Kevin Klinkenberg is that guy – you know, the one who takes pictures of buses on vacation. And enjoys it. He’d like us to imagine what kind of bus system we’d have in KC if we were starting from scratch.

Dave Scott is infuriated by right-turn lanes. Not to mention left-turn lanes, on-street parking restrictions, long signals and the car sewers that dominate our city. He thinks it’s time to put our roads on an extreme diet.

Stephen Rhoades enjoys long walks under a clear sky and serene bike rides through leafy streets. Unfortunately, he can’t do those in KC, so he spends his time dreaming up ways to actually get people off their butts and into comfortable shoes.

Now that the new LEED v3 has been launched, hear about the following:

- what and how LEED v3 has been implemented – how you can stay up to date with the latest in Green Design according to the USGBC guidelines – what you will need to do to stay relevant as an accredited green designer

Follow the audio along with the PowerPoint below.

Bradley Baer, LEED AP | Associate AIA received his Bachelors of Architecture degree with Distinction from Iowa State University where he was awarded the Alpha Rho Chi Medal. After interning with HNTB Architecture of Kansas City, MO, he joined the firm of KieranTimberlake of Philadelphia, PA. He has served as a guest juror for Syracuse University, Drexel University, and Iowa State University. His work has been published in Architectural Record, Metropolis, & the New York Times amongst others. Baer’s recent projects include the Cellophane House at the Museum of Modern Art, the renovation of Morse & Stiles Colleges at Yale University, the master plan for the Kimmel Center for Performing Arts in Philadelphia, and currently he is conducting environmental and preliminary research for the United States Embassy in London Competition.

KieranTimberlake is an award-winning and internationally published architecture firm noted for its research, and innovative design and planning services. The firm’s projects include the programming, planning and design of all types of new structures, their interiors; and the renovation, reuse and conservation of existing structures. The firm’s clients include arts and civic organizations, cultural and educational institutions, corporations, industrial and research partners, and private residential clients.

“… Almost all outward things will be different because of what they bring. They are going to alter war and they’re going to alter peace.” Eugene Morgan from Orson Welles’ 1942 classic about social decline, The Magnificent Ambersons. Although Eugene’s lament was referring to the impact of the invention of the automobile in the late 1800’s, Eugene might have just as well been contemplating the future of the practice of Architecture given today’s confluence of the historic challenges and unprecedented opportunities facing architects.

Perhaps the architectural profession can take its queue from Richard Florida’s comment in his recent article “How the Crash Will Reshape America” from the March 2009 issue of The Atlantic, “The Stanford economist Paul Romer famously said, “A crisis is a terrible thing to waste.” The United States, whatever its flaws, has seldom wasted its crises in the past. On the contrary, it has used them, time and time again, to reinvent itself, clearing away the old and making way for the new.”

The AIA Kansas City participated in a discussion on how the field of architecture will need to reinvent itself to meet future demands, and how will this will impact the shape of architectural practices in KC. Speakers included Dane Stangler, Senior Analyst in the Office of the President of the Kauffman Foundation; Marvin Manlove, AIA, Principal with 360 Architects and Richard Wetzel, AIA, Assitant VP with JE Dunn Construction and current Past President of AIA Kansas City. The event was facilitated by Kevin Collison, Development Reporter with the Kansas City Star.