As co-founder and partner in the Santa Monica, California-based architectural firm Moore, Ruble, Yudell, John Ruble has collaborated on a broad spectrum of residential, academic, cultural, and urban design work in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Included in that acclaimed portfolio: the U.S. Embassy in Berlin and comprehensive master plan for the University of Washington, Tacoma. Ruble examines urban design issues now confronting Kansas City and other metropolitan areas in the latest Kivett/Seligson Lecture sponsored by the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s Department of Architecture, Urban Planning + Design. Ruble also discusses his work, and that of his firm, and its emphasis on creating meaningful, memorable, and sustainable places.