Ryan Gravel Lecture "as many gains as losses" - CUDC 2013.04.26

Ryan Gravel Lecture

"As many gains as losses"

-part of the AIAcle emerging practitioner lecture series

Friday, April 26th, 2013

CUDC (cleveland urban design collaborative)

5pm

"As Many Gains As Losses - Fueling Transformation with the Atlanta Beltline and Other Catalyst Infrastructure"

Join us for AIA Cleveland's 2013 Emerging Practitioner Lecture Series! Our first lecture of 2013 features Ryan Gravel on Friday, April 26 at the Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative. Doors open at 5:00 pm, talk begins at 5:30 pm.

Ryan Gravel is a senior urban designer at Perkins+Will (www.perkinswill.com) in Atlanta, where he brings an architect’s perspective to urban planning, concept development and public policy. His master’s thesis in 1999 was the original vision for the ambitious Atlanta BeltLine (www.beltline.org) – a 22-mile transit greenway that transforms a loop of old railroads with transit, parks and trails to generate economic growth and protect quality-of-life in 45 neighborhoods throughout the central city. Six years of his subsequent work as a volunteer and later in the nonprofit and government sectors was critical to the BeltLine’s success, which is now a $2+ billion public-private initiative in the early stages of implementation. In addition to his professional work on the Atlanta BeltLine at Perkins+Will, Ryan is on the Atlanta BeltLine Partnership Board of Directors and speaks internationally about the BeltLine. He was named a “Visionary Bureaucrat” by Streetsblog in 2012 and one of the “Top 25 Newsmakers” of 2011 by Engineering News-Record. He received an “Emerging Voices” citation in 2011 from the AIA-Atlanta Young Architects Forum and was named one of Esquire Magazine’s “Best & Brightest” in 2006.

The Emerging Practitioner Lecture Series is organized by AIA Cleveland's Associates Committee in partnership with Kent State University's Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative. Events are free and open to the public.

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