CityDesign Studio to present Aug. 16 panel discussion on urban design

City of Dallas sent this bulletin at 08/05/2011 11:19 AM CDT

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                           FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

Aug. 5, 2011                                                                 Chalonda Jackson-Mangwiro - CityDesign Studio 

Chalonda.jackson@dallascityhall.com
(214) 670-3565

 

CityDesign Studio to present panel discussion on urban design;

Experts on city shaping and urban design studios will attend

 

DALLAS – National and international urban planners and designers from across the country will be part of a free panel discussion to be held at the Dallas Museum of Art on Tuesday, Aug. 16. The City of Dallas CityDesign Studio and Dallas Architecture Forum will present City Shaping: A Conversation About the Emergence of Urban Design Centers at 6:30 p.m. in the Museum’s Horchow Auditorium, 1717 N. Harwood St.

 

Speakers will include:

 

Larry Beasley, former Director of Planning for the City of Vancouver, Canada and Chief Advisor on Urban Design for the City of Dallas. He chairs the National Advisory Committee on Planning, Design and Realty of Ottawa’s National Capital Commission and is Special Advisor on City Planning to the government of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.

 

Lyle Bicknell, principal urban designer for the City of Seattle's Department of Planning and Development. He is an expert in street and open space design and creating successful, walk-able communities. He has also worked in the private sector as an architect and urban designer.

 

Brent Brown, Dallas-based architect and Founding Director of the City of Dallas CityDesign Studio. Recently, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in conjunction with the American Institute for Architects awarded his Congo Street Green Initiative the 2010 National AIA/HUD Secretary Award for "Community-Informed Design."

 

Simon Pastucha, head of the Urban Design Studio in the Los Angeles Department of City Planning and part of the core team that developed the Downtown Los Angeles Design Guidelines and revised Street Standards. This has resulted in the adoption and implementation of the first context sensitive street solutions in the City of Los Angeles.

 

To make a reservation email Chalonda.jackson@dallascityhall.com. The event is sponsored in part by The National Endowment for the Arts.

 

CityDesign Studio was founded in October 2009 to focus on neighborhoods and development along the Trinity River by raising awareness about the importance of urban design to city building and the future of Dallas. For more information call (214) 670-3565 or visit http://www.dallascityhall.com/citydesign_studio/index.html.

 

 

The Dallas Architecture Forum provides a continuing and challenging public discourse on architecture and urban design in and for the Dallas area. For more information call (214) 764-2406 or visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.org.