Nuno Soares: Shaped by Use Tuesday, March 27, 2018 @19:00 JST SUMMARY: Nuno Soares is an architect and urban planner based in Macau since 2003, spreading his practice through architectural design, teaching and research. As principal of his own office, URBAN PRACTICE, he develops projects ranging from the urban scale, to architecture and design, both […]

ABOUT THE SPEAKER Don Yoshino, FAIA is principal of Yoshino Architecture, PA, located in Boca Raton, Florida.  Since his graduation from CalPoly in 1965, he has embarked on a career with an international focus.  Beginning with a graduate program at Kyoto University in Japan, where he studied Japanese architectural history.  Don later remained in Japan as […]

Daniel Bonilla Thursday, June 26, 2018 @19:00 JST SUMMARY: Daniel Bonilla, principal of TAB>I (Taller de Arquitectura de Bogotá), discusses Colombia’s built environment through Bogotá’s features and the impact of its local government based on four fields of exploration and research—void and mass, mutation, abstract building, and additive systems. Bonilla is a graduate of Los […]

Phu Hoang + Rachely Rotem Thursday, July 10, 2018 @19:00 JST SUMMARY: Led by Rome Prize Fellows Phu Hoang and Rachely Rotem, MODU is an interdisciplinary design studio creating architecture, urban spaces, and interiors. MODU has designed mixed-use facilities, outdoor pavilions, co-working spaces, urban homes, and other projects in between. Based in New York City, […]

Sarah Bader(Gensler): From Chicago to Tokyo: Making Global Connections Thursday, March 7, 2019 @ 19:00 ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Gensler Japan Principal, Representative in Japan, IIDA, LEED®AP Ar. Sarah Bader, as Co-Managing Director for Gensler’s Tokyo office, Sarah leads local and global teams as they create design solutions that meet both the aesthetic and business requirements […]

Kaz Yoneda: Tokyoism: Speculative Practice as a Metronomic ‘Other’ Thursday, April 25, 2019 @19:00 ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Kaz Yoneda is the founding principal of Bureau 0-1 (zero to one), Inc., an integrated full-service design practice grounded in architecture. With a process oriented ontological principles that evades any equilibrious or binary system, they offer a boundary-less […]

Li-Ren Hsiao: 150 years From traditional Hakka residence to modern Taipei public residences Thursday, June 20, 2019 @19:00 SUMMARY: The lecture will explain how the ancient Chinese art of Feng-sui is still a very applicable way of designing buildings by showing 150 years of Feng-sui architecture from traditional Hakka residences to modern Taipei public residences. […]