IDP Design Competition

 IDP Design Competition
A Building for Affordable Housing
competition coordinated by the AIA of San Fernando Valley (SFV)
Open To All IDP Candidates - Win Cash Prizes & Earn IDP Core Hour Credits!

THE COMPETITION:
The competition involves the schematic design of a multifamily, affordable housing project. Project specifics are available on the AIA SFV website (www.aiasfv.org), including the building program requirements and site information with zoning and occupancy types.


The competition is open to all NCARB/IDP participants. Project submissions can be from individuals or teams. Credit for IDP hours is available to all participants working with a mentor.

PRIZES: 1st - $1,000, 2nd - $700, 3rd - $300, Honorable Mentions (2) $100 ea
All qualified entrants can receive up to 320 IDP core hour credits

SCHEDULE:
September 14, 2012, 5:00 pm PST Competition Fees due
December 3, 2012, 5:00 pm PST Competition Submissions due
January 11, 2013 Winners announced

more info at: http://www.aiasfv.org/2012/01/11/idp-design-competition/

Millennium Talks, Salon I: Seattle Urban Design and Planning Visions; Past, present & future

Millennium Talks, Salon I: Seattle Urban Design and Planning Visions; Past,

present & future

presented by AIA Seattle Design Committee

Description:  

Lee Copeland FAIA and Boaz Ashkenazy Assoc. AIA will provide a curated exploration

of Seattle's urban design and planning visions, both built and unbuilt, from the city's

past, present and future. We will look at the context and set of influences that helped

these visions, what we have learned from them and how they may help shape our city's

future.  

 

Lee Copeland, FAIA / Principal

As a nationally recognized urban designer, Lee Copeland has been responsible for

influencing and shaping campuses and civic places throughout the country. A former

Dean and Professor of Architecture and Planning at two prestigious universities, he

shaped the core curriculum for urban designers as a powerful organizational leader

for colleagues and students. His insightful work ripples across the nation and honors

cities and its inhabitants as they live, learn and thrive. Lee is a recipient of the Topaz

Medallion in 2001 from the American Institute of Architects and Association of Collegiate

Schools of Architecture for cumulative contributions to architecture and education as

well as a recipient of the Seattle Medal in 2000 that recognizes distinguished lifetime

achievement in architecture and service from the American Institute of Architects.

 

Boaz Ashkenazy, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP / Studio/216

Boaz is the co-founder of studio/216, a media company with offices in

Seattle and Shanghai.  studio/216 produces films, videos, animations and visualization

that support architects, builders, developers and organizations working in the built

environment.  In 2010 Boaz was the executive producer and co-director of Modern

Views: A Conversation on Northwest Modern Architecture, a documentary about mid-

century modern architecture in Seattle.  Modern Views was an official selection of the

2010 Northwest Film and Video Festival, 2011 Seattle Design Film Festival and received

the 2011 Washington State Historic Preservation Officers Award.

Date: July 25th

Time: 5:30 pm

Location: Henrybuilt Showroom

see seattledesigncommittee.com for more info

IDP Firm Awards Program

The AIA/NCARB Intern Development Program Advisory Committee (IDPAC) is now accepting applications for the 2012- 2015 IDP Firm Awards Program! Since 1991, the IDP Outstanding Firm Awards program has recognized firms who actively embrace the NCARB Intern Development Program (IDP) and demonstrate a commitment to interns by making the path to licensure an integral part of the firm’s culture. In 2008, the program expanded to recognize “IDP Firms” that meet twelve essential criteria in the categories of Mentoring, Supervising, Training Opportunities, Commitment to IDP, and ARE Support. The IDP Outstanding Firm Award is reserved for firms who meet these essential criteria with excellence in these categories as well as demonstrate an “innovative” effort or outstanding practice in their efforts with the Intern Development Program.

2012 Application available now!
www.aia.org/IDPFirmAward
Download Award Guidelines (PDF)

Application Deadline
September 24, 2012

IDP Firm Award

Architecture student debt relief - tell congress to act

The AIA has been actively working to advance policies that help architecture graduates with their student loan debt, and now we need your help.
Although we are pleased that Congress and the White House recently agreed to extending lower student loan interest rates until July 2013, architecture graduates still face huge debts when they graduate. Policymakers need to do more to secure opportunities for millions of architecture graduates to continue pursuing educational opportunities while alleviating a hefty financial burden.
That’s why the AIA and the American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) have called on Congress to craft legislation that will afford architecture students the same kind of student loan relief and pro bono assistance that have been offered to students of numerous other professions. This mutually beneficial aid will encourage architecture students to play an important part in community development and will keep recent graduates in the profession.
But in order to get Congress to act, we need you to engage your elected representatives. Please go to our action center by clicking below and send a message to Congress supporting student debt relief for architecture students today:

Tell Your Members of Congress to Support Student Debt Relief

Emerging Leaders in Building & Design Social - July 19, 5:30-7:30

ELG is teaming with the young and emerging leaders groups of the USGBC, SAME and ULI for an informal social event at the New Frontier Lounge in Tacoma on July 19. Come hang out with us at happy hour 5:30-7:30.

Please join us for a social happy hour event bringing together young professionals and students in design, building, and engineering.  While USGBC, AIA, ULI and SAME young member groups are hosting the event, we welcome those involved in ASCE, ASME, IIDA, ASID and other professional associations in the development industry.  If you aren’t currently active in a professional association we also welcome your attendance!  The goal is to meet other young professionals and students in the area, and invite you to network with us or participate in our future programs.

USGBC - US Green Building Council  - Cascadia - http://cascadiagbc.org/

USGBC Cascadia Emerging Leaders -    http://tacomaegb.blogspot.com/

ULI - Urban Land Institute - Northwest - http://northwest.uli.org

ULI Young Leaders Group -  http://northwest.uli.org/get-involved/young-leaders-group/

SAME - Society of American Military Engineers - Mt. Tacoma Post - http://mttacomasame.org/

Safeco Field tour, lunch and baseball game - July 25

Join the American Institute of Architects Washington Council and Masonry Institute of Washington for a day at the ballpark!

Join us for an in-depth tour of Safeco Field, have lunch at the Pyramid Brewery, and then return to the park for an afternoon Seattle Mariners game against the New York Yankees!

To start the day, the architects, engineers, and mason contractors who helped design and build Safeco Field will take us through the building and explain the design behind the extensive masonry systems found both on the building's exterior and interior including the unique brick wall systems used to create the building's iconic exterior. Safeco Field staff will supplement this architectural tour with some interesting facts about the facility and team as we move through the building.

After the tour, we will head across the street to Pyramid Brewery for a lunch reception. After lunch, we will head back to Safeco Field for an afternoon game: Mariners v. Yankees. Tickets to the game are included in the tour package. 

Only 25 spots available. Register now!

Event Details:

When:
Wednesday, July 25th

Where:
Safeco Field (Meet at the Team Store on the west side of the building)

Schedule:
9am - 11:00am: Tour
11:15am: Lunch
at Pyramid Brewery
12:40pm: Mariners v. Yankees

Online Registration:
www.aiawa.org

Limited to the first 25 registrations. $50/Person (includes tour, lunch and game tickets).

National Preservation Conference - Spokane, WA Oct 31-Nov 3

Move beyond traditional boundaries at the National Preservation Conference in Spokane, Washington.

Come to Spokane to discover and explore preservation’s role in cities, towns and rural communities. Let’s talk about what confines us in our work and our mission, and how we can expand the role of preservation in revitalizing cities, combating sprawl, creating jobs, saving energy, preserving landscapes and building community. How can we better partner and work with traditional and new partners to increase preservation’s relevance in modern communities? How do we become better advocates for the movement in our hometowns?

Come to Spokane to bridge chasms, break tradition, and explore what going beyond boundaries can do to move preservation deeper into the consciousness of Americans of all ages, backgrounds, and outlooks.

Super early bird registration until July 31
Registration costs range from $150 to $495

More at: http://www.preservationnation.org/resources/training/npc/

An evening of art immersion - July 21

Tacoma City Ballet’s Sultry Summer Night Soirée

An amazing evening of art immersion!

 

Tacoma City Ballet will transform our gorgeous studio spaces into a multi-room, lushly decorated sultan’s tent filled with artists of all types - visual arts, literary arts, music, dance, and film.  This event combines the best elements of a gallery reception and a performance, allowing attendees to mingle with artists or watch presentations while snacking on a Corina Bakery cupcake or sipping a beer from Wingman Brewers.

 

The Jan Collum ballroom will feature work by multiple artists, live music, literary readings, and dance performances by Tacoma City Ballet.  Ancillary studio spaces will house a screening room for short films as well as an installation, turning an entire room into one artist’s vision.  Join us for our Sultry Summer Night Soirée: an amazing evening of art immersion!

 

Who: Art lovers, or those who would like to experience more art, ages 21 & up

What: Tacoma City Ballet’s Sultry Summer Night Soirée

When: Saturday, July 21st
Doors open at 7:00 PM

with artist talks and performances throughout the evening.

Where: Tacoma City Ballet’s Studio Spaces

In the Merlino Arts Center | 508 6th Avenue in Downtown Tacoma

Cost: $10

 

Tacoma City Ballet is focused on creating opportunities for the local community to access various performing and visual arts by holding classes and hosting high caliber events in local theaters as well as their own spectacular facility in downtown Tacoma.

For further information, or to become a sponsor, contact Melissa Lovejoy Goldman at 253.272.4219 or visit http://tacomacityballet.com/blog/sultry-summer-night-soiree/

2012 YAF/COD Ideas Competition - deadline August 31, 2012

Active Lifestyles for Better Health

The AIA Young Architects Forum (YAF) and the AIA Committee on Design (COD) invites architects, interns, students, and allied design professionals (planners, landscape architects, contractors, interior designers, engineers, product representatives) to submit sketches to the international 2012 YAF/COD Ideas Competition.

In this unique design competition, submitters are asked to explore innovative design proposals for educating and encouraging Americans to live a healthier life. Obesity-related diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, chronic depression, and certain cancers are the biggest public health epidemics of our time. Physical inactivity and unhealthy diets are responsible for more premature deaths than anything except tobacco use.

Today, the design and construction industry has a chance to be a part of the solution which combats our physically inactive and unhealthy lifestyles, similar to how architects and urban reformers in the 19th and early 20th century helped defeat infectious diseases like cholera and tuberculosis. Only instead of inventing life-safety codes, mandating adequate ventilation, or providing for sanitary drinking water; we can begin to retrofit our cities and communities as environments which promote active and healthier lifestyles.

A growing body of research suggests that strategic architectural and urban design interventions may help to promote healthy living by prompting physical activity. In response to that commendable goal, the objective of this design competition is to create such an intervention within the urban environment; an intervention that serves to engage people in a form of physical activity that ultimately benefits their health and wellbeing. Aside from this overarching design objective, competition participants are encouraged to look for solutions that create a visually stimulating, informative, and enjoyable experience for the general public, with the possibility of special emphasis toward capturing the attention of children.

Fees:
Student - $50
AIA Member - $100  
Non-Member - $150

First Prize - Complimentary registration to 2013 AIA National Convention including travel + hotel expenses up to $1,500.00 for one person.
Second Prize - $1,000 
Third Prize - $500

Much more info at: http://www.aia.org/professionals/groups/yaf/AIAB093463

YAF Advisory Committee Open Positions

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS: AIA Young Architects Forum Advisory Committee

Application Deadline: August 6, 2012

The Young Architects Forum (YAF) is the voice of architects in the early stages of their career and the catalyst for change within the profession and our communities. Working closely with the AIA College of Fellows (COF), the YAF is leading the future of the profession with a focus on architects licensed less than 10 years. The national YAF AdCom is charged with encouraging the development of national and regional programs of interest to young architects and supporting the creation of YAF groups within local chapters. YAF programs, activities, and resources serve young architects by providing information and leadership; promoting excellence through fellowship with other professionals; and encouraging mentoring to enhance individual, community, and professional development. Click here to read more about volunteer expectations.

Advisory Committee positions available January 1, 2013:

Vice Chair		Current Vice Chair is Brad Benjamin
Communications Advisor		Current Communications Advisor is Deepika Padam
Programs Advisor		Current YAF Programs Advisor is Matt Dumich
Young Architect Regional Director Advisor		Current YARD Advisor is Jason Dale Pierce.

Please Note: Advisor terms are two years and the vice chair term is three years (including chair and past chair positions). Major meetings of the AdCom are typically scheduled three times a year (AIA Grassroots, AIA National Convention, and a fall YAF conference) along with monthly conference calls.

2012 YAF Programs

Summit20
YAF/COD Ideas Competition
Connection e-magazine

Application Process

Application Requirements:

• Applicant Letter of Interest: one 8.5”x11” page describing applicant's interest in a specific position.
• Back-up materials: five 8.5”x11” pages maximum, including applicant's resume at a minimum.
• Three letters of recommendation, including one from an AIA component leader (such as a Chapter President, Regional Director, or Component Executive).

Please address application materials to AdCom Selection Committee Chair, Brad Benjamin. Please submit application as a PDF document titled
“YAF_AdCom_Application_LastName_FirstName.pdf” and e-mail to yaf@aia.org.
Eligibility: Nominees must be members of the AIA in good standing, and architects licensed ten years or less, for at least the first year of their term. Appointments are based on submitted materials, and selection will be made by the YAF AdCom selection committee in late August of the preceding year. Although the Young Architect Regional Director (YARD) roster often serves as a pool of nominees for the AdCom positions, YARD experience is not required. Other members of the AdCom (in a non-voting capacity) include the immediate AdCom Past-Chair, the Emerging Professionals Director, an AIA Board Representative, and a COF Executive Committee Liaison.

 More about YAF at: http://www.aia.org/professionals/groups/yaf/index.htm
More about YAF Volunteering at: http://www.aia.org/professionals/groups/yaf/AIAB095335

MOG 10th Anniversary Celebration Weekend

MOG 10^th Anniversary Celebration Weekend

July 13 – 15, 2012

Celebrate the Museum of Glass’ 10^th Anniversary! 

Special admission all weekend: $10 adults, children 12 and under are FREE. 

Shatter Sessions

Friday, July 13

7 – 10 p.m.

Sponsored by Weekly Volcano and Creature

 

Featuring Friends and Family, Nolan Garrett, Hot Bodies in Motion, Joy Wants Eternity, Miles Max and Rumble Pack, and Not From Brooklyn

 

Museum of Glass 10^th Anniversary Party. See local bands attempt to shatter glass using only their music. Enjoy food and drinks from Choripan by Asado and Social Bar & Grill (including Last Flash Ale, the new signature MOG beer created by Engine House #9), play fair-style games, watch glassblowing and participate in hands-on art activities.

 

Tickets: $10 in advance (includes Museum admission July 13) | $15 at the door (5 p.m. or later)

AIA-SWW & USGBC Cascadia Joint Meeting

	USGBC Cascadia/AIA-SWW Joint Meeting
	July 11, 2012, 5:30-8:30 pm
	Center for Urban Waters, 326 D Street, Tacoma, WA 98421

The AIA-SWW and the USCBC Cascadia Tacoma/Olympia Branch are holding a joint meeting at the Center for Urban Waters on July 11. The evening starts with a time to network at 5:30, dinner is served at 6:15 and the program with being at 7pm.

The Science of Design - Biomimicry | Nicole Isle, Brightworks
What do you want your design to do? As a source of inspiration and a problem-solving method, Biomimicry distills design challenges to functions and then looks to nature for sustainable solutions we have yet to discover. Ms. Isle will unlock Biomimicry’s potential to transform the design industry leaving you curiously energized and humbled by the possibilities.  

Biophilic Design  |  Amanda Sturgeon, AIA, International Living Future Institute
For centuries people have understood how to build buildings that are distinctly connected to their place; today Biophilic Design demonstrates an outline for us to re-kindle that. Amanda Sturgeon will describe her experience in Civita di Bagnoregio Italy, an ancient hill town north of Rome, where she observed the principles of Biophilic Design on a fellowship with the North West Institute for Architectural & Urban Design Studies in Italy (NIAUSI). What she learnt provides a pathway toward connecting people and nature in our buildings.

Fee: $45 which includes dinner and AIA CEUs
Registration: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/253990

2012−2013 graduates - join the AIA for free

The AIA national component offers 2012-2013 graduates from an accredited school of architecture complimentary Associate AIA membership for up to 18 months. Just provide a copy of your diploma with your membership. The promotion beings upon date of graduation (not join date - June 2012 graduate receives complimentary membership through December 31, 2013). Washington State and the Southwest Washington chapters have followed Nationals example. Contact the chapters for more details about requirements and duration of complimentary membership.

Much more detail at: http://www.aia.org/about/memberservices/AIAS077102

As an Associate member, you'll experience these benefits and many more:

• Intern Development Plan (IDP) support, including help finding IDP coordinators and mentors
• Architect Registration Examination (ARE) study resources
• AIA Career Center help in finding internship and professional opportunities
• The Emerging Professional's Companion, an online professional development tool
• Subscriptions to AIArchitect, the AIA bi-weekly electronic newsletter covering news, tips and trends; and ARCHITECT, the official print magazine of the AIA; as well as the option to download digital editions of residential architect, EcoHome, and ECO-STRUCTURE.
• National Associate Committee (NAC) programs, activities, and resources that ensure you have a strong voice within the AIA, including your subscription to the monthly AIA AssociateNews
• AIA Member Communities, which enable you to customize your membership and network with like-minded colleagues who share your specific interests
• State and local AIA events, activities, support, and networking