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The Los Angeles Design Technology Forum is pleased to announce the next lecture in a series of monthly events focusing on the intersection of Design and Information Technology. Please forward this invitation to everyone who might be interested. Lecture by: Thursday 06 March 2008, 7pm - 8pm, FREE Please RSVP to general@ladesigntech.org
Roberto Davolio of Form and Structure uses his extensive experience in advanced structures as a consultant to develop elegant solutions to some of the most complex problems facing contemporary architects. His working process strives to use cutting edge technologies to design building envelopes that reflect innovative formal expressions and deliver structural as well as environmental performance with focus on the analysis, development and integration of structural systems with complex spatial configurations. Past experience includes working for Foster and Partners as part of the Specialist Modeling Group and as project designer for ASI, a design-build company based in Los Angeles which focused on structural glass walls and long-span roof and cladding systems. Mr. Davolio has a Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design, Columbia University, New York City, a Diploma in Architecture, The Bartlett School of Architecture, London and a Bachelor of Science in Architecture, University of Architecture, Venice. |

Supreme Court of Family Affairs, Qatar (Leigh & Orange, Hyder, Form and Structure, HS+A)
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Event Information Thursday 06 March 2008, 7pm - 8pm, FREE The event will start promptly at 7pm. Light food will be served from 6pm. Please arrive early so that we can ensure a prompt start. This event is free due to the generous support of USC School of Architecture and ABC Imaging. 1 AIA CEU credit provided by the AIA/LA CAD Committee.
Enter the campus at Gate 1 off Exposition Blvd at USC Watt Way (between Figueroa and Vermont Blvd). Parking on campus is $8. The parking attendant will direct you to the closest available parking. The Gin D. Wong, FAIA Conference Center is located in Harris Hall just east of Gate 1. |

Terminal Tower, Shanghai (HS+A, Form and Structure)
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The Los Angeles Design Technology Forum The Los Angeles Design Technology Forum is a collective organization representing a wide cross-section of architecture and engineering firms and academic institutions around the Los Angeles basin. It serves to increase awareness of technological innovations in design and construction, and to foster their application throughout the Los Angeles design community. By connecting a diverse audience of designers, engineers, builders and owners who have widely varying conceptions of technology in their work, we hope to create new opportunities for efficiency and creativity. The Los Angeles Design Technology Forum is coordinated by Marty Doscher and Reg Prentice. It is supported by ABC Imaging, a nation-wide reprographics company. The Forum wishes to thank Charity Craig, National Director of Sales, ABC Imaging. Charity M Craig is a 15 year veteran with ABC Imaging and the reprographics industry. She has been part of an implementation process that has opened ABC service bureaus across the country including Boston, Miami, Seattle, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas and Houston. Charity's client base includes some of the most prestigious architectural and engineering firms. Her area of expertise is onsite outsourcing and color management solutions and her current focus is developing her client base on the West Coast. Charity Craig and ABC Imaging have been sponsoring the New York AIA Technology Forum for the past six years and are honored to be a partner in the Los Angeles lecture series. |

Louvre Extension, Paris (Mario Bellini e Associati, Tosoni Facciate Continue, Form and Structure)

Yu Wah Street Tower, Hong Kong (Leigh & Orange, HS+A, Form and Structure)
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