Co-founder
ArchiteXX
Professor of Architecture
Syracuse UniversityLori Brown’s creative practice examines the relationships between architecture and social justice. She is the author of Contested Spaces: Abortion Clinics, Women’s Shelters and Hospitals and the editor of Feminist Practices: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Women in Architecture.
, FAIA, NOMA, IIDA, LEED AP
Principal, Director of Global Diversity at Perkins+Will
Gabrielle oversees Perkins + Will’s Diversity, Inclusion, and Engagement program, which works to support and strengthen a firmwide culture that embraces a diversity of people, colors, creeds, credos, talents, thoughts, and ideas.
Professor of Architecture
UCLA
Director
of cityLABDana Cuff is a professor of architecture at the UCLA where she is also Director of cityLAB, an award-winning think tank that explores design innovations in the emerging metropolis Since receiving her Ph.D. in Architecture from Berkeley, Cuff has published and lectured widely about urban design, the architectural profession, and affordable housing.
Della & Harry MacDonald Dean's Chair
University of Southern California School of ArchitectureMilton S. F. Curry holds the Della and Harry MacDonald Dean’s Chair at the University of Southern California School of Architecture. He was associate dean for academic affairs and strategic initiatives at the University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture & Planning from 2010 to 2017, a tenured Associate Professor of Architecture and an affiliate faculty in the Department of Romance Literatures and Languages.
Sara Lorenzen, AIA
Partner TOLO Architecture
Professor of Architecture Cal Poly Pomona
Resident Director Neutra VDL Studio & ResidenceSarah maintains one foot in practice and one in academia. She is a partner at TOLO Architecture (previously Peter Tolkin Architecture), architecture professor and former chair at Cal Poly Pomona, and resident director of the Neutra VDL Studio and Residences.
Professor of Architecture
Cal Poly PomonaIrma Ramirez is a Professor of Architecture at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Her expertise is in the areas of housing and Urban Design focusing on social and cultural factors and community based design. Professor Ramirez holds a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley, a Master of Architecture and a Master of Urban Planning from the University of California at Los Angeles.
Date:
April 28th, 2018
Time: Registration begins at
9am
Location:
DTLA Arts District Event Space