This week's featured virtual event happenings, from Archinect's Virtual Event Guide, address black landscape architects, a studio visit with 5468796, a conversation with a Canadian Indigenous architecture icon, a conference on smart buildings/cities, and more.

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Black Landscape Symposium Speaker Series 2021
Thursday, February 4, 2021 6:00 PM – Thursday, February 25, 2021 7:00 PM EDT
Black Landscape Architects Network proudly presents Black Landscape Symposium. An inaugural event for the organization to highlight the important contributions of Black landscape architecture, students, and faculty.  
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FF – Distance Edition: 5468796
Thursday, February 4, 2021 | 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM EDT
First Friday events are informal social gatherings that allow members to visit the offices of leading design practices and see work on the boards. 5468796 is a Winnipeg-based studio established in 2007 by Johanna Hurme and Sasa Radolovic. 
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Douglas Cardinal: Conversation with Arthur Dyson
Thursday, February 4, 2021 | 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM EDT
A conversation between Douglas Cardinal and Arthur Dyson. Both Cardinal and Dyson are committed to the practice of what they identify as 'organic architecture', promoting the integration of human habitation and the natural world. These two architects, well established in their career, will reflect on their shared commitments.
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HBCU Africa Architecture Event: How to Build a Black Architect by Lesley Loko
Friday, February 5, 2021 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT
Join us this Friday at 12pm (EST) as Lesley Lokko kicks off the HBCU Africa Architecture Lecture series off by discussing how to build a Black Architect.
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Smart Buildings/ Smart Cities: Integrated Equity & Resilience
Tuesday, February 9, 2021 8:30 AM – Wednesday, February 10, 2021 12:30 PM PDT
The promise of smart buildings and smart cities includes greater sustainability, reduction of costs, and the fostering of greater well-being and health for Angelenos, clients, and communities. It is placemaking of the future that is happening today. To equip members, architects, designers, students, city builders, and neighborhood members with the answers, the AIALA convenes the Smart Buildings/Smart Cities Conference full of experts, innovators and inspirers.
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CBDX: CITIES FOR ALL Jury Panel and Winners’ Announcement
Wednesday, February 10, 2021 1:00 PM MDT
Join us for the announcement of the winners of the CBDX: CITIES FOR ALL International Design Ideas Competition. The global design community was asked to consider, as part of this first competition in the CBDX series, how matters of equity, activism, environment, and wellness could shape the cities of our future. What does a city for all look like? How does it operate or come into being in the context of the current global pandemic, and encroaching reality of environmental degradation?
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EQUITY MATTERS II Leadership Summit
Wednesday, February 10, 2021 | 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM EDT
The EQUITY MATTERS II Leadership Summit, a panel on reimagining campuses to ensure inclusive resiliency after the pandemic, will tackle these significant challenges facing university and college campuses.
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