On November 3, Facades+ will return to Los Angeles for one of its largest events of the year. Co-chaired by HOK principals Adaeze Cadet and David Frey, the program will bring six presentations on the best of Southern California building enclosures to an audience in Downtown Los Angeles. Attendees will be able to attend virtual

Irene Pau Martin is an Associate at Arup with an Environmental and Mechanical Engineering background. She leads the Building Envelope Physics sub-discipline within the Americas Region and co-leads the Los Angeles Facades team. Having worked in London and Los Angeles, Irene has 16 years of experience on international projects ranging from historic buildings to new-build

Juan Villafañe, AIA is a tenacious leader and a big thinker with bold ideas for expanding the influence of architects. He skillfully aligns resources and stakeholders to bring projects to life, recognizing the importance of connecting the dots to successful outcomes. Juan’s architectural experience ranges from large-scale commercial developments to technically complex institutional projects. Recent

Sagar has experience as a designer and project manager. Since joining the firm, he has worked on numerous projects for the County of Los Angeles, City of Los Angeles, Kaiser Permanente, University of Southern California, UCLA, City of Hope, Disney, Northrop Grumman and Mattel. Sagar’s experience includes recreation projects, medical office buildings, laboratories, academic buildings,

Brian Wickersham, AIA, is the founding partner of AUX Architecture. With more than twenty years of experience, he creates meaningful spaces that promote creativity and community. Bringing both rigor and spontaneity to his designs, he cultivates research and collaboration in his Los Angeles studio to produce bespoke architecture that best serves client needs. He likens

Joining Gensler in 2010, Brian Fraumeni’s expertise includes hospitality, mixed use and campuses & headquarters. He is a core project and technical designer for projects including Westin DIA Hotel and Transit Center, ITC One Colombo Hotel and Residences, and City of Hope Administrative Office Building. Brian has presented at conferences hosted by USC, Facade Tectonics,

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Erin has spent the past 20 years representing manufacturers within the architectural community. The last 10 have been in Los Angeles with an emphasis in façade materials.

Katie Horak is a Los Angeles-area native and Principal in ARG’s Los Angeles office. She has nearly twenty years’ experience in the field of historic resource management in both the public and private sectors. Katie is a recognized leader in the industry, bringing creative and innovative solutions to complex issues related to historic site documentation,

With 17 years of professional experience, Shara Castillo has spent her architectural career focused on areas of technical design and project management, with a passion for high-performance architecture that is reflected in her leadership on numerous LEED-certified projects. Shara’s leadership and collaborative approach working with clients and consultants has contributed to the success of every

As design principal, Adaeze provides leadership for projects in HOK’s Los Angeles studio. She is a member of the firm’s board of directors and design board. Adaeze has 17 years of experience working in all phases of architecture on innovative projects throughout the West Coast. Before moving to Los Angeles in 2013, she worked in

David leads the technical direction and development of projects designed in HOK’s Los Angeles studio. This includes initiating, developing and monitoring methods of technical production, technical content, quality assurance and construction phase services. He also is a member of the firm’s technical board working to improve project delivery standards and protocols. Over the past three

Nicholas Hofstede is a Project Manager at Johnston Marklee leading the delivery of national and international projects. Originally from Minneapolis/St. Paul, Nicholas has been with JML since 2007, overseeing the management, design and development of projects including the Menil Drawing Institute in Houston, Texas, the Museum of Contemporary Arts (MCA) in Chicago, the UCLA Graduate

Lisa leads Eckersley O’Callaghan’s West Coast offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles. She joined EOC in 2013 to support the practice’s emerging facade engineering group in London and after playing a significant role in the group’s exceptional growth, Lisa has been responsible for the expansion of EOC’s West Coast presence. Lisa directs EOC’s R&D

Glorya Kaufman’s name is far from an unfamiliar one within the performing arts world of Los Angeles. From the USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance to the future Glorya Kaufman Theater at the Actors Fund’s Hollywood Arts Collective, to the Los Angeles Dance Center’s long-running Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance series, the Detroit-born philanthropist and dance

Sophie holds 14+ years of experience in the design of complex structures and facades. She joined Enclos in 2018, where she has steered various projects’ specialty facades scope sales and design assist efforts, engaged in prototyping, modular curtainwall systems, and various research topics such as ultra-thin glass, facades acoustical analysis and sustainability. Prior to joining

A native Angeleno, Ben Stapleton is a recognized sustainability leader who brings a creative mind and consultative approach to a wide range of projects with a focus on building teams and designing programs to deliver impactful results. His current work is based on coordinating an ecosystem leveraging the built environment as the entry point and