Calendar | 2015

2014

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

Mar 28

Sat
10:00 am

Tour of Heath Ceramics Tile Factory

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2900 18th Street San Francisco

Join the tour of the tile factory; although the production will not be occurring on the weekend, we will treated to an in depth history and explanation of the production process. The adjoining Blue Bottle Cafe and the retail shop at Heath Ceramics will be open.
Limited to 15 attendees.

Apr 25

Sat
12:00-200 pm

Architecture for the Body

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Cancelled
3535 19th Street Between Guerrero and Valencia

Join designer Brenda Kett for an informal afternoon of insightful fashion based conversation. Brenda will fill us in on some of the details of what she has come to think of as “architecture for the body”; basically creating a couture garment from start to finish... as designers, we can have the opportunity to transfer the creative process to a different medium. Brenda will host the event in her home:
San Francisco Landmark #118
Congregation B'nai David.
San Francisco Landmark #118

wine and refreshments will be served

May 14

Thu
3:00 PM

Tour of Blake Gardens in Kensington

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The estate garden at the official residency of the President of University of California. The property, originally 22 acres, was designed to incorporate two homes; one for each of the brothers, Anson and Edwin Blake. Miss Mabel Symmes one of the first students in the University of California at Berkeley, Department of Landscape Architecture and her sister, Mrs. Anson Blake, created the first garden plan.
Symmes and Blake created a progression of spaces by dividing the site into separate areas that reflected the varied topography and microclimates in the garden and linking them informally. Thus the visitor could experience the garden’s diversity and unique terrain in an intimate and logical way.

Please join us for this free tour to learn about history and the landscape laboratory of Blake Gardens.

Jun 17

Wed
6:00 PM

Tour: The Promised Land

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Topher Delaney and staff will be giving a tour of their most recent art installation at the corner of 10th and Market St. Free for OWADP members.

Aug 19

Wed
2:00 PM

Tour of Carolands Chateau in Hillsborough

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Commissioned by Harriet Pullman Carolan and designed by William Polk, in 1912, Harriett acquired 554 acres in Hillsborough on which to build her dream house. Her desire was to create a house and garden that would excite "the wonder and admiration of America". The result was an authentic Beaux-Arts architecture masterpiece, inspired by the court architecture of Louis XIV and designed by architect William Polk.

Join us for on this exclusive tour. Currently Carolands is the most coveted tour around the Bay Area. Space is limited.

Sep 18

Fri

Annual Retreat

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Save the dates: Friday September 18th - Sunday the 20th.
Join OWADP for a weekend retreat at Westerbeke Ranch in Sonoma. Details to Follow

Oct 20

Tue
6:00 -9:00 pm

Annual Business Meeting

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* Please note the previously announced business meeting location has changed; the meeting will now be held at 3676 20th Street in San Francisco

Please join us on Tuesday, October 20th at 6pm for the Annual Business Meeting of the Organization of Women Architects and Design Professionals!

We will be voting on new members to the Steering Committee and the annual operating budget for 2016. We will also be discussing any programs and ideas you would like to see for 2016 and discussing some exciting new projects the Steering Committee has been working on. If you cannot attend the meeting, but would like to vote in the Steering Committee election, contribute an idea or have an issue you would like to see addressed, please contact a Steering Committee member.

Creative food and drink will be served.

Located in the San Francisco Mission District at
3676 20th Street
This is between Valencia and Guerrero, and equidistant from two BART stations, and just two block east of the J Church MUNI which stops at the top of Dolores Park at 20th Street.

BART accessible from 16th St. Station. Street parking or paid parking at nearby lots:

Mission Bartlett Garage
Parking Garage
3255 21st St · (415) 821-6715

California Parking Inc.
Parking
2351 Mission St · (415) 468-4860
Open 24 hours

Impark
Parking Garage
3100 17th St · (415) 227-0114

Nov 03

Tue
7:25pm

Book Circle #11

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Gender Intelligence by Annis & Keith Merron

Location: San Francisco Library
Sycip Room next to the Page Desk on the 4th Floor
100 Larkin St, steps way from the Civic Center BART and Muni stations
(enter at 30 Grove St and proceed to elevator or stairs)

From 5:35 to 7:25 pm No food will be served but a dinner in a nearby restaurant, for those who would like to eat out afterward, will be planned.

More info is here

2016

Jan 23

Sat
10-12:30am

Lutah Marie Riggs Film (2014) Viewing and Discussion

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Architect Lutah Marie Riggs, (1896-1984), educated at UC Berkeley and practiced in Santa Barbara. Award winning 65 minute film A Passion for Architecture: A Life of Design by the Lutah Marie Riggs Society http://Lutah.org.

Mui Ho and the late OWA member Nancy Florence visited Ms. Riggs in 1982. Mui will start the discussion that will continue into our concerns about architecture today.

Location: 1605 Arch Street Berkeley off Cedar

Fresh fruit, scones and morning buns from the Cheese Board will be available with coffee or tea.

RSVP Wendy Bertrand at eyeonplace@gmail.com

Feb 25

Thu
5:30 - 7:00

The Contemporary Jewish Museum Tour

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Please join the OWA to tour the Roman Vishniac exhibit at The Contemporary Jewish Museum on Thursday 2/25/2016. Our group will meet at the Board Room for a meet and greet at 5:30 pm (light snacks and beverages will be provided), the tour will start at 6:00 pm.

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