AIAS UC-Denver

The American Institute of Architecture Students is proud to announce the 2012 Spring Membership Drive! We lowered National Dues to $23 for the rest of the membership year. You will be an AIAS member from the day you join until August 31, 2012 and be eligible for a renewal discount for the 2012-2013 year!

The AIAS chapter that has the largest membership percentage increase from December 31, 2011 to June 1, 2012 will receive one complimentary registration to AIAS Grassroots in July.

Join today to add your voice to the architectural community and take full advantage of your AIAS membership. You will receive the Spring issue of Crit: Journal of the AIAS, you will receive the AIAS e-newsletter Cross Sections, and you will receive many additional benefits. 

OZ has an immediate need of a grad student or recent MArch graduate to work 16 – 20 hours/week helping work on retrofitting 33 schools with energy saving design changes. It will be some field work and office work and an amazing opportunity for someone who is interested in sustainability and is strong in CAD.

Resumes can be emailed to Clint Jones at hr@ozarch.com with CU internship in the subject line.  They are looking to hire very quickly, so don’t delay!

AIA St. Louis presents the 2012 AIA Photography Competition for actively registered architects, AIA members and AIAS members. The entry deadline is March 1, 2012.

The rules and regulations and entry form can be found at

http://aia-stlouis.org/photo_contest.asp

The top fourteen entries will be exhibited at the 2012 AIA National Convention in Washington, D. C. and be included, along with 38 other entries in the 2014 Engagement Calendar published by Universe.

The entry fee for AIA members (AIA & Assoc. AIA) is $30.00; the AIAS member entry fee is $15.00. The entry fee for non-member registered architects is $60.00.

First Place

$500

Second Place

$400

Third Place

$300

AI Fuller Award

$200 (subject must be located in the US)

AIA Colorado Design Conference Committee
Join the AIA Colorado 2012 Design Conference Committee. Committee members will begin meeting in January 2012, and meet once or twice per month (depending on time of year) to help decide on the featured speakers and schedule for the 2012 Design Conference. Committee meetings take place in the AIA Colorado office (a schedule will be decided on at the first meeting) and can be attended either in person or via conference call.
In addition to general committee members, AIA Colorado is also looking for a member who may be interested in being one of the co-chairs of this year’s committee.
If interested, send your name, email address and phone number to Nicolle Thompson at nicolle@aiacolorado.org no later than Friday, Jan. 20.

AIA Colorado Practice Conference Committee
Join the AIA Colorado 2012 Practice Conference Committee. Committee members will begin meeting in January 2012, and meet once or twice per month (depending on time of year) to help decide on the featured speakers and schedule for the 2012 Practice Conference (the first day of sessions at the conference). Committee meetings take place in the AIA Colorado office (a schedule will be decided on at the first meeting) and can be attended either in person or via conference call.
Sessions at the Practice Conference focus on the most successful ways to run a firm, including marketing, business development, human resources, etc. If there are administrative personnel in your firm who you think would make a great addition to this committee but are not on our mailing list, please forward this to them.
If interested, send your name, email address and phone number to Nicolle Thompson at nicolle@aiacolorado.org no later than Friday, Jan. 20.

Gerald Reynolds, AIAS, MArch student at UC-Denver, is one of two recipients nationally of the $2500 2011 a/e ProNet David W. Lakamp AIA Scholarship. The members of the AIA Practice Management Knowledge Committee selected Gerald because of his strong educational background and experience, his well developed case topic essay and outstanding recommendations. The scholarship was made possible by a/e ProNet, a national association of insurance brokers who are committed to providing liability insurance and loss prevention to architects. The scholarship is given in honor of one of a/e ProNet’s founders, the late David W. Lakamp and is awarded to an architecture student who demonstrates a particular interest in principles of management in architecture practice. Gerald’s application essay is featured on the AIA Practice Management Knowledge Committee home page.

AIA COTE Presentation this Friday, 12-1, room 440
This months presentation will be given by Tarah Schroeder, Project Director/Director of Sustainability with Ricca Newmark Design:
 
Community initiatives and unlikely partnerships are the future of
sustainability. It means looking beyond typical avenues that have
provided solutions in the past and envisioning the needs of an entire
community to identify the third, fourth, and fifth degrees of separation
that will be able to provide these unconventional connections. The city
of West Lafayette is a pioneer in this arena as they foresaw a different
paradigm for handling the two issues of food waste and greenhouse gas
reduction. By looking beyond traditional solutions, a local initiative
was created that partnered the municipal waste water treatment plant
with local Purdue University to convert the food waste from campus
restaurants into renewable energy.

This dynamic session will outline the process of anaerobic digestion
that the city uses and identify how the partnership has impacted the
city.  It will detail the design and operation considerations needed for
culinary program participation and share how the implementation of the
project has helped the university and influenced the way students think
about food waste.  It will also discuss other potential opportunities
for further collaboration.

For more sustainable events be sure to visit Alliance for Sustainable Colorado:

Visit the Alliance for Sustainable Colorado calendar website for other upcoming sustainable events at  http://sustainablecolorado.org/calendar/events/

Join AIA Denver’s Diversity Committee on Wednesday, Dec. 7, from 7:30 – 9 a.m. at the offices of RNL (1050 17th Street, Ste. A-200, Denver, CO 80265) for a breakfast panel discussion about the meaning of diversity in the architecture profession. The panelists will discuss diverse forms of architectural practice, and speak on their own experience in dealing with issues facing diversity.
RSVPs are requested by Friday, Dec. 2. To RSVP, please contact AIA Colorado Membership and Communication Coordinator Brittany Karstrand at brittany@aiacolorado.org.

AIA Denver COTE and UCD College of Architecture and Planning have teamed together to bring you a very special presentation by Ed Mazria, the creator of the 2030 Challenge, this coming Monday, November 14th, 2011 at 6:00 PM at the Denver Art Museum Lewis I Sharp Auditorium.

Architecture 2030

Edward Mazria – Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Edward Mazria is an internationally recognized architect, energy expert, educator and author with a distinguished and successful career spanning 45 years.  He is the Founder and CEO of Architecture 2030, a non-profit, non-partisan, solution-oriented organization. His comprehensive knowledge of design, planning, climate change and alternative energy sources are focused on a dramatic reduction of fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions generated by the Building Sector, as well as building and regional adaptation strategies for projected climactic and environmental changes.

Mr. Mazria lectures extensively and meets personally with key decision makers and stakeholders at the local, regional, national and international levels.

Mr. Mazria has taught architecture at the University of New Mexico, University of Oregon, UCLA, and the University of Colorado-Denver. He is the author of numerous publications including the "bible" of solar energy, The Passive Solar Energy Book, and the influential article It’s The Architecture, Stupid!, published in 2003.  His numerous awards include:  AIA Design Awards, Commercial Building Awards from the Department of Energy, "Pioneer Award" from the American Solar Energy Society, Outstanding Planning Award from the American Planning Association, Landmark Designation Award from The Albuquerque Conservation Association, Equinox Award from Earth Alert, National Conservation Achievement Award from the National Wildlife Federation, the inaugural Hanley Award from the Hanley Foundation and the Mumford Award from Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility. He is a senior fellow of the Design Futures Council, an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, and founding member of the recently established National Academy of Environmental Design.

We hope to see you at this very special event!

Tryba architects will be leading a group of students on a tour of the brand new Colorado History museum this Friday the 11th at 1:30 in the afternoon- There are only 25 spots available, if you are interested please sign up on this here Google Spreadsheet…

We will meet on the Lincoln Side entrance- see you there!