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Join Lawrence Technological University's College of Architecture and Design on Tuesday, February 13th, 2024 at 12:30pm ET for another important speaker in our innovative Spring 2024 Design x Technology Lecture Series.
Learn how Architecture Research Office’s process and culture fosters consistently high-quality design that elevates people and place. A presentation by Principal Kim Yao, FAIA, will explore how the office structure and environment underpin a culture of collaboration; how research is embedded in process and practice; and, how engagement and alignment around goals and aspirations creates a foundation for transformative architecture.
The presentation, followed by Q+A, will explore the firm's diverse past and present work, research-based process, and firm culture. The lecture will address the importance of collaboration and engagement in achieving transformative architecture, and each attendee will gain an understanding of varied ways research can underpin and complement practice.
Architecture Research Office is the New York City firm united by their collaborative process, commitment to accountable action, and social and environmental responsibility. Research gives their work purpose and intention. Their architecture unites beauty and form with strategy and intelligence. Their office designs spaces that inspire people, further institutional missions, and advance equity and resilience. This philosophy has earned them firm over one hundred design awards including the 2020 AIA Architecture Firm Award, the AIA New York State Firm of the Year Award, and the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award for Architecture.
What you can expect:
This lecture is free and open to the public. As part of CoAD's Design x Technology Lecture Series, guests may watch online or on campus. Register for the location/viewing details.
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CEU: This lecture equals 1 professional architecture credit. To prepare for any potential audit, we suggest you register for this lecture and hold onto your confirmation. Upon verification of attendance, CoAD will supply a certificate of completion. When you request a certificate, you must send us your lecture confirmation so keep that information handy.
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Header image credit: Lucy Raven, Ready Mix, 2021. Installation view, Dia Chelsea, New York City. © Lucy Raven. Photo: Bill Jacobson Studio, New York, courtesy Dia Art Foundation, New York
About:
Kim Yao, FAIA, is Principal of Architecture Research Office (ARO). She holds an undergraduate degree in architecture from Columbia College: Columbia University and a Master of Architecture from Princeton University. She is a lecturer at MIT and has taught at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, the School of Constructed Environments, Parsons the New School for Design, and Barnard College (2001-2011). She has lectured throughout the United States and abroad. Kim has been awarded the AIA New York (AIANY) Medal of Honor and the Beverly Willis Foundation Mentorship Award. She was President of AIANY in 2020 and serves on the Board of the Center for Architecture.
Image credit: Elizabeth Felicella
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