Walks & Talks

Walks & Talks invites participants to see the city through the eyes of award-winning landscape architects and practitioners in allied disciplines. Limited to 25 attendees, each Walk & Talk will be an intimate encounter with an unfolding urban landscape that includes such civic gestures as parks, plazas, and gardens, as well as unique vernacular expressions that are often overlooked.

Ranging from 90 minutes to three hours, the Walks & Talks are unscripted, mobile seminars during which participants are introduced to an array of built works, historic and contemporary, by thought-leaders in the design field who have a unique way of seeing the world, sharing not just what they see but how they see it. The kinetic, back-and-forth discussions will cover a range of topics, including design, urbanism, cultural lifeways, placemaking, what inspires and moves us, and how we measure success. The conversation may continue over coffee or a light lunch enjoyed somewhere along the way.

Each Walk & Talk will be a unique site-specific journey, and those who experience one may never see the city in quite the same way again. LA CES™ professional development hours may be available to attendees.