The Dallas Architecture Forum will present highly-awarded architect Paul Masi of Bates Masi + Architects as the speaker for this Season’s Eighth Annual Frank Welch Memorial Lecture.

Masi is a partner and Co-Founder of Bates Masi + Architects, which embraces each project with extensive research, a limited material palate, a focus on natural light, craft, simple but elegant design and the context of place to produce unique solutions as varied as the individuals or groups for whom they are designed.

Masi, AIA received a BA from Catholic University and his MA from the Harvard GSD. He worked at Richard Meier & Partners before co-founding Bates Masi with Harry Bates. Their studio has won over 240 design awards, including honors from AIA national, state and local chapters, Cooper Hewitt design recognitions, and awards from AN Best of Practice, Interior Design Best of Year, AR Record Houses, IDA, USGBC, Metal Architecture, and Residential Architecture. For their compelling body of work, Bates Masi has been honored as a member of the Interior Design Hall of Fame.