Architect Ralph
Lerner FAIA, and landscape architect Kate
Orff have more than thirty years combined
experience in the fields of architecture and urban design.
Currently Lerner is a Professor of Architecture at Princeton's
School of Architecture, where he previously served as Dean
for many years. His firm has received numerous design awards
including those from Progressive Architecture ,
the New Jersey AIA, and Architectural Design. Among
his notable projects are the Indira Gandhi National Centre
for the Arts in New Delhi, India; the Winston-Salem Downtown
Plan; and the Public Realm Improvement Strategy for Lower
Manhattan. Kate Orff's landscape design focuses on urban
ecology and public space design. Currently she serves as
an Assistant Professor at the Columbia University Graduate
School of Architecture Planning and Preservation, where she
teaches seminars and studios at the intersection of landscape,
infrastructure and architecture.