Presentations
2021
“Backyard Homes Project: ADU Teach-In & Celebration” | LA Más Webinar Series. Self-Hosted. (Chazandra Kern + Elizabeth Timme + Helen Leung + Linda Reyes.) Los Angeles, CA. Video
2020
“The Art of Northeast LA Community Response” | Frogtown Artwalk. Invited Speakers. (Linda Reyes + Chazandra Kern.) Los Angeles, CA.
“Designing and Building Initiatives that Promote Neighborhood Resilience” | Collective Impact. Invited Speaker. (Helen Leung.) Los Angeles, CA. Video
“Overcoming Barriers to Bringing Accessory Dwelling Unit Development to Scale” | Enterprise. Invited Speaker. (Helen Leung.) Los Angeles, CA. Video
“Market Rate Housing” | Housing Policy Leadership Academy. Panelist. (Helen Leung.) Los Angeles, CA.
“Deepening Roots: A Conversation with LA Más” | MIT CoLab. Invited Speakers. (Alexandra Ramirez + Linda Reyes.) Los Angeles, CA. Podcast
“Interview with Helen Leung and Elizabeth Timme” | PLAT Journal. Invited Speakers. (Helen Leung + Elizabeth Timme.) Los Angeles, CA. Podcast
“A Multilayered City: Strategies for Community Development and Affordable Housing” | Architect’s Newspaper. Panelist. (Elizabeth Timme.) Los Angeles, CA.
“Urban Design and Planning” | LA Headquarters. Panelist. (Helen Leung.) Los Angeles, CA.
“Civic Leadership Program: Unpacking the Democracy of Design” | AIA NY. Panelist. (Chazandra Kern.) Los Angeles, CA.
“Northeast Los Angeles Community Response” | Big City Forum. Invited Speaker. (Elizabeth Timme.) Los Angeles, CA.
“The Backyard Homes Project” | Project. Creative Neighbors. Invited Speakers. (Chazandra Kern.) Los Angeles, CA.
“What Does LA Need to Build a Prosperous Future?” Coalitions + Charisma. Future of Cities. Panelist. (Helen Leung.) Los Angeles, CA
2019
“Facilitating the Development of ADUs for Affordable Housing” | Regional Affordable Housing Summit. Sacramento Housing Alliance. Panelist. (Linda Reyes.) Sacramento, CA.
“How to Build More Backyard Homes and Help Low-Income Tenants” | Solutions of the Year Series. NextCity. Invited Speakers. (Helen Leung + Elizabeth Timme.) Los Angeles, CA.
“LA-Más” | Bernard Zimmerman Lecture Series. Cal Poly Pomona. Invited Speaker. (Elizabeth Timme.) Pomona, CA. https://env.cpp.edu/arc/lecture/bernard-zimmerman-lecture-series-elizabeth-timme-helen-leung-la-mas
“Accessory Dwelling Units” | Rubinger Fellowship Reflection. LISC. Invited Speaker. (Helen Leung.) Los Angeles, CA. Video
“Arts & Craft” | Creative EXPOnential Conference. Still Waters Collective. Panelist. (Helen Leung.) Milwaukee, WI. Video
“Beyond Tax Credits” | Getting to Scale. AIA LA + Molly Rysman. Panelist. (Helen Leung.) Los Angeles, CA.
“Is There an L.A. Sensibility? Place and Politics in Los Angeles Design” | 3rd LA: (Re)Designing LA. Occidental College. Panelists. (Helen Leung + Elizabeth Timme.) Los Angeles, CA.
“Design+” | College of Design Lecture Series. University of Oregon. Invited Speakers. (Elizabeth Timme + Chazandra Kern.) Portland, Oregon.
“Avenues of Activism” | Avenues of Activism. AIGA Los Angeles. Panelist. (Abby Stone.) Culver City, CA.
“The Backyard Homes Project: An Affordable Housing Initiative” | Commercial Real Estate Women. Invited Speaker. (Helen Leung.) St. Louis, MO.
“Shaping Community Futures Through Policy + Architecture” | IHC’s Social Securities Series. University of California, Santa Barbara. Invited Speaker. (Elizabeth Timme.) Santa Barbara, CA.
2018
“ADUs” | AARP Livable Communities National Conference. AARP. Invited Speaker. (Helen Leung.) Charlotte, NC.
“Re-imagining Local Infrastructure” | City Summit: LA. National League of Cities. Invited Speaker. (Avital Aboody.) Los Angeles, CA.
"Columbia GSAPP Lecture" Columbia GSAPP. Invited Speakers. (Helen Leung + Elizabeth Timme.) New York, NY. Video
"Affordable Housing in LA – Challenges & Opportunities" | Powerful Conference. AIA|LA. Panelist. (Elizabeth Timme.) Los Angeles, CA.
"ADUs" | AARP Network of Age-Friendly States and Communities Regional Roundtables. AARP. Invited Speaker. (Helen Leung.) San Diego, CA.
"The E.D. Perspective: Leveraging Our Resources & Aligning Priorities" | Design For Dignity: Housing an Inclusive Community. AIA|LA. Panelist. (Helen Leung.) Los Angeles, CA.
"How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the L.A. River" | SPF:architects Gallery Panel Discussion. LA Design Festival. Panelist. (Helen Leung.) Los Angeles, CA.
"Innovative Solutions to Building ADUs" | Yes to ADU: Panel Discussion & Exhibition. Los Angeles County Arts Commission. Panelist. (Elizabeth Timme.) Los Angeles, CA.
"Rooftops & Backyards: Expanding Taipei & LA" | Rooftops & Backyards: Expanding Taipei & LA Exhibition. Jimenez Lai. Panelist. (Elizabeth Timme.) Los Angeles, CA.
"LA Story: How Arts and Culture Can Revitalize Corridors" | Intersections: Creating Culturally Complete Streets. Smart Growth America & National Complete Streets Coalition. Invited Speaker. (Helen Leung.) Nashville, TN.
"Architectural League's 2018 Emerging Voices Series" | Emerging Voices 2018. The Architectural League NY. Invited Speaker. (Helen Leung.) New York City, NY.
"An Innovative Solution to the Housing Crisis Shortage" | Affordable Housing Symposium: The Supply Crisis in California. Fannie Mae. Invited Speaker. (Helen Leung.) Los Angeles, CA.
"Community Engagement" | Levitt AMP Grant. Levitt Foundation. Panelist. (Helen Leung.) Los Angeles, CA.
"Public Performance" | UCLA Symposia on Public Space. IDEAS UCLA. Invited Speaker. (Elizabeth Timme.) Los Angeles, CA.
2017
"ADUs: Anti-Displacement Units? " | Build Small Live Large Summit. Build Small Coalition. Invited Speaker. (Helen Leung.) Portland, OR.
"ADU 101: Why Are ADUs Important Today?" | Build Small Live Large Summit. Invited Speaker. (Helen Leung.) Portland,OR.
"ALL TOGETHER: Under Pressure: On Protecting Communities, Resisting Displacement, and Servicing the Most Vulnerable" | Common Field Annual Conference. Japanese American Cultural & Community Center. Moderator + Panelist (Elizabeth Timme.) Los Angeles, CA.
"Empowering Communities to Counteract Displacement & Gentrification" | SCG Annual Conference. Southern California Grantmakers. Speaker + Panel Facilitator (Helen Leung.) Los Angeles, CA.
"Accessory Dwelling Units as Affordable Housing" | Southern CA Association for Non-Profit Housing (SCANPH) Annual Conference. Panelist (Elizabeth Timme.) Los Angeles, CA.
"Advocating For Ideas To Change The World" | POLI 260. School of Political Science. Rice University. Speaker (Elizabeth Timme.) Los Angeles, CA.
"Great Streets: Reseda Blvd and Go Ave 26 " | Transit Center Walkable Transit Workshop. Invited Speaker & Workshop Participant (Helen Leung.) Los Angeles, CA.
"Helping Communities Shape Their Own Growth " | Advocating for Ideas to Change the World, POLI 260 course. Rice University. Invited Lecture (Elizabeth Timme.) Houston, TX
"Alternative Affordable Housing Ideas, Accessory Dwelling Units" | Greater Los Angeles Region Wells Fargo Housing Forum. Invited Speaker. (Helen Leung.) Los Angeles, CA.
"Invited Presenter" | Displacement, Gentrification, Housing. Antioch University. Invited Speaker. (Helen Leung.) Los Angeles, CA.
"Pilot presentation 3" | LAC Retreat Agenda. Local Initiatives Support Corporation. Invited Speaker. (Helen Leung.) Los Angeles, CA.
"Bike Walk Connecticut Technical Training & Annual Summit. Bike Walk Connecticut." | Invited Speaker. (Helen Leung.) Hartford, CT.
"Second Units and the Affordable Housing Crisis" | The Pasadena Housing and Career Services. Panelist (Elizabeth Timme.) Los Angeles, CA.
"AIGA Design for Good Episode 3: design+ city: “Main Street Redux" | Podcast. AIGA The Professional Association for Design. Speaker (Elizabeth Timme.) New York, NY.
"Path to a Walkable Future" | America Walks Webinar. Invited Speaker. (Helen Leung.)
2016
"Place by Design" | SXSW Eco 2016. Invited Speaker. (Helen Leung & Elizabeth Timme.) Austin, TX.
"Next Up: LA River" | Archinect Podcast. Interview by Nicholas Korody. Speaker (Elizabeth Timme.) Los Angeles, CA. Podcast
"Architecture Lobby Think-In" | The Architecture Lobby. DeCafe, Perloff Hall, Architecture School, UCLA. Panelist (Elizabeth Timme.) Los Angeles, CA.
"Next Up: LA River" | Archinect Discussion Series. Architecture and Design Museum. Panelist (Elizabeth Timme.) Los Angeles, CA.
"AIGA Design for Good Symposium" | AIGA Design Conference. AIGA The Professional Association for Design. Speaker (Elizabeth Timme.) Las Vegas, NV.
"Gentrification by Design" | Design and Gentrification:Tools for Shaping Neighborhood Change. Harvard-Mellon Urban Initiative with the Joint Center for Housing Studies and the Loeb Fellowship. Invited Speaker. (Helen Leung & Elizabeth Timme.) Cambridge, MA.
"Designing in and with Gentrifying Neighborhoods" | Harvard Graduate School of Design Lunch Lecture Series. Co-Speakers (Helen Leung & Elizabeth Timme.) Cambridge, MA.
"New Urbanism Film Festival." | Invited Speaker. (Helen Leung.) Los Angeles, CA.
"Guerrilla Public Service: Redesigning the City." | Dwell on Design Annual Convention. Los Angeles Convention Center. Co-Speaker (Elizabeth Timme.) Los Angeles, CA.
"Why don't we talk about humans in Architecture school." | Supper Studio 18. School of Architecture. University of Southern California. Speaker (Elizabeth Timme.) Los Angeles, CA.
|"Architecture and Ecology in LA" | Association for Women in Architecture Foundation. AWAF. Mia Lehrer + Associates. Panelist (Elizabeth Timme.) Los Angeles, CA.
"Accessory Dwelling Units in HPOZs" | HPHT Highland Park Heritage Trust. Ebell Pasadena. Speaker (Elizabeth Timme.) Los Angeles, CA.
"Community Engagement and Political Advocacy in Gentrifying Neighborhoods: A Los Angeles Perspective" | New Partners for Smart Growth. Local Government Commission. Invited Speaker. (Helen Leung.) Portland, OR.
2015
"Tales of the City: New Lifestyles for the Less Young" | DIEM: Talks Design, The Future is Now. West Hollywood Design District Annual Design Symposium. Poltrona Frau. Panelist (Elizabeth Timme.) Los Angeles, CA
"AARP Livable Communities Solutions Forum" | Invited Speaker. (Helen Leung.) Los Angeles, CA.
"The Apparatus of Health" | Territorial Repercussions. NAC Architecture. Panelist (Elizabeth Timme.) Los Angeles, CA.
"Investing in the Creative Economy" | Detroit Creative Economy Policy Summit. Invited Speaker. (Helen Leung.) Detroit, MI.
"Roberts/Timme" | Big City Forum. Materials and Applications. Panelist (Elizabeth Timme.) Los Angeles, CA.
"The Great Street Debate: Reimagining LA from the Sidewalk to the Tarmac" | Dwell on Design Annual Convention. Los Angeles Convention Center. Co-Speaker (Elizabeth Timme.) Los Angeles, CA.
"Powerful: Women Leading Design" | AIA Conference. American Institute of Architects. Annenberg Space For Photography. Panelist (Elizabeth Timme.) Los Angeles, CA.
"Ep. 13 Archinect Sessions "Elizabeth Timme Gives No F*cks” | Archinect Podcast. Interview (Elizabeth Timme.) Los Angeles, CA. Podcast
2014
"Building the Next Los Angeles" | LA Convergence. Arts for LA. East Los Angeles City College. Panelist (Elizabeth Timme) Los Angeles, CA.
"INTERSECTIONS: Art, Poetry, Politics & Design" | AIA Moderated Conversation. American Institute of Architects. Traxx Union Station. Panelist (Elizabeth Timme.) Los Angeles, CA.