people can thrive.

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9:45 a.m. 

Break

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10 a.m. 

PANEL 1: 

What does design excellence mean today? 

Facilitated by: Mary Ann Lazarus, FAIA, Cameron MacAllister Group

Chandra Robinson, Principal, Lever Architecture 

Paul Fast, Founder, Fast + Epp Structural Engineers 

Ginger Gosnell-Myers, Fellow, Decolonization and Urban Indigenous Policy + Planning; Simon Fraser University, Wosk Centre for Dialogue 

Z Smith, Ph.D., Principal, Eskew Dumez Ripple

Questions and Open Forum Discussion

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12 p.m.

Lunch

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1:15 p.m. 

PANEL 2:

How is design excellence achieved?

Can a collaborative culture and process achieve design excellence?

Facilitated by: Amy Donohue, Principal, Bora Architecture & Interiors

Jennifer Devlin-Herbert, FAIA, President, EHDD Architects

Gregg Novicoff, Principal, LMS Architects

Derrick McDonald, Associate, Hacker Architects

Brad Nile, Project Executive, Andersen Construction

Open Forum Discussion

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2:45 p.m.

Break

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3 p.m.

Benchmarking Survey

Presentation of results of the benchmarking survey:

Clark Davis, FAIA, Cameron MacAllister Group 

Scott Lelieur, AIA, Director of Operations, Lake|Flato

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4:00 p.m. 

Sponsor interview:

Syvia Magid, Partner, Fox Rothschild

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4:20 p.m.

PechaKucha Presentations:

WHY Architecture

KPMB Architects

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4:45 p.m.

Summary and Discussion:

Discussion and Reflection on Day 1

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5:00 p.m. 

Walk to Hunt & Gather Restaurant

Cocktails and dinner

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FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 2023 (PDT)

8 a.m. 

Breakfast

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8:30 a.m. 

PANEL 3: 

Developing Design Excellence Leaders 

Facilitator: Mark Cameron, Cameron MacAllister Group

Shiloh Butterworth, Oregon Regional Leader/Chief People Officer, PAE Consulting Engineers 

Sindu Meier, Associate Principal, William Rawn Associates 

Amy Perenchio, Principal, ZGF Architects

Open forum discussion

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9:45 a.m. 

Break

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10 a.m. 

Sponsor Interviews 

Sabina Poole, Autodesk

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10:30 a.m. 

Break

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10:45 a.m. 

PechaKucha Presentations:

LMN Architects 

PAE

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11:15 a.m. 

Facilitated Discussion:

Highlights and take-aways from the two days

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12 p.m. 

Adjourn

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12:30pm 

Optional Tour
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The Portland Japanese Garden’s Cultural Crossing Expansion seeks to create a serene, pilgrimage-like journey from the city to the forest, drawing each visitor into a fully immersive experience of the traditional arts and culture of Japan. A design collaboration between Kengo Kuma and Associates, Hacker, and Walker Macy among others, the 14,675-square-foot expansion includes four modest, human-scaled new buildings designed to merge into the dramatic slopes of the Washington Park terrain in combination with the tall vertical lines of Pacific Northwest conifers. Join us for a tour led by designers from Hacker and Walker Macy Please RSVP and CMG will reserve a ticket for you ($20).

Shiloh Butterworth

Oregon Region Leader and Chief People Officer, PAE Consulting Engineers

Mark Cameron

Cameron MacAllister Group

Clark Davis, FAIA

Cameron MacAllister Group

Saskia Dennis-van Dijl

Cameron MacAllister Group

Jennifer Devlin-Herbert, FAIA

President, EHDD Architects

Amy K. Donohue, AIA, NOMA, LFA

Principal, Bora Architecture & Interiors

Paul Fast

Founder, Fast + Epp Structural Engineers

Ginger Gosnell-Myers

Fellow, Decolonization and Urban Indigenous Policy + Planning; Simon Fraser University, Wosk Centre for Diaglogue

Erin Jacobs

Mithun

Mary Ann Lazarus, FAIA

Cameron MacAllister Group

Scott Lelieur, AIA

Director of Operations, Lake Flato

Sindu Maliakal Meier, AIA

Associate Principal, William Rawn Associates, Architects, Inc.

Derrick McDonald

Associate, Hacker Architects

Sindu Meier

Associate Principal, William Rawn Associates

Brad Nile

Project Executive, Andersen Construction

Gregg Novicoff

Principal, LMS Architects

Amy Perenchio

Principal, ZGF Architects

Chandra Robinson

Principal, LEVER Architecture

Z Smith, PhD, FAIA, LEED Fellow, WELL AP

EskewDumezRipple

Jason Steiner

Mithun

SPONSORS:

Syvia Magid

Partner, Fox Rothschild

Sabina Poole

Autodesk

PECHAKUCHA PRESENTATIONS:

WHY Architecture

KPMB Architects

LMN Architects

PAE

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2022 FALL RESOURCES

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Ray Calabro, FAIA

Principal, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

Amy Donohue, AIA

Principal, Bora

Kevin McClurkan, AIA

Management Partner, ennead

Christiana Moss, AIA

Principal, Studio Ma

Paul Schwer

President, PAE

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2022

8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. PDT

Creating A Healthy Firm For Your People

PANEL DISCUSSION:

Diana Nicklaus

President, SAAM Architects

Angela Watson

CEO, Shepley Bulfinch

Darryl Condon

Managing Principal, HCMA

Presentation of research on mental health and wellness

Saskia Dennis-van Dijl, Cameron MacAllister Group

Annelise Pitts, AIA

Design Strategist, Lens Strategy

Diana Nicklaus

President, SAAM Architects

Angela Watson

CEO, Shepley Bulfinch

Darryl Condon

Managing Principal, HCMA

Saskia Dennis-van Dijl,

Cameron MacAllister Group

Annelise Pitts, AIA

Design Strategist, Lens Strategy

Click on the link below to review notes and presentations from the 2022 Design Colloquium in San Francisco, California.

2022 SPRING RESOURCES

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Ray Calabro, FAIA

Principal, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

Amy Donohue, AIA

Principal, Bora

Kevin McClurkan, AIA

Management Partner, ennead

Christiana Moss, AIA

Principal, Studio Ma

Paul Schwer

President, PAE

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2022

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5– 7 p.m. PDT

Welcome Reception at Holmes

Join us for cocktails and light bites as we kick off the Design Colloquium.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2022

8 a.m. 

Breakfast

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8:30 a.m. 

Welcome
 

Land and Labor Acknowledgement

Saskia Dennis-van Dijl 

Review Schedule and Opening Statements

Mark Cameron, Cameron MacAllister Group

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8:45 a.m. 

Keynote Speaker

Sharon Prince, Founder/CEO, Grace Farms

Design for Freedom by Grace Farms reimagines architecture by raising awareness and inspiring responses to disrupt forced labor in the building materials supply chain. Grace Farms Foundation’s interdisciplinary humanitarian mission is to pursue peace through five initiatives – nature, arts, justice, community, and faith – and at Grace Farms, a SANAA designed site for convening people across sectors.

Panelists:

COOKFOX Architects

Susie Teal, AIA, LEED AP, Partner

FX Collaborative

Ann Rolland, FAIA, LEED AP, Partner

Ennead

Amy Mielke, AIA, Director of Ennead Lab, Associate Principal

Open Forum Discussion

How can the design professions support and further the efforts that Grace Farms Foundation has started?

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10:30 a.m. 

Break

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10:50 a.m. 

Understanding the practice of MASS Design Group

MASS Design Group is the 2022 recipient of the AIA Architecture Firm Award. Since their founding, they have been a distinctly different architectural firm. This presentation will explore how the practice has evolved.

Katie Swenson, Senior Principal, MASS Design Group

Questions and Open Forum Discussion

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12 p.m.

Lunch

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1 p.m. 

Design for a Carbon Free Resilient Future

The Design Colloquium has focused on design for sustainability and resiliency, for several years. In 2022, we are exploring how our efforts are progressing, by going deep with a single project as a case study: the story behind the PAE new Headquarters, the first developer-led Living Building.

Facilitator: 

Paul Schwer, PE, LEED AP, President, PAE Consulting Engineers

Panelists:

Justin Brooks, AIA LEED AP BD+C, Principal, ZGF – the architectural design

Jill Sherman, Principal, Edlen & Company – the financial model

Katie Zabrocki, Senior Associate, PAE Consulting Engineers – the engineering innovations

Open Forum Discussion

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2:45 p.m.

Break

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3:15 p.m.

For Profit Social Enterprises

Social Purpose and Benefit Corporations 

Laura Howard and Syvia Magid, Partners, Fox Rothschild

Presentation from our Sponsors followed by questions and discussion

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3:30 p.m. 

PechaKucha Presentations

Transsolar KlimaEngineering

Tomasso Bitossi, Associate Director 

Miller Hull

Ruth Baleiko, FAIA, Partner

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4 p.m.

Summary and Discussion 

Summary and reflections on Day 1.  Free time to get re-acquainted, meet new colleagues, and walk and talk outside

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5 p.m.

Walk to Sessions Restaurant

Cocktails and dinner

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FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 2022 (PDT)

8 a.m. 

Breakfast

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8:30 a.m. 

Benchmarking Survey 

Presentation of results of benchmarking survey

Clark Davis, FAIA, Cameron MacAllister Group 

Scott Lelieur, AIA, Director of Operations Lake|Flato

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8:50 a.m. 

PechaKucha Presentations

MJMA - Ted Watson, Managing Partner 

Holmes - Megan Stringer, Associate Principal

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9:20 a.m. 

Lessons Learned from working during the pandemic

Panelists to share what they learned that they will take into the future: e.g.How their work processes have changed; Whether they have altered their recruitment efforts; How their culture has been affected

Panelists:

Studio MA

Tim Keil, RA, Principal

Lake|Flato

Tenna Florian, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Partner

Payette

Sarah Lindenfeld, AIA, Managing Principal

hcma architecture + design

Darryl Condon, Managing Principal

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10 a.m. 

Break Out Groups

Each group discusses what they learned from working during the pandemic, that they will take into the future.

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10:50 a.m. 

Break

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11 a.m. 

Reports from the break-out groups 

Facilitator: Mark Cameron

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11:40 a.m. 

Update on the GDA/DC Book Club

Amy Donohue, AIA, NOMA, LFA, BORA

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11:45 a.m. 

Facilitated Discussion

Highlights and take-aways from the two days

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Noon 

Adjourn

PANEL 1

Keynote Speaker: 

Sharon Prince

CEO and Founder, Grace Farms Foundation

Susie Teal, AIA, LEED AP

Partner, COOKFOX

Ann Rolland, FAIA, LEED AP

Partner, FXCollaborative

Amy Mielke, AIA

Director of ENNEAD LAB; Associate Principal, ENNEAD ARCHITECTS

PANEL 2: UNDERSTANDING THE PRACTICE OF MASS DESIGN GROUP

Katie Swenson

Senior Principal, MASS Design Group

Harvard University GSD, Loeb Fellow

University of Virginia, M. Arch

U.C. Berkeley, B.A.

PANEL 3: DESIGN FOR A CARBON FREE RESILIENT FUTURE

Paul Schwer, President, PE, LEEP AP

Justin Brooks, AIA, LEED AP

B. Arch, Syracuse University

Jill Sherman

Co-founder of Edlen & Co.

Katie Zabrocki, Senior Associate, PE

PECHAKUCHA PRESENTATIONS

Tommaso Bitossi

Associate Director, Transsolar KilmaEngineering

Ruth Baleiko, FAIA, Partner

Miller Hull

Ted Watson

Partner, MJMA Architecture & Design Toronto

Megan Stringer

Associate Principal, Holmes

PANEL 4: LESSONS LEARNED FROM WORKING DURING THE PANDEMIC

Tim Kell, RA, Principal

Studio Ma

Tenna Florian, AIA, LEED AP BD+C

Lake|Flato Architects

Sarah N. Lindenfield, AIA, Managing Principal

Payette

Darryl Condon, Managing Principal

hcma architecture + design