Alaska Design Forum

Skylar Tibbits is the founder and co-director of the Self-Assembly Lab housed at MIT’s International Design Center. He is also Editor-In-Chief of the 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing Journal and the founder of SJET, LLC. Some of Skylar’s recent awards include: R&D Magazine’s 2015 Innovator

Joel Salatin presents the problems with mainstream food/agriculture systems, and how a return to traditional ways will help us for the future. There is an emphasis on permaculture and agriculture system design.

Four esteemed Alaskan architects with decades of experience participate in a moderated panel discussion. Topics include the challenges and opportunities of building in the early decades of statehood, Alaskan architectural history, and the historical precedents that have shaped our notion of what constitutes appropriate design responses in a northern environment.

Bernard Khoury studied architecture at Rhode Island School of Design (BFA 1990/B.Arch 1991). He received a Masters in Architectural Studies from Harvard University (M.Arch 1993) and started an independent practice that same year.  Over the past 15 years, his office has developed an international reputation and a significant diverse portfolio of projects both locally and…

A fascinating exploration of what it takes to design beautiful, functional, and economical spaces, with lots of examples and photos of past projects and stories of how great spaces came to be. Johanna Hurme and Sasa Radulovic are architects and founding partners of Winnipeg-based 5468796 Architecture, established in 2007. In the past eight years the…