#AIACALIF #MDC 1: Interview with Angela Brooks, FAIA
So, I was on my way to the Monterey Design Conference as a social media person to cover it for AIA San Diego as I am the AIA CRAN (Custom Residential Architects Network Chair) for AIA San Diego and Palomar. But I needed to drive as I cannot be at the beck and call of the Monterey Airport Itinerary. So I left at around 9pm and drove past the Grapevine staying in a hotel that had a wonderful mother and son who decided to have an argument when they got in at 2am and when they got up at 5am. I left the next morning and I had planned on stopping to see the Law Estates Winery by BAR architects for an 11am appointment. And that is just what I did. I will post more about the conference in the next blog, but here's a photo essay and wonderful interview with Angela Brooks of Brooks + Scarpa Architects to whet your appetite.
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| solar farm |
Law Estates Winery
BAR Architects
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| They were set up to meet with a wine expert from one of the wine magazines for a rating |
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| The hostess with the mostest on the left, met me with a glass of rose at the door |
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The architecture is amazing and the wine is a perfect match, even though I said that I didn't wat to do the tasting, a fellow wine taster convinced me and I have to say that I hate to waste wine but I did on that day because I had to drive!!!
I showed up at the MDC after a good portion of speakers had presented on the first day but here was the program:
I had really wanted to see all of the first day but I had really wanted to see Chris Warren of WORD LA, (this is a difficult firm to find if you google WORD so look under Warren as in Chris) who I follow his work on Instagram and here's a shoutout to him:
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| I'm here!!! |
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| Can you really beat this dinner view??? |
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| #archimom Angela Brooks and her son Calder |
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| Angela Brooks, FAIA |
As the Managing Principal at Brooks + Scarpa, Angie supervises all of the office operations and ensures that each project remains on time and on budget by enforcing project deadlines, coordinating communications between all parties, and rigorously tracking finances. Her hands-on involvement runs from schematic design through completion of construction and post-occupancy and she is a recognized leader in the field of environmental and sustainable design and construction. She has pioneered more holistic ways of delivering affordable housing, sustainable architecture and advances in social equity.
Angie has been practicing architecture since 1991 and is also responsible for firm development in the area of housing and policy, leading the firm’s sustainable initiatives and overall management. She was a peer reviewer for Global Green USA’s book Blueprint for Greening Affordable Housing and was featured in the book Women in Green: Voices of Sustainable Design for her policy work with Livable Places and on Fuller Lofts, a sustainable mixed-use project designed to be a catalyst for neighborhood revitalization.
Angela received the National AIA Young Architects Award in 2009 and her firm has received more than twenty National AIA Awards, five Top Ten Green (COTE) Awards, the State of California and National AIA Architecture Firm of the Year Award in 2010 and the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award in Architecture in 2014.
Ms. Brooks was a co-founder and past President of Livable Places, Inc., a non-profit development company dedicated to building sustainable mixed-use housing in the city of Los Angeles on under-utilized and problematic parcels of land as a reaction against Southern California’s suburban sprawl. She has served as an advisor to the National Endowment of the Arts, Mayors Institute on City Design, the Advisory Board of Solar Santa Monica and currently is past-chair of the National AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE) Advisory Group, whose mission is to lead the profession’s involvement in environmental and design initiatives towards a more sustainable planet for all.
Angela is a powerful advocate for the rich, multivalent impact of good design. Ms. Brooks sees architecture as an instrument for the triple bottom line and the delivery vehicle for space that encourages occupants to flourish. She has pursued advancing ideas that promote larger societal well-being through policy organizations and her work in this area has garnered her mainstream recognition in print and media, such as Newsweek Magazine and her USA Network 2010 Character Approved Award.
That's a wrap for now, more to come of AIA California MDC 2019!!!!
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