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SUMMARY:The Forum presents Philip Kafka: Urban Renewal
DESCRIPTION:The Dallas Architecture Forum\, a non-profit organization dedic
 ated to providing public education about architecture\, design\, and the u
 rban environment\, presents developer Philip KAFKA as he shares Urban Neig
 hborhood Renewal - Case Studies of Detroit & Fort Worth at the Angelika Fi
 lm Center | Mockingbird Station on Tuesday\, July 18\, 2023. This Panel is
  FREE TO THE PUBLIC. Complimentary drinks Reception will begin at 6:15 pm
  - Panel will begin at 6:30 pm. \n Philip KAFKA \nPhilip Kafka is the Pres
 ident of Prince Concepts\, a development company he founded in 2012. Kafka
  began investing real estate in Detroit in late 2012\, where he has focuse
 d his work across a previously blighted and 99% abandoned neighborhood in
  Core City in Detroit. He currently owns 25 contiguous acres where he has
  completed the development and renovation of 63\,000 square feet of previo
 usly derelict buildings slated for demolition. This development work has o
 ccurred across a variety of programs and manifests as small projects\, inc
 luding the True North live/work housing development and the Caterpillar ap
 artments. Architect Edwin Chen\, who previously was in the studio of Frank
  Gehry\, has designed many of these projects for Kafka. The projects are c
 onstructed with a consistent attitude - one that promotes and prioritizes
  high quality space - public and private. \nPrince Concepts has also plant
 ed over 600 trees across the various development projects working in tande
 m with landscape architect Julie Bargmann of D.I.R.T Studio. Kafka has als
 o taken his development philosophy to Fort Worth\, Texas where the inaugur
 al PS 1200 project\, designed by AIA Gold Medal Winner Marlon Blackwell\,
  with landscape design by Bargmann\, will have its official opening in Fal
 l 2023. \nKafka’s projects have received many prestigious design awards. I
 n 2021\, Kafka’s company\, Prince Concepts\, was named Best Developer in t
 he Midwest by Architect’s Newspaper \, and in 2022\, Prince Concepts was n
 amed one of the ten most innovative architecture focused companies in the
  world by Fast Company . PS 1200 is also a finalist for The Dallas Archite
 cture Forum’s Design Recognition Looking Forward in the “Retail and Mixed
  Use” category. \nKafka serves on the boards of Museum of Contemporary Art
  Detroit and the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize. He is frequently invited
  to lecture in the architecture departments of Illinois Institute of Techn
 ology\, Fay Jones School of Architecture at the University of Arkansas\, t
 he Harvard GSD\, Yale\, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem\,
  the University of Michigan\, and Wayne State University in Detroit. \nJoi
 n The Forum for presentation which will give attendees the rare opportunit
 y to learn about what an inspired developer is doing in needy neighborhood
 s to provide new opportunities for growth. We look forward to seeing you o
 n July 1 8 th  at the Angelika Film Center for this chance to hear from Ph
 ilip Kafka! \n \n \n \n \n  \n The Panel is free and open to the public. N
 o reservations are needed to attend this Panel presented at the Angelika F
 ilm Center | Mockingbird Station.  \n Panel Season Sponsors for this Panel
  are Purdy-McGuire\, Turner Construction and Walter P Moore. Panel Sponsor
 s are MMF Strategies / Meg Fitzpatrick and Wendy Konradi Interior Design.\
 nAngelika Film Center | Mockingbird Station\n5321 E Mockingbird Ln #230\nD
 allas\, TX 75206 United States\n
LOCATION:5321 E Mockingbird Ln #230\, Dallas\, TX 75206
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