In 1994, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) established the Design Excellence Program to better fulfill the Guiding Principles for Federal Architecture. In the 30 years since the program's launch, federal teams and their private-sector collaborators have used the Guiding Principles to assess the design quality of individual GSA projects. "Principles Into Practice" celebrates the three-decade anniversary of the Design Excellence Program, as well as the versatility of the 1962 document on which the program is founded. Panelists will reflect on why it has endured as a benchmark of quality, even as the Design Excellence Program's purview expanded from ground-up courthouses to land ports of entry, building modernizations, and workplace interiors. They will further discuss how the Guiding Principles for Federal Architecture have accommodated changing standards in security, sustainability, and landscape urbanism—and how its points are being interpreted to support recently emerging trends like decarbonization and participatory design.
Speakers:
• Charles Hardy, AIA, Chief Architect, GSA Public Building Service• Julie Snow, FAIA, Founding Principal, Snow Kreilich Architects• Grant Marani, AIA, LFRAIA, Partner Emeritus, Robert A.M. Stern Architects• Amy Weinstein, FAIA, Weinstein Studio