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Models of the Framework: At the Intersection of Sustainability and Beauty

2023-COD01
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Course expires on: 03/28/2026
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Description

Both COTE® award and the Architecture Awards programs celebrate exemplary models of contemporary architecture which highlight parameters of AIA’s Framework for Design Excellence. From the extensive list of projects, one can discern those that define the intersection between sustainable principles and design achievement, including within them a unique sense of place, use of materials, and other more formal qualities that exist within a well-defined environmental approach. Through exploring three projects, learn innovations of sustainable design integration and come away with a greater understanding of the built environment’s role in communities. Hosted by Committee on Design (COD).

Course expires 03/27/2026

Learning Objectives

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Investigate approaches that blend and translate sustainable goals into projects of design excellence.

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Be inspired by projects that are a vehicle for connectivity and equity in communities and educational environments.

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Learn approaches to the technical challenges of cost, constructability, and sustainability for sustainable models of design excellence.

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Explore the ways in which architecture can improve health and well-being through built works in the public realm.

Instructors
Craig Brandt
FAIA, AFAAR, LEED BD+C

Craig Brandt is an architect and educator based in Chicago and Chair of Programs for the AIA Committee on Design. He has guided the design and execution of collaborative public projects with a focus on sensitive adaptation and sustainability, and has participated as design critic, lecturer, and moderator internationally. His various activities promote a wide gamut of design excellence and preservation with leadership roles in the American Institute of Architects and Docomomo US. He is a member of the Society of Fellows at the American Academy of Rome, a General Services Administration (GSA) National Peer, and serves as adjunct professor at the University of Notre Dame and University of Wisconsin Milwaukee.

Brian Court
FAIA

Brian is a partner in his firm’s Seattle studio, Miller Hull Partnership. He has devoted much of his career to exploring what environmentally responsible architecture might look like. His commitment to performative design has earned him a reputation as a prominent performance-driven architect. Leading the design of some of the country’s most sustainable buildings like the Bullitt Center and the Kendeda Building – the first Living Building Challenge project to win an AIA National Award.

Robin Z. Puttock
AIA, LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP

Robin is a licensed architect in Maryland and Virginia and has been practicing for over twenty years, specializing in award-winning, sustainable civic architecture at firms including The Lukmire Partnership (now RRMM) and Gensler. Robin has been recognized for her professional work by the US Department of Education and President Barack Obama, having designed over a dozen LEED certified buildings, including six achieving a Gold rating and the first Green Ribbon School in the Country. Robin is the former Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies and Assistant Professor of Practice at The Catholic University of America. Robin has taught over a dozen unique courses, including all levels of design studio from first year to graduate studios. Robin has created many courses including her Net Zero Studio which has produced a 2021 ACSA/AIA COTE Top Ten for Students winner and her Human Centric Evidence Based Design for WELLbeing course which delivered a university-wide lecture series of internationally-recognized professionals as well as 17 new WELL APs. Robin has presented her research at several conferences and has been published in Routledge’s 2021 Programming for Health and Wellbeing in Architecture. She is also a co-investigator for a $240k research grant, her portion focusing on biometric analysis. A frequent guest juror at multiple universities, Robin has also served as an expert reviewer for the JEA, the ACSA and EDRA. Robin is an active volunteer on local, state, national and international levels, serving on the National AIA Higher Education Advisory Team (HEAT), the National AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE) Top Ten Award for Students Working Group, the Arlington Public School (APS) Superintendent Advisory Board on Sustainability, the APS Building Level Planning Committee, the Host Committee for USGBC’s Greenbuild and as one of Al Gore’s Climate Reality Leaders. Robin earned two degrees from Virginia Tech: a Bachelor of Architecture in 1999 and a post-professional Master of Architecture in 2016.

Chandra Robinson
AIA

Chandra is a Principal at LEVER Architecture, a Portland, Oregon based design practice recognized for material innovation. Chandra recently completed a LEED Platinum campus for equity-based foundation Meyer Memorial Trust and is currently working with communities on transformative designs for affordable housing and libraries. She is passionate about creating beautiful spaces that are accessible for everyone and enjoys working closely with clients to create designs that are expressive of their values. In addition to her civic design work, Chandra is a member of the Portland Design Commission; a Founding Board Member and Treasurer of the National Organization for Minority Architects (NOMA) Portland chapter; and on the advisory board of Hip Hop Architecture Camp. She was honored recently by DJC Oregon with a Building Diversity Award and as a Woman of Vision for her efforts in promoting diversity in the AEC industry.

Matt Wallace
AIA

Matt Wallace is a partner, and co-leader of the firm’s Eco-Conservation studio, which fulfills his passion for championing projects that encourage environmental stewardship. He believes great architecture is a result of collaboration between talented individuals and embraces his role as part of Lake|Flato’s hiring team, mentoring new employees and regularly presenting to aspiring architecture students. Matt's recent projects include the Briscoe Western Art Museum in San Antonio, TX; the Headwaters at the Comal in New Braunfels, TX; and the pioneering Gulf Coast Research Laboratory at the Marine Education Center in Ocean Springs, MS.

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