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A roundtable discussion about the 2019 Folly/Function competition.
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On the Table: Dinner with Luis Aldrete and Helen Leung
Mexican architect Aldrete and LA-based policy expert Helen Leung discuss housing, policy, and time.
On the Table: Dinner with Jesica Amescua Carrera, Stephanie Davidson, Mariana Ordóñez Grajales, and Georg Rafailidis
A conversation with the designers behind COMUNAL and Davidson Rafailidis.
On the table: Dinner with Fernanda Canales, Ersela Kripa, and Stephen Mueller
Three 2018 Emerging Voices winners join members of the design community for a broad-ranging conversation.
On the table: Dinner with Chris Baribeau, Josh Siebert, David Seiter, and Jason Wright
A conversation about organic business growth, design advocacy, and the future of landscape architecture.
On the table: Dinner with Eduardo Cadaval, Clara Solà-Morales, and Thomas F. Robinson
Emerging Voices winners discuss timber construction, architectural ethics, and the value of design.
On the table: Dinner with Roy Decker, Anne Marie Duvall Decker, Chris Leong, and Dominic Leong
A conversation with Emerging Voices winners Duvall Decker and Leong Leong.
On the table: Dinner with Frida Escobedo, Brian Bell, & David Yocum
A roundtable discussion featuring three winners of the 2017 Emerging Voices prize.
On the table: Dinner with Susan Scott, David Scott, and Jonathan Tate
Winners of the Emerging Voices prize discuss their work and the broader professional context.
On the Table: Dinner with Omar Gandhi & Rozana Montiel
Omar Gandhi and Rozana Monteil joined design professionals and critics to discuss the role of collaboration in their process and how "place gives meaning to space."
On the Table: Dinner with Jon Lott & Heather Roberge
Jon Lott and Heather Roberge joined design professionals and critics to discuss designing homes for writers and "the denial of a center" in their works.
On the Table: Dinner with Frank Jacobus, Marc Manack, E.B. Min, & Jeffrey L. Day
Frank Jacobus, Marc Manack, E.B. Min, and Jeffrey Day joined designers and critics to discuss partnerships, regions, and regionalisms.
Folly/Function 2016 roundtable
A roundtable discussion on the layers of folly and function in Sticks.
On the Table: Dinner with Alex Anmahian, Nick Winton, Cesar Guerrero & Ana Cecilia Garza
Cesar Guerrero, Ana Cecilia Garza, Alex Anmahian, and Nick Winton joined designers and critics to discuss architects' social responsibilities, building enclosures, and site.
On the Table: Dinner with Neri Oxman, Gabriela Etchegaray & Jorge Ambrosi
Two 2015 Emerging Voices were joined by prominent architects, critics, and others in the field to discuss material innovation and building "with the least noise possible."
On the Table: Dinner with Beth Whittaker, Andrea Soto & Alejandro Guerrero
Two 2015 Emerging Voices were joined by prominent architects, critics, and others in the field to explore the material aesthetic of the handmade and "finding the project within the project."
On the Table: Dinner with Roberto Rovira and Brian Phillips
Two 2015 Emerging Voices were joined by prominent architects, critics, and others in the field to discuss defining a designer's agenda and why pragmatism is fun.
On the table: Dinner with Manuel Cervantes Cespedes, Ben Aranda & Chris Lasch
Emerging Voices winners discuss constraint, minimalism, and how to "client-proof" a building.