Agenda

3 AIA HSW CEUs

9:00 AM PT (12:00 PM ET)

Keynote

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  Thomas Robinson

  Founding Principal

  Lever Architecture

  Thomas Robinson

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  Thomas Robinson is the Founder of LEVER Architecture, a design practice based in Portland, Oregon that is dedicated to the creation of buildings that elevate human experience. The firm works closely with missiondriven clients and has a body of built work that includes student housing for the Pacific Northwest College of Art, campus planning and design for leading entertainment companies, and the L’Angolo Estate Winery. LEVER is nationally recognized for material innovation and pioneering work with mass timber construction. The firm designed Albina Yard, the first building in the US made from domestically-fabricated Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT); and their research and testing for the Framework Project led to the first successful permitting of a wood high-rise in the US. Current mass timber projects include a major expansion of Adidas’ North American Headquarters. In 2017, LEVER was named to Architectural Record’s Design Vanguard and the Architectural League of New York’s Emerging Voices. The firm’s work has been published in the Atlantic, New York Times, Surface, and Dwell among others; and was featured in Timber City, an exhibition at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC. Prior to founding LEVER, Robinson led cultural and institutional projects for Allied Works and Herzog & de Meuron. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley and a Master in Architecture with Distinction from the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Robinson has lectured throughout the US and Europe, and in 2018 served as the USDA Forest Service Wood Innovation Grant Visiting Professor at the University of Arkansas’ Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design.

10:00 AM PT (1:00 PM ET)

CLT's High Ambitions: Timber Assembly in Tower Design

Once relegated for use in smaller projects, structural timber now promises to redefine skyscraper design. This panel will focus on two Toronto towers that are leading the way in this trend, with the aim of highlighting the structural intricacies at work in both. Crucially, the discussion will expound on ways these practices might be applied on building sites across North America.

11:00 AM PT (2:00 PM ET)

Networking Break

11:20 AM PT (2:20 PM ET)

Keynote: Innovation in Arkansas

12:20 PM PT (3:20 PM ET)

Timber Tectonics: Structure and Joinery at Mid-Scale

As mass timber pushes the limits of tactile design and construction, it has opened up new levels of tectonic sophistication. From castings and plates to cross-laminated timber panels, architects and engineers are able to foreground joinery and structure as central aesthetic components like never before. Panelists will dig into building details to show how all the pieces come together.

1:20 AM PT (4:20 PM ET)

Networking Break

1:40 PM PT (4:40 PM ET)

Wood Futures: Advances in Design Assist & Fabrication

Putting the “mass” in mass timber, manufacturers across North America are driving innovation in the production and fabrication of wood architectural components. Three experts will discuss their new products and recent design collaborations to give a sense for where timber goes from here.