2012 Sustainable Cities Design Academy

Location: 
San Francisco, CA
Event Date:
April 11, 2012 - April 13, 2012
Description:

The American Architectural Foundation (AAF) announces the Sustainable Cities Design Academy (SCDA) 2012 Call for Applications and encourages public-private partnership project teams to apply.

Successful applicants will join AAF for one of two design workshops:

  • April 11-13, 2012 | San Francisco, California
  • July 18-20, 2012 | Baltimore, Maryland

SCDA connects project teams and multi-disciplinary sustainable design experts through highly interactive design workshops that help project teams advance their green infrastructure and community development goals.

To support a diverse portfolio of SCDA projects, United Technologies Corporation generously underwrites participants’ attendance costs.

Past SCDA project team participants include:

  • Philadelphia Navy Yard
  • New Orleans Mission
  • Shreveport-Caddo Master Plan
  • Fairhaven Mills – New Bedford, MA
  • Northwest One – Washington, DC
  • Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse - Atlanta
  • Uptown Triangle - Seattle
  • Brattleboro Waterfront Master Plan

To read about these successful SCDA project teams and past participants visit: www.archfoundation.org.

Applications are due Friday, December 30, 2011. To complete an application, CLICK HERE and download the application and supporting materials.

Contact: 
Elizabeth Blazevich
Phone: 202.639.7615
Focus: 
Built Environment
Scale: 
City/Town
Region: 
National
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