The Monterey Design Conference kicked off at Asilomar Conference grounds in Pacific Grove, Designed by Julia Morgan in 1913. Here, every two years, architects and designers gather to hear from local and international industry leaders who are shaping the future of our built environments. A group of us ventured down south from San Francisco to soak it all in, finding no shortage of inspiration from the speaker discussions, workshops, and perhaps most of all from the surrounding coastal landscape in which we were all happily immersed together for the weekend.
Between conference events we also found time to enjoy the outdoors and each other’s company; Matt, Jon, and Bridgett got out for early morning runs along the ridgelines of the preserve, Jess made egg sandwiches breakfast, Kevin helped his team win at the board game Cranium, and Bridgett even made a fabulous vegan chocolate cake!
Tai and Elaine joined us on Saturday to tour the Feldman houses completed and under construction in the Preserve, and on Sunday our most recently completed Preserve project The Butterfly House was on tour for the conference. We returned after the weekend feeling refreshed and inspired.
– Matthew and Kevin