This is the second of a series on the AIA CRAN Symposium in Salt Lake City, Utah in October of 2023.Sponsorships Opportunities are now available for the Podcast. Please contact me via my website: MGHarchitect: Michele Grace Hottel, ArchitectThis podcast is sponsored by:California Building & Remodeling License # 826654        Bond # 30004754     Tel 858-483-0800        Namita Modi, AIA LEED AP is the founder of Modi Architecture & Design, a full-service architectural design practice focused on private home commissions, residentialdevelopment and urban design collaborations in the NYC region. In her career, she hasdesigned over one hundred projects, a body of work that includes private residences, rural conservation prototypes and sustainable compounds throughout the US.Her speculative design projects include ecologically driven installations for Open Air Lab, a collaborative at New Inc, a museum-led cultural incubator in NYC. She is a co-chair for the AIANY CRAN knowledge committee since 2019 where she has curated over several dozen programs that explore innovation in practice, design and construction techniques emerging from custom residential design. She has served on several design juries nationally and has lectured at architecture conferences. She is also a mentor/educator to emerging architects in her community and within a network ofarchitecture schools in the Northeast. This year, Namita was appointed to the Dean’sCouncil at Penn’s Weitzman School of Design. She holds a BA from Barnard Collegeand a Master of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania and is a registeredarchitect in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.Namita M. Modi, AIA, LEED AP PrincipalModi Architecture & Design LLC Contact Information: (office)1133 Broadway, Suite 1524New York, New York 10010Tel: (212)983-1606Mobile: (917)207-8802Email: nmodi@modiarch.comLINK TO THE BLOG  with IMAGES and THE BOOK REVIEW :https://inmawomanarchitect.blogspot.com/2023/12/my-new-years-book-list-books-by-my.html