The Dallas Architecture Forum is pleased to continue its 2017-2018 lecture season with award-winning landscape architect Andrea Cochran, Principal of Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture, in San Francisco.
Andrea Cochran, FASLA, graduated from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design and worked on the East Coast and in Europe before moving to California, where she has been practicing landscape architecture for the past thirty years.
Ms. Cochran’s firm, established in 1998, tackles a wide range of project types and scales, from single-family residences to hotels, wineries, affordable housing, schools, institutions, and public parks.
Known for seamlessly interweaving sustainable landscapes, art, and architecture, the studio’s designs highlight the experiential qualities of the built environment. This holistic approach is most recently embodied in the design for Windhover Contemplative Center, which simultaneously functions as an art gallery, spiritual sanctuary, and contemplative garden on the Stanford University campus. The project received one of this year’s honor awards in general design from the American Society of Landscape Architects.
Ms. Cochran’s work is internationally recognized and has been featured in the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and a wide range of design publications. In 2014, Ms. Cochran received the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award in Landscape Architecture and the American Society of Landscape Architects’ Design Medal. In 2015, she was Mercedes T. Bass Landscape Architect in Residence at the American Academy in Rome.
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Cochran will speak on Thursday, February 8 at 7:00 p.m., with check-in and reception at 6:15 p.m., at the Magnolia Theater in the West Village.
“The bold and elegant work of Andrea Cochran draws upon her broad experience in design and construction of residential and public projects, a vast knowledge of plant materials, and a deep commitment to excellence in achieving sustainable designs that blend with their larger environment,” stated Forum Executive Director Nate Eudaly. “We believe Ms. Cochran will present a program that is sure to be of great interest.”
The lecture will occur at 7 p.m. on February 8 with a complimentary reception beginning at 6:15 p.m. Tickets are $20 per lecture for general admission and $5 for students (with ID). Tickets can be purchased at the door before the lecture. No reservations are needed to attend Forum lectures. Dallas Architecture Forum members receive free admission to all regular Forum lectures as a benefit of membership, and AIA members can earn one hour of CE credit for each lecture. For more information on the Dallas Architecture Forum, visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.org or call 214-764-2406.
Season Benefactors for the Dallas Architecture Forum’s 2017-2018 Season are Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty – Faisal Halum Group, D Home | D Magazine and Maharger Development – Reggie Graham. Series Benefactors are ALA, Bodron + Fruit, Corgan, DLR Group/Staffelbach, HKS, Jackson Walker LLP, Janet + Terry Kafka, Scott + Cooner and SMINK. Lecture Benefactors for this lecture are Landscape Forms and Studio Outside. Reception Underwriter is Talley Associates.
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