GWWO architects routinely attend and participate in client-industry conferences and meetings. This enables us to be in touch with advancements and trends that affect our services and design approach, and to more deeply understand our clients’ needs. Our architects are also frequently asked to speak at national and regional events to share their expertise.
Upcoming Appearances:
May 23-26, 2010: Association of School Business Officials MD&DC ASBO Annual Conference, Ocean City, MD. Visit us in the exhibit hall in booth 311!
May 23-27, 2010: American Association of Museums AAM , 2010 Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo, Los Angeles, CA. Visit us in the exhibit hall in booth 1224!
November 16-20, 2010: National Association for Interpretation NAI , 2010 National Interpreter's Workshop, Las Vegas, NV. Visit us in the exhibit hall in booth 218!
Past Appearances:
November 17-20, 2009: National Association for Interpretation NAI , 2009 National Interpreter's Workshop, Hartford, CT.
October 19, 2009: "Visitor Centers: Telling the Story Through Design". GWWO principal Mark Lapointe discussed the visitor center building type and the role that design, going beyond the typical interpretive tools of exhibits and films, can play in telling a site’s story. This event was part of Baltimore Architecture Week.
September 16, 2009: Building Information Modeling Seminar. GWWO principal Paul Hume served on the organizing committee and as moderator for this seminar, which was presented by the Building Congress & Exchange of Baltimore and encompassed a panel discussion that explored how design professionals and contractors are successfully using BIM technology to improve the construction process.
May 17-19, 2009: Association of School Business Officials MD&DC ASBO Annual Conference, Ocean City, MD.
April 30-May 4, 2009: American Association of Museums AAM , 2009 Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo, Philadelphia, PA.
December 9-12, 2008: GWWO architects participated in the Designing the Parks Conference Part II: The Present and Future of Park Planning and Design. The symposium focused on contemporary challenges and opportunities in public park design and served as a critical step in producing a set of design and planning principles to guide future park policy, development, and management over the next century. GWWO president Alan Reed was one of a select group invited to be part of the subsequent Design Congress, where participants were tasked with refining input gathered during the conference.
December 4-5, 2008: The Association of Boarding Schools TABS Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD.
November 11-14, 2008: National Association for Interpretation NAI , 2008 National Interpreter's Workshop, Portland, OR.
October 27, 2008: "What Story Does Your Building Tell " Presented by GWWO president Alan Reed and principal David Wright at the 2008 Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums MAAM Annual Conference in Washington, DC.
May 20-21, 2008: GWWO architects attended the Designing the Parks Conference Part I: The History of Park Planning & Design, in Charlottesville, VA. The symposium, which was sponsored by the National Park Service, The Cultural Landscape Foundation, University of Virginia, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, George Wright Society, National Parks Conservation Association, and the Van Alen Institute, focused on the history of the planning and design of regional, state, and national parks.
May 18-20, 2008: Association of School Business Officials MD&DC ASBO Annual Conference, Ocean City, MD.
April 27-May 1, 2008: American Association of Museums AAM , 2008 Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo, Denver, CO.
November 8, 2007: “It’s Not Just a Building, It’s Your Story” Presented by GWWO president Alan Reed and principal David Wright at the 2007 National Interpreter’s Workshop in Wichita, Kansas.
October 4, 2007 and previous dates : “Pacing, Pulsing or Pulling Your Hair Out: Crowd Control & Visitor Flow in Interpretive Facilities” Presented by GWWO president Alan Reed and associate principal Mark Lapointe at the 2007 Southeastern Museums Annual Conference in Little Rock, Arkansas, the 2007 Building Museums Conference in Washington, DC, and the 2006 National Interpreter’s Workshop in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
March 13, 2007: “Carrying the Legacy Forward: Respecting the Past While Expanding for the Future” Presented by GWWO principal David Wright and senior associate Terry Squyres, with client representatives from George Washington’s Mount Vernon and the Fredericksburg Area Museum and Cultural Center, at the 2007 Virginia Association of Museums Annual Conference in Williamsburg, Virginia.
February 22, 2007: “Design & Construction in Historic Contexts” A roundtable discussion led by GWWO principal David Wright at the 2007 Building Museums Conference in Washington, DC.
February 24, 2005: “Renovating Smaller to Mid-Sized Institutions” Presented by GWWO principal David Wright, with representatives from the Star-Spangled Banner Flag House, the historic Eastern State Penitentiary and the Banneker Douglas Museum, at the 2005 Building Museums Conference in Washington, DC.
