Katherine Lambert, AIA, IIDA, is a founding principal of Metropolitan Architectural Practice (MAP) in San Francisco. For the past two decades the mutable environment of architecture, design, digital media, sustainable practices, community engagement, digital media, and visual arts has been the nexus of her research and practice. Prior to launching MAP, she was a founding partner of FACE (Forum for Architecture and Cultural Engagement), an architectural firm producing internationally award-winning projects for the private and public sectors. Reflective of the site specificities afforded by California, these projects ranged from urban spaces to ranchscapes. Lambert's work is in the collections of the Canadian Centre for Architecture, the Dia Foundation, Banff Center for the Arts, the Whitney Museum, and the Smithsonian Institute. Lambert was chair of CCA's Interior Design Program from 2004 to 2011, a period during which the program achieved national recognition as one of the best in the United States.

Generous support for CCA public programs in San Francisco has been provided by Grants for the Arts / San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund.