Buildings must be more than efficient and healthy--they must celebrate place, community, and the user. Designing to provide this functionality requires insight and energy. In this session, participants will explore various approaches to making spirit and meaning integral to buildings.

We will be offering this session again in 2009 if you missed the live session in June, 2008. Sessions are $75 for Cascadia members and $90 for nonmembers.

Presenters:

Jason McLennan is CEO of the Cascadia Region Green Building Council and author of The Philosophy of Sustainable Design. Previously with BNIM, Jason has worked intensively with a variety of high profile advanced green building projects. Jason will discuss how a deep regard for the environment imbues a project with meaning.

David Lake is principal with Lake/Flato architects, AIA national firm award winner from 2004. Lake/Flato is renowned for forging a new vernacular using simple, natural and regional materials to memorable effect.

Mary Johnston, FAIA is founding partner of Johnston Architects, a Seattle firm with a focus on regional design and environmental performance.

John Peterson is principal of Peterson Architects and founder of Public Architecture, a nonprofit focusing on environmental and community design in San Francisco.

Prisca Weems is with Futureproof, a multidisciplinary design firm in New Orleans, Louisiana. Futureproof combines environmentally responsible design with community development in the context of the post-Katrina rebuild.