AIA Denver Urban Design Conference
Thursday March 11, 2010 12:30 pm - 5:00 pm
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Join AIA Denver and the AIA Denver Urban Design Committee on Thursday, March 11, from 12:30 p.m. - 5 p.m., at the PPA Event Center (2105 Decatur, Denver, 80211), for the AIA Denver 2010 Urban Design Conference. The half-day conference will offer 2.25 health, safety and welfare (HSW), continuing education learning units to all attendees. All AIA members are required to earn 18.0 learning units annually, at least 8.0 of which must qualify for HSW. The conference will feature sessions on urban design, form-based zoning and much more. The closing keynote speaker for the conference is David Dixon, FAIA, of Goody Clancy & Associates Inc. (Boston). Dixon is a renowned speaker on designing in an urban landscape. Dixon will use philosophies from the book he recently co-authored, Urban Design for an Urban Century, to walk attendees through the role of urban design and the urban designer, in shaping urban places. Dixon was also highlighted in AIA Denver Urban Design Committee's transit-oriented development film, Reshaping The Great American City. The complete lineup of sessions and speakers is as follows: · Public Art and the Public Realm: The Comedy, the Tragedy, the Remedy (1.0 LU) Henry G. Beer, CommArts Design Principal · Urban Design and Form Based Zoning: Can We Regulate Good Urban Design? (1.0 HSW) · Closing Keynote Session (1.25 HSW)
Dick Farley, FAIA
David Dixon, FAIA
For more information about the speakers and topics, and to register, download the registration form. For questions, contact AIA Colorado Programs Coordinator Jenna Cather at jenna@aiacolorado.org or 303.446.2266, ext. 112.
AIA Denver will also host another half-day conference in May of 2010 that will feature the remaining speakers from the original AIA Denver 2009 Urban Design Conference lineup, including presentations on Business Information Modeling and Integrated Project Delivery from presenters CAD-1, Mortenson Construction and Martin/Martin, Inc. More information about that half-day conference will be available soon.
Website: www.aiacolorado.org
Chapter: AIA Denver
Cost:
Credit: 3.25 LUs/2.25 HSWs
Location:
Denver, CO
Contact:
Jenna Cather
jenna@aiacolorado.org
