At the heart of the exhibition were winning visions by Chau Nguyen, Rebecca Lederer, Geeti Silwal, Tom Kosbau, Meghan Storm, Gini Lee, Robert Lamb, AIA, Laurel McSherry and Ye Hua.
The winning visions were chosen from hundreds of submissions to the William Turnbull International Drylands Design Competition, hosted by the California Architectural Foundation, AIA California Council, and Arid Lands Institute at Woodbury University.
Jury members included Tom Anglewicz, FAIA, President, California. Architectural Foundation; Teddy Cruz, AIA, Estudio Cruz, San Diego; Mary Griffin, FAIA, Principal, Turnbull Griffin Haseloop Architects, San Francisco; Keith McPeters, Principal, Gustafson Guthrie Nichol, Landscape Architects, Seattle; Enrique Norten, Hon. FAIA, TEN_Arquitectos, Mexico City and New York; Greg Otto, Principal, Buro Happold, Engineers, Los Angeles; and Michael Rotondi, FAIA, Roto Architecture, Los Angeles.
DRYLANDS DESIGN was an initiative of the Arid Lands Institute (ALI), a design-based education and outreach center based at Woodbury University that recognizes water scarcity and hydrologic variability as the defining challenge facing the West. Woodbury School of Architecture is a proud supporter of the ALI’s mission and activities.
The exhibition advisory board includes Hadley and Peter Arnold, Arid Land Institute; Michael Lehrer, Lehrer Architects; Mia Lehrer, Mia Lehrer + Associates; Peggy Weil, HeadsUp! Times Square; Jonathan Katz, Cinnabar; Louis Molina, Woodbury School of Architecture; and Cliff Garten, Cliff Garten Studio. Exhibition design provided by Chu + Gooding Architects. Graphic design collaborators April Greiman / Made in Space.
