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2006
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII, Oahu, HI, Architecture and Movement

MCGILL UNIVERSITY, Montreal, QC, Award-Winning Bridges

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME, COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE, Notre Dame, IN, Bridges, Buildings and Urban Infill


2005
PACIFIC ENERGY CENTER, San Francisco, CA, Bike Paths/Cycling and Sustainability on the Bay Bridge.

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, Santa Clara, CA, San Francisco/Oakland Bay Bridge Design

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, DEPARTMENT OF CITY AND REGIONAL
PLANNING
, Chapel Hill, NC, Bridges and Urban Infill.

AIA-REDWOOD EMPIRE CHAPTER, Petaluma, CA, The Bay Bridge Design.

PRINCIPALS’ FORUM, INTERIORS DESIGN CONSORTIUM, HOK Design, San Francisco, CA, Bay Bridges.

CALIFORNIA COUNCIL OF THE INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, Annual meeting, Berkeley, CA, Introduction to the Bay Bridge Construction and Design.

2004
SAN FRANCISCO INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTURE, San Francisco, CA, The Design Process.

INTERNATIONAL MAKING CITIES LIVABLE, London, UK, Mixed-Use Projects.

HOUSING CALIFORNIA 2004, Sacramento, CA, High Density Suburban Infill.

ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY, San Francisco, CA, The Rebuilding of the Eastern Span of the Bay Bridge and the Retrofitting of the Golden Gate Bridge.

UNIVERSITY CLUB, San Francisco, CA, The Rebuilding of the Bay Bridge.

CHERRY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Denver, CO, Murals and their Impact.

2003
SAN FRANCISCO INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTURE, San Francisco, CA, Design Process: From Snow Country Homes to Bridges.

THE VANCOUVER HERITAGE FOUNDATION, Residence of the US Consul General, Vancouver, Canada, The Golden Gate Bridge: How it is Being Retrofitted without Losing its Landmark Design.

JUDSON COLLEGE, ARCHITECTURAL LECTURE SERIES, Elgin, IL, Recent Works: Affordable Housing to the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.

ARCHITECTURAL REVIVAL, CAMPAIGN FOR BUFFALO, Buffalo, NY, A New Cottage for the City.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING SERIES, Grass Valley, CA, Affordable Housing.

2002
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY, TRANSPORTATION CENTER, Berkeley, CA, The Art of Designing Bridges and Freeways.

SAN FRANCISCO ARCHITECTURAL FOUNDATION, SF BUILD- HIGH SCHOOL OUTREACH PROGRAM, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge in Progress.

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles, CA, Replanning of Alcatraz for the Indian Nations.

SAN FRANCISCO INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTURE, San Francisco, CA, Creativity and Design Process.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MAKING CITIES LIVABLE, Carmel, CA, Mixed-Use and Affordable Housing.

UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII, Honolulu, HI, Architecture as a Heroic Effort: City Sleepers to the San Francisco/Oakland Bay Bridge.

USC SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, San Francisco, CA, Class Lecture: The Planning of Alcatraz.

2001
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MAKING CITIES LIVABLE, San Francisco, CA, Mixed Use and Affordable Housing.

PCBC, San Francisco, CA, Infill Housing.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MAKING CITIES LIVABLE, Venice, Italy, Suburban and Urban Villages in the U.S.

SAN FRANCISCO AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, San Francisco, CA, Infill / Mixed-Use Housing.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, MA, State of the Nation’s Housing.

SOUTH BAY ENGINEERS CLUB, Pleasanton, CA, The Latest Design Concepts for the San Francisco Golden Gate and San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridges.

WINZLER & KELLY, Berkeley, CA, The New Eastern Span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge: Design Process and Structural Functions.

NAHB 56th ANNUAL CONVENTION & EXPOSITION, Dallas, TX, Designing for Affordable Apartments.

2000
INTERNATIONAL MAKING CITIES LIVABLE CONFERENCE, San Francisco, CA, Mixed-Use Infill; Affordable Housing; Creating the Heart of a Livable City; Controlling Growth, Guiding Growth; Mixed-Use Strategies and the City of Short Distances. An Ethical and Ecological Imperative?

MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY, Starkville, MS, Discussion of Recent Works.

INTERNATIONAL MAKING CITIES LIVABLE CONFERENCE, Vienna, Austria, Children’s Space in the Urban Center.

NAHB BUILDERS SHOW, Dallas, TX. Designing for Affordable Apartments.

1999
SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, San Francisco, CA, Design Moves.

THANKSGIVING DINNER, San Francisco, CA, The Bridges of San Francisco County.

SPUR FORUM, San Francisco, CA, East Bay Bridge Design.

SAN FRANCISCO CITY COLLEGE, San Francisco, CA, Architect as Developer.

NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY, Fargo, ND, The Search for Shelter Program Design.

BREAKFAST BERKELEY CLUB, Berkeley, CA, Bay Bridge Design.

1998
INTERNATIONAL MAKING CITIES LIVABLE CONFERENCE, Santa Barbara, CA, Designing Mixed-Use Housing Workshops: Downtown Mixed-Use Infill; Santa Barbara’s Waterfront.

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY & THE THISTLE DEW GALLERY, Sacramento, CA, Making Suburbia Work.

4C’S CONFERENCE, Santa Fe, NM, Santa Fe’s Civic/Cultural/Conference Center.

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: AIA - VIRGINIA DESIGN FORUM III, Charlottesville, VA, On a Mission: Affordable Housing.

THE PG&E ENERGY CENTER, San Francisco, CA, Recent Works: Democratic Architecture and Practical Solutions to Today’s Housing Crisis.

EAST BAY CSI, Berkeley, CA, New Housing Concepts: Residential, Mixed-Use Housing, Affordable and High Density Housing.

INTERNATIONAL MAKING CITIES LIVABLE CONFERENCE, Carmel, CA, Achieving Mixed-Use: Codes and Financing.

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles, CA, Affordable Housing.

1997
AIA: ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC BALANCE: THE 21ST CENTURY OUTLOOK, Miami, FL, Creating, Integrating and Connecting.

UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO, Albuquerque, NM, Democratic Architecture.

INTERNATIONAL MAKING CITIES LIVABLE CONFERENCE, Santa Fe, NM, Counteracting Sprawl Through Infill Development.

SPUR, San Francisco, CA, Democratic Architecture.

BUILDERS BOOK SOURCE AND AIA, Berkeley, CA, Democratic Architecture.

BORDERS BOOKS AND MUSIC, San Francisco, CA, Democratic Architecture.

ODYSSEY GROUP, Hillsborough, CA, Designing our Future.

1996
THE CANADIAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, San Francisco, CA, Preparing the Golden Gate Bridge for the Next Century.

NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF DESIGN, Chapel Hill, NC, Democratic Architecture / Affordable Housing.

MCKIMMON CENTER, Raleigh, NC, Democratic Architecture / Affordable Housing.

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, Chapel Hill, NC, Democratic Architecture / Affordable Housing.

TOWN OF CARRBORO, Carrboro, NC, Democratic Architecture /Affordable Housing.

TOWN OF CHAPEL HILL, Chapel Hill, NC, Democratic Architecture / Affordable Housing.

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY, SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, Berkeley, CA, On Housing.

NEVADA MUSEUM OF ART, GOFF LECTURE SERIES, Reno, NV, Bruce Goff: Influence on Donald Macdonald’s Architecture.

THE SWEDISH OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, San Francisco, CA, Innovative Design of Round Walk Village and New Concepts in Affordable Housing.

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, San Mateo Chapter, San Mateo, CA, Urban / Suburban Infill Housing.

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, Redwood Chapter, Redwood City, CA, Innovative Design of Round Walk Village and New Concepts in Affordable Housing.

PACIFIC AGENDA, San Francisco, CA, Golden Gate Bridge.

SOCIETY FOR INDUSTRIAL ARCHEOLOGY, Sacramento, CA, Setting the Aesthetic Design Criteria for the Retrofit of the Historic Golden Gate Bridge.

1995
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY, SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, Berkeley, CA, The Architectural Practice Today.

SAN FRANCISCO INSTITUTE OF ART, San Francisco, CA, Snow Design.

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY, SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, Berkeley, CA, Designing an Architectural Career.

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, Milwaukee, WI, Recent Projects.

INTERNATIONAL MAKING CITIES LIVABLE CONFERENCE, Freiburg, Germany, Mixed-Use Fabric.

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, Santa Clara Chapter, Santa Clara, CA, Low Cost Housing.

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, Reno, NV, Recent Projects.

INMAN, Oakland, CA, Mixed-Use Housing.

SAN FRANCISCO INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTURE, San Francisco, CA, Design of Day Care Centers.

CONFERENCE OF COUNTY DEVELOPMENT, Oakland, CA.

1994
CENTER FOR CITIZEN INITIATIVES, San Francisco, CA, Infill Development.

PACIFIC COAST BUILDERS CONFERENCE, San Francisco, CA, Urban Innovations.

ALBERTA ASSOCIATION OF ARCHITECTS, UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY, Calgary, Canada, Non-Traditional Opportunities for Architects.

LA JOLLA COMMUNITY PLANNING ASSOCIATION, La Jolla, CA, Presentation of Affordable Housing in Other Communities.

SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN, San Jose, CA, Homelessness.

SAN FRANCISCO INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTURE, San Francisco, CA, Day Care and Abstract Art.

INTERNATIONAL MAKING CITIES LIVABLE CONFERENCE, San Francisco, CA, Sustainable Mixed-Use Development; Politics and Urban Planning.

WOODBURY UNIVERSITY, Burbank, CA, Dealing with Today’s Problems.

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA BOOK FESTIVAL, San Francisco, CA, Designing the Perfect City: Architecture and the Future of San Francisco.

1993
BAC - BOSTON ARCHITECTURAL SCHOOL, Boston, MA, Democratic Architecture - Housing for Everyone.

NON-PROFIT HOUSING ASSOCIATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, San Francisco, CA, Housing is Economic Development.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS, San Diego, CA, Housing for the Nineties and Beyond.

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTURE, Tulsa, OK, Homeless and Affordable Housing and Urban Infill.

UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, Norman, OK, Goff Professorship: Urban Infill.

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY, DEPARTMENT OF CITY AND REGIONAL PLANNING, Berkeley, CA, Spring Forum.

SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER HOME BUYERS AND SELLERS FAIR, San Francisco, CA, Innovations in Residential Architecture.

GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Atlanta, GA, Design Build Symposium.

WILDCAT WORDS, San Francisco, CA, Home Or Homeless? The Politics of Shelter.

1992
SAN FRANCISCO INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTURE, San Francisco, CA, Snow Design.

BOSTON PUBLIC FACILITIES DEPARTMENT, AIDS HOUSING DESIGN COMPETITION, Boston, MA, Raising the Roof: Opening Doors.

CSI CONFERENCE, Rohnert Park, CA, Housing in the 90’s and Beyond.

BAY AREA YOUNG ARCHITECTS, San Francisco, CA, The Future of our City.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT OFFICIALS, San Francisco, CA, New Housing Design.

CALIFORNIA REDEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION, Stockton, CA, Low and Moderate Income Housing.

UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE, Norman, OK, Convocation and Awards Ceremony.

INTERNATIONAL MAKING CITIES LIVABLE CONFERENCE, San Francisco, CA, Reviving Mixed-Use Housing.

CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO, SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, San Francisco, CA, Affordable and Mixed-Use Housing.

SAN FRANCISCO INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTURE, San Francisco, CA, Affordable and Homeless Housing.

1991
INTERNATIONAL MAKING CITIES LIVABLE CONFERENCE, San Francisco, CA, Mixed-Use and Affordable Housing.

THE CANNERY, 1991 QUAKE EXPO, San Francisco, CA, Disaster Housing.

UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA-LAS VEGAS, SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, Las Vegas, NV, Affordable Housing.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS, San Francisco, CA, Affordable Housing.

FOKCAL/SAN FRANCISCO INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTURE, Berkeley, CA

CITY OF SAN MATEO, San Mateo, CA, Affordable Housing.

CITY OF RICHMOND, Richmond, CA, Affordable Housing.

ARCHITECTURAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, Vancouver, Canada, Designing for the Needs of the Nineties.

SUNNYVALE CITY COUNCIL, Sunnyvale, CA, Affordable Housing.

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, Portland, OR, Future Growth Patterns: Urban & Suburban Mixed-Use and Affordable Housing.

UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI, Cincinnati, OH, Coming Together for Housing Today; Fighting for the American Dream; Architecture and Affordable Housing; Workshop: Search For Shelter.

MCGILL UNIVERSITY, Montreal, Canada, Disaster Housing.

1990
THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS, San Francisco, CA, Creative Problem Solving in Architecture.

ARCHITECTS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, San Francisco, CA, Innovations in Housing.

ALLAN TEMKO ROAST, San Francisco Architectural Foundation, San Francisco, CA, Temko Grad.

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, Modesto, CA, Housing for the Homeless.

INTERNATIONAL UNION OF ARCHITECTS XVII CONGRESS, Montreal, Canada, Architecture and Society; Home Sweet Home: The Fading American Dream.

MCGILL UNIVERSITY, Montreal, Canada, Affordable Housing Design in San Francisco.

SPUR, San Francisco, CA, Hallam Street Tour, Small is Beautiful.

SANTA ROSA HOMEOWNERSHIP COMMITTEE, Santa Rosa, CA, Homeownership Opportunities in Santa Rosa and Affordable Housing.

SAN FRANCISCO CO-HOUSING GROUP, San Francisco, CA, Co-Housing Development: Process and Potential in San Francisco.

ST. ANDREW’S SOCIETY OF SAN FRANCISCO, San Francisco, CA, Scottish Architecture: Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Adams Brothers.

SAN FRANCISCO CITY PLANNING COMMISSION, San Francisco, CA, The Realities of Affordable Housing.

ANSHEN & ALLEN ARCHITECTS, San Francisco, CA, Housing Types: Homeless Shelters to Mixed-Use Projects.

UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, INTERNATIONAL FORUM, Norman, OK, Organic Pluralism: A Symposium on Design.

INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS DESIGNERS, Northern California Chapter, San Francisco, CA, Designing for the Needs of Real People.

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, Santa Clara Chapter, Los Altos, CA, Low Cost Housing in the Bay Area.

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, Redwood Chapter, Santa Rosa, CA, Affordable Housing Design.

INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS DESIGNERS - 1990 STUDENT FORUM, CONTRACT DESIGN CENTER, San Francisco, CA, Low Income Housing and the Homeless.

1989
ARTISTS USING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Palace of Fine Arts, Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA, Processing an Architectural Idea.

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, Central Valley Chapter, Roseville, CA, Values, Purpose and Guts.

SOCIETY FOR URBAN AND ARCHITECTURE STUDIES, Alberta, Canada, Housing from the Homeless to the High End.

AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION, California Chapter, San Jose, CA, Innovations in Housing: What Will Be Needed?

SAN FRANCISCO PLANNING AND URBAN RESEARCH ASSOCIATION, San Francisco, CA, Building for the Bourgeoisie?

CANADIAN AMERICAN SOCIETY & THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, San Francisco, CA, Bay Area Housing Crisis - What Can Be Done?

PACIFIC UNION CLUB, San Francisco, CA, Urban And Suburban Housing Solutions.

CONTRACT DESIGN CENTER, San Francisco, CA, Solutions to Homelessness, Day Care, Affordable Housing and Traffic Gridlock.

INTERNATIONAL VISITORS CENTER, BRUSSELS NATIONAL LAND COMPANY, San Francisco, CA, Housing.

NINTH MONTEREY DESIGN CONFERENCE, Asilomar, CA, Processing to an Architectural Image.

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY, Berkeley, CA, Low Cost Housing.

INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, Oakland, CA, Presentation of the Frank G. Mar Mixed-Use Project.

1988
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY, Berkeley, CA, Architect as Developer.

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, San Francisco, CA, Speculative Building: The Architect as Developer in San Francisco.

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY, Berkeley, CA, Housing the Homeless.

MICHIGAN STATE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, Lansing, MI, Affordable Housing.

LANSING COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, Lansing, MI, Affordable Housing.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS, Michigan State Housing Development Authority, Detroit, MI, Affordable Housing.

1987
USSR UNION OF SOVIET ARCHITECTS, Moscow, Russia, Impressions of Architecture.

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY, Berkeley, CA, Suburban Infill.

TULANE UNIVERSITY, New Orleans, LA, Affordable and Homeless Housing in the Urban Setting.

UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, Norman, OK, Home Sweet Home but not for the Poor.

CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO, San Francisco, CA, Affordable Housing.

SAN MATEO HIGH SCHOOL, San Mateo, CA, The Moscow Peace Forum.

ST. ANDREWS SOCIETY, San Francisco, CA, Housing the Homeless.

ZEN CENTER, San Francisco, CA, Housing the Homeless.

SAN FRANCISCO ARCHITECTURAL CLUB, San Francisco, CA, A Search for an American Vernacular.

UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL, San Francisco, CA, The Profession of Architecture.

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY, School Of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, Design and Economics.

SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, Western Addition Annex, San Francisco, CA, Forum for Architectural Thought: Maverick Architects / Developers.

MOSCOW INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTURE, Moscow, USSR, Recent Projects.

SAN MATEO AIA, DESIGN PROCESS, San Mateo, CA, A Search for American Vernacular.

1986
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, College Of Architecture, Norman, OK, Latest Architectural Projects.

AUBURN UNIVERSITY, College of Environmental Design, Auburn, AL, The Direction of American Architecture.

DALLAS PLANNING DEPARTMENT, Dallas, TX, Redevelopment and Rezoning Old East Dallas.

1985
AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION / UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING, San Francisco, CA, Affordable Housing.

SEA RANCH, Sea Ranch, CA, 20 Year Plan.

LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES, Santa Clara, CA, Mixed-Use.

SAN FRANCISCO PLANNING AND URBAN RESEARCH, San Francisco, CA, Affordable Housing and its Implementation in the San Francisco Planning Process.

UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, College Of Architecture, Norman, OK, Affordable Housing.

1984
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, 3rd Annual Design Conference, Norman, OK, Design Process and Built Projects.

UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, School of Environmental Design, Norman, OK, Design Process and Built Projects.

TEXAS TECH, DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE, Lubbock, TX, Design Processes of Built and Unbuilt Projects.

1983
CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO, DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE, San Francisco, CA, Current Projects.

COGSWELL COLLEGE, DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE, San Francisco, CA, Architect as Developer.

1982
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN, Norman, OK, Current Work.

MULTI-HOUSING NATIONAL CONFERENCE, Dallas, TX, Mixed-Use Projects, Built and Unbuilt.

SKIDMORE, OWINGS AND MERRILL ARCHITECTS, San Francisco, CA, Design Process, Built and Unbuilt Projects.

SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT, Building And Building Installation Techniques, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco Planning and Building Processes.

COGSWELL COLLEGE, DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE, San Francisco, CA, Architect as Developer.

1981
OLD COLLEGE, DEPARTMENT OF ARTS, Reno, NV, Design Process of Built and Unbuilt Projects.

TULANE UNIVERSITY, DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE, New Orleans, LA, Design Process of Built and Unbuilt Projects.

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