September 8, 2016, Thursday - Second Annual Sunrise on the Mississippi
Time: 7:30 – 9 am (7:30 am arrival and check-in; 8 am program start)
Location: Orvin “Ole” Olson Park, 2325 West River Road North
Minneapolis Parks Foundation presents: Second Annual Sunrise on the Mississippi
Enjoy an outdoor river-side breakfast and support the critical work ensuring the Next Generation of Parks are innovative, sustainable and equitable for all. The Minneapolis Parks Foundation invites you to join them for their 2016 fundraiser Sunrise on the Mississippi. The featured speaker will be Leila Araghian, architect and designer of the Tabiat “Nature” Bridge in Tehran. Leila Araghian, born in Tehran in 1983, holds a BA in architecture from Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran. She also holds a Master of Membrane Structures from Anhalt University in Germany and a Master of Architecture from the University of British Columbia, where she won the UBC Architecture Alumni Henry Elder Prize. In 2005, Ms. Araghian is co-founder of Diba Tensile Architecture in Tehran, the first company specializing in the design, manufacture and installation of membrane structures in Iran. She is chief architect and designer of the Tabiat Bridge in Tehran, the nature-inspired pedestrian bridge opened in 2014 to international renown and acclaim, including a 2015 Architizer A+ Award.