Highlights from SHLTR’s Design Conversation Series

SHLTR™ Talks brings together leading architects, interior designers, landscape architects, artists and makers for thoughtful conversations exploring the ideas shaping contemporary architecture and design.

Presented at the Center for Architecture + Design in San Francisco and moderated by SHLTR Editor-in-Chief Zahid Sardar, each SPOTLIGHT event combines illustrated presentations with lively discussion, offering audiences unique insights into the creative process behind some of today’s most influential work.

Below are highlights from recent SHLTR Talks, featuring internationally recognized designers whose work continues to shape the built environment throughout California and beyond.

West Coast Modernism in Hawaii
One House at a Time

Presented February 24, 2026, at the Center for Architecture + Design, this SHLTR Talk brought together architect Greg Warner, FAIA, and interior designer Nicole Hollis for a discussion examining how contemporary Hawaiian architecture can draw from climate, landscape and culture without relying on familiar stylistic clichés.

Stone Works
The Language of Form

Presented January 27, 2026, stone sculptors Edwin Hamilton and Christopher Stinehour explored the enduring language of stone in architecture, landscape and memorial art, revealing how traditional craftsmanship continues to influence contemporary design.

ARCHITECTURE PHOTOS COURTESY MARMOL RADZINER

Restoration as Innovation
Building on the Legacy of Mid-Century Masters

The inaugural SHLTR Talks SPOTLIGHT, presented October 28, 2025, featured architect Leo Marmol, FAIA, whose conversation examined adaptive reuse, preservation and the restoration of modernist architecture as both a sustainable strategy and a creative act.

SHLTR™ Talks thanks our sponsors of the first SPOTLIGHT Series:

SHLTR™ Talks is made possible through the generous support of our partners, whose commitment helps bring leading voices in architecture and design together for public conversation.

Title Sponsor: IRG Stone
Wine Sponsor: Una Lou, produced by Scribe
Venue Partner: Center for Architecture + Design

Recording Partner: AEC Knowledge
Watch past SHLTR Talks at AEC Knowledge. 
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