Calendar | 2014

2013

Dec 07

Sat
4:00-8:00 PM

Annual Holiday Benefit Party

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Members-Only Event
Judy Rowe's House
Oakland

more information is here
members can RSVP here

2014

Jan 08

Wed
6:00 PM

Managing Design Risks. Joint Meeting OWA and National Association of Women in Construction SF (NAWIC)

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6:00 PM - Hosted Networking (Drinks and Heavy Hors D'oeuvres)

6:30PM - Business Meeting and Program

Where:
Sedgwick LLP
333 Bush Street, 30th Fl, SF (map)
(In addition to parking garages, MUNI and BART stations within a block)

In a joint meeting with the National Association of Women in Construction SF (NAWIC), OWA will be spending the evening with a panel of a contractor, owner and designer to discuss the realities of design risk in today's industry and best practices in managing those risks.Fee: $35 non-member NAWIC, $25 members NAWIC

Feb 20

Thu
6-7:30pm

Book Circle 9 Discussion

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Discussing Women in Green: Voices of Sustainability by Kira Gould & Lance Hosey

The Office of Hamilton + Aitken Architects
525 Brannan Street Suite 400
San Francisco CA 94107 map
www.hamiltonaitken.com

The event is FREE of charge but please reserve a ticket, as this is helpful in planning. If seating is available, you will not be turned away.
Eventbrite Tickets: WomeninGreendiscussionsf.eventbrite.com

more information is here

Feb 21

Fri
6:00 PM

Post-Holiday White Elephant Potluck

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Mountain and Valley Pod (Sacramento) White Elephant Potluck. All are welcome. If you plan to attend, please RSVP to the evite.

It will be a fun event full of laughter and food :)

Please also e-mail Charlayne Sakamoto or Betty Woo with questions.

Mar 18

Tue
5:30-7:30pm

Tour of the California Hotel in Oakland

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Nearly completed, the historic California Hotel in Oakland was renovated and restored into an affordable housing development by the East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation, Gelfand Partner Architects, Cahill and two OWA members as design interns.

Come see the renovations that were made and some of the challenges that we had to deal with while working to keep the building open for residents while under going major renovations.

Feel free to email Charlayne with questions.

Address: 3501 San Pablo Ave., Oakland, CA
Note: Due to safety concerns, it is advisable to park close to the hotel on San Pablo Blvd.

Guide: Elaine Kam, EBALDC Project Manager

EBALDC Healthy Neighborhoods Video

This was the ground breaking event.

Click here to see the boards for the event that Han Wang and Charlayne Sakamoto worked on.

May 20

Tue
6-7:30pm

OWA-General Meeting: Tour of Thomas Church Gardens/House

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Thomas Church Home and Garden - Open House
2626 Hyde Street: San Francisco

Tour the home and gardens of renowned Landscape Architect Thomas Church; accompanied by a talk by current owner of the property, Courtney Damkroger.

Courtney is a Vice Chair of the Fort Mason Center Board of Trustees and former Vice President of the San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission.

She is the former Historic Preservation Officer for the
City of San Jose, California. Courtney previously served on the board of the California Preservation Foundation, as the Assistant Regional Director of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Western Office.

May 21

Wed
6:00 - 7:30 pm

Lecture by Alexandra JaYeun Lee, PhD.

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AIA San Francisco
130 Sutter Street, Suite 600
San Francisco, CA 94104
415.362.7397

AIASF's Mentorship Committee in collaboration with the Organization of Women Architects and Design Professionals presents a lecture by Alexandra JaYeun Lee, PhD.

A global exploration of the democratic design processes in urban disasters and the architect's adaptive role in such complex modern environments.

Where will you be when "the big one" strikes? Alexandra will base her talk on her doctoral dissertation, "Framing Disaster Research as 'Wicked' Design Problems," where she shares some of the key lessons from running the New Zealand chapter of Architecture for Humanity, and discuss the changing role of the architecture and design professionals in the 21st century in the context of recent urban disasters.

Alexandra is a Korean New Zealander who is currently in the US as a Research Scholar at the Institute of Urban and Regional Development at UC Berkeley, and has spent the last decade applying her architectural knowledge to teach, practice, and advocate for democratic design. Currently she is working on converting her PhD to a book that would give voice to public interest designers and expand the role of architecture in the 21st century.

The lecture will be followed by a question and answer session.

There is no charge for the event but registration is requested. This event is for Design Professionals and members of the public with interest in the topics described.

Jul 15

Tue
6-7:30pm

Panel Discussion: Aging in Place and International Design

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Aging in Place and International Design Panel Discussion with:
• Janet Crane; Freebairn-Smith & Crane
• Jacqueline Zimmer Jones; the Executive Director of Next Village in SF
• Janice Wallace, an expert in care giving and maintaining the elderly at home.

Panel topics:
• The Village model
• Women’s role as caregivers when helping parents, other loved ones or friends as they age.
• How can we be caregivers and retain some semblance of a personal life, and how can we set the stage for our own future.
• Alternate forms of housing, and how to make a home suitable for aging persons.

Location:
Gelfand Partners
165 10th St # 100, San Francisco, CA 94103

Please contact Patty Haight for any questions/additional information or if you are having issues with registering.

Please RSVP here

Sep 12

Fri
thru 14 Sept.

OWA Annual Retreat

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Westerbeke Ranch, Sonoma, CA

more info is here

Oct 21

Tue
6-8pm

Annual OWADP Business Meeting

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Preservation Park, Robinson House Classroom
1204 Preservation Park Way
Oakland, CA 94612

Dec 06

Sat
4-8pm

OWADP Holiday Party

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The Annual Holiday Party will be held at the home of Lucia Bogatay in San Francisco. Please RSVP your intention to attend via the email sent to all participating members. Remember to bring a gift to donate to the Hamilton House. Gifts can be donations of money, toys, paper and pens.

RSVP to the Holiday Party Here

2015

Jan 29

Thu
6:30 pm

Panel Discussion on Career Challenges

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Come and join us for a discourse on building and guiding your career with a panel discussion by architects and landscape architects. Discover new ways to make your career happen for you as our panelists share how they reshaped their careers. The American Society of Landscape Architects in conjunction with the Organization of Women Architects and Design Professionals will be hosting this event on Thursday, January 29th, at the San Francisco AIA at 130 Sutter St between 6:30-8:30.

Panelists are: Cameron White, Architect with Kaiser Permanente, Jeff Miller of Miller Company Landscape Architects, Patricia Algara of BASE Landscape Architects, Tim Deacon of Tim Deacon Landscape Architects and Katrina Majewski.

The event is free to members of either organization. The non-member fee is $10/person.

OWADP members, please email Carolyne Orazi

Feb 11

Wed
6:00 pm

Feminism and Architecture video and discussion

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Everybody is welcome to the OWA Book Circle joined by AIA Missing 32%

We will view parts and discuss the video about Feminism and Architecture by Susana Torre
Please look at it before this event for a good discussion.

(See Nov/Dec 2014 OWA Newsletter for details).

Location: Office of MK Think
1500 Sansome Street, San Francisco
from Embarcadero Bart Station walk north past Lombard street on Sansome
map
Questions call Wendy Bertrand 415-648-2713

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