IIDA Southern California Chapter

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Haute Couture a la San Diego

“Intergalactic Glam” because good design is universal - from Earth to the farthest galaxy!

Location:

Universal Nightclub

Built Green Expo & Conference

June 13 & 14, 2008

Santa Barbara City College

Free admission, free green building seminars

Built Green Home Tour on Sat. June 14

www.builtgreenexpo.com

The first annual Built Green™ Expo, Conference & Tour will be held at Santa Barbara City College on Friday June 13 and Saturday June 14, 2008.  The Expo is another part of Built Green™ Santa Barbara’s mission to encourage building owners, builders and architects to voluntarily incorporate green building practices into their projects.  At the top of the agenda are efficient building materials, new products and techniques that result in superior environmental quality, energy efficiency, and natural resource conservation.

Join us for a course that explores the five stages of lifecycle thinking - and how buildings in the design industry can have an impact on each phase.  Learn about the global environmental issues that help us measure and understand our impact and learn about new tools available to help you asses the environmental health of the products you specifiy.

When - every other Wednesday, beginning April 16th

Cost  - Free (food and beverage will be provided)

Where:  bkm OfficeWorks - 9201 Spectrum Center Blvd., Suite 100, San Diego 92123

RSVP - Claire Heazlitt - 858.569-4776  -  cheazlitt@bkmsd.com

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   Speaker:  The architect and designer Alfred Homann grew up in South Zealand, Denmark. In 1976, he graduated as an architect from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen.

Homann is one of Denmark’s most renowned architects. His designs are featured in projects and exhibits worldwide. In the past few decades, Homann has received international awards for his buildings, furniture and luminaire designs. Since his collaboration with Louis Poulsen in 1976, he has designed award winning luminaires such as the Kipp and Nyhavn series

This is the final Interrobang Lecture series in 2008

Time:  6pm – Wine & light hors d’oeuvres reception • 7pm – Lecture with Q&A
Location: The Neurosciences Institute, 10640 John Jay Hopkins Drive in La Jolla

Purchase tickets:  www.interrobangsd.org

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Landscape Architect Steve Martino has earned an international reputation for design excellence. His efforts are based on his intimate understanding of the region and on the underlying theme of man’s relationship to the desert environment.

Steve’s projects have been recognized with over 100 local, regional and national design awards, including nine National Design Awards from the American Society of Landscape Architects. His work has been published nationally and internationally in over 360 books and periodicals. He was the first landscape architect to be used in PBS’s This Old House.

The series is held the second Tuesday of the following months in 2008:    May • September • October

Speaker:  Adèle Naudé Santos, FAIA, is an architect and urban designer whose career combines professional practice, research, and teaching. Ms. Santos has won international design competitions, published work in journals worldwide and has worked in cultures as diverse as Japan, Africa, and the United States. Ms. Santos is currently Dean of the School of Architecture and Planning at MIT, as well as principal architect in the San Francisco based firm, Santos Prescott and Associates.

The series is held the second Tuesday of the following months in 2008:  September • October

Time:  6pm – Wine & light hors d’oeuvres reception • 7pm – Lecture with Q&A

Location: The Neurosciences Institute, 10640 John Jay Hopkins Drive in La Jolla

Purchase tickets:  www.interrobangsd.org

Join us for a course that explores the five stages of lifecycle thinking - and how buildings in the design industry can have an impact on each phase.  Learn about the global environmental issues that help us measure and understand our impact and learn about new tools available to help you asses the environmental health of the products you specifiy.

When - every other Wednesday, beginning April 16th

Cost  - Free (food and beverage will be provided)

Where:  bkm OfficeWorks - 9201 Spectrum Center Blvd., Suite 100, San Diego 92123

RSVP - Claire Heazlitt - 858.569-4776  -  cheazlitt@bksd.com

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James Richärd, AIA and Kelly Bauer, FIIDA are the founding partners and design principals of richard + bauer architecture, a studio based, integrated architectural and interiors practice focusing on innovative work in the public realm.

In their 11 year history, they have garnered over fifty local, regional, national and international design awards, and have been recognized as an “Emerging Voice of 2001” from the Architectural League of New York, one of the “New Vanguard” by Architectural Record in 2002 and “Designers of the year” by Contract Magazine in 2007.