Jury Announcement Drum roll, please! Here we are again, ready to announce our Jury for this year’s 45th Orchids & Onions event coming October 7th! This year is going to be a hybrid event…in-person and live streaming! Architect: Gemma Hsiueh Gemma is a Registered Architect & Principal at RNT Architects who (mainly, but not …
An Interview with SDNOMA President, Michael Robinson SDAF, in partnership with SDNOMA, held an event last week, Overcoming the 2%: Seeking Equity and Diversity, where we discussed the lack of diversity in the built environment industry. We sat down with the president of SDNOMA, Michael Robinson, to get his …
Architects Helmut Jahn and Art Gensler Our condolences to the families, friends, and colleagues of the two industry giants we lost this week.German-American architect Helmut Jahn designed the iconic 1 American Plaza in downtown San Diego (an unmistakable addition to our beautiful skyline) and his many wonderful buildings all over …
Changing Tides I started 2021 by announcing that we were going to prioritize our membership engagement and well, I think we’ve just about taken the most significant first step possible towards that commitment. With the committee leadership of SDAF Director Michelle Harrison-McAllister, our board recently voted unanimously to give back …
Learning from Social Insect Engineering Based in Mumbai, India, Nuru Karim is the Founder and Design Principal of Nudes, a practice that “…operates within the realms of cross-disciplinary cultures of public art, architecture-urbanism.” Nuru gave a TEDx Talk, The Humble Termite, and Other Stories, and spoke to the collective …
You cannot be in the design industry, or outside of it for that matter, and not be captivated by some form of photography. Like many people, I want to be a better photographer than I actually am, but that doesn’t stop me from taking photos of almost anything with all …
DCI Engineers Change the Vision of Future Building DCI Engineers, a longstanding partner with SDAF and a leader in the design of mass timber structures, has announced its SE-2050 Committing to Net Zero “…to promote embodied carbon education across our profession.” In order “to achieve the globally stated goal of net zero carbon …
