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COTE: Better Living Through Density

: Award-winning architect David Baker FAIA LEED AP will discuss sustainability and innovation in his firm's mixed-use/multi-family projects, as well as strategies that look to seriously address future issues with today's planning and building.

Presenter: David Baker FAIA LEED AP

Date: May 9, 2012

Check-in: 6:00 PM

Tour: 6:15 7:15 PM

Location:
Park Place
Corporate Auditorium West Wing
3333 Michelson Drive
Irvine, CA

Parking: Free Parking ~ Park in Parking Structure #1
Park above the 1st floor

Learning Units:1 (Sustainable Design/HSW)

Cost:
$15 AIA Members
$35 Non-members

48 Hour Cancellation Policy

Presenter Bio
David Baker FAIA LEED AP founded San Francisco-based David Baker + Partners in 1982. With a focus on sustainable affordable housing, the firm has come to be known for combining social concern with a signature design character and has received more than 150 local and national architectural design awards.

David recently was selected as the AIA California Council's 2012 Distinguished Practice, in recognition of a career of dedicated commitment to the built environment. In 2010 he was given Hearthstone Builder Humanitarian Award, which honors the housing industry's 30 most influential and innovative people of the past 30 years. In early 2009, David was inducted into the Wm. S. Marvin Hall of Fame for Design Excellence, and in 2008 he was named Housing Hero by the San Francisco Housing Action Committee.

David Baker leads David Baker + Partners, which in turn is a leader in the affordable housing sphere. The firm has designed and built more than 8,000 affordable units in and around the San Francisco Bay Area and is also a leader in sustainable architecture. Participating in the USGBC's LEED Pilot Programs, the firm designed the first LEED-NC Silver Certified building in Northern California and also certified the first LEED for Homes development in the state. One of DB+P's recent projects, Tassafaronga, achieved the state's first LEED-ND Gold Certified Plan, and went on to become the largest LEED for Homes Platinum Certified development.

From 1977 to 1982, David was principal of Sol-Arc, a firm dedicated to energy-efficient architecture. A progressive urban activist and bicyclist, he has also been a union carpenter, a teacher, and an active board member of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition and SPUR (San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association).

Born and raised in a passive-solar rammed-earth house in Arizona of his father's design, David has held a lifelong interest in architecture, design, sustainable building, and the DIY ethic.

To learn more, please visit www.dbarchitect.com.