October 22, 2025
AIA Chapter Events > AwardsKivett-Seligson Lecture Series: Brad Cloepfil of Allied Works
6:00 PM
UMKC, Henry W. Bloch School of Management, 218 Auditorium | 5108 Cherry Street Kansas City, MO 64110 Map
Join UMKC in conjunction with AIA Kansas City for the Kivett Seligson Lecture with Brad Cloepfil of Allied Works.
About the Lecture:
AlliedWorks: The Search for the Reason to Build
A review of recent built, unbuilt and on the board projects and the ideas that inspired them.
About Brad Cloepfil
Brad Cloepfil is the founder and creative leader of Allied Works. His body of work is informed by his native Oregon landscapes, a deep sense of place, and love of craft, making, and tectonics. Brad’s architecture pairs an intense focus on the specific character of each project with an understanding of the transformative possibilities of space, light, form and material. His firm has received numerous design awards, and he is a National Academy of Design Academician and a 2018 American Academy of Arts and Letters Award winner. He has lectured and taught widely throughout Europe, Asia, and North America.
About the Lecture
AIA Kansas City and UMKC teamed together to bring Brad Cloepfil in for this lecture series. Cloepfil is serving as one of the jurors for the AIA Kansas City Design Awards. After the lecture at UMKC on October 22, Cloepfil will be speaking at the AIA Kansas City Design Excellence Awards Program on October 23.
Parking Details
Parking is available in the
Cherry Street Parking Structure, Floors 5 & 6
5005 Oak Street, Kansas City Missouri 64110
Free parking will be provided during event (5:30 - 7:30pm)