Join Community Design Fort Worth and AIA Fort Worth for another Urban Design Talk!

When & Where

Thursday, August 21st

Nick and Lou Martin University Center | Ballroom C

Doors Open at 5:30pm | Design Talk will begin at 6:00pm

Continuing Education

This event is worth 1.5 AIA Learning Units

Description

Our built environment contributes to the quality of our health, happiness, and financial situation. Every day countless decisions are made impacting our physical world where we live, work, and play. Places are designed intentionally and accidently. What we know is not all places are designed equitably.

Prioritizing the public’s interest, how can design advance justice?

About the Speaker

Brent A Brown, AIA is an architect who works to advance the public interest. His work has included affordable architecture, community development, cultural place-making, city planning, urban design, disaster recovery, and public green space initiatives. Through his leadership and commitment to equity, he built one of the nation’s leading public interest design practices, helped municipal governments prioritize design in decision-making, and established the foundation for some of Texas’ largest new public parks.

Winner of dozens of local, national, and international awards, he is especially proud to have been selected as a Rudy Bruner Award Silver Medalist and to be included in the Copper-Hewitt’s exhibition, By the People: Designing a Better America. Brent resides in Dallas with his partner Julia, teenage son Elliott and their two dogs Kanga and Roo.