The Architecture of Place: In Conversation with Marianne Cusato

The ICAA, INTBAU, and the Prince’s Foundation are pleased to continue their collaboration with The Architecture of Place: In Conversation with..., a new series of interviews featuring three architects from different backgrounds and points of view: Marianne Cusato, Ben Bolgar, and Galina Tachieva. Over the three-part series, each speaker plays the role of both interviewer and interviewee. In each installment, one of the three architects interviews another about the influences, experiences, and projects that have led to their design perspective on the architecture of place. At the end of each session, students from partnering university departments pose additional questions to the speakers, followed by an open Q&A with attendees. The ICAA is excited to partner with the Hampton University Department of Architecture for this interview. Students from Hampton make a special appearance and provide guest questions for the interviewee.

Marianne Cusato is renowned for her work on innovative housing solutions for disaster recovery and workforce housing. She is the partner in charge of design and development at Cypress Community Development Corp, a not for profit housing corporation dedicated to creating resilient and energy efficient homes that are also dignified and attainable. Cypress CDC built 450 Katrina Cottages in Louisiana through FEMA funding and have projects in the Florida Keys connected to Hurricane Irma and in Sonoma County in California 2017 wildfires. Cypress currently has several projects under construction in Panama City, FL, rebuilding from Hurricane Michael in 2018 and on the Island of Barbuda rebuilding from Hurricane Irma, in partnership with the Prince’s Foundation.

Marianne serves on the faculty at the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture. She has been ranked the No. 4 most influential person in the home building industry by Builder Magazine, voted one of the 30 Most Influential Women in the Housing Economy by HousingWire Magazine and selected by Fortune Magazine as one of the Top Women in Real Estate. The author of two books: The Just Right Home: Buying, Renting, Moving...or Just Dreaming--Find Your Perfect Match! with Daniel DiClerico (April 2013, Workman Publishing) and Get Your House Right, Architectural Elements to Use and Avoid, with Ben Pentreath, Richard Sammons and Leon Krier, foreword by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales (January 2008, Sterling Publishing), she has been a contributor to Fortune Magazine and wrote a regular column and feature articles for Fine Homebuilding Magazine. Marianne holds a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture and MBA from the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza School of Business.

Sponsors

The ICAA would like to thank Ferguson & Shamamian Architects and McCrery Architects for their support of this event series.

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