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lectures

2014
  • Mechanics' Institute
  • Bay Bridge: History and Design of a New Icon
2014
  • Metropolitan Club
  • Bay Bridge: History and Design of a New Icon
2014
  • Oregon Historical Society
  • History in the Making: Learn About the Design and Naming Process for the New TriMet Bridge over the Willamette River
2014
  • Ryan Associates
  • Suburban Villages, Urban Villages, and Bridges
2013
  • Villa Taverna
  • Bay Bridge: History and Design of a New Icon
2013
  • Uncharted: The Berkeley Festival of Ideas
  • The Bridge to Somewhere
2013
  • Bay Area Travel Writers (BATW)
  • Golden Gate Bridge: History and Design of an Icon & Bay Bridge: History and Design of a New Icon
2013
  • San Francisco Tour Guide Guild
  • Golden Gate Bridge: History and Design of an Icon & Bay Bridge: History and Design of a New Icon
2013
  • Zonta Club, Berkeley
  • Bay Bridge: History and Design of a New Icon
2013
  • Oakland Museum of California
  • Makers & Tasters Series | Book Release of Bay Bridge: History and Design of a New Icon
2013
  • Oakland Museum of California, Docent Council Meeting
  • Bay Bridge: History and Design of a New Icon
2013
  • Computerized Facility Integration
  • Boat Tour of the Bay
2012
  • Bay Bridge Poetry and Portraits
  • Bissap Boabap
2012
  • KQED Forum
  • Bay Bridge Design & Aesthetics
2012
  • Joseph Nicoletti Lecture Series
  • Bay Bridge Design & Aesthetics
2012
  • Book Club of California Annual Symposium, “Way Out West”
  • Bay Bridge to Golden Gate History and Design
2012
  • San Mateo AIA, San Mateo Public Library
  • Bay Bridge
2012
  • Texas Tech Architectural Student
  • Architecture in the City
2012
  • San Francisco AIA, Architecture in the City Festival
  • Bridge to Bridge
2012
  • Engineering Team Blach Construction
  • Golden Gate Bridge Tour
2012
  • Century Club of California
  • Golden Gate to Bay Bridge, Aesthetics in Design
2012
  • San Francisco Museum and Historical Society
  • A tale of Two Bridges, Golden Gate & The San Francisco Bay Bridge
2012
  • California Academy of Sciences
  • Golden Gate Bridge: History and Design of an Icon
2011
  • San Francisco AIA
  • Design Files: Robert I. Schroder, Iron Horse Trail Pedestrian Overpass
2011
  • Stanford Club of San Francisco
  • New Eastern Span of the San Francisco Bay Bridge
2011
  • Dartmouth Alumni
  • Golden Gate Bridge: History and Design of an Icon. An evening with Donald MacDonald
2011
  • San Francisco Planning & Urban Research Association
  • Small: Fine-Grain Design
2011
  • San Francisco Museum and Historical Society
  • East Span of San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
2011
  • University of Montana, Bozeman, School of Architecture
  • Bridging Architecture from City Sleeper to Free Spans
2011
  • California Historical Society
  • Golden Gate Bridge: History and Design of an Icon
2011
  • Magic Theater, Bay Bridge Magic
  • An Evening with Donald MacDonald
2011
  • Mechanics Institute & Library of San Francisco
  • Golden Gate Bridge: History and Design of an Icon
2010
  • University of Oklahoma, School of Architecture
  • Bruce Goff: A Creative Mind
2010
  • University of Oregon, School of Architecture
  • Architecture & Movement
2010
  • American Bar Association (ABA) Forum
  • Golden Gate Bridge: History & Design of an Icon
2009
  • Women's Transportation Seminar
  • Architecture & Form
2009
  • American Institute of Architects (AIA)
  • Willamette River Bridge
2009
  • California Historical Society
  • Golden Gate Bridge: History and Design of an Icon
2009
  • San Francisco Historical Society
  • East Span of the San Francisco/Oakland Bay Bridge Educational Tour
2009
  • Art Deco Society
  • Golden Gate Bridge: History and Design of an Icon
2009
  • Golden Gate Bridge: History and Design of an Icon
2009
  • San Francisco Tour Guide Guild
  • Golden Gate Bridge: History and Design of an Icon
2009
  • American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
  • Golden Gate Bridge: History and Design of an Icon
2009
  • American Institute of Architects, San Francisco National Convention
  • Redesigning the Bay Bridge Educational Boat Tour
2009
  • San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR)
  • Golden Gate Bridge
2008
  • University of Hawaii
  • Architecture and Movement
2006
  • Notre Dame University
  • Progressive Urban Infrastructure: Bridges, Housing and Design
2006
  • San Francisco Institute of Architecture
  • Pedestrian and Bike Facilities on Bridges
2006
  • American Institute of Architects, Alaska Convention, (Keynote Speaker)
  • Affordable In-Fill Housing
2006
  • American Institute of Architects, Santa Clara Valley Chapter
  • Philosophy and Design of the New East Span of the Bay Bridge
2005
  • Acalanes High School
  • Designing a Bridge
2005
  • University of California, Berkeley
  • Bridge Symposium
2005
  • American Institute of Architects, Santa Rosa Chapter
  • Designing the New East Spans of the San Francisco Bay Bridge
2005
  • Los Angeles Construction Specifications Institute Conference
  • Designing the New East Spans of the San Francisco Bay Bridge
2004
  • University Club of San Francisco
  • Designing the New East Spans of the San Francisco Bay Bridge
2003
  • United States Consulate of Vancouver
  • Designing the Seismic Retrofitting the Landmark: Golden Gate Bridge
2003
  • University of Hawaii
  • Architecture as a Heroic Effort: City Sleepers to the San Francisco/Oakland Bay Bridge
2002
  • University of California, Berkeley: University of California Transportation Center
  • The Art of Designing Bridges and Freeways
2002
  • University of Southern California, School of Architecture
  • The Planning of Alcatraz
2001
  • Harvard University
  • State of the Nation's Housing
1999
  • San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
  • Design Moves
1997
  • American Institute of Architects, Environmental and Economic Balance, National Conference: The 21st Century Outlook
  • Creating, Integrating, and Connecting