AIA Birmingham
The American Institute of Architects
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Project Name: Alabama Center for Architecture
Project Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Owner/Client:
Sara Armstrong
American Institute of Architects, Birmingham Chapter
Architect of Record:
Krumdieck A+I Design
2810 3rd Avenue South
Suite 100
Birmingham, Alabama 35233
Project Team: Alex Krumdieck, Lori Fine
Consultants: Tucker-Jones Engineering
General Contractor: Nationview Construction
Photographer: Rob Culpepper
Hello Smart Architects
So much to discuss with you. First give yourselves a pat on the back! Through generous contributions and the golf tournament, you guys awarded $9250 in scholarships. And contributed $6000 to the Alabama Center for Architecture capital improvement campaign (still accepting donations too). Nice work! We have AV equipment now, official donor signage and acoustics are in progress. Movie night coming soon!
It is that time of year, time to nominate new councilors for the 2016 AIA Birmingham board. Responsibilities include attending one board meeting a month, attend all state quarterly meetings, serve on a committee, attend chapter meetings, represent our membership and help promote the profession. We have a good time. The board meetings are not stuffy. We will present the 2016 board at the November 6th annual tradeshow. Not ready for that much of a commitment? Try a committee to test the waters. We are always looking for new peeps on committees and welcome FRESH NEW ideas. Design Awards this year will be a FRESH format, don’t miss it! Open to other new ideas, email aiabirm@aiabham.org or call 322.4386.
Enjoy the last days of summer vacation with your families and get ready for a rocking AIA Fall.
Random – I love this quote.
Architecture is inhabited sculpture. Constantin Brancusi
Peace & AIA Love,
Rhea Williams, Executive Director AIA Birmingham ______
Thank you to all our sponsors who paid for memberships in June (below). A complete list of sponsors is listed on the right side of the page. If you have not renewed, please see the sponsorship form here or email kathryn@aiabham.org with any questions.
Silver
PPG Paints ______
We had an impressive jury this year! Our jurors were:
Don’t you want to know WHO won??? Buy your tickets TODAY! Enjoy cocktails and appetizers on the roof top at the downtown KRESS building. This is not your USUAL DESIGN AWARDS format, so get ready for a new experience with our favorite EMCEE Chris Davis.
And entrants, don’t forget display boards are due August 13 by 4:00 p.m.! The boards will be on exhibit at the Alabama Center for Architecture following design awards.
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Safe Room Design & Examples – 1.5 HSWPart of Structural Engineers Association of Alabama 5th Annual Conference & Expo
Thursday, August 27 | Rosewood Hall, 2850 19th St. South, Homewood AL 35209
Early Registration: $30 member, $50 nonmember | Late Registration: $50 member, $70 nonmember
8:00 – 8:30 a.m. – Registration, Breakfast & Coffee Bar
8:30 – 9:45 a.m. Lecture
In the past few years, building for natural disasters has been thrust into the public eye after recent tornadoes wiped out entire cities and took many American lives. Architects must work to stay aware of these challenges when setting out to design safe, strong and durable buildings for tenants and occupants. This lecture will focus on building design and the strength needed to withstand natural disasters such as hurricanes, tornadoes and earthquakes.
Click here to register!! ______
“Alabama: OPEN for Business”—2nd Annual AEC Group Mega Meeting (1 LU)September 15, 2015 | Regions Field
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Exhibitor Hall Open
12:00 – 12:30 p.m. Lunch
12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Program
$35 to attend (sold out last year!) | $400 to exhibit
http://aecmegagroup.org/
Don’t miss this opportunity to position your firm in front of members of almost every organization in the A/E/C industry. Principals, Business Development Professionals, Marketing Professionals, and Decision Makers will all be in attendance at this meeting.
Milton Davis, BL Harbert, Moderator
Brian Hilson – Birmingham Business Alliance
Brooks Kracke – North Alabama Industrial Development Association (NAIDA)
Mike Horsley – Alabama Hospital Association
Ted Clem – Alabama Department of Commerce’s Business Development
Greg Knighton – Economic Development Partnership of Alabama (EDPA)
Click here to register!
Click here to exhibit!
More than 75 people attended the ACFA scholarship awards luncheon July 21, 2015 at The Club Inc. Chad Emerson, CEO of Downtown Huntsville, Inc., gave the keynote address, “Making Main Street Legal Again: The SmartCode Solution to Sprawl.” The SmartCode is an ideal tool for municipalities like Birmingham to adopt in order to legalize the use of traditional planning techniques in the development industry. Click here to view photos from the meeting.
Special thank you to all who made this meeting and the scholarships possible: Laney & Foster, PC, AIA National Matching Scholarship Grant, bDot Architecture, the Birmingham chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute and KPS Group.
The winners are:
20th Annual ACFA Golf Tournament – Register today!Thursday, October 15 | Robert Trent Jones Oxmoor Valley course
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Registration
10 a.m. Driving Range with free balls
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Box Lunch
12:00 p.m. Shotgun start
5:00 p.m. BBQ Dinner & Live Music
Register today for the 20th annual ACFA Golf tournament! Don’t miss a beautiful day on the links, with all proceeds going to architecture student scholarships.
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Architects, we are looking for a few good men and women to join our N2 Architecture committee. The N2 Architecture program brings the architecture profession to local middle school students through a 30-45 minute presentation (presentation is ready). We need volunteers who can commit to giving 3 presentations in schools per semester. Please email Kathryn Moore (kathryn@aiabham.org) or Robert Thompson (rthompson@thompsonarchitecture.com ) for more information! ______
______Walter Anderton, Architect, requests a 2009 paper copy of the Sweet’s catalogue. If you have one to sell or donate please contact Walter Anderton at 205-613-3911. ______
September 16, 2015
Ballantrae Golf Course, Pelham AL
Click here for registration information!______
I hope you all have seen our ad in Birmingham Home and Garden Magazine (right). A big thank you to Jamie Sransky for his sketches.
We are getting geared up for the second half of the year, where did the first 6 months of 2015 go?!? Time flies when you are having fun and staying busy. And architect firms are BUSY now. We do not have enough resumes on file for everyone who is hiring.
The next 6 months are full of exciting events: scholarship awards, design awards, Frank Lloyd Wright weekend, safe room design, Mega Meeting, Wine Cellar Presentation, Design Week Birmingham, Golf Tournament (sold out in 2014), Trade Show, Procrastination Education and then Holiday Partay!
Stay tuned, READ your emails, and we will see you July 21st for the ACFA scholarship awards program at The CLUB.
Peace and AIA Love,
Rhea Williams, Executive Director AIA Birmingham & ACFA ______
Thank you to all our sponsors who paid for memberships in June (below). A complete list of sponsors is listed on the right side of the page. If you have not renewed, please see the sponsorship form here or email kathryn@aiabham.org with any questions.
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Alagasco______
Tuesday, July 21 | 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. | $20 members, $30 nonmembers
The Club | 1 Robert Smith Drive, Birmingham AL 35209
RSVP to kathryn@aiabham.org by July 18
Make all checks payable to Alabama Center for Architecture
Chad Emerson serves as the President and CEO for Downtown Huntsville, Inc., a nonprofit organization is responsible for the revitalization of Downtown Huntsville through unique events, interesting promotions, and dynamic new and redeveloped properties. He previously served as Director of City Development for Montgomery, Alabama as well as a consultant to over 30 different cities on downtown and urban redevelopment strategies. He received his undergraduate degree from Lipscomb University and his law degree from the University of Tennessee. He, his wife, and five children live in Huntsville.
Cancellation policy: Must give 24 hours’ notice of cancellation. If you cancel less than 24 hours before or do not show up to the meeting without notice, you will be billed the cost of the meeting.
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To purchase tickets, call 205-322-4386 or email kathryn@aiabham.org by August 17
We are now taking nominees for the 2015 Birmingham Accolade Award! This Award is the highest honor our chapter can bestow on one of its members. The award, established in 2006, indicates peer recognition of exemplary achievement or service to the chapter, the profession, or society. Nominee portfolios are due July 31 by 4:00 p.m. Click here to view the Call for Nominations. ______
Part of Structural Engineers Association of Alabama 5th Annual Conference & ExpoThursday, August 27 | Rosewood Hall, 2850 19th St. South, Homewood AL 35209
Early Registration: $30 member, $50 nonmember | Late Registration: $50 member, $70 nonmember
8:00 – 8:30 a.m. – Registration, Breakfast & Coffee Bar
8:30 – 9:45 a.m. Lecture
In the past few years, building for natural disasters has been thrust into the public eye after recent tornadoes wiped out entire cities and took many American lives. Architects must work to stay aware of these challenges when setting out to design safe, strong and durable buildings for tenants and occupants. This lecture will focus on building design and the strength needed to withstand natural disasters such as hurricanes, tornadoes and earthquakes.
AIA HOME DESIGN TRENDS SURVEY —
The annual AIA Alabama Council State Convention was held June 12-13 in Birmingham. On Friday, Robert Sproul lectured on his time under the tutelage of Renzo Piano, and drew comparisons with the work of Piano’s own mentor, Louis Kahn. The recently-completed Sloss Furnace Visitors Center hosted a friendly coaster-sculpting competition, tour of the historic grounds, and a reception stuffed with Saw’s BBQ.
On day two, Mic Patterson of Enclos gave a rather technical, but surprisingly lively, speech on curtainwall systems, why they suck, and how they are improving. Josh Shelton enthralled us with a presentation regarding oddities including rooftop boxcars and bacon-spewing parade floats created by his architecture-cum-installation firm, El Dorado. Ace Torre led a walking tour of the Birmingham Zoo while discussing contemporary trends in zoological design.
The entire affair concluded with our Beaux Arts Ball, featuring architectonic accouterments at the Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts.______
AEC Mega Group MeetingSeptember 15, 2015
Regions Field
https://aiabham.org/event/aec-mega-meeting-2015/
October 15, 2015
Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail
http://www.alcfa.org/support/golf-tournament/ ______
Site Visit: Negro Southern League MuseumThursday, July 30 | 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
120 16th Street South, Birmingham
Street parking
RSVP to kathryn@aiabham.org by July 28
In a trip through Birmingham’s new Negro Southern League baseball museum designed by Dorsey Architects, visitors can see how, over many decades, the sport collided with the civil rights movement to create history. The 15,750-square-foot museum includes 8,700 square feet of exhibit space and 7,050 square feet for special events, a rooftop restaurant and a gift shop.
FYI- the Barons play that night 7:00 p.m., so come to the site visit and then enjoy a baseball game with friends!______
I am so excited about Alabama Council State Convention. The speakers ROCK! 
Finally a chance to get your CEUS from rock star architects, no snoozers at this convention.
How did we get all of these speakers in one convention?
And to celebrate AIA Birmingham, Mobile and Montgomery’s 50th anniversary, we are bringing back the BEAUX ARTS (MASKED) Ball! Even if you can’t figure out a way to dress up as your favorite building – wear a mask! It’s a partay and be sure to check out the past design award winners in a way you have never seen them. That’s all I can say…buy a ticket to experience it all! See you at CONVENTION!!!
Peace,
Rhea Williams
Executive Director AIA Birmingham______
Thank you to all our sponsors who paid for memberships in May (below). A complete list of sponsors is listed on the right side of the page. If you have not renewed, please see the sponsorship form here or email kathryn@aiabham.org with any questions.
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Alabama Concrete Industries Association[/twocol_one] [twocol_one_last]Bronze
Bhate Geosciences
Haworth
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Register today for AIA Alabama Council’s Annual Meeting, scheduled for Friday and Saturday, June 12 and 13 in Birmingham. They have a phenomenal line up of international speakers, including Elisabetta Trezzani of the Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Robert Ivy of AIA National, Ace Torre of Torre Design Consortium and MORE. And don’t forget about the social events, tours and awards ceremonies—Tour & Pour at Sloss Furnace, a night at Cahaba Brewing Company and a Beaux Arts Ball (more info below on that.)
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Birmingham will present the last nine years of AIA Birmingham Design Award winners in a MUST-SEE creative style. If you have photos of winners older than 2007, please email them to aiabirm@aiabham.org ASAP to be included in the presentation. AIA Birmingham only has digital entries from 2007 to present, so send us your award winning projects!!! Boards are welcome too. AIA Birmingham will have an exhibit at the Alabama Center for Architecture following state convention (date TBA).
Has your firm won any state or local Design Award in the past 50 years?? Bring your boards highlighting the win for the Beaux Arts Ball exhibit. Let Larry Vinson know how many you plan to bring so we have enough easels – AIA@gmsal.com!______
AIA Birmingham firm history is almost complete!!! Well, it will never be complete, always evolving, you guys are always on the move. We will have the firm history on exhibit at the Beaux Arts Ball! To make sure you are included, email Brannon Foster at brannonfoster@hotmail.com!______
Thanks to our member firms who entered Design Awards this year! We had 52 entries from 17 different firms!! Our jury will be held in New York City at the end of July, and the gala will be held in August (more details to follow)!
Click here to view the PowerPoint template that will be used for the jury – don’t forget, PowerPoints are due on June 18 on a flash drive.______
On May 20th, AIA and BOMA held a joint panel discussion at the Alabama Power Auditorium. The discussion centered on how architects can help building owners deliver what tenants need in a building.
The panel consisted of:
With Robin White of Alabama Power as moderator, the panel answered questions regarding elements of a building a tenant finds most valuable and what services a building owner finds most valuable in an architect. Also discussed was exactly when an architect, engineer or designer are needed or required in the development of a tenant space.
With lunch provided by Urban Cookhouse, the attendees had a great lunch along with a lively and informative discussion. Thanks to BOMA for partnering with us for this meeting — maybe we will do it again next year!!
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Tuesday, June 16 | 12:00 p.m.
Birmingham Museum of Art
2000 Rev. Abraham Woods Jr. Blvd.
Urban Sketchers is switching it up this summer! Join us at a NEW time and date for an hour of sketching and networking. Bring your lunch and practice your sketching. Email jonathanbmeadows@gmail.com for more information. ______
The 2015 dreamArchitecture Awards Ceremony, held on May 7 at the Saw Works Studio of Architecture Works, honored the “dream factories” of 35 elementary school children in the Birmingham area. DreamArchitecture, a community outreach program sponsored by the Birmingham chapter of the American Institute of Architects and funded by the Alabama Center for Architecture, is in its 19th year of encouraging children to think about the built environment. This year’s contest, with the theme “Draw Your Dream Factory,” had more than 650 entries from 14 Birmingham area schools. The artwork is on display at the Alabama Center for Architecture until June 5, so come by and see all of the amazing artwork!
Click here to view photos from the ceremony!______
Project Life Cycle: Site VisitJune 4 | 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. | Free with RSVP
Grandview Hospital on Highway 280
Happy Hour to follow at Blackwell’s Pub | 3151 Green Valley Road | Birmingham, AL 35243
RSVP to Anne.McCarley@thehartford.com TODAY and indicate which group you represent.
The young professional groups of CFMA (YPL), AGC (YCF), ASCE, SEA and AIA are teaming up to host a series of meetings tailored to the young professional. We are taking a known local project, the Grandview Hospital on 280, and using it to walk through a job from the perspective of each industry group.
Required: Hard hats, safety glasses, closed toe shoes, and high visibility safety vests. No shorts allowed, and keep in mind that the site may be muddy or dusty.
Parking: In Alostar Parking Lot directly behind the jobsite trailers. Enter off of 280 like you are turning to the hospital and then take a hard right to get to the Alostar lot. Please carpool if possible.
Meet: At field trailer in the conference room prior to beginning our tour. As you come in the gate (with your PPE on), you will see the trailers. As you walk up the steps to the trailer, the field trailer is on your right. ______
Friday, June 12 | $50 AIA members, $75 nonmembers (Fee includes full registration to Convention)
8:00 – 8:30 a.m. Registration | 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Seminar
Alabama Power HQ Building | 600 N 18th Street
Presented by the Alabama Board for Registration of Architects, Auburn University School of Architecture and Alabama Council AIA. This ARE division tests the ability to apply project management and professional practice knowledge and skills, including the preparation of contract documents and contract administration.
The class is an overview of the listing of knowledge and skills directly related to the following major content areas in the exam: Codes & Regulations, Environmental Issues, Construction Drawings & Project Manual, Project & Practice Management and the Building Section Graphic Vignette. For more information, contact Larry Vinson at AIA@gmsal.com.______
