"I.D.E.A. District: From Concept to Reality" David Malmuth studied psychology and philosophy at Claremont McKenna and business at Stanford, went into consulting, and then put what he learned to work in his true passion, real-estate development. Over the ensuing years, he served as VP-Marketing for McCarthy Building Companies in St. Louis and Newport Beach and Vice-President/ [...]
Wednesday, September 28, at 5:30 p.m. Morrison & Foerster LLP 12531 High Bluff Drive, Suite 100, San Diego, CA 92130 This lecture explores the origin of Japanese architecture in Nara, Kyoto, Kamakura, and Tokyo, from ancient temples and tea houses to contemporary architecture. Discussing the concepts and historical background in the context of sustainability in architectural [...]
Sherry Linden, Exhibit Curator at the Gaslamp Quater Historical Foundation's William Heath Davis House, gave a very dynamic presentation to nearly 50 people at the Friends of San Diego Architecture meeting this past Saturday, October 16, 2010. Following her lecture, several attendees took a personalized tour of the William Heath Davis House.
"Reality Hits Home for Aging Baby Boomers" Anne A. Kellett, ASID, CID, is an Instructor in Interior Design at the Design Institute of San Diego. Besides serving as the ASID Student Chapter Advisor, she also counsels each student: "All Design Institute students set the stage for their career path personally guided by our Career Development and Internship [...]
More than 85 people came out September 18, 2010 to see William Krisel speak about his architectural career that spanned over 60 years. Known for bringing modernism to the masses, he brought interesting stories and sage advice to the opening event for the Friends of San Diego Architecture's 2010-2011 Lecture Series. Darren Bradley, who lives in a [...]
Friends of San Diego Architecture is pleased to unveil its new website. It features a new blog page plus access to the Ned Paynter Collection which contains nearly 10,000 images.
"Revitalizing a Community through Arts and Entertainment" Jay Turner served as the Executive Director of North Park Main Street from its founding in 1996 until retiring on September 30, 2005. The Main Street program is a system of community-based economic revitalization that was devised by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. North Park Main Street is [...]
"Architecture at the Frontier: The Neuroscience of Design" Trained in both neuroscience and architecture, Dr. Eve Edelstein’s work is focused on design, research and innovation in order to “put the evidence in evidence-based design.” Edelstein is President of Innovative Design Science, where she collaborates with clients and design firms, running charrettes and creating research-based design guidelines [...]
"Designing San Diego: If we started over, what would we do differently?" Vicki Estrada is a landscape architect, an urban designer, and president of Estrada Land Planning. The firm’s mission is "to design spaces and modify the land in a creative and ecologically sound manner." She believes that landscape architects "are uniquely qualified, among design professionals, [...]
"All Men Will Be Brothers? Karl Friedrich Schinkel and the Origins of the Berlin Museum" Can Bilsel is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Art, Architecture + Art History at the University of San Diego. He is also the founding director of the University of San Diego's Architecture Program. Professor Bilsel was trained as [...]