Design + Sustainability

Location:

AIA San Francisco Mass Timber Symposium

San Francisco, CA

Speaker:

Joe Swain

Date & Time:

02.04.2026 | 2:00pm - 3:15pm

AIA San Francisco presents its inaugural Mass Timber Symposium, a half-day event showcasing the growing impact of mass timber design, construction and production in California. Two cross-disciplinary educational panels will cover both fundamental and advanced topics in design, construction, procurement and sustainability, with Bay Area case studies. Technical topics will focus on new code provisions, testing, forestry and project delivery.

Join Mithun associate principal Joe Swain for “Panel 1 – Design + Sustainability” to learn about mass timber design in California and its growing connections to ecosystems and communities across the state.

Joe will moderate the session. Panelists include Sierra Institute Executive Director Jonathan Kusel, BAR Architects & Interiors associate principal Pramod Sanoor, The Watershed Center wood enterprise lead Clarke Stevenson and Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects associate Ian Ashcraft-Williams.

Date Posted: 02.04.2026