What is the task of architecture? To create lasting solutions? To appeal to the human spirit? March 19–20, 2010 the Design Forum IX, presented by the Virginia Society of the American Institute of Architects, brings together five internationally renowned designers in to explore architecture’s social agency in Richmond, Virginia.

Speakers include David ADJAYE, RIBA, who recently made news by being selected to design the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.; Teddy CRUZ, AIA, an internationally recognized San Diego-based architect who studies the relationship between architectural sites and their impact on urban spaces; Julie EIZENBERG, AIA, whose Santa Monica firm has achieved international acclaim for its ground-breaking work on housing and community-based projects; Andrew FREEAR, director of Auburn University’s Rural Studio which was launched in 1993 to address the need for affordable housing in one of America’s poorest counties;  and moderator Clay RISEN.

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