{"238441":{"#nid":"238441","#data":{"type":"event","title":"BIM breakfast: Marc Simmons","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFront is a cross-disciplinary design and fa\u00e7ade consulting practice consisting of creative individuals with professional backgrounds in architecture, structural engineering and mechanical engineering. Established in New York City in 2002, the firm has grown to a staff of nearly 30 people with offices in San Francisco, Seattle, and Hong Kong. Front is known widely for its successful execution of original and ground-breaking work, and for its progressive approach to design integration among building disciplines using building information modeling and other technologies.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMarc Simmons is founding partner of Front, and the Thomas W. Ventulett III Distinguished Chair in Architectural Design at Georgia Tech. A leading advocate for innovative and critical practice, Simmons has produced seminal works in contemporary architecture including most recently:\u003Cbr \/\u003Ethe China Central Television Headquarters with OMA;\u003Cbr \/\u003Ethe Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center with Renzo Piano Building Workshop;\u003Cbr \/\u003Ethe Dee and Charles Wyly Theater with REX;\u003Cbr \/\u003Ethe Yas Hotel with Asymptote; and\u003Cbr \/\u003Ethe Glass Pavilion at the Toledo Museum of Art with Sejima Nishizawa Associates.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPrior to establishing Front in 2002, Simmons worked for the international fa\u00e7ade engineering practices Dewhurst Macfarlane \u0026amp; Partners and for Meinhardt Fa\u00e7ade Technology. Originally trained in architecture, Simmons graduated from the University of Waterloo School of Architecture, Canada, and worked for Foster and Partners. He served as faculty member at Princeton University School of Architecture from 2005 to 2012, conducting graduate seminars on the subject of fa\u00e7ade technology and practice, and teaching collaborative design studios.\u0026nbsp; He has also lectured widely on the work of Front. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECome join us for what is sure to be an exciting presentation and discussion about Front\u0027s groundbreaking applications in BIM.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMarc Simmons is the speaker for the October 11 BIM breakfast\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Marc Simmons is the speaker for the October 11 BIM breakfast"}],"uid":"27814","created_gmt":"2013-09-18 09:57:47","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:04:46","author":"Lisa Herrmann","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2013-10-11T08:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2013-10-11T10:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2013-10-11T10:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2013-10-11 12:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2013-10-11 14:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2013-10-11 14:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"},{"id":"48996","name":"School of Architecture"},{"id":"60379","name":"DBL - Digital Building Lab"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"1048","name":"BIM"},{"id":"11082","name":"digital building lab"},{"id":"32501","name":"marc simmons"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}