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Design Council Lecture | Museum and Residential Projects

Date & Time

Thu. Nov. 12, 2026 6:30 PM-7:30 PM

Location Main Campus | Law Building

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Design Council Lecture | Museum and Residential Projects

Date & Time

Thu. Nov. 12, 2026 6:30 PM-7:30 PM

Location Main Campus | Law Building

Parking at Beck Garage
Drop off at Beck Building

AIA Houston / Design Council / Sally Walsh Lecture
Architect Brad Cloepfil, founder and principal of Allied Works—an architecture and design practice based in Portland, Oregon, and Brooklyn, New York—discusses his museum and residential projects and how spaces are transformed by art, design, materials, and spatial variety. Cloepfil’s architecture and design are greatly inspired by the landscape, particularly that of Oregon. His projects include a reverence for craft, light, and space.


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About the Speaker
Brad Cloepfil was born in Portland, Oregon, and earned his bachelor of architecture degree at the University of Oregon. After working in the offices of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in Los Angeles, and Mario Botta in Switzerland, Cloepfil moved to New York to earn his advanced degree in architectural design. He received his master of science in advanced architectural design from the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture.

About the AIA Houston / Design Council / Sally Walsh Lecture
The annual AIA Houston (American Institute of Architects, Houston Chapter) Sally Walsh Lectures are dedicated to the memory of interior designer Sally Walsh, who brought modern design to Houston and inspired a generation. The Design Council is the MFAH patron group that supports the Museum’s department of decorative arts, craft, and design.

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This lecture is made possible by the American Institute of Architects, Houston and the Design Council at the MFAH.
 
Learning and Interpretation programs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, receive generous support from H-E-B; Sempra Foundation; the Brown Foundation, Inc.; the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo; the Joe Barnhart Foundation; the Cockrell Family Fund; the CFP Foundation; the Claire & Theodore Morse Foundation; the Junior League of Houston, Inc.; and additional generous donors.
 
Endowment funds are provided by the Louise Jarrett Moran Bequest; Caroline Wiess Law; Windgate Foundation; the William Randolph Hearst Foundation; Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff; the Fondren Foundation; BMC Software, Inc.; the Wallace Foundation; the Neal Myers and Ken Black Children’s Art Fund; the Eleanor and Frank Freed Foundation; Medha and Shashank Karve; Virginia and Ira Jackson; Jesse H. Jones II; the CFP Foundation; the Favrot Fund; gifts in memory of John Wynne; Neiman Marcus Youth Arts Education; gifts in memory of Peter Lotz; and gifts in honor of Beth Schneider.
 
On Thursday, admission to the MFAH Permanent Collections is free, courtesy of Shell USA, Inc.