Jun
25
9:00pm
SPOTLIGHT WITH ZAHID SARDAR: Landscape Architect Andrea Cochran
By DesignBayArea / SF Design Week
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Acclaimed design editor Zahid Sardar sits down with notable landscape architect Andrea Cochran to explore dynamic industry topics in a new webcast series, “SPOTLIGHT WITH ZAHID SARDAR”. Cochran will discuss a variety of her firm’s public and private residential projects. During their discussion, they will explore ideas about “twisting perception”, how a garden can make your living spaces feel bigger or more intimate, and the concepts of prospect and refuge.
ABOUT ANDREA COCHRAN, FOUNDER/PRINCIPAL, ANDREA COCHRAN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
Andrea Cochran, FASLA has been practicing landscape architecture in the San Francisco Bay Area for over thirty years. Known for seamlessly interweaving sustainable landscapes, art, and architecture, her designs highlight the experiential qualities of the built environment. Her San Francisco-based firm is internationally recognized and tackles a wide range of project types and scales, from single family residences to hotels, wineries, affordable housing, schools, institutions, and public parks. They have garnered numerous design awards, most notably the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award in Landscape Architecture. In 2014 Andrea was honored with the American Society of Landscape Architect’s Design Medal, the second woman to receive this award. A monograph of her firm’s work was published by Princeton Architectural Press in 2009.
ZAHID SARDAR is a San Francisco-based editor, writer, and curator specializing in architecture, interiors, and design. He has authored many design books, curated exhibitions, and was the San Francisco Chronicle’s design editor for 20 years. Most recently he was the editor-in-chief of Spaces Magazine. His work has also appeared in New York Times, Dwell, Interiors, Western Interiors & Design, Interior Design, House & Garden, Elle Decor, House Beautiful, and Landscape Architecture. He has taught design history at the California College of the Arts and has written several other books, including “In & Out of Paris: Gardens of Secret Delights”, “West Coast Modern” and “New Garden Design”.
About SPOTLIGHT WITH ZAHID SARDAR: Spotlight With Zahid Sardar is a dynamic, fun and informal virtual forum, hosted by acclaimed design editor Zahid Sardar. The talks illuminate ideas and creativity where design is engaged to solve everything from global issues affecting billions of people, to rarified, customized design programs. The series features a select group of highly admired architects and designers from a cross-section of the design industry, including architecture, interior design, landscape design, and industrial design. The 40-minute webcast format includes a visual presentation of recent work, and a personal live interview with Zahid Sardar discussing some of the most creative ideas today we can all use. A co-branded partnership with San Francisco Design Week 2020, SPOTLIGHT is an independent production conceived by Zahid Sardar and PR and marketing consultant Coralie Langston-Jones, founder of SocialBlueprint.
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