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WELCOME TO FACADES+ HOUSTON!

The Architect’s Newspaper is celebrating the 20th Anniversary of our publication, and the 11th year of our Facades+ Conferences. We are thrilled to welcome both new attendees and longtime supporters to the program’s dynamic dialogue. We bring fresh and relevant programming to each city and have an exceptional group of projects for you to learn about today.

We are thrilled to welcome both new attendees and longtime supporters to the program’s dynamic dialogue. We bring fresh and relevant programming to each city, and have an exceptional group of projects for you to learn about today.

Facades+ Houston brings together top professionals from the worlds of design, engineering, fabrication, and construction to consider how high-performance envelopes are evolving and transforming the built environment in the Houston metro area, and are responding to changing codes, climates, technologies, and client expectations.

I’d like to thank our conference Co-Chairs, Luisina Basilico and Rives Taylor, who have brought together this amazing program of design leaders. We invite you to connect with presenters and your peers during networking breaks in the Methods+Materials Gallery.

Please get to know the industry-leading sponsors exhibiting in the Methods+Materials Gallery, and learn how they will help you shape the future of facade design and technology.

Has Facades+ struck a chord with you? Have a look at our upcoming events held in 14 cities across the U.S. & Canada. Visit our website to learn more about our other events and additional opportunities to earn your CEUs.

We are eager to hear from you about how we might improve the Facades+ experience. Talk to us. And please spread the word—help us to continue to grow the Facades+ dialogue and community.

All the best,

Diana Darling President AN Media Group

CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS

DIANA DARLING Conference Director, Cofounder, CEO, The Architect’s Newspaper

DIONNE DARLING VP of Brand Partnerships, The Architect’s Newspaper

AARON SEWARD Editor in Chief, The Architect’s Newspaper

MARTY WOOD Program Director, The Architect’s Newspaper

AGENDA

TIMES IN CST

Houston | April 13, 2023

6 AIA / HSW CEU's

8:00 AM CHECK-IN & BREAKFAST | Methods + Materials Gallery

9:30 AM WELCOME

Dionne Darling | The Architect’s Newspaper

Aaron Seward | The Architect’s Newspaper

Luisina Basilico | Page

9:40 AM PARTNER WELCOME: Julie Freund

9:45 AM PANEL | Repositioning Downtown: Facade Renewal and Placemaking

Presenters

Suzanne Schreider | Gensler

Dean Strombom | Gensler

Cameron Stewart | RIOS

Ben Kleiner | Corgan

Luisina Basilico | Page

10:45 AM METHODS + MATERIALS BREAK

11:15 AM PANEL | Realizing Research on High Performance Facades

Presenters

Mo ElSayed | Page Jenni Huynh | Page Alfonso E. Hernandez | Gensler

11:45 AM PANEL | Fabrication Futures: Advances in Materials for Building Envelope Excellence

Presenters

Marc Angelillo | Gate Precast

Brian R. White | H. B. Fuller

John Rovi | Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope

Aaron Seward | The Architect’s Newspaper MODERATOR

12:35 PM NETWORKING LUNCH

1:30 PM SPOTLIGHT | The Houston Endowment Headquarters: Reaching for Net-Zero Design in Houston

Presenters

Kevin Daly | Kevin Daly Architects John Hand | Arup

León Fernandez | Kinetica Rives T. Taylor | Gensler

2:15 PM PANEL | Refacing Rice: Contemporary Envelope Design for a Historic Campus

Presenters

Michael Oerth | SOM

George Ristow | Rice University

Rives T. Taylor | Gensler

2:45 PM METHODS + MATERIALS BREAK

3:15 PM SPOTLIGHT | The Ismaili Center Houston - A tapestry of stone

Presenter

Elliott Hodges | Farshid Moussavi Architecture

4:00 PM PANEL | Scaled-Down Facades: Wood, Masonry, and Glazing at the Montrose Collective

Presenters

Jeff Clarke | Michael Hsu Office of Architecture

Evan Peterson | Radom Capital Luisina Basilico | Page

4:30 PM CLOSING REMARKS

Dionne Darling | The Architect’s Newspaper Rives T. Taylor | Gensler

WI-FI NETWORK: Four Seasons Meeting PASSWORD: facadesplus

SPEAKERS

CO-CHAIRS

LUISINA BASILICO Principal / Page

Luisina's prolific time at Page has run the gamut on project scale and program complexity, including international master plans to laboratory buildings for national academic clients, and regional pediatric hospitals to municipal aviation facilities. Luisina co-leads the Design Studio in the Houston office. She was one of the founding members of a group at Page focusing on women in leadership development and has served in leadership roles such as AIA Houston Board Member and Chair of the Design Awards Committee.

RIVES T. TAYLOR Principal, Co-Director of Design Resilience / Gensler

Rives Taylor has more than 35 years of experience in institutional and commercial architecture, with 30 years spent focusing on strategic planning, programming, and sustainable design, ranging in scale from facility operations to campus and city planning. A Texas-practicing architect and educator, Rives directs Gensler’s firmwide Design Resilience Task Force and leads the Gensler Research Institute Resilience Center. In over 30 years as an adjunct professor at the University of Houston and a visiting professor at Rice University, Rives has influenced more than 6,000 students in his technical and high-performance design studios and seminars.

Prior to joining GATE Precast, Marc served as an Outside Sales Engineer for nine years serving the industrial market, oil & gas, chemical, aggregates, cement manufacturing and power industries. His sales management experience is invaluable in his current role working with architects, contractors and owners in the early stages of design. Education: University at Albany, Bachelor of Arts: Mathematics (2006).

Daly, FAIA is the founder of Kevin Daly Architects. For over thirty years he has pursued an architecture that delves into the paradoxes of the urban condition and the consequences of intervention. Projects by Kevin Daly express his belief in an architecture that is performative on every level: environmentally, structurally, economically, and aesthetically. Bolstered by abundant research, he has demonstrated the benefits of advanced, unconventional building technology in works that are consistently recognized in publications and awards, and range from public schools, custom residences, and university buildings to affordable housing.

Jeff Clarke is a Partner at Michael Hsu Office of Architecture, where he has been a critical member of the team since 2013. Jeff has overseen a variety of master planning, architecture, public realm, and interior projects. His notable projects include Montrose Collective, MKT, RiNo Mixed Use, and South Congress Hotel. He is additionally overseeing the firm’s public realm consultancy with the Austin Transit Partnership. Jeff is the team lead for Quality Control and serves on the firm’s Sustainability leadership team. Jeff additionally provides executive oversight of the firm’s Houston area projects.

DIONNE DARLING VP, Brand Partnerships / Architect's Newspaper

Dionne Darling has been with The A|N Media Group for over six years. As A|N’s Associate Publisher, she manages A|N’s Texas headquarters and handles accounts in the West, Southwest and Europe territories. Dionne has over 28 years of direct B2B sales, management and business development experience.

MARC ANGELILLO Director of Architectural Systems / Gate Precast

JEFF CLARKE Partner / Michael Hsu Office of Architecture

KEVIN DALY Founder and Principal / Kevin Daly Architects

MO ELSAYED

Senior Building Performance Analyst / Page

Mo is a senior building performance analyst at Page Southerland Page. Prior to joining the Houston office, Mo was a researcher and co-instructor at the department of Civil engineering at McMaster University in Canada, where he also received his PhD. His research focuses on the integration of autonomous systems with design and multiobjective optimization platforms. He has practiced in numerous roles with engineering and architecture firms and organizations in Canada and the Middle East, including NGA in Toronto, and RCS limited consultants. Mo is also the co-founder of the Canadian Design Bureau Collaborative.

LEÓN FERNANDEZ Senior Computational Designer / Kinetica

León Fernandez is an industrial designer with a passion for Algorithm-Aided Design. He has a wealth of experience in the field, having led a design office that focused on implementing digital fabrication methods for architectural elements and product development. He joined Kinetica's computational design team and participated in several high-profile projects in the US before being appointed as lead designer for the Expo Dubai 2020 project.

JULIE FREUND

Houston Branch Sales Representative / YKK AP

Julie Freund is an architectural sales representative for YKK AP covering the greater Houston area and surrounding counties, as well as Lake Charles, LA. She has over ten years of experience in residential and commercial glass and glazing. In her role, Julie provides sales and customer support to the glazing community. Additionally, she provides design and engineering support to the architectural community as well as AIA approved continuing education courses. She is also a docent with the Architecture Center Houston.

SPEAKERS

JOHN HAND Associate / Arup

John J. Hand is an associate with Arup with over 16 years of experience, and leads Arup’s South Region Structural Discipline. His background includes the structural design of Arup’s first steel and cross laminated timber project in the Americas at the Houston Endowment Headquarters. John has worked on numerous steel, mass timber, and hybrid mass timber building projects across the United States and internationally across multiple markets.

ALFONSO E HERNANDEZ Associate / Gensler

Alfonso is a registered architect with a strong interest and experience in Resilience / High Performance Based Design, Building Performance Modeling & Simulations (Daylight/Glare, Solar, CFD, Thermal and Energy Modeling), Performance Parametrics, Solar Form Finding and Performance Oriented Design Integration.

ELLIOTT HODGES Director / Farshid Moussavi Architecture

Elliott Hodges studied at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco (BArch- Distinction) and the Harvard University Graduate School of Design (MArch – Honours). He has 22 years of professional experience working in San Francisco, New York and London, UK. Since 2006 Elliott has been working with Farshid Moussavi, first with FOA and now with FMA. Now currently a director, Elliott has managed many of the firm’s major projects, leading external design teams for developments that range in value from £3M to £200M. Elliott’s completed work for FMA includes the acclaimed Museum of Contemporary Art in Cleveland, USA, Harrods World, London, and flagship stores for Victoria Beckham in London and Hong Kong. Presently he serves as the Design Architect Project Manager for the Ismaili Cultural Center in Houston, which is currently under construction and scheduled for completion in q4 2024.

SPEAKERS

JENNI HUYNH Associate Designer / Page

Jenni has had a protective dedication to the environment since the start of her education, specifically choosing the University of Oregon for its sustainability-driven architecture program. She now commits her time and energy to the building science team at Page, assisting clients in anything ranging from achieving LEED building certification to decarbonization, and optimizing daylight. Beyond client relationshipbuilding, she is happily teaching fellow colleagues and students about impactful and resilient sustainable design.

EVAN PETERSON Principal / Radom Capital

Evan Peterson is a Principal at Radom Capital LLC. Evan oversees the firm’s development, design, and construction management functions. Throughout his career, Evan has led multidisciplinary teams in the development of over one million square feet of mixed-use office, retail, and master-planned projects. Evan currently serves on the board of Bike Houston and an active member of the Urban Land Institute. Prior to joining Radom Capital, Evan practiced landscape architecture at SWA group where he was responsible for project management of various urban design studies and master planned communities.

Ben received his Bachelor of Architecture and Bachelor of Environmental Design from the University of Houston in 2008, but his fascination with the built environment started much earlier in life. Early childhood was filled with custom Lego and erector set creations and helping his father with woodworking projects in the garage. The desire to create hand crafted objects in his free time continues to this day designing/ building custom furniture projects and building robotics with his two children. It is a strong belief that we can establish a stronger understanding of how to design by physically building things. The digital design process can be somewhat blinding in that it will show you what you want to see, but the physical design process can show you what can be.

MICHAEL OERTH Associate / SOM

Michael Oerth is a technical architect and associate principal at SOM. Michael has been with SOM since 2005 and brings over 28 years of domestic and international experience on projects including luxury residential towers, civic buildings, mixed-use, life-science, and offices. Michael’s approach as a technical architect is informed by his interests in object-making, emerging technology, sustainable design, and he has worked on a number of projects that have utilized innovative techniques for energy management. His projects include towers and mixed-use complexes in the US and China.

GEORGE RISTOW Architect / Rice University

George earned his Bachelor of Science from the University of Michigan and his Masters in Architecture from Yale University. Prior to joining Rice in 2017 as Assistant Director for Project Management, George practiced architecture for 14 years, primarily in Philadelphia. As University Architect, George oversees the planning, design, and preservation of campus buildings and grounds. He is a registered architect and a member of the American Institute of Architects.

JOHN ROVI

National Architectural Business Development / Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope

John Rovi has nearly two decades of progressive experience in the fenestration and exterior facade industry. His roles in project management, facade consulting, and most recently in architectural business development for Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope® provide a wide breadth of industry expertise. Over the past nine years, John has also written the blog Mind Your Business for USGlass Magazine, providing practical advice on sales, presentations, marketing, and how to drive success both personally and professionally.

BEN KLEINER Project Architect / Corgan

Suzanne’s ability to translate a myriad of sources of information into a concise project delivery plan goes unrivaled due to her years of technical experience, and devotion to her clients and team members. Since joining Gensler in 2008, Suzanne has championed some of the firm’s most prominent, large-scale projects. She also serves on the Firmwide and Regional Large Project Committees for her expertise on large, complex projects. As Principal, Suzanne leads teams in Gensler Houston’s Community studio focused on complex projects in the science, education, and culture sectors.

SPEAKERS

DEAN STROMBOM Principal / Gensler

With a Gensler career spanning four decades and a portfolio of more than 50 million square feet, Dean leads the planning and design of corporate campuses, commercial office buildings, workplace interiors, and mixed-use developments. He is the South Central Region’s strategic advisor to several of Gensler’s practice areas, and a Houston office leader. Dean leverages his unique blend of education in psychology, sociology and architecture to offer strategic real estate and design insight. He has authored many industry articles over the years and is co-author of The Commercial Real Estate Revolution.

BRIAN R. WHITE, PH.D. Technical Section Manager –Americas / H.B. Fuller

Aaron Seward is Editor in Chief of The Architect’s Newspaper. Seward is an award-winning editor whose career has centered on interpreting architecture for the profession and the general public. He was editor of Texas Architect magazine for six years and prior to that held several positions at AN, including executive editor. In addition to those publications, Seward’s writing on architecture, culture, and the built environment has appeared in Architect, Curbed, Domus, Metropolis, and other publications. He has a BA in Literature, Writing and the Arts from The New School for Social Research

Cameron joined RIOS in 2014 after honing his skills in Palm Springs, California, as a lead project designer working on commercial, civic, and educational projects. He enjoys wearing multiple hats within the office, where there are always opportunities to explore projects of varying types, scales, and experiences. Cam received his Bachelor of Science in Architecture and Master of Architecture from the University of Michigan; his educational background in digital fabrication techniques and computational design remains a tangential interest for him and can be found embedded in his work.

Brian White is the Technical Manager for the Americas Insulating Glass team at H.B. Fuller Company, where he manages research and development and technical service for North America. Brian has been with H.B. Fuller for 10 years, starting as a scientist developing insulating glass sealants and gaining experience and familiarity within the fenestration industry. Currently, he is active in the Insulating Glass Manufacturer’s Alliance (IGMA), Insulating Glass Certification Council (IGCC), American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA), and supports activities in ASTM and the National Glass Association (NGA). He earned his B.A. in Biochemistry from St. John’s University in Collegeville, MN and his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Minnesota.

SUZANNE SCHREIDER Studio Director / Gensler

AARON SEWARD Editor in Chief / The Architect's Newpaper

CAMERON STEWART Senior Project Designer / RIOS

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