Conference Proceedings (Video) from Leading with Landscape II

TCLF's sold-out Leading with Landscape II: The Houston Transformation conference, held on March 11, 2016, at the Brown Auditorium in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, featured leading practitioners discussing ambitious, large-scale, nationally siginficant projects that are reshaping the nation’s 4th largest city. The speakers' individual presentations can be accessed through the links below.

Welcome
Charles A. Birnbaum, FASLA, FAAR, President and CEO, The Cultural Landscape Foundation

Welcome and Opening Remarks
Joe Turner, Director, Houston Parks & Recreation Department

Welcome and Perspective
Keiji Asakura, FASLA, CLARB, Principal & Founder, Asakura Robinson Company
Sheila Condon, PLA, FASLA, Principal/Owner, Clark Condon

Setting the Stage
Charles A. Birnbaum, FASLA, FAAR, President and CEO, The Cultural Landscape Foundation

Chapter One: The Foundations
Moderator:
Stephen Fox, Lecturer in architecture, Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture, University of Houston, and School of Architecture, Rice University

Panelists:
Jane Anderson Curtis, ASLA, Director of Horticulture, Hermann Park Conservancy
Mary Margaret Jones, FASLA, FAAR, Senior Principal & President, Hargreaves Associates
Kinder Baumgardner, ASLA, RLA, Managing Principal, SWA Group and Scott McCready, RLA, Principal, SWA Group
Jack Ohly, Senior Project Manager, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc. and Matthew Urbanski, ASLA, Principal, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc.

Panel One and Audience Q & A

Chapter Two: Looking Forward
Moderator:
Frederick Steiner, FASLA, FAAR, Dean, School of Architecture at The University of Texas at Austin

Panelists:
Chip Trageser, FASLA, Principal, The Office of James Burnett
Thomas L. Woltz, FASLA, CLARB, Principal and Owner, Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architect
Douglas Reed, FASLA, RAAR, Partner, Reed Hilderbrand LLC and Steven Spears, FASLA, PLA, AICP, Principal, Partner, Design Workshop
Jamie Maslyn Larson, RLA, ASLA, Partner, West 8 New York

Panel Two and Audience Q & A

Chapter Three: An Appraisal
Moderator:
Christopher L. Knapp, Co-Founder & CEO, Chilton Capital Management

Panelists:
Annise Parker, Former Mayor, City of Houston, Texas
William Fulton, Director, Kinder Institute for Urban Research at Rice University
Ivy R. Taylor, Mayor, City of San Antonio, Texas
Guy Hagstette, FAIA, Director of Parks and Civic Projects, Kinder Foundation
Michael Skelly, President, Clean Line Energy Partners, LLC
Molly Glentzer, Arts, Design, Culture, Houston Chronicle Media Group

Panel Three and Audience Q & A

Closing Remarks
Charles A. Birnbaum, FASLA, FAAR, President and CEO, The Cultural Landscape Foundation