Convention—Theme Panel
Designing for the Future: Urban Thinking for the 21st Century

Left to right: Michael Graves, FAIA, Daniel Libeskind, and Gordon Chong, FAIA. Photo by D.E. GordonPresident John Anderson, FAIA, set the tone of the May 19 session by noting the inseparability of built form and human experience. Gold Medalist Michael Graves, FAIA, and Daniel Libeskind both looked at the past as prelude to the future by considering the context of what makes people identify with a place and projecting on that the social and technological realities of the present and expectations for the future. The buildings of the future will certainly be different in function and appearance, but they must become part of their historic context or fail. First Vice President Gordon Chong, FAIA, moderated the question segment.

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