Duvall Decker
FOUNDATIONS
Join us at The Shop – LMN Architects in Pioneer Square for an inspiring evening exploring public value as a first principle in architecture. Anne Marie Duvall Decker, FAIA, and Roy Decker, FAIA of Duvall Decker Architects will share tactics for achieving design excellence with limited means—drawing on decades of experience leading community-focused projects in places of great need.
Event Details
- Talk: 45 minutes, followed by a happy hour reception
- Seating: Reserved seating for the talk
- Parking: Garage parking nearby available; street parking
Fresh from their presentation this June with the New York Architectural League at Cooper Union, Anne Marie and Roy come to Seattle from Jackson, MS, bringing stories of their work empowering communities while navigating minimal budgets.
Over 25 years of practice, Duvall Decker has developed a distinctive approach as both architects and community organizers, striving to advance the public good through design. Their insights are captured in their new book, FOUNDATIONS (Oro Editions), which distills 53 lessons from their practice. Copies will be available for purchase, courtesy of Peter Miller Design Books.
Come be inspired by a conversation about design, equity, and the power of architecture to serve communities.
Presented by: Space.City & Peter Miller Books
About Foundations
The most important project for a design studio is the design of the practice itself. A Studio’s point of view is often first defined by feelings and hopes, but if cultivated, grows into values and tactics.
How the studio environment is crafted and how it cultivates a kinship around this point of view with collaborators, clients, consultants, community members, and contractors is essential for it to be productive and have a healthy impact. With discipline, a studio evolves a practice that shapes the character, performance, and value of the work. The studio’s early critiques define the approach and territory of work, along with the propositions that are asked of every project. The studio environment and relationships create the space for the work to be possible.
Nine (9) Propositions and fifty-three (53) Foundations are shared herein. Each Foundation additionally includes a supportive commentary. Foundations and Propositions are presented as a work in progress. These are lists that chronicle our thinking and doing over 25 years. For us, there is no separation between theory and practice. This collection of Foundations and Propositions captures an approach to the work and way of being an architect. This work is a privilege with public responsibilities. This is one studio’s search for public good.