Inside the LA Studio with Elizabeth Kennedy Landscape Architect - 1.0 PDH (LA CES/non-HSW)

Description

Since our inception, EKLA’s best-known work has quietly challenged mainstream assumptions about the aspirations and needs of underrepresented voices. EKLA’s studio practice reflects the apprenticeship traditions of Black-owned firms to uphold design methodologies rooted in diverse narratives. We hear we are different: so what, exactly, is EKLA? Alumni and current staff discuss approach, legacy, and future.

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Learning Objectives:

• Understand how the practice focus of BIPOC design practitioners shaped EKLA’s professional ethos and business strategy at its inception.
• Understand why EKLA’s approach to narrative investigation engages and redefines a broader critical understanding of place and identity.
• Learn why EKLA’s focus on teaching through client service has worked for all concerned.
• See why EKLA’s practice model lays groundwork for the future.

Speaker(s):

• Elizabeth Kennedy, ASLA, Principal, Elizabeth Kennedy Landscape Architect, PLLC
• Ken Keltai, ASLA, RLA, ISA, Landscape Architecture Practice Leader, H2M architects + engineers
• Suzanne Greene, ASLA, Consultant, Elizabeth Kennedy Landscape Architect, PLLC
• Yifan Sun, RLA, ASLA, Landscape Architect
• Justin G. Moore, AICP, NOMA, Program Officer, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation