Silver Sponsor John Sorrell presenting Charrette results at this year’s AIA Alabama and Alabama Center for Architecture Design Road Trip. ______

THANK YOU to all our sponsors for their time and dedication to AIA Birmingham!

We would like to welcome Deangelis Diamond to our silver sponsors!

Check out the 2018 sponsorship brochure here.

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$50.00
RSVP to sarah@aiabham.org
Purchase tickets by June 1^st
at www.squareup.com/store/aia-birmingham

Interested in sponsoring?
Take a look at the sponsorship form here.
Please email sarah@aiabham.org with any questions.

Boards due by May 30th!

AIA Birmingham 2018 Jury
Chair Steven Shinn – https://www.gensler.com/
Lance Hosey, FAIA, LEED – http://www.lancehosey.com/
Kevin de Freitas – https://www.defreitasarchitects.com/
Jennifer Luce – http://www.lucestudio.com
Dave Gilmore – https://www.lpainc.com/
Maxine Ward – http://www.studioearchitects.com/ ______

Government Affairs

Please take a short moment to fill out this survey to better AIA’s involvement with volunteering for our municipality.

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2018 Alabama Center for Architecture Awards Ceremony

Mark your calendars for the 2018 Scholarship Awards Ceremony!

Join us at The Club on July 17^th to honor our 2018 scholarship winners and newly licensed architects. In partnership with the Birmingham Audubon Society, our keynote speaker is Claire Halpin from Studio Gang. Founded by MacArthur Fellow Jeanne Gang, Studio Gang is an architecture and urban design practice with offices in Chicago, New York, and San Francisco. Architect Claire Halpin is a Senior Project Leader in Studio Gang’s Chicago office, leading design teams for ecological, cultural, and educational projects. Driven by the complex, interdisciplinary, and spatial problem-solving nature inherent in architecture, design, and planning, Claire is experienced in designing and leading teams with a wide range of disciplines. We hope to see you there! ______

AIA Alabama Council & Alabama Center for Architecture Design Road Trip – Florence, Alabama Recap

WOW! What an unbelievable time we had at the 2018 AIA Alabama Design Road Trip. We started off the weekend with a City of Neighborhoods Charrette in partnership with Design Alabama & Florence Main Street. Later that afternoon, we shared the results of the charrette with all attendees at our Product Show. Saturday morning, we kicked things off bright and early with mimosas and a delicious breakfast at Alabama Chanin. We toured the facilities and heard a presentation from owner and designer, Natalie Chanin. Afterwards, we headed back downtown to the Walnut Street Historic District for a walking tour with local experts.

Saturday afternoon, we learned about the renovation and rebirthing of the building that now hosts the UNA School of Interior Design, as well as the renovation of Jackson Highway Recording Studio. Our evening was delightful – beginning with a musician panel at the beautiful Gunrunner Hotel in downtown Florence and ending with a jam session and yummy hors d’oeuvres.

Sunday morning was an unforgettable experience – Mimosas and Bloody Mary’s in Frank Lloyd Wright’s Rosenbaum House! We want to thank everyone who came and all the remarkable sponsors who helped make this event possible. Photos from the event. ______

April Chapter Meeting – Electric Buses Recap

Thanks to everyone who attended our April Chapter Meeting: Electric Buses: “Here and Now!” Our speaker, Robin White with Alabama Power, spoke about the sustainable and economical design that is electric buses. We took a tour and even rode around in an Xcelsior CHARGE – one of the sample buses provided by Alabama Power. Many thanks to the Birmingham Intermodal Facility for providing our space and to Alabama Power for hosting! Click here to view the photos. ______

Women in Architecture Spring Mixer

Thanks to all the wonderful ladies who joined us at Carrigan’s Public House for our Spring Mentor Mixer! We are happy to announce that WIA Birmingham will be starting a mentoring program for emerging and intermediate professionals in the architectural field. If you are interested in joining and were not able to come to the mixer, please email sarah@aiabham.org. Stay tuned for another WIA event soon! View the photos here. ______

Emerging Professionals

100 Fold Design Lecture (1 HSW)

June 8^th, 2018
The Alabama Center for Architecture
109 Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd South
Free – Bring your own lunch

AIA Birmingham Emerging Professionals present 100 Fold: Design Lecture for ALL with John Hudson, founder and architect. 100 Fold Studio is a nonprofit architecture firm providing affordable and innovative design services to charitable organizations around the world. John is committed to demonstrating the love of Christ through architecture. His passion is to invest his fifteen years of professional experience in young architects. John’s vision is to equip 100 licensed architects to serve in global missions over the next 25 years! Please RSVP to sarah@aiabham.org by June 6^th if you would like to attend! ______

Now Open: 2018 Jason Pettigrew Memorial ARE Scholarship Architects Foundation is now accepting applications for the 2018 Jason Pettigrew Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship recognizes the significant contributions of emerging professionals in the early stages of their careers by defraying the costs associated with the Architect Registration Exam (ARE). The scholarship also pays tribute to late friend and colleague Jason Pettigrew. Recipients will receive funds to cover the cost of the ARE exams, as well as study materials. If you are an Associate AIA member with an NCARB record and are eligible to sit for the ARE, you are eligible to apply. Applications for the 2018 Jason Pettigrew Memorial ARE Scholarship are now open through July 11. Learn more and apply today!

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Career Center

Jobseekers – we have LOTS of jobs listed on the website! Don’t miss AIA Birmingham’s Career Page for the latest local opportunities.

Check out the AIA Career Center for all the hottest jobs and access to the Career Learning Center, which encourages an integrative career and professional development process that enhances your skill set.

FIRMS– post your jobs on the AIA Birmingham website! FREE for local member firms. Email Rhea or Kathryn for more details. ______

dreamARCHITECTURE Birmingham Awards Ceremony

We had a blast this past Thursday, May 3rd at our 22nd annual dreamARCHITECTURE Awards Ceremony! Thank you so much to everyone who participated; out of 2,661 entries we only chose 34 winners! All of those who entered came from school districts around the Birmingham area and our theme this year was draw your Dream Theme Park! Thank you to SawWorks Studio for allowing us to host in your space- we appreciate all of our sponsors who made this event possible: Barrett Architecture Studio, Barry Davis Architects PC, Black Design Architecture, Herrington Architects, Israel and Associates PC, Thompson Architecture, Studio C Architecture & Interiors, and Williams Blackstock Architects! Thank you to Gallery Services Incorporated for framing the artwork beautifully – We hope to see you all next year! Click here to view the photos.

Happy Spring Beautiful Architects!

Time. We all need it. We never have enough. Where did it go? This month I know where your time went, volunteering for AIA or the ACFA. You have been so generous volunteering your time. You answered our call for help in Calhoun County on very short notice and spring break week. Architects and structural engineers assessed approximately 686 structures in 8 days. You helped a city recover much quicker than if they had to do it alone, getting people back in their homes sooner than later. You saved lives by placing the red placards on the structures that were NOT SAFE for anyone to enter. We volunteered three hundred sixty eight hours.

The LEGO Design Build was a huge hit!!! Kids and parents both enjoyed the exhibit. We had 200 people attend the LEGO exhibit, from 20 cub scouts to 11 interior design students from University of North AL. It was an all age friendly exhibit, something for everyone. Architects (and spouses too), sponsors (thank you Jenna Zappa) and board members all volunteered a total of one hundred hours to help promote awareness about architecture.

And this month is our Florence Design Road Trip!!!!!!!! The Rosenbaum restoration photos are unreal and Don Lambert will share what it took to get the house restored and Al Rosenbaum will be on site to share what it was like growing up in a Frank Lloyd Wright house. I can’t even imagine. And the musician panel, I still can’t believe Ben Tanner, keyboard for the ALABAMA SHAKES is on our panel. Have you ever listened to R.L. Burnside? His nephew is Cedric Burnside is doing an acoustic jam session for us. He is so talented!!! And there is more. Hope to see you in Florence.

All of you make me so PROUD!!!!! Good people.

Peace & Love,
Rhea Williams, Executive Director AIA Birmingham & ACFA ______

Sponsors, it’s time to Renew for 2018!

Wow, what a great year we’ve had! Just a reminder that all chapter sponsorships expired at the end of December! Check out the 2018 sponsorship brochure here.

THANK YOU to all the sponsors who paid their 2018 sponsorships in January & February!

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Platinum


• Alabama Power Company
• AMA Lighting
• Crow Friedman Group
• Hohmann & Barnard
• J.R. Prewitt & Associates
• Murray Building Company
• PAC-CLAD Petersen (NEW)
• Sesco Lighting (NEW)
• Alabama Graphics

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Gold

• Alabama Lighting Assoc.
• Allsouth Appliance Group
• Hoar Construction
• Edmonds Engineering
• MBA Engineers
• RO Supply Company
• Schoel Engineering
• Spire (ALAGASCO)
• Southern Clay Brick Co.

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Silver

• ACME Brick
• Alabama Concrete Ind. Assoc.
• American Gypsum
• Armstrong Floors & Ceilings
• AVX
• Building & Earth Sciences
• Business Interiors
• Camacho & Associates
• Cambria USA
• Consulting Construction Eng.
• Dale of Alabama
• ECS Southeast
• Henry Tile Company
• Holcombe Doors & Windows Lighting Partnership
• Mullins Building Products
• Office Environments
• Parrot Structural
• PPG Industries
• Robins & Morton
• Sherwin Williams
• Smith Lacey Sales & Associates
• Tandus Centiva
• ThyssenKrupp Elevators

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Bronze

• Bhate Geosciences
• Coral Industries
• Cosentino
• LBYD
• MJ Harris Construction
• Patterson Pope
• Park Lane Construction
• Tennessee Valley Metals
• National Cement Company of Alabama, Inc.

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AIA Alabama Council & Alabama Center for Architecture Design Road Trip – Florence, Alabama

April 20 – April 22

AIA Alabama & Alabama Center For Architecture

Design Road Trip & Annual Meeting
Florence, Alabama April 20 – 22, 2018

View the full itinerary HERE for more details about this amazing trip!  

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April Chapter Meeting (1 HSW) Electric Busses – “Here and Now!”
April 17th, 2018
Location TBA
11:30 – 1:00 p.m.
$15 Members; $30 Non-Members
RSVP to sarah@aiabham.org by April 13th

• Participants will learn about the impact of emissions on children and our elderly and how diesel powered buses emit NOx that can cause asthma, which affects 1 in 10 in the US. Electric buses will make our cities cleaner and residents healthier due to no emissions.
• Participants will learn about fuel price determination by geo-political and environmental factors and how using more electric transportation protects from the risk of global oil price hikes.
• Participants will discuss the difference between electric buses and traditional internal combustion motors and how this leads to fewer operational and maintenance issue, preventing little to no disruption in bus routes in which our communities depend and contributing to more savings for our municipal transit systems and communities.
• Finally, participants will learn about noise reduction and pollution with electric buses and how this is an important benefit in improving the quality of life for our communities.

Thank you very much to Alabama Power for hosting this meeting!

Click here to register today    ______

Join Women in Architecture: Birmingham for a Spring Mentor Mixer at Carrigan’s Public House on April 23rd from 5:30-7:00 p.m. Please RSVP to sarah@aiabham.org by April 20th. We hope to see you there!

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March Chapter Meeting Recap Insulating Concrete Forms for Commercial Construction

Thanks to everyone who attended our March Chapter Meeting: Insulating Concrete Forms for Commercial Construction! Our speaker, Mike Cleary with ICF Panels, LLC., spoke about understanding the basic design criteria and construction elements of commercial and institutional buildings built with ICFs. A BIG thank you to John Sorrell and the Alabama Concrete Industries of Alabama for hosting this chapter meeting! View the photo gallery here!

A BIG Thank You to John Sorrell and the Alabama Concrete Industries of Alabama for hosting this chapter meeting!  ______

 

Save the Date!

For more information, visit http://conferenceonarchitecture.com/

 

Emerging Professionals

ARE Trivia Night Recap

Thanks to everyone who came out for our EP ARE Trivia Night! We had a blast learning about project planning & design, all while having some delicious Dave’s Pizza and Good People brews!! A huge THANK YOU to our sponsors Edmonds Engineering & Hereford Dooley Architects – we hope to see you at the next Trivia Night this summer! Click here to view photos!   ______

Career Center

Jobseekers – we have LOTS of jobs listed on the website! Don’t miss AIA Birmingham’s Career Page for the latest local opportunities.

Check out the AIA Career Center for all the hottest jobs and access to the Career Learning Center, which encourages an integrative career and professional development process that enhances your skill set.

FIRMS– post your jobs on the AIA Birmingham website! FREE for local member firms. Email Rhea or Kathryn for more details. ______

 

February Alabama Center for Architecture Newsletter

Building with Bricks > LEGO!

WOW – what an incredible turnout we had for the Building with Bricks Exhibit! Our exhibit featured local projects from our amazing firm members, a private collection of incredible architectural wonders made of LEGO®, and a design & build room for kids! We had over 130 people come through the exhibit, leaving with a lasting impression of the importance and meaning of architecture. Thank you to all who participated – we could not have done it without you! Click here to see photos!

Vulcan Park & Museum’s Drink & Drop: Inaugural Egg Drop Competition

Thursday, April 5
5:30-8:00 p.m.

$100 for a team of 5, $10 to attend
Includes 2 drink ticket

In conjunction with the 29th Annual Brent Newman Memorial Egg Drop, Vulcan® Park and Museum will host its inaugural Drink and Drop adult egg drop competition and cocktail reception. Science minded teams and individuals, over 21 that is, can try your hand at the classic elementary student competition by keeping an egg protected after dropping it from the top of Vulcan’s 124-foot pedestal. The goal: to keep your egg from landing sunny side up! Join us for this fun, inaugural event, including a cocktail reception on Vulcan’s Plaza. We hope to see you there!

Happy March!

What a successful first quarter! We have had so many opportunities for HSWs and it is only March. We are going to Cahaba Brewery for our March meeting, it is time to hear about CONCRETE!

March is ARCHITECTURE awareness month at the Alabama Center for Architecture. We have NO IDEA what to expect with our LEGO Design Build exhibit. We could have 500 kids visit the exhibit or 100, this is our first exhibit that targets kids. Parents have to bring the kids to the exhibit and that is our opportunity to educate the parents about the VALUE an ARCHITECT brings to any project, small or large.

We still need volunteers to PLAY at the exhibit. If you have a kid, volunteer and bring him or her and spend some quality time building with LEGOS at the exhibit. We have a photo booth to take pictures of the completed LEGO designs too. We also have some great LEGO architecture on exhibit Alabama Power headquarters, Alabama Theatre, The White House, Falling Waters and more!

And the most exciting news is our Florence Design Road Trip (replaces state convention)!!! Volunteer for the Friday Charrette working in the Florence downtown community with Main Street Florence. Friday evening, opening reception with story boards from the charrette. Saturday morning breakfast, lecture and tour with Natalie Chanin of Alabama Chanin. Incredible designer! Then a tour thru the Walnut neighborhood, recording studios and an evening with a musician panel at the GunRunner Hotel. I can’t wait!!! And then Bloody Mary Sunday’s at the only Frank Lloyd Wright house in the state of AL – the ROSENBAUM!!! More info coming soon!

Peace and AIA Love,

Rhea Williams, AIA Birmingham and ACFA Executive Director

Sponsors, it’s time to Renew for 2018!

Wow, what a great year we’ve had! Just a reminder that all chapter sponsorships expired at the end of December! Check out the 2018 sponsorship brochure here.

THANK YOU to all the sponsors who paid their 2018 sponsorships in January & February!

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Platinum


• Alabama Power Company
• AMA Lighting
• Crow Friedman Group
• Hohmann & Barnard
• J.R. Prewitt & Associates
• Murray Building Company
• PAC-CLAD
• Petersen (NEW)
• Sesco Lighting (NEW)
• Alabama Graphics

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Gold

• Alabama Lighting Assoc.
• Allsouth Appliance Group
• Hoar Construction
• Edmonds Engineering
• MBA Engineers
• RO Supply Company
• Schoel Engineering
• Spire (ALAGASCO)
• Southern Clay Brick Co.

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Silver

• ACME Brick
• Alabama Concrete Ind. Assoc.
• American Gypsum
• Armstrong Floors & Ceilings
• AVX 
Building & Earth Sciences
• Business Interiors
• Camacho & Associates
• Cambria USA
• Consulting Construction Eng.
• Dale of Alabama
• ECS Southeast
• Henry Tile Company
• Holcombe Doors & Windows Lighting Partnership
• Mullins Building Products
• Office Environments
• Parrot Structural
• PPG Industries
• Robins & Morton
• Sherwin Williams
• Smith Lacey Sales & Associates
• Tandus Centiva
• ThyssenKrupp Elevators

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Bronze

• Bhate Geosciences
• Coral Industries
• Cosentino
• LBYD
• MJ Harris Construction
• Patterson Pope
• Park Lane Construction
• Tennessee Valley Metals
• National Cement Company of Alabama, Inc.

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We are BREAKING THROUGH THE DESIGN CEILING… with NO CATEGORIES in the AIA Birmingham 2018 Design Awards!

Jury will be held March 12th, 2018 from 8:30-12:30 in sunny 
San Diego, California!
AIA Birmingham 2018 Jury

• Chair Steven Shinn – https://www.gensler.com
• Lance Hosey, FAIA, LEED – http://www.lancehosey.com/
• Kevin de Freitas – https://www.defreitasarchitects.com
• 
Jennifer Luce – http://www.lucestudio.com
• Dave Gilmore – https://www.lpainc.com/
• Maxine Ward – http://www.studioearchitects.com/     ______

March Chapter Meeting – Insulating Concrete Forms for Commercial Construction (1 HSW)

Tuesday, March 20th
 Cahaba Brewery
4500 5th Ave South
11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

$15 members, $30 nonmembers
RSVP to sarah@aiabirmingham.org by March 16th

• Understand the basic design criteria and construction elements of commercial and institutional buildings built with Insulating Concrete Forms (ICFs)
• Demonstrate and recognize the energy efficiency characteristics and economic benefits of building with ICFs
• Understand the contribution concrete makes to a building’s resilience to natural disasters, including fire, flood, wind and earthquakes
• Identify ways that ICF concrete construction can contribute efficiencies to the on-site construction phase of the project and to long-term efficiencies during the operational phase.

A BIG Thank You to John Sorrell and the Alabama Concrete Industries of Alabama for hosting this chapter meeting!

Click here to register!  ______

February Chapter Meeting Recap > ALASAW: The Urban Forest

We had a blast at MAKEbhm for our February Chapter Meeting! Cliff Spencer from ALASAW gave a wonderful presentation on the urban forest and how to integrate urban wood into building projects, as well as proposing creative reuse solutions with projected wood yield, costs, and carbon sequestration and calculations! A BIG thank you to MAKEbhm for hosting us in their incredible space and to ALASAW for educating us on how diverted logs from the landfill can become sustainable & beautiful architectural elements and furniture.

Click here to view photos!  ______

Simpson Strong Tie – Residential CEU Fat Tuesday!

Thank you to Simpson Strong-Tie for presenting to our architects on Fat Tuesday! The Mardi Gras-themed lunch & learn covered an introduction to deck design and building and attachments for the IRC. ______

Women in Architecture: Small Group Discussions Recap

On February 15th, we engaged the minds of many at Cahaba Brewery with small group discussions hosted by our Women in Architecture committee! We explored many table topics over a delicious lunch, including overcoming career obstacles, leadership development, the missing 32% and more! Stay tuned for another event coming soon!

Click here to view photos.  ______

Emerging Professionals

ARE Trivia Night – Project Planning & Design

March 15 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Hosted by the AIA Birmingham Emerging Professionals

Thursday, March 15th 6:00-7:30 p.m.
The Alabama Center for Architecture
109 Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd South

$10 single player, $25 team of 3 (we will make teams with single players)
Includes pizza & beer – click here to order your ticket today!
RSVP to sarah@aiabham.org by March 15th

This is a great opportunity to inform upcoming young professionals about your companies!
Interested in sponsoring this event? Fill out this form and contact sarah@aiabham.org today! ______

EP Site Visit: Country Club Place Recap

A BIG thank you to Paul Bates Architects for leading a wonderful EP Residential Site Visit, a Mountain Brook home built by Philip Woods Home Builder!

Click here to view photos!  ______

Career Center

Jobseekers – we have LOTS of jobs listed on the website! Don’t miss AIA Birmingham’s Career Page for the latest local opportunities.

Check out the AIA Career Center for all the hottest jobs and access to the Career Learning Center, which encourages an integrative career and professional development process that enhances your skill set.

FIRMS– post your jobs on the AIA Birmingham website! FREE for local member firms. Email Rhea or Kathryn for more details.  ______

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February Alabama Center for Architecture Newsletter

Building with Bricks > LEGO!!!!!

Join the Alabama Center for Architecture this month as we celebrate architecture through Building with Bricks (featuring LEGO®), a design-build, hands-on experience for kids and adults too! (download a donation form here)

Our exhibit will feature projects donated from our WONDERFUL firm members, a private collection of incredible architectural wonders made of LEGO®, and a design & build room for kids! Architects will be on site on Saturdays and during spring break (March 26-30). We have lots of spots open to volunteer for lunch hours during the week! If you would like to volunteer, please pick a time slot here. We hope to see you there!  ______

Vulcan Park & Museum’s Drink & Drop: Inaugural Egg Drop Competition

Thursday, April 5
5:30-8:00 p.m.

$100 for a team of 5, $10 to attend
Includes 2 drink tickets

In conjunction with the 29th Annual Brent Newman Memorial Egg Drop, Vulcan® Park and Museum will host its inaugural Drink and Drop adult egg drop competition and cocktail reception. Science minded teams and individuals, over 21 that is, can try your hand at the classic elementary student competition by keeping an egg protected after dropping it from the top of Vulcan’s 124-foot pedestal. The goal: to keep your egg from landing sunny side up! Join us for this fun, inaugural event, including a cocktail reception on Vulcan’s Plaza. There are many benefits to sponsoring as well – click here for more sponsorship information! 

2018 Egg Drop Sponsor Team Form

For complete details about payment or team registration, contact Elizabeth Choy at echoy@visitvulcan.com or give her a call at 205.933.1409 x111

Change, Change, Change!!!

And yes you are supposed to sing it.  We started the year off with a change of pace offering you 3 HSWs and a boutique tradeshow. Followed by Brian Roberson with Bdot presenting a design lecture on the similarities between the creative processes of music improvisation and design, and how they can be applied to architecture. He even gave a short saxophone concert. Inspiring!  February brings even more interesting opportunities for continuing education. More info, but you have to keep reading the newsletter.

The Alabama Center for Architecture is hosting a LEGO Design Build exhibit that promotes architecture thru a fun exhibit and hand’s on LEGO room for the kids. Thru AIA and the ACFA we are educating the public about what you do and why they should hire an architect. You do have to participate for this to be successful. More info, but you have to read the newsletter.

Design Awards – Change, change, change…. No Categories – no limits or restrictions. If this is a complete failure, we won’t do it again, but let’s shake things up and see what happens. We want to see all those projects you never entered due to the limitation of the categories. More info, but you have to read the newsletter.

Other CHANGES are coming, but I better let you process the first quarter so we do not send you into shock.  We have to keep it fresh just like your design  work.

Keep making a difference one design at a time.

Peace,

Rhea Williams,
Executive Director AIA Birmingham & Alabama Center for Architecture______

Congratulations Kathryn Moore Trammell!

We have enjoyed working with you for the past almost four years and will miss you. We have had some good times at chapter meetings, golf tournaments, site visits, board meetings, design award galas, liquor treats, special events and exhibit openings.  We wish you the best  in your next chapter of life with UAB Optometry Department.  Don’t be a stranger, come see us! ______

Sponsors, it’s time to Renew for 2018!

Wow, what a great year we’ve had! Just a reminder that all chapter sponsorships expired at the end of December! Check out the 2018 sponsorship brochure here.

THANK YOU to all the sponsors who paid their 2018 sponsorships in January!

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Platinum

Crow Friedman Group
Murray Building Company
Petersen Aluminum

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Gold

Edmonds Engineering
RO Supply Company
Spire
Southern Clay Brick Company

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Silver

ACME Brick
Alabama Concrete Industries Association
American Gypsum
Armstrong Floors & Ceilings
AVX
Building & Earth Sciences
Business Interiors
Consulting Construction Engineering
Dale of Alabama
Henry Tile Company
Holcombe Doors & Windows
Mullins Building Products
PPG Industries
Robins & Morton
Smith Lacey Sales & Associates
Tandus Centiva

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Bronze

Bhate Geosciences
Coral Industries
Cosentino
LBYD
MJ Harris Construction
Patterson Pope
Park Lane Construction
Tennessee Valley Metals

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Design Awards 2018 > Forms & Fees Due February 8th!!

We are BREAKING THROUGH THE DESIGN CEILING… with NO CATEGORIES in the AIA Birmingham 2018 Design Awards!

AIA Birmingham Design Awards Call for Entries 2018

Click here to fill out your entry forms ONLINE! 

Click here to pay your entry fees!    ______

February Chapter Meeting – ALASAW: The Urban Forest (1 HSW)

Tuesday, February 20th
MAKEbhm (4000 3rd Ave South)
11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

$15 members, $30 nonmembers
RSVP to sarah@aiabham.org by Feb. 16th

• Recall facts and provide general statistics about carbon sequestration in trees in order to convince stakeholders of the benefits of integrating urban wood into building projects
• Identify at least ten species of regionally native trees, from images of bark, wood, leaves and other identifiers
• Participants can explain the health benefits of integrating urban forest wood. The feelings of natural warmth and comfort wood elicits in people has the effect of lowering blood pressure and heart rates, reducing stress and anxiety, increasing positive social interactions and improving corporate image
• Propose a creative reuse solution for a fictional jobsite and support recommendations with projected wood yield, potential costs and carbon sequestration calculations

Click here to register!    ______

Introduction to Deck Design/Deck Building and Attachments for the IRC (1 HSW)

Presented by Simpson Strong Tie

Tuesday, February 13th
Alabama Center for Architecture (109 Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd. South)
11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

$15 members, $30 nonmembers
RSVP to sarah@aiabham.org by Feb. 9th

-3 Basic Design Loads loads their application to deck design -define the code required loading and attachment requirements for ledgers, guardrails and post.

-Design a deck that incorporates the concept of continuous load path.

-Select key connectors and fasteners that create a continuous load path and account for the 3 basic design loads.

-Select connectors with an appropriate level of corrosion resistance based on site and material specific conditions.

Click here to register! ______

Women in Architecture > Small Group Discussion

 Click here to buy tickets!    ______

January Chapter Meeting Recap > Designing with Wood Seminar

We had a FABULOUS chapter meeting to kick off the year, including 3 hours of CE from some amazing wood experts. This event was sponsored by Simpson Strong Tie and our lunch was provided by Alabama Forestry Association / Sustainable Forestry Initiative. We had a wood expo including vendors such as Structural Wood Systems, Huber Engineered Wood, Hoover Treated Wood, WoodWorks Wood Products Council and Weyerhaeuser. We heard presentations from Jason Partain of MBA Engineers Inc., Billy Viars of Simpson Strong Tie, and Jeff Peters of the WoodWorks- Wood Products Council.

THANK YOU to all of our sponsors, exhibitors and attendees who made this event a success!

Click here to view photos!

Here are the reference materials given by Jason Partain:

Sawn Lumber

http://www.southernpine.com/
http://www.southernpine.com/span-tables/

SCL Manufacturers

https://www.weyerhaeuser.com/woodproducts/
https://www.bc.com/manufacturing/?ctp=ew

Organizations

http://www.woodworks.org/
http://awc.org/

DCA 6

http://awc.org/codes-standards/publications/dca6

Wood trusses

https://www.mitek-us.com/uploadedFiles/_RedesignSite/Content/documents/engineering/tech-articles/getting-started/TECH2-%20wyntk-%20Truss%20facts%20for%20eng%20and%20arc.pdf

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Emerging Professionals

Site Visit: Country Club Place

Thursday, February 15th
4:30-5:30 p.m.
2308 Country Club Place, Birmingham AL 35223

RSVP to sarah@aiabham.org!

Join us for a site visit to a Mountain Brook home designed by Paul Bates Architects and built by Philip Woods Home Builder.

Parking and PPE information coming soon! ______

ARE Trivia Night Save the Date!

Save the date for the evening of THURSDAY, MARCH 15th!

We will be hosting our FIRST ARE Trivia Night of the year, exploring the Project Planning & Design test. There will be pizza, beer and fun prizes. Look for an invite going out later this month, and start thinking about who to ask to join your team! ______

Recap: Music & Improvisation Design Lecture

We really enjoyed having Brian Roberson from bDot Architecture speak at the Emerging Professionals design lecture, “Music Improvisation and Creative Process!” The lecture focused on preconceptions and how they affect the art of music and design, as well as developing a personal design process. Look for another design lecture in the late spring! ______

Career Center

Jobseekers – we have LOTS of jobs listed on the website! Don’t miss AIA Birmingham’s Career Page for the latest local opportunities.

Check out the AIA Career Center for all the hottest jobs and access to the Career Learning Center, which encourages an integrative career and professional development process that enhances your skill set.

FIRMS– post your jobs on the AIA Birmingham website! FREE for local member firms. Email Rhea or Kathryn for more details. ______

PRESS RELEASE – Ward Scott Architecture names new principal

Ward Scott Architecture, a full service architectural and interior design firm located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama is pleased to announce the promotion and expansion of our leadership team with Zach Ward named principal.

Click here for more information!   ______

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February Alabama Center for Architecture Newsletter

 

Building with Bricks > LEGO EXHIBIT!!!!!

 

 

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Recap > 3rd Annual Posters, Pints & Pies – Opening Reception!

The Alabama Center for Architecture hosted the Third Annual Posters, Pints & Pies Exhibit opening reception on Thursday, January 25th. This years exhibit included more than 60 music posters from private collections. Special thank you to The Beveled Edge for sponsoring this event — they still have some posters for sale as part of the exhibit! Yummy pizza was provided by Dave’s Pizza and beer was provided by Diplomat Deli. A special thank you to CukoRakko Music & Arts Festival for donating tickets for our amazing raffle as well! The exhibit will be up in the ACFA through February 28th. Hours are Tues-Th 10-3 and F 10-3.

Click here to view photos!

2018 President’s Letter

Is it me or does time go by faster the older we get? Ready or not, the New Year is upon us. Along with new challenges, 2018 promises new opportunities and new rewards. At AIA Birmingham, we are excited and optimistic about the upcoming year. If last year’s trend continues, we will see an even more robust building economy and increased billing. After years of stagnant growth, we welcome the upturn. With more work, all of us will be busier than ever.

As we focus on new projects, it’s easy to get overwhelmed. However, it’s important to not lose sight of the bigger picture. We must continue to support and advocate for our profession. Because our work is vital to the built environment, it’s important for decision makers to understand the value of architecture and design. As the saying goes, most decisions are made at the local level. With this in mind, AIA Birmingham will continue to meet with local leaders to promote the value of architects. I challenge all of our members to join us as we develop and foster relationships with city leaders. As we push to promote architecture to local governments, I ask members to look for ways they can advocate for the value of architecture in their community through joining design review boards, building committees, city councils, and any other positions where design decisions are made.

Looking to the future, AIA Birmingham, through our support of the Alabama Center for Architecture, promotes the value of architecture to kids and young adults through programs such as dreamArchitecture and N2Architecture. These programs have reached thousands of local students and will foster more students to pursue architecture majors and an appreciation in good design. Besides younger students, AIA Birmingham and the Alabama Center for Architecture continues to help college students through its scholarship awards program. As those of you who are involved with these programs know, it’s very rewarding to see how excited the students are to learn about architecture and design.

Along with local advocacy, we are very excited about our planned chapter meetings this year. We understand leaving the office is tough when you have a looming deadline. For this reason, we look to provide meetings with value and interest. Since most of our chapter meetings are sold out, make sure you are on the mailing list. If you don’t get notifications, please be sure to let us know.

Your membership in the AIA is very important and we are grateful for your continued support. Since our organization is strongest as a unified voice, we welcome your input and hope you will be an active participant in the chapter. Know we continually challenge ourselves to provide the greatest value for our members, and we strive to make each year better than the last.

I am excited for everything AIA Birmingham has planned this year and I am grateful for the opportunity to serve the chapter as President. Let’s make it an awesome year!

Best,

Ross McCain, AIA
2018 AIA Birmingham President ______

Renew your 2018 AIA membership!

AIA Birmingham strives to provide the best possible experience for our members. As we look forward to 2018, we will continue to advocate for our profession and promote the value of architecture in the community.

With more than 330 members in our chapter, AIA Birmingham provides a great opportunity to develop contacts and advance the profession through continuing education and industry specific training.

We are stronger together, and AIA values your partnership. We hope you will join us again as a member of the AIA.

Five ways to renew today — Learn more at aia.org/renew.

1. Online by electronic check
2. Online by credit/debit card
3. By phone
   Call (800) 242 3837, option 2 (within the U.S.) or 1+(202) 626 7300, option 2 (outside the U.S.)
4. By mail
   Return your 2018 renewal invoice with payment to:
   The American Institute of Architects
   P.O. Box 64185
   Baltimore, MD 21264-4185
5. Dues installment program
   Enroll beginning October 1 and no later than April 30, and pay your membership dues in up to six monthly installments. 2018 membership dues must be paid in full by June 30, 2018. ______

Sponsors, it’s time to Renew for 2018!

Wow, what a great year we’ve had! Just a reminder that all chapter sponsorships expired at the end of December! Check out the 2018 sponsorship brochure here.

THANK YOU to all the sponsors who paid their 2018 sponsorships in November & December!

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Platinum

• Alabama Power Company
• AMA Lighting
• Hohmann & Barnard
• J.R. Prewitt & Associates
• Sesco Lighting

Gold

• Alabama Lighting Assoc.
• Allsouth Appliance Group
• Hoar Construction
• MBA Engineers
• Schoel Engineering

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Silver

• Camacho & Associates
• ECS Southeast
• Lighting Partnership
• Office Environments
• Parrot Structural
• Sherwin Williams
• ThyssenKrupp Elevators

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If you renew your sponsorship and pay by January 31, we will give you $100 off your sponsorship (platinum, gold and silver levels only)! See the brochure or contact Rhea or Kathryn with questions. ______

JANUARY SEMINAR – Designing With Wood – Up to 3 HSWs!

KEEP YOUR NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION – get 3 HSWs at the first of the year!!

 

 

Join AIA Birmingham for a BOUTIQUE seminar and expo exploring how to best design wood structures– multi-family, commercial and residential! These exhibitors are not ones architects usually get to mingle with, so don’t miss your chance to get down to the nuts & bolts (literally)! Put your hands and eyes on the hardware designed for wood. Bring your questions and ask the wood experts what you need to know for your next project.

Exhibitors

Simpson Strong Tie (Title Sponsor)

Alabama Forestry Association (Lunch Sponsor)

Hoover Treated Wood
Huber Engineered Wood
Structural Wood Systems
Weyerhaeuser
WoodWorks – Wood Products Council

Click here for more information!
Click here to register!     ______

Design Awards 2018

We will follow the same schedule as last year for Design Awards, with our jury in early March in conjunction with AIA’s Grassroots Conference. Stay tuned for an email with the Call for Entries later this month!  ______

Government Affairs Update

• AIA Advocacy Stance on the Tax Reform Legislation
  • On Friday night (12/15/17), the House and Senate Conference Committee released their version of the
    tax reform legislation. After combing through the massive bill, AIA National is encouraged by the changes
    made as the bill moved through the legislative process. This legislation moved through both chambers at
    lightning speed, but thanks to the rapid response of AIA’s members across the country we are pleased to
    say that we made significant progress for architects. Read more here.
• AIA Birmingham 2017 Government Affairs Report & 2018 Initiatives
  • View 2017 progress and 2018 targets & initiatives at the local, state and national level.   ______

2017 Holiday Party

Way back on Nov. 30th, we had our annual holiday party! Special thanks to our party sponsor, Spire, and Cahaba Brewery for the libations!

View photos from the party here!     ______

Save the Dates for February!

• Tuesday, Feb. 13th – Simpson Strong Tie Residential HSW
  • 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
  • Alabama Center for Architecture, 109 Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd. South
  • $15 to attend, includes lunch
  • RSVP to kathryn@aiabham.org by Feb. 9th
• Tuesday, Feb. 20th – February Chapter Meeting at ALASAW
  • 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
  • MAKEbhm, 4000 3rd Ave South, Birmingham AL 35222
  • $15 AIA members, $30 nonmember
  • RSVP to sarah@karmamanagementinc.com by Feb. 16th     ______

Emerging Professionals

EP Quarterly Design Lecture Series Kicks Off- Get inspired!

Alabama Center for Architecture, 109 Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd. South
RSVP to save your seat – to kathryn@aiabham.org.

Exploring and understanding the similarities between the creative processes of music improvisation and design, and how they can be applied to our work as architects.

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Career Center

Jobseekers – we have LOTS of jobs listed on the website! Don’t miss AIA Birmingham’s Career Page for the latest local opportunities.

Check out the AIA Career Center for all the hottest jobs and access to the Career Learning Center, which encourages an integrative career and professional development process that enhances your skill set.

FIRMS– post your jobs on the AIA Birmingham website! FREE for local member firms. Email Rhea or Kathryn for more details. ______

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3rd Annual Posters, Pints & Pies – Opening Reception! 

Thursday, January 25 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Alabama Center for Architecture, 109 Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd. South
$5 cash donation at the door

The Alabama Center for Architecture is hosting its third annual Posters, Pints and Pies, an art exhibit of private collection music show posters, with an opening reception on Thurs. January 25th from 7-9 pm. Hand-selected by local music-lovers, these show posters are curated from private collections and include Grateful Dead, Phish, Widespread Panic, Drive-By Truckers, Ben Harper, MOE, BB King, Galactic, Jefferson Airplane, The Black Keys, Warren Haynes, Gov’t Mule, Bob Dylan, Lumineers, Keller Williams and so many more.

The delicious pizza is provided by Dave’s Pizza and beer and wine by Diplomat Deli! We will also be raffling off some marvelous prizes, including tickets to CukoRakko Music & Arts Festival‘s Spring festival!

The exhibit will be open to the public Tuesday-Friday from 10-3 until February 28th.

$5 cash donation at the door, which benefits educational programs for the Alabama Center for Architecture, a 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization.

Thanks to The Beveled Edge, Dave’s Pizza, and Diplomat Deli for sponsoring this event!

Interested in submitting a poster for the exhibit? Fill out this form by January 12th: https://goo.gl/jZ2wPy  ______

Donate your LEGOs to the ACFA!

We need LEGOs! The Alabama Center for Architecture is hosting a LEGO exhibit in March. We need LEGOs and base plates too. The conference room will turn into a LEGO design build room for kids (and adults). The gallery space will exhibit buildings made from LEGOs.

Now we need projects on the gallery wall to exhibit. This is an opportunity to market your projects to a captive audience (literally).   We will send a call for project boards out SOON. This is another great opportunity for us to educate the public about the VALUE of hiring an architect. If you are interested in helping with this exhibit or if you have LEGO s you would like to donate email aiabirm@aiabham.org. Stay tuned for more info!!!

BRICK FAIR (LEGO conference) is February 3^rd and 4^th at the BJCC!  Click here for more info: https://www.brickfair.com/