January 15th 9AM to 5PM at Union Station

Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners

is a highly collaborative international practice of 180 professionals in New York and Washington, DC, with recognized expertise in diverse areas of architecture, historic preservation, urban design and planning. Established in 1968, the firm's work has been honored with numerous awards for design and planning, including three Presidential Design Awards and the national AIA Firm Award.

Christian Zapatka Architect LLC

is a ten person practice committed to enhancing the architectural landscape of Washington, DC. With a specialty in modernizing and expanding historic structures as well as introducing new building form to the city, the firm's work has been recognized through publications, exhibits and awards.

C U P

is a collaborative team of academics and professionals, which includes Laurel McSherry, Helene Renard, Galia Solomonoff and Terry Surjan with expertise in architecture, landscape and linguistics. Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia and Columbia University, New York, New York are the institutions where the C U P group teaches and design research is folded into practice. Past projects include: "Flight 93 National Memorial", "Envisioning Gateway", "Sun City Urbanism" and "Aarhus Harbor Masterplan".

GROW:DC

is a design collaborative and urban think tank based in Charlottesville, Virginia. The team is led by Jason Johnson and Nataly Gattegno (Future Cities Lab LLC), Chris Fannin and Julie Bargmann (D.I.R.T. Studio), and William Morrish.

istudio/envision

Matt Arnn and Rick Harlan Schneider of istudio have engaged communities with visionary civic, educational, commercial, and residential architecture and planning since the early 1990's. Envision Design is an award-winning Washington DC-based design firm dedicated to environmental responsibility in design and practice.

Maryland Urban Research Studio

is a multi-disciplinary cohort of faculty and students from the University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning, & Preservation whose creative work and research investigates the city as physical, intellectual, and cultural construct. Individual team members with expertise in architecture, urban planning, preservation, and anthropology bring to bear their experience with several award winning projects to the challenges facing the cities in which they live, work, and play.

OBRA Architects

was established in New York in 2000 by Pablo Castro and Jennifer Lee. Their work has received numerous awards and has been published and exhibited widely in the US and abroad, with current projects including private residences in New York and Costa Rica, an apartment hotel in Buenos Aires, and most recently a competition proposal for the European Solidarity Center in Gdansk, Poland. Guido Zuliani is an architect, author, and educator based in New York and Venice, Italy. The team includes the international engineering consultancy of Werner Sobek which operates on a worldwide scale with offices in Germany, the US, Russia and the Middle East.

Sorg and Associates Architects

located in Washington, DC, was established by Suman Sorg in 1986 and has grown to become one of the largest woman-owned architecture firms in the country. The firms focus is on modern architecture in urban settings. Our award-winning projects range from overseas embassy designs to multifamily housing to local civic buildings.

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