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7:45 AM PT (10:45 AM ET)

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7:50 AM PT (10:50 AM ET)

Welcome

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  Dionne Darling

  VP of Brand Partnerships

  The Architect’s Newspaper

  Dionne Darling

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  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.

8:00 AM PT (11:00 AM ET)

Looking ahead: The Future of Mass Timber in the US

What’s next for mass timber? This presentation highlights the US’ legacy of timber construction and recent wood innovations, with a focus on the issues that will shape the next decade of mass timber design. Specific themes to be addressed include sustainable wood sourcing, timber’s economic benefit to rural communities, hybrid timber structures, early adoption of the 2021 IBC timber code provisions, and more integrated approaches to design and fabrication.

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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.

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  Matt Shaw MODERATOR

  Contributing Editor

  The Architect's Newspaper

  Matt Shaw MODERATOR

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  Shaw is a Contributing Editor of The Architect's Newspaper. He has worked for the Columbia Laboratory for Architectural Broadcasting (C-Lab), Storefront for Art and Architecture, Architizer, and has been published in The Architectural Review, Beyond, Domus, and Icon. He wrote and researched two editions of Domus' guidebook Europe’s Top 100 Architecture and Design Schools. Shaw leads the experimental research group the Critical Method Unit (CMU) at Syracuse University NYC Architecture Program and has been an invited critic at numerous schools including Yale University, Columbia University, and UCLA. He is also the founder and co-editor of Mockitecture, a half-manifesto/half-satire collection of architectural debauchery.

9:00 AM PT (12:00 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.

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  Anne Koven MODERATOR

  Director

  Mass Timber Institute

  Anne Koven MODERATOR

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  Dr. Koven graduated with a Ph.D. in Forestry at the University of Toronto, complementing her Master's degree in Public Administration from Queen's University. In 2012, Dr. Koven was awarded an honourary Registered Professional Forester designation by the Ontario Professional Foresters’ Association.

  She was appointed to the Ontario Provincial Forest Policy Committee in 2008 and continues to serve on it. She was a trustee and secretary treasurer of the Trees Ontario Foundation, and represented the Foundation on the Natural Spaces Leadership Alliance. She was the president of the Ontario Forestry Association (which is now amalgamated with the Trees Ontario Foundation under the Forests Ontario banner), and also served as its executive director.

  Dr. Koven has spent more than thirty years working in government and business, primarily in the areas of environmental and resource management. She is an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto’s Graduate Department of Forestry with a research interest in forest policy, and assisted the Faculty in obtaining accreditation of the Master of Forest Conservation program by the Canadian Forestry Accreditation Board in 2014.

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  Leland Dadson

  Senior Architect

  MJMA

  Leland Dadson

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  Leland is a Senior Architect and MJMA’s in-house Mass Timber and Passive House Design Specialist. With over 15 years of experience over a broad range of campus and community project typologies, his passion for sustainable design and carbon sequestering building materials has spurred a specialization within the firm, allowing him to provide an advisory role throughout the development of each project. Leland has an expertise in the design and specifications of mass wood products in alignment with current code and standards of practice, and is involved in developing Alternative Solutions for work beyond current building code limits. Currently working as Project Architect and Tall Wood Specialist on the University of Toronto’s Academic Wood Tower, Leland will deliver a 14-story tower that, once built, will be the tallest mass wood structure in North America.

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  Carol Phillips

  Partner

  Moriyama & Teshima Architects

  Carol Phillips

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  Carol Phillips is a Partner at Moriyama & Teshima Architects, a firm that has been designing many of Canada’s most recognized and innovative public buildings over its enduring 60 year history. Since 2007, Carol has brought her passionate drive for powerful and graceful architectural solutions to some of the firm’s most valued recent civic, cultural and educational buildings. Carol developed her inspired design leadership over 20 years of working in Canada and abroad. Social inclusivity, sense of place and a holistic approach to sustainability are principles that drive her architecture which is grounded in assertive material presence.

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  Robert Jackson

  Associate

  Fast + Epp

  Robert Jackson

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  Robert is a structural engineer in Vancouver and offers a unique skill set due to his hands-on experience as a carpenter and fine woodworker. He is a designer with expertise in timber, steel, and concrete in both Canada and the US. Over his career, Robert has developed a particular specialization in mass timber design, having contributed to the success of many of Fast + Epp’s most innovative timber projects across North America. He is the author of several articles in international engineering and design journals relating to timbers role in sustainable design. Robert recently received two prestigious awards from the United Kingdom’s Institution of Structural Engineers, including The Young Structural Engineering Professional Award, which is an international recognition of achievement in structural engineering and showcases engineers who are driving the profession forward.

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  Simon Rayment

  Associate

  Blackwell Structural Engineers

  Simon Rayment

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  As an associate at Blackwell and in his previous position working internationally for Silvester Clark in New Zealand, Simon has designed and engineered a multitude of projects including several multi-storey structures with wood based lateral systems. Simon is a licensed professional engineer in the province of Ontario, LEED AP certified, with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Waterloo.

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

Workshop/Session

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  Construction Phase Moisture Management for Timber Structures

  Construction Phase Moisture Management for Timber Structures

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  Rosboro X-Rim: Glulam Rim Board and Fire Detailing

  Rosboro X-Rim: Glulam Rim Board and Fire Detailing

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  Indoor Environmental Quality Benefits of Access Floors

  Indoor Environmental Quality Benefits of Access Floors

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10:30 AM PT (1:30 PM ET)

Methods + Materials Break

10:40 AM PT (1:40 PM ET)

Keynote: Innovation in Arkansas

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  Peter MacKeith

  Dean

  Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design at the University of Arkansas

  Peter MacKeith

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  Peter MacKeith is dean and professor of architecture at the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design at the University of Arkansas. Appointed in July, 2014, and reappointed for a second five year term in 2019, he is the fifth dean of the school and a nationally recognized design educator and administrator.

  MacKeith has been recognized twice by Design Intelligence as a “design educator of the year” and twice by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture with national awards for “creative achievement in design education,” for his design studio teaching and curatorial work. He is the recipient of research and exhibition grants from the US Forest Services Wood Innovations Programs, the Graham Foundation of the Advancement of the Visual Arts, the National Science Foundation, The Museum of Modern Art and The Finnish Cultural Foundation. He is the author or editor of twelve books, most recently Louis I. Kahn: The Nordic Latitudes and Housing Northwest Arkansas: A Challenge, An Initiative, A Response, and has served as editor of Perspecta, the Yale Architecture Journal) and The SOM Journal, a journal of professional history, theory and criticism.

  MacKeith serves as chair of the advisory committee for the Northwest Arkansas Design Excellence Program, a regional initiative of the Walton Family Foundation, and is a member of the editorial board of Places Journal for architecture, landscape architecture and urbanism. He also serves as Special Advisor to the Chancellor for Campus Architecture and Design at the University of Arkansas. He is currently overseeing the completion of a $75,000,000 capital campaign for the Fay Jones School, and guiding the design and construction of the Anthony Timberlands Center for Design and Materials Innovation, a regional center for research and development of new wood products and new approaches in sustainable construction materials.

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  Matt Shaw MODERATOR

  Contributing Editor

  The Architect's Newspaper

  Matt Shaw MODERATOR

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  Shaw is a Contributing Editor of The Architect's Newspaper. He has worked for the Columbia Laboratory for Architectural Broadcasting (C-Lab), Storefront for Art and Architecture, Architizer, and has been published in The Architectural Review, Beyond, Domus, and Icon. He wrote and researched two editions of Domus' guidebook Europe’s Top 100 Architecture and Design Schools. Shaw leads the experimental research group the Critical Method Unit (CMU) at Syracuse University NYC Architecture Program and has been an invited critic at numerous schools including Yale University, Columbia University, and UCLA. He is also the founder and co-editor of Mockitecture, a half-manifesto/half-satire collection of architectural debauchery.

11:40 AM PT (2:40 PM ET)

Timber Tectonics: Structure and Joinery

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.

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  Ashley Rao

  Senior Associate

  Leers Weinzapfel Associates

  Ashley Rao

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  Ashley is a Senior Associate with Leers Weinzapfel Associates Architects, recipient of the national AIA Firm Award and among ARCHITECT magazine’s Top 50 firms in the US since 2015. Known for their work in complex academic and infrastructure projects, Leers Weinzapfel is a national leader in the field of mass timber design. Ashley was the project manager for Adohi Hall at the University of Arkansas, a 708-bed, 202,000 sf new living learning complex completed in 2019 in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and currently the largest mass timber building in the US. Ashley is an active member of the Boston Sustainable Design Leaders peer network, and leads the LWA “Green Monsters” sustainability working group. She speaks nationally at seminars and webinars about mass timber design, highlighting the design opportunities, technical challenges, and carbon sequestration potential of building big with wood. A graduate of Harvard University with a master’s degree in architecture from Yale University, Ashley received Yale’s James Gamble Rogers Memorial Fellowship for exceptional skill in design, and the Sonia Albert Schimberg Prize for outstanding academic performance.

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  Tom Chung

  Principal

  Leers Weinzapfel Associates

  Tom Chung

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  Tom is a principal and design leader at Leers Weinzapfel Associates, recipient of the national AIA Firm Award and among ARCHITECT magazine’s Top 50 firms in the US since 2015. His projects include the John W. Olver Design Building at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Adohi Hall at the University of Arkansas; and the Center for Engineering, Innovation and Science at Wentworth Institute of Technology. Tom designs buildings to be welcoming, transparent, and sustainable, reflecting the firm’s values of diversity, democracy, and care for our environment. He is a national leader in mass timber design in both practice and education and has worked closely with researchers and structural engineers to gain mastery over this “new/old” technology. His designs at UMass Amherst and the University of Arkansas are pioneering works of mass timber architecture in the country. Over the past five years, he has been invited to speak on this emerging subject at conferences and seminars worldwide, including talks in Canada, Costa Rica, Korea, and the United States. Tom is also adjunct faculty at Auburn University and Wentworth Institute of Technology, where he teaches in-classroom and in-the-field design studios focusing on mass timber. He also juries design reviews throughout the country.

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  Roshanak Mostaghim

  Senior Designer

  SOM

  Roshanak Mostaghim

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  Roshanak Mostaghim is a Senior Designer in SOM’s Los Angeles studio. With more than ten years of experience, she has worked on projects across a broad range of building typologies in the United States and overseas. Roshanak is interested in resolving complex technical challenges, and is an advocate for sustainable design.Most recently, Roshanak worked on Building 4 at Row DTLA in Los Angeles, an adaptive reuse of a former manufacturing building, redesigned to provide collaborative office space for a technology and entertainment company.Roshanak’s projects have been honored for design excellence by the American Institute of Architects. She holds a Bachelor of Architectural Engineering from the University of Art - Tehran, and a Master of Architecture from the University of Nottingham. Roshanak is originally from Iran.

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  Zarmine Nigohos

  Senior Architect

  SOM

  Zarmine Nigohos

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  Zarmine Nigohos is a Senior Architect in SOM’s Los Angeles studio. With more than twelve years of experience, she is a technical design expert with a focus on project delivery, constructability, and optimizing building materials. She is seasoned in working with interdisciplinary, integrated teams on design-build and P3 projects, and is an advocate for embracing unconventional workflows and technologies to facilitate imaginative, sustainable, and cost-effective design and delivery.Most recently, Zarmine worked on the Billie Jean King Main Library, the first heavy timber building in Long Beach, California.Zarmine’s projects have been honored for design excellence by the American Institute of Architects and the American Institute of Steel Construction. She holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the Southern California Institute of Architecture. Zarmine is originally from Bulgaria.

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  Matthew Marani MODERATOR

  Program Manager

  The Architect’s Newspaper

  Matthew Marani MODERATOR

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12:40 PM PT (3:40 PM ET)

Workshop/Session

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  Embodied Carbon: Parametrically Comparing and Optimizing

  Embodied Carbon: Parametrically Comparing and Optimizing

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  Rosboro Laminated Decking: A Cost Competitive CLT Alternative

  Rosboro Laminated Decking: A Cost Competitive CLT Alternative

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  Aesthetic Benefits of Access Floors with Mass Timber

  Aesthetic Benefits of Access Floors with Mass Timber

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1:10 PM PT (4:10 PM ET)

Methods + Materials Break

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

Wood Futures: Pushing Boundaries in Digital Fabrication & Engineering

From mass timber to free forms, integrated delivery methods are enabling advances in innovative and cost-effective design with timber. Engineers and consultants across North America are driving this innovation using the latest in computational design and digital fabrication techniques. Three experts will discuss advances in structural engineering, envelope design, and fabrication, using recent design collaborations to give a sense of where timber goes from here.

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  Ted Hall

  Founder & Creative Director

  Spearhead

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  With 25 years' experience in mass timber construction, Hall is widely regarded as an industry leader in advanced wood design and manufacturing. Under his guidance, Spearhead has helped re-think the construction process through the application of integrated project delivery practices, coupled with state-of-the-art digital fabrication.

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  Lucas Epp

  Engineering + 3D Manager

  StructureCraft

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  Lucas Epp is a structural engineer with more than 15 years experience working in North America, the UK, and New Zealand. He is passionate about timber engineering and has built a team at StructureCraft of more than 25 structural engineers and computational designers based outside of Vancouver, Canada but hailing from around the world. Throughout his career, his expertise with complex geometry and Rhino/Grasshopper has led him to be involved in projects where synergy between architecture and structure drives the design.

  Lucas speaks and writes widely on computational design, timber engineering, and mass timber construction, and has lectured at the Architectural Association in London, ETH Zurich, Imperial College, and the University of British Columbia. He is involved in several code committees including the ICC Ad Hoc Committee on Tall Wood Buildings, is an author of the Nail Laminated Timber Design Guide and is currently involved in writing a new Mass Timber Floor Vibration Design Guide.

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  Eric Wood

  Facade Specialist/ Mass Timber Practice Lead

  Morrison Hershfield

  Eric Wood

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  Eric Wood has a comprehensive understanding of performance envelope systems related to mass timber structures. As a technical subject matter expert within the MH Façade Engineering Group, Eric specializes in the prefabrication to facilitate the early design rationale. Eric endeavors to be at the cutting edge of digital fabrication technology for optimized fabrication supply and strategic constructability with extensive experience in design-assist specialty engineering, supply-installation logistics, and infield review of complex prefabricated Mass Timber projects.

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  Matthew Marani MODERATOR

  Program Manager

  The Architect’s Newspaper

  Matthew Marani MODERATOR

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  Matthew Marani is a Program Manager and Editor for The Architect’s Newspaper. He curates AN’s Facades+ conference series, and covers cutting-edge projects nationally and internationally for their Facades+ Newsletter and In Construction sections.

This panel is sponsored by Morrison Hershfield, Spearhead, and StructureCraft.