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Wednesday, December 7
8:00 – 9:00 AM
Coffee and Pastries To-Go Breakfast
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Housing Tour—Visit Phoenix’s finest residential architecture
Buses will begin leaving at 9:00 AM from the Biltmore. Lunch will be provided.
A separate registration is required for this bonus program—$60 per conference attendee; $80 if registering for housing tour only.
[NOTE: No self-driving is permitted. All tour participants must use provided transportation.]
5:00 – 6:30 PM
AIA Custom Residential Architects Network (AIA-CRAN) Forum
A newly minted Knowledge Community of the AIA, this group addresses the concerns of the custom residential architect.
6:30 – 8:00 PM
Welcome Reception
Join us for a meet and greet with your fellow architects. Appetizers and drinks provided.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8
7:30 – 8:00 AM
Breakfast
8:00 – 9:30 AM
Keynote Address: “Progress Report: Adapting and Evolving”
Every architecture firm has streamlined during this recession, but lean doesn’t mean you can’t still go for those big firm commissions. Learn how Rick Joy, known for his jewel-like single-family commissions, has stretched his small practice to tackle complex and sometimes far-flung master planning and design projects.
PRESENTER:
Rick Joy, AIA, Rick Joy Architects, Ltd.
9:30 – 9:45 AM
Coffee Break
9:45 AM – 12:15 PM
Thinking and Making
When design stops at the contractor or developer’s feet, architects shed control and commissions. No wonder more entrepreneurial young firms are embracing the whole project—from start to finish. Learn how design-led design/build practices and design-led development teams are making their own luck in residential architecture.
PANELISTS
David Dowell, AIA, and Douglas Stockman, El Dorado Inc
Andrew van Leeuwen, Assoc. AIA, and Kevin Eckert, LEED AP, Build LLC
Jared Della Valle, AIA, Alloy
Lise de Vito, Assoc. AIA, and Jim Zack, AIA, Zack | de Vito Architecture Construction
12:15 – 12:30 PM
Coffee Break
12:30 – 2:45 PM
The 2011 residential architect Leadership Awards Luncheon
HALL OF FAME:
Will Bruder, Will Bruder + Partners LTD
Trained as an artist, Will Bruder draws deeply from light, form, and place for his inspired portfolio of work. While Phoenix’s Burton Barr Central Library is considered his iconic achievement to date and he has built a rich collection of other library structures, Bruder elevates every building type he touches—from a humble car wash to a white water rafting company headquarters. But had he chosen to specialize only in residential work, he would still rank in the top rung of practitioners in the United States. Additionally, his generous mentorship has created its own legacy of accomplished architects, all of whom travel seamlessly between award-winning residential work and a breadth of other building types.
TOP FIRM
Marlon Blackwell, FAIA and Meryati Johari Blackwell, Assoc. AIA and LEED AP, Marlon Blackwell Architect
It’s a feat of architectural magic to design buildings that are of the world and of their place at the same time. Marlon Blackwell Architect achieves both with an unassuming grace that belies the effort and rigor behind the work. The firm delights in meager budgets and humble programs, and then weaves its wand to create muscular buildings that still, somehow, are light on their feet. A practitioner and pedagogue, Marlon Blackwell is also the head of the architecture department at the University of Arkansas’ Fay Jones School of Architecture.
RISING STAR
Elizabeth P. Gray, AIA, and Alan Organschi, Gray Organschi Architecture
A truly renaissance collection of talents resides in the firm of Gray Organschi. Here, expertise in architecture, interior design, cabinet making and other fabrications, and construction come to bear on every project. From the keenly observed small design detail to a meticulously resolved new house, the firm applies its eye for excellence to every commission, often achieving award-winning results. Organschi also shares his time with the partners’ alma mater, the Yale School of Architecture, where he teaches a housing studio and is an instructor in building technology.
SPECIAL AWARD-WINNERS PANEL DISCUSSION:
THE FUTURE OF RESIDENTIAL PRACTICE
Winners of residential architect magazine’s annual Hall of Fame, Top Firm, and Rising Star Leadership Awards discuss what they think the future of residential practice will bring.
3:00 – 4:00 PM
Breakout Sessions
1. ARCHITECT-LED DESIGN/BUILD*
Leaders: Lise de Vito, Assoc. AIA, and Jim Zack, AIA, Zack | de Vito Architecture Construction
2. ARCHITECT-LED DEVELOPMENT
Leader: Jared Della Valle, AIA, Alloy
3. ARCHITECT-LED INTERIOR DESIGN*
Leaders: Elizabeth P. Gray, AIA, and Alan Organschi, Gray Organschi Architecture
4. PERFECTING THE CLIENT PROCESS
Leaders: John DeForest, AIA, DeForest Architects, and Duo Dickinson, AIA, Duo Dickinson Architect
5. THE FINE ART OF BLOGGING AND OTHER
NEW MEDIA MARKETING STRATEGIES
Leaders: Andrew van Leeuwen, Assoc. AIA, and Kevin Eckert, LEED AP, Build LLC
4:00 – 4:15 PM
Coffee Break
4:15 – 5:15 PM
Case Study: What a High-Design Firm Learned From Prefab
If you’ve ever dreamed of expanding your influence on American housing, you’ll learn from the inspiring and perspiring journey one top-ranking firm took to reinvent the mass market formula. Lake|Flato’s Porch House combines the indoor/outdoor living and vernacular architecture the firm is famous for, along with a set of modules for maximum flexibility in siting and adaptability to myriad program needs.
PANELISTS
Ted Flato, FAIA, Lake|Flato
Bill Aylor, AIA, Lake|Flato
5:30 – 7:00 PM
Cocktail Reception
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9
7:30 – 8:00 AM
Breakfast
8:00 – 9:30 AM
Special Participatory Event—You On View: Slide Presentation by attendees and speakers
It’s been a tough year for everyone in the profession. But slow times are when architects reignite their inventive sides. Here’s your chance to share your built or conceptual work, your thoughts about housing and residential practice, or any other creative enterprise that inspires you. Take two minutes and show everyone what’s on your mind.
9:30 – 9:45 AM
Coffee Break
9:45 AM – 12:15 PM
Getting It Right: The Architect/Builder Collaboration
Beautiful, successful houses require a meeting of the minds among important members of the project team. Hear from accomplished architects and custom builders about how they keep communication, invention, and problem-solving flowing as they execute their one-of-a-kind collaborations.
PANELISTS
Andy Byrnes, AIA, Construction Zone
Wendell Burnette, AIA, Wendell Burnette Architects
Eddie Jones, AIA, Jones Studio
Neal Jones, AIA, LEED AP, Jones Studio
12:15 PM
Reinvention Symposium Adjourns
SPECIAL EVENTS
12:30 – 1:30 PM
A CORA/AIA-CRAN Luncheon Meeting
The Congress of Residential Architecture and AIA-CRAN working lunch.
1:30 – 2:30 PM
The Annual Meeting of the Congress of Residential Architecture:
CORA: 10 Years After
CORA founders Duo Dickinson, AIA, Jeremiah Eck, FAIA, and Dennis Wedlick, AIA, offer their review of topics discussed over the past decade at CORA gatherings—what has changed, what remains the same, and what the future may hold.
Separate registration is required. Registration is FREE. For more information about CORA and to register, please email info@corarchitecture.org or visit corarchitecture.org
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