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Speakers/Topics (1995 to 2005)
1995-1996
Peter Jensen, Architectural Writer
Rubbernecking on a Streetcar Named Design
Larry Herzog, Professor SDSU, Urban Planner
The View from the Plaza: Public Space in Spain and Mexico
Laura duCharme, Architect
Do Men and Women Architects Approach Their Work Differently?
Martin Poirier, Landscape Architect
The Quality of the Question: a discussion of how we perceive and value our environment
Max Schmidt, Urban Planner
A Perspective on 45 Years of Urban Planning: Toward Permanent Paradise?
Ken Ronchetti, Designer
A Building Speaks a Language of People and Place
Nico Calavita, Professor SDSU, Urban Planner
The New Urbanism, Neo-Traditionalism: appearance or reality
Lynn Froeschle, Architect
The Greening of Architecture

1996-1997
Stuart Resor, Architect and Griselda Joaquin, Tribal Housing Specialist
Building H.U.D. Homes for the Quechans: Some lessons to be learned from our American Indian Neighbors
Norm Applebaum, Architect
The Home Architecture as a Way of Life
Wallace Cunningham, Environmental Designer
Impressions and Origins: recent work
Nico Calavita, Prof. of Urban Studies, SDSU
Downtown and Neighborhood Development: a search for balance
Allard Jansen, Architect
Lessons from the Casa
M. Wayne Donaldson, Architect
The House of Hospitality: 90 days, 8000 men, no specs.
Mary Kate Ronchetti, Master Draper
Textiles in Architecture and Movies
Charles Slert, Architect
Boats, Books, Balls: new architecture for San Diego
Angeles Leira, City Planner
Urban Revitalization

1997-1998
Peter Jensen,Writer
Ranch House, Redux: a celebratory walk through the history of a western icon
Joel Heathcote, Lighting Designer
Fiber Optics, Lasers and Kinetic Colors in Architecture
Nico Calavita, Prof. of Urban Planning SDSU
Barcelona: where urban planning and architecture come together
Angeles Leira, Urban Planner
Urban Revitalization
Manuel Rosen, Architect
Architecture from Inside Out
Randal Ehm, Architect
Sculptural Response to Building and Design
Allard Jansen, Architect
Traveling with an Architectural Attitude
Pino Parente, Architect
True Homes for Healthy Living
Mary Kate Ronchetti, Master Draper; Ken Ronchetti, Designer; Terence Moore, Architectural Photographer
Interior Design

1998-1999
Michael Stepner, Architect and Rosemary Stepner, Feng Shui Specialist
Urban Planning and Feng Shui
Vonn Marie May, Historic Preservationist
San Diego’s Ambivalent Pursuit of Regionalism: short-term planning and its effects
Lou Dominy, Architect
Spirituality and Architecture: a “timeless way of building”
Max Schmidt, Urban Planner
What Is Max Thinking?
Janine Christopher, Architect
Architecture in Trinidad: similarities and contrasts
Angeles Leira, Urban Planner
The Sherman Heights Region: urban revitalization continued
Andrew Spurlock and Martin Poirier, Landscape Architects
Gardens and Landscapes: what does it matter? The Getty and other projects.
Laura Birns, Designer
Interior and Exterior Design Come Together: a holistic approach

1999-2000
Ward Thompson, Architect
Desert Architecture: Fortress, Tent, and Beyond
Linda Moreland, Architect
A Woman’s Perspective on Architecture
Donald Goldman, Architect
The Romance of Architecture vs. Reality
Max Schmidt, Urban Planner
Max: A Reprise
Alison Whitelaw, Architect
Designing for Our Children’s Children
Carl Strona, Architect
We Need Alternative Housing
Ken Baldwin, Architect
Design of Advanced Technology Facilities
James Neri, Landscape Architect
Landscape Immersion: Gardens in the Zoo

2000-2001
Armistead Smith, Architect
Urban Development: Small Lot Housing
Pat O’Connor, Landscape Architect
Remnant Landscapes: How can we best use those little pieces of land left over in Planning
Gregory Alan Kindy, Architect
Top Form: Buildings that enhance our emotional lives
Max Schmidt, Urban Planner
What is Max Thinking, Vol. III
Catherine Herbst, Architect
Architecture to See in San Diego: a visual tour of San Diego’s treasures
James Brown, Architect
A Complete Practice: Expanding the role of the architect
Marc Tarasuck, Architect
S,M,XXL: Small, Medium, Very Large. Three budgets

2001-2002
Michael Johnson, Architect
Livable Communities
Gary Rose Weber, Urban Planner
Smart Growth in the Inner City
Richard Bundy, Architect
The Natural History Museum Expansion: a 70-year old dream
Allard Jansen, Architect
Architect as Developer: Housing, Office and Retail Together
Don Covington, SDSU Professor (now deceased)
The Renaissance of an historic village
Don Coordt, Architect
The Practice of Architecture: Client Expectations
Vonn Marie May and Ione Stiegler, Landscape Historian and Architect
Restoration of the Sykes Adobe Farmhouse and Grounds: Port of Entry to the San Dieguito River Park
Hector Reyes, Architect
We Are Aqui: a search for regional identity

2002-2003
Teddy Cruz, Architect and Lawrence Herzog, SDSU Professor
Tijuana and San Diego: Social and architectural contrast
Gail Goldberg, City of San Diego Urban Planner
San Diego, City of Villages: The new look of San Diego
Patrick Caughey, Landscape Architect
Art in the Landscape: A collection of landscape architects and artists
Sandro Alberti, Designer
Malibu: Ritz, Glitz and Ego
Donald Goldman, Architect
Getting It Built Right: The architect’s role during construction
Nico Calavita, SDSU Professor
Affordable Housing and Politics
Lorri James, Interior Designer
Building a Home and the Role of an Interior Designer
C.W. Kim, Architect
Designing the Santa Fe Indian School, with Emphasis on American Indian Cultural Values
Armistead Smith, Architect
Alternative Housing

2003-2004
Teddy Cruz and Allan Rosenblum, Architects
Double Journeys: San Diego and Tijuana
Taal Safdie and Ricardo Rabines
Architects, Light, Views and Gardens
Norm Applebaum, Architect
The Estate: a 7-year Creation
Larry Ford, SDSU Professor
America’s New Downtowns:reinvention or revitalization
Pamela and Hector Magnus, Architects
A 24-hour Design Team
Joseph Martinez, Architect
Aesthetics in a Multi-cultural Society
Margit Whitlock-Espinosa, Architect
SALSA Comes Home to the World: how Latin ideas influence international design
Michael Stepner, Architect
Sprawl or Density: where will all the housing go?
Jim Gabriel and Randy Hanna, Architects
Architecture and the Sustainable Commitment

2004-2005
Ken Ronchetti, Designer
The Romance of Architecture: the relationship between land and structure
Vonn Marie May, Landscape Historian
The Cultural Landscape of Rancho Santa Fe: the town the railroad built
Rob Wellington Quigley, Architect
The Arc Promenade: the marriage between the city and the bay
Nico Calavita, Urban Planner
Smart Growth, Environmentalism, and Affordable Housing: are they compatible?
Wallace Cunningham, Designer
Time and Place: design appropriate to our era
Martin Poirier, Landscape Architect
Landscape, Landscaping, and Place: what is the difference?
Gilbert Cooke, Architect, Dean of NewSchool of Architecture & Design
Architectural Education: roots and wings
Eric Naslund, Architect
An Architecture Firm Grows Up: getting to do bigger work
Kendrick Boggs Kellogg, Architect
Sustainable Organic Architecture

 


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