Lectures

ASLA-NCC Presidio Tunnel Tops Tour

Thank you to those that joined us in April for a walking tour of San Francisco’s newest park – the Presidio Tunnel Tops – before it opened to the public. The $120 million project is the final step in the two decades long transformation of the Presidio’s northern [...]

2022-07-14T15:20:03-07:00July 14th, 2022|

Lunch with Leaders – Industry Icons The Making of Barangaroo with David Walker

Named for an influential Aboriginal woman of colonial Sydney, Barangaroo is a globally-significant, 22-hectare waterfront renewal project that redefines Sydney Harbour and its Central Business District. Barangaroo is made up of three precincts: Barangaroo South, a mix of office and residential; Barangaroo Central, a mixed-use/recreational space with large [...]

2022-01-11T15:12:51-08:00December 5th, 2021|

Lunch with Leaders – Industry Icons Design Matters, Nature Matters, Humanity Matters: Seventh Generational Thinking with April Philips

Dreaming. Thinking. Taking Action. Creating. Testing. Leading. Teaching. April Philips will focus on lessons she has gleaned from her multi-dimensional career and why embedding seventh generational thinking into landscape architecture design is the path forward in shaping a more equitable, healthier, and nourished world for people and planet. [...]

2022-01-11T15:17:19-08:00November 15th, 2021|

Lunch with Leaders – Industry Icons Creating a National Park for All at the Golden Gate with Michael Boland

Since 1994, the Presidio Trust has worked with its partners the National Park Service and Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, community partners, and thousands of community volunteers to transform the historic Presidio of San Francisco into our country's first financially self-sufficient urban national park site. To achieve [...]

2022-01-11T15:18:20-08:00October 13th, 2021|

Lunch with Leaders – Industry IconsAdvocacy By Design: Urgency To Act Nowwith Mia Lehrer

In her lecture, “Advocacy By Design: Urgency to Act Now,” Mia Lehrer, FASLA will discuss how, in recent decades, accelerating numbers of people are sounding the alarm about global climate shifts, human and wildlife migration, and worldwide socioeconomic inequity. The root causes are many–including colonialization, systemic racism, [...]

2022-01-11T15:19:01-08:00September 16th, 2021|
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