LivingHomes Founder Featured for Architecture Lecture in Los Altos

2012 Los Altos Neutra House Architecture Speaker Series: Sustainability

LivingHomes founder and CEO, Steve Glenn, will speak in Los Altos on December 8, 2011 as the part of the 2011-12 Los Altos Neutra House Architecture Speaker Series.

LivingHomes is a developer and builder of modern, prefabricated homes designed by world-class architects such as Ray Kappe, FAIA.

LivingHomes recently completed a prefab triplex in Los Altos, on Lassen Street. According to Glenn, "the Ray Kappe Living Homes in Los Altos are significant because the multi-family market is the only growing segment in real estate and it is one that prefab can serve particularly well."

The first LivingHomes structure, designed by Kappe, was the first home ever to be certified LEED Platinum. Eight other LivingHomes have received LEED Platinum certification. TheLivingHomes recently completed in Los Altos are also expected to be certified LEED Platinum. Glenn is an entrepreneur committed to social change through both for-profit and nonprofitorganizations.

Now in its third season, the six-month architecture lecture series brings some of the best architects and scholars in California to Los Altos to discuss traditions and trends in modern living.

This year’s theme is Sustainability, which is addressed in many contexts. “We often provide the only regional access to these speakers”, says King Lear, Neutra House Director. “Our speakers appreciate the depth of knowledge and range of interest of our participants, who come from communities throughout the greater San Francisco Bay Area.”

Participants with an interest in traditions and trends in modern architecture and design have a rare opportunity to interact in a casual setting.

Lectures in the Neutra House Architecture Speaker Series take place October through March,on the second Thursday of the month, from 6-7 pm at the Los Altos Community Center, 97 Hillview Avenue.

Admission to each lecture is $20 or $10 for students. Following each talk is a catered reception with the speaker, hosted at the Los Altos Neutra House, 181 Hillview Avenue.

Admission to each reception is $20 per person and is subject to space availability. For more information about the Los Altos Neutra House, the Speaker Series and other programs and events, and purchase tickets online, visit www.neutrahouse.org

Tickets may also be purchased at the door. Members of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) can receive Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for the lectures.

Sponsors for the 2011-12 Los Altos Neutra Architecture Speaker Series and events include Le Boulanger; Marriott Courtyard of Palo Alto and Los Altos; Elevation Architects; Charlene Geers—Coldwell Banker; Borel Private Bank & Trust Company, A Division of Boston Private Bank & Trust Company; De Mattei Construction, Inc., Steinberg Architects; CA ModernMagazine, and the Los Altos Community Foundation.