Since its inception, SFIA has continually expanded to its curriculum and programs to stay current with new technologies and industry trends. In 2008, SFIA created the first major national and international green building conference, the Eco Wave and has held recurring workshops for design professionals and educators in over 50 cities across the U.S. Virtually every pioneer, innovator, and activist in ecological design has spoken at our events. Since then, with our encouragement and participation, dozens of new green building conferences have been created and are offered annually in cities across the US and overseas.
SFIA invites architecture students to study the legacy of Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin near Spring Green, Wisconsin and at Taliesin West near Scottsdale Arizona. We are extremely privileged to be permitted this extended access to Taliesin and Taliesin West. This access is not granted to any other school and we are honored by the generosity of our hosts. The primary purpose of the SFIA studio workshop at Taliesin is to give students the opportunity to experience what Frank Lloyd Wright really said and did in architecture and cut through the mythology and misinterpretations that dominate almost everything written and said about him.
Experiencing great architecture is like enjoying the finest of natural environments. It rewards the senses. It sparks imagination and emotions. It inspires. It enhances consciousness. SFIA's mission is to provide that kind of experience in the process of architectural education. Hundreds of architects, artists, and technologists are working on this level. These are the ones we study and learn from at SFIA. These architects work in ways that are called Organic, Evolutionary, Ecological, and even Extropian or Futurist.
The real architects are the young ones, regardless of age, with continuing enthusiasm, imagination, industry, inventiveness, curiosity and dedication to architecture for all people as their reason for being. By such examples we continue to renew faith in the creative spirit and its potentials. SFIA offers new alternatives in design education while retaining the best features of exceptional traditional schools. While following many well-proven traditions in education, SFIA is also testing new approaches to solve long-standing problems.
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