What Happened?!?! Where did it go?!?!
Where did the year go and how is it November??? AIA members, you have been so busy this year. It makes me happy to hear most of you have a back log of projects. Yet, you still managed to attend AIA Chapter meetings, design lectures, exhibits and site visits. We had a record attendance this year with sold out meetings!

We have started the planning for 2018 too. We are starting the year off with “It’s all About WOOD,” designing with wood and WOOD tradeshow. Vendors that are wood related (Simpson Strong Tie, Hoover Fire Treated Wood, Weyerhaeuser and more TBA) will be on site for you to learn more about these products. In February, we will visit Alabama Sawyer and hear from Cliff Spencer about milling wood that would have ended up in landfills.

Are you into Lego’s??? We will partner with the ACFA for a Lego – Design Build your Home exhibit in March/April. This exhibit will focus on residential architecture.

And I guess I need to finish 2017 before I get you all jazzed about 2018. We are giving you a platform for your creative talents with Art X Architects and Santa’s Stocking Stuffer Pop Up Shop – all at the ACFA!! More info in the newsletter, keep reading!

Peace & AIA Love,
Rhea Williams,
Executive Director AIA Birmingham & Alabama Center for Architecture

P.S. I bought this great book at a museum store the ARCHITECT says Quotes, Quips, and Words of Wisdom. Look for the quote each month!______

Sponsor & Member THANK YOU Tradeshow 2017 – LAST CHANCE TO RSVP!

FREE LUNCH – FREE TRADESHOW – FREE Door PRIZES – FREE Networking

Great door prizes again this year – including an iPod Shuffle (Building & Earth Sciences) and a Sony 43” 4k Ultra HD Smart LED TV (AMA Lighting)!!!!

RSVP to kathryn@aiabham.org ASAP!!!!

Complete List of Sponsors Exhibiting:

[twocol_one]Platinum
Alabama Graphics
Alabama Power Company
AMA Lighting
Crow Friedman Group/Risk Strategies
JR Prewitt & Associate
Murray Building Company

Gold
Alabama Lighting Associates
Allsouth Appliance Group
Edmonds Engineering
Hoar Construction
MBA Engineers
RO Supply Company
Southern Clay Brick Co.
Spire/ALAGASCO

[/twocol_one] [twocol_one_last]Silver
ACME Brick
American Gypsum
Armstrong Floors & Ceilings
AVX
Building & Earth Sciences
Camacho & Associates
Cambria USA
Continental Building Products
Dale of Alabama
ECO Spec
ECS Southeast
Holcombe Doors & Windows
Lighting Partnership
Lighting Solutions
Office Environments
Parrot Structural Services
Pella Windows & Doors
PPG Industries
Robert F. Henry Tile Company
Sherwin Williams
Smith Lacey Sales & Associates
Thyssenkrupp Elevators[/twocol_one_last] ______

Announcing the 2018 AIA Birmingham SLATE OF OFFICERS

The membership will vote to install these officers at the Sponsor & Member Appreciation Tradeshow.

• President: Ross McCain, AIA, KPS Group
• Immediate Past President: Lauren Gwaltney, AIA, Williams Blackstock Architects
• Vice President: Richard Simonton, AIA, Simonton Black Architects
• Treasurer: Lissy Frese, AIA, CCR Architecture & Interiors
• Secretary: Alicia Pughsley, AIA, Birchfield Penuel & Associates
• Second Year Director: Laura Bartlett, AIA, Paul Bates Architects
• First Year Director: Danny Trotter, AIA, Rob Walker Architects
• Emerging Professionals Director: Charlie Abram, Assoc. AIA, Birchfield Penuel & Associates

2018 AIA Birmingham Councilors

• Tim Anson, AIA, Gresham Smith & Partners*
• Travis Burke, AIA, Nequette Architecture & Design
• Ty Cole, AIA, Giattina Aycock Architecture Studio
• Cindy Coyle, AIA, ArchitectureWorks
• Sarah Dunn, AIA, Williams Blackstock Architects*
• Topper Parham, AIA, KPS Group*
• Charles Williams, Jr., AIA, Charles Williams & Associates*

*indicates new board member______

Sponsors, it’s time to Renew for 2018!

Wow, what a great year we’ve had! Just a reminder that all chapter sponsorships expire at the end of December! Check out the AIA BHM Sponsor Brochure 2018 here!

If you renew your membership by December 01 and pay by January 05, we will give you $100 off your sponsorship (platinum, gold and silver levels only)! See the brochure or contact Rhea or Kathryn with questions. ______

AIA Birmingham HOLIDAY PARTY!

RSVP to sarah@karmamanagementinc.com today!______

Save the Dates for December!

WOMEN IN ARCHITECTURE Screening– Wednesday, Dec. 6th
In 2018 AIA Birmingham is starting a Women In Architecture group. Join us for our kick-off meeting with a screening of Rosa Sheng’s presentation “AIA Equity by Design” and a short discussion panel to follow. Men are invited to attend as well – this is not just an event for women, it is for all members of the architecture profession.
More information, including a pre-event survey, will be sent out soon!

Wednesday, Dec. 6th
11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
$15 members, $30 non-members (includes lunch)
Alabama Center for Architecture, 109 Richard Arrington Jr Blvd South, Birmingham AL 35233
Space is limited, so RSVP to kathryn@aiabham.org!

PROCRASTINATION EDUCATION (up to 4+ HSWs!) – Tuesday, Dec. 12th
Hear presentations from our Platinum and Gold Sponsors, and complete your CEUs for 2017! Up to 5 HSWs – hear from Crow Friedman Group, AMA Lighting, J.R. Prewitt & Associates, and AllSouth Appliance Group! More info to come.

Tuesday, Dec. 12th
8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Alabama Center for Architecture, 109 Richard Arrington Jr Blvd South, Birmingham AL 35233
$15 for members, $30 for nonmembers (includes lunch and coffee bar all day)
Space is limited, so RSVP to kathryn@aiabham.org! 

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Emerging Professionals

Site Visit: UAB School of Business (1 HSW pending)

Thursday, November 9th
4:30-5:30 p.m.

710 13th Street South
Birmingham AL 35233

Parking: Entrance is off 13th Street, park behind the jobsite trailer.

Required PPE: Vests, hard hats, glasses and closed toed shoes.

RSVP to kathryn@aiabham.org if you can attend! ______

ARE Study Group – Thursdays at Octane Homewood

Join us each Thursday evening for AIA BIRMINGHAM’S EMERGING PROFESSIONALS ARE study group! No matter if you are taking ARE 4.0 or 5.0, we would love to have you join us for discussions and encouragement. Bring your study materials and notes to contribute to the discussion.

Thursdays from 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Octane in Homewood, 2821 Central Ave, Homewood, AL 35209

Please contact Kyle Stover, Assoc. AIA, for more information about the group!
228-860-3501
kyles@wba-architects.com 

RECAP: Liquor Treat 2017 

More than 30 Emerging Professionals and Auburn Urban Studio students attended the 2017 edition of the Liquor Treat firm crawl on October 26th. We visited the Alabama Center for Architecture, Fifth Dimension Architects, Design Initiative, Dale of Alabama and Goodwyn Mills Cawood, having a cocktail and a tour of each office. We ended the night at Cantina! in Pepper Place for yummy food and more fellowship!

THANK YOU to all our host firms and those who attended – we can’t wait for 2018!! #AIALiquorTreat

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

 

RFQ for General Architectural Services

Navigate is seeking an architectural consultant for assistance with the development, renovation or repositioning of multi-family and single-family properties in the Birmingham Metro Area.  This Consultant will work with Navigate on a case by case basis to provide conceptual design options and construction cost estimations for our development projects. This RFQ closes on November 15^th.

View the RFQ here: RFQ -General Architectural Services ______

Do you have an old antique drafting table?

Brannon Foster of Foster Architect is looking to purchase one. Email him at Brannon@fosterarchitect.com if you have one! ______

 

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November 2017______

2017 Holiday Ornaments!

It’s that time of year again folks! We are proud to present four beautifully-water color painted ornaments, representing landmarks all over our state! The Alabama Landmarks series includes original watercolor paintings by local Alabama artists and architects. Each painting celebrates the incredible designs of historic landmarks throughout the state of Alabama, and best of all they are MADE IN THE USA!! We still have ornaments and prints from last year’s collection as well. These are great gifts for family, co-workers, and close friends! Check out the new collection on our website today!

[button link=”https://squareup.com/store/alabama-center-for-architecture/” size=”large” window=”yes”]BUY NOW[/button]  ______

Art X Architects – We need your creative submissions, architects!

Attention all art lovers, collectors, and holiday shoppers! The Alabama Center for Architecture is excited to present “ArtXArchitects,” a fundraising event that celebrates the artistic talent of architects. We would love to include YOUR ART in our gallery for the month of December. All pieces will be for sale and a portion of the proceeds will go to the Alabama Center for Architecture! The art will be on display from December 1-19^th – Tuesday thru Friday, 10-3 & Saturday 10-3.

To include your art for the exhibit, fill out this form [[ Art x Architects ]] and email to Sarah Godbee, sarah@karmamanagementinc.com, by Nov 25!  ______

ARCHITECT ARTISTS/MAKERS! We need your goods for the Santa’s Stocking Stuffers Pop-Up Shop! 

Want to get a head start on holiday shopping this year? Look no further than the Alabama Center for Architecture Stocking Stuffers Pop-Up Shop, featuring local Birmingham artists! At a maximum size of 11 x 17, these tiny treasures are a perfect gift for friends, family, and co-workers! Our artist submission deadline is November 25th and SSS Pop-Up Shop will be open to the public from December 1-19, Tuesday thru Saturday 10-3. You can read more about it in IRON CITY INK. We hope to see you here!

To apply, fill out this form [[ SSS Call to Artists with Form ]] and email to Sarah Godbee, sarah@karmamanagementinc.com, by Nov 25!  ______

2017 22^nd Annual ACFA Golf Tournament

We had a great day on the links celebrating the 22nd Annual ACFA Golf Tournament at RTJ Oxmoor Valley! Thanks to all our players and sponsors, especially our title sponsor J R Prewitt & Associates, Inc., for making our event a success each year! The proceeds from the tournament go to student scholarships, so THANK YOU for making a difference in the lives of architecture students!!

View the photo gallery from the tournament here!   ______

Rent Our Space for your Office Holiday Party!

Holiday parties are right around the corner, and so are we! The Alabama Center for Architecture makes for a delightful, spacious, and unique venue for your next event. The ACFA’s facility is available to rent for corporate meetings, classes, gallery exhibits, fundraisers, wedding receptions or other events. Renovated in 2013, our historic building in downtown Birmingham includes private conference room, kitchen and bar area, mezzanine, and exhibit/gallery space. For more information regarding availability and rates, please contact Kathryn Trammell, Assistant Director, at kathryn@karmamanagementinc.com or call 205.322.4386. Please set up an appointment if you would like a walkthrough of the space!   ______

Amazon Smile!

Shopping on Amazon anytime soon? Now you can support the Alabama Center for Architecture every time you shop on Amazon by using our unique link below or by choosing the ACFA as your charity of choice on Amazon Smile! Amazon donates 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to the charitable organization of your choice. Follow this link to get started.

 

Sponsor & Member Appreciation Tradeshow 2017

We want to show our appreciation for our dedicated sponsors and members with a free lunch and tradeshow celebrating a remarkable 2017! Friday, November 3rd, from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM, revel with us at the Alabama Power Old Auditorium at 1200 6th Ave North (3rd floor). Bring a firm handshake and lots of business cards for a chance to win spectacular prizes from the AIA Birmingham sponsors!

Friday, November 3rd
Alabama Power Old Auditorium (1200 6th Ave North)
11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Free to attend for AIA Birmingham members – RSVP to kathryn@aiabham.org

Only Platinum, Gold & Silver Sponsors can exhibit – click here to reserve your space!  

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Thursday, October 19th – 2017 22nd Annual Golf Tournament 

Join us on October 19th at Robert Trent Jones Oxmoor Valley for a sensational day filled with golf, BBQ, and live music! Registration will begin at 10 am sharp till 11:30, followed by a shotgun start at 12! Is there a better way to raise money for the ACFA’s educational programs and student scholarships than to challenge your fellow co-worker to a hole in one? We think not!

We have awarded $71,750 to 26 architectural students. Tee off to support our future architects!

Click here to view the registration and sponsorship flyer!  ______

 

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David Baker Lecture

What an inspiring lecture! On September 13th, the ACFA welcomed David Baker, FAIA of David Baker Architects, to Iron City to give a SOLD OUT lecture entitled, “9 Ways to Build Community through Urban Design.” From Make Big Moves to Art for ALL, each of his principles made you think about the smallest thing to make a project more successful. “David Baker’s creativity and passion for building community are quite compelling. I was impressed by his ability to illustrate these 9 concepts in such an approachable way for both design professionals and the general public.   Most inspiring to me were the beautiful images of his firm’s completed projects that accomplish the stated goals with very modest budgets,” stated David Blackmon, AIA, ACFA 2017 President.

The Get Personal examples of creating a personal space outside your apartment entrance in the hallway were all such easy design elements that can be added to any multifamily project. We would like to extend a special thanks to our event sponsor, Dix.Hite + Partners for making this meeting possible and to everyone who attended! You can visit David Baker’s website here as well as our sponsor Dix Hite + Partners here!

Click here to see photos from our meeting!   ______

AEC Mega Group Meeting- Don’t get HACKED! 

Thanks to everyone who joined us for a delightful lunch and educational lecture on Cyber Security by Darren J. Mott, SSA of the Counterintelligence Program for Birmingham FBI Division. Thank you Darren for the insightful lecture and thanks to our sponsor, the Division of Financial Affairs at the University of Alabama at Birmingham! To view the photo gallery from our meeting, as well as a Liaison Information Report (LIR) from the Office of Private Sector, please click the links below!
photo gallery  | Liaison Information Report   ______

Emerging Professionals Site Visit to Nequette

We had a spectacular turn out at our September Emerging Professionals Site Visit to the soon to be new Nequette Architecture & Design headquarters! It was interesting to hear how the city of Birmingham was challenged by the new stair cases, fire walls and how Travis Burke had to walk them thru the steps to get the permit approved. Design – always a challenge! We can’t wait to visit the finished project. Thanks to everyone who participated and a special thank you Travis Burke for leading our tour! Click here to view photos from the visit.   ______

2017 Emerging Professionals Liquor Treat

ACFA/AIA Office
109 Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd. South
rsvp to kathryn@aiabham.org by October 20th.

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IIDA Alabama Chapter 2017 ArtRageous

Featuring art from Alabama’s Designers, Craftsmen, and Artists – Including a silent auction and raffle prizes! Benefitting the IIDA Foundation and Studio by the Tracks – $10 at the door or online at www.iida-al.org.

Download the ArtRageous flier   ______

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.

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

Happy September!

Have you registered for the September events yet? You need to today. First we have the David Baker lecture at Iron City (only 40 tickets left). AEC Mega Meeting presenting Cyber Security by FBI Agent Darren J. Mott. We have two exhibits in the ACFA gallery. We have the National AIA EP exhibit through September and the Faux-Realism exhibit by Turner McLemore. Oh! And a site visit to Nequette Architecture. These are events/experiences you cannot get at your desk in the office. There are benefits to being in the AIA family. We go the extra mile to bring great speakers, exhibits and tours that are interesting and qualify for CEUs for you – AIA MEMBERS!

Don’t forget to register ASAP for both events! We will NOT be able to take any walk ins for the David Baker lecture.

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

Welcome, Sarah Godbee, to Karma Management Inc.!

Sarah Godbee, born in Montgomery, moved to Birmingham in 2012 to pursue an education from UAB. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in public relations with a minor in international studies in May. While in school, she participated in UAB’s Public Relations Student Society of America, and she won a Medallion Award & two Awards of Excellence. Sarah discovered her passion for social media through an internship at the UAB Web Communications Department, where she managed several student accounts and consistently gauged the interest of the student body.

When she isn’t working, Sarah’s favorite pastimes include attending plentiful art and music events, spontaneous cooking, hiking, films, photography, traveling to new cities, and escaping to the beach when the opportunity arises. If she had to live by one quote, it would be: “My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.” – Maya Angelou

We are excited to welcome Sarah to Karma Management! Many of you have already met Sarah, either at Design Awards, a chapter meeting or when you’ve stopped by the ACFA. Send her a message at sarah@karmamanagementinc.com to welcome her!______

Hurricane Harvey Update from AIA National

Many of our members affected by Hurricane Harvey have begun the initial stages of recovery.  The growth of mold and mildew are of great concern for healthy occupancy.

• AIA is hosting daily support calls with affected components and members. These discussions have centered on the following issues:
  • Chain of command/the role of FEMA.
  • Obtaining formal requests from jurisdictions to perform safety assessments.
  • Volunteer training and credentialing requirements.
  • Communication management for member firms and members.

• AIA trained TSA members this week in its “emergency” version of the Safety Assessment Program so that they may perform building safety assessments once waters recede, and shelter for volunteers is identified.
• AIA is working with its counterparts at the federal level to coordinate and offer support.
  • AIA enabled volunteering in Texas through a partnership with ICC/BOAT.
  • FEMA has requested AIA members to join its Mitigation Assessment Teams.

Volunteer

For those members unaffected, if you have office equipment, furniture, office supplies, etc., to share with your fellow design professionals in the areas impacted by Harvey, the Texas Society of Architects is organizing shipments at an appropriate time.  Please contact harvey@texasarchitects.org.

All trained SAP members (ATC-45/CAL-EMA):  At this time, Texas is not mobilized to accept assistance from out-of-state architects.

For daily updates and more information about what you can do to donate time or money, visit https://www.aia.org/pages/145421-hurricane-harvey-updates-from-aias-disaster. ______

Hurricane Irma Prep- is your certification current??

SAP Online Evaluator Training (ATC-45/CAL-EMA)
If your SAP Evaluator card has expired or is about to expire, you can continue your registration in the program by taking this refresher training.  SAP Evaluators can update their contact information here. For best results, please use Windows Internet Explorer as your browser to access this training. ______

September 15th: Open House at the ACFA/AIA Office

Come check out two way cool exhibits.

Open House Hours
Friday, September 15
8:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

We will have coffee from 8:30 – 10:00.

Bring your lunch and we will have sodas until 1:30. You can sit at the bar or in the conference room. Make it a Friday Firm Field Trip!

The National AIA EP exhibit has traveled to Birmingham and will be on exhibit through September. The young professional minds have thought of solutions to proposing plans to:

• Equalize and activate water spaces along the Tonghui River in Bejing.
• Designing transition housing for homeless using over passes. Birmingham needs to take a close look at this with these TALL flyovers we have under construction.
• A Park that creates a pedestrian friendly and inviting streetscape.
• Growing Canopies is a comprehensive proposal for improvements to holistic health in Ghana.
• And MORE!

Architects of all ages are all the same – PROBLEM SOLVERS! Where would we be without architects???!!! You make the world a better place.

Looking for art? Come check out Turner McLemore’s Faux-Realism exhibit and installation. Mini art and if you need an Anti–Depressant, we have them too. ______

Project Boards! Are they your projects?

Past Design Awards entrants, we have your Design Awards boards from ??? through 2016! Please come by and pick them up at the ACFA by September 30 or they will be recycled.

We have boards from:

[twocol_one] Adams Design Associates- 2
Appleseed Workshop – 6
ArchitectureWorks – 9
bDot Architects – 3
CMH Architects – 5
CCR Architecture & Interiors – 6
Davis Architects – 2
Dorsey Architects – 5
Dungan Nequette – 5
Ellis Architects -1
Goodwyn Mills Cawood – 1 [/twocol_one][twocol_one_last]Gresham Smith & Partners – 4
Hoskins Architects – 2
Krumdieck Architecture & Interiors – 1
LIVE Design Group – 3
Nequette Architecture & Interiors – 1
Paul Bates Architects – 1
Simonton Swaika Black Architects – 2
Studio C Architecture & Interiors – 1
TRO Jung Brannen – 2
Turner Batson Architects – 3 [/twocol_one_last] 

Thank you to our 2017 AIA Birmingham Chapter Sponsors!

A full list of sponsors is listed on the right column of this page.  Check out the 2017 sponsorship brochure here.______

Save the date for the 2017 AIA Birmingham Member & Sponsor Appreciation Tradeshow!

Friday, November 3rd
Alabama Power Old Auditorium (1200 6th Ave North)
11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Free to attend for AIA Birmingham members – RSVP to kathryn@aiabham.org if you can attend

Only Platinum, Gold & Silver Sponsors can exhibit – click here to reserve your space!  ______

ACFA Lecture: 9 Ways to Build Community with Urban Housing (1 HSW)

Sign up today, tickets are selling fast (less than 40 available)!!
https://squareup.com/store/alabama-center-for-architecture/

Menu: Arugula salad, grilled chicken breast with terragon cream sauce, grilled vegetables, mac-n-cheese, cheesecake.

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AEC Mega Meeting 2017 presented by the University of Alabama Financial Affairs Division: CYBER SECURITY (1 LU)

Tuesday, September 19
Regions Field
1401 1st Avenue South

10:30 a.m. Exhibit Hall Open
11:30 a.m. Lunch Served
12:00 p.m. Keynote

Speaker: Darren J. Mott, Supervisory Special Agent for the Counterintelligence Program for the Birmingham Division of the FBI

Menu: Chicken Roulade, roasted red potatoes, collard greens, rolls and Ghirardelli brownies

CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS ($35 each)

Interested in exhibiting or sponsoring?
Click here to view more information!    ______

Click here to view the registration and sponsorship flyer!    ______

August Chapter Meeting Recap – August Chapter Meeting: ADA and Architectural Access Plan Reviews with Jim Terry, AIA

Our sold-out chapter meeting on August 15 at the old Alabama Power auditorium was a hit! Thanks to everyone who joined us for a delicious lunch and informative lecture on ADA & Architectural Access Plan Reviews presented by our very own Jim Terry, AIA of Evan Terry Associates. Thank you Jim for sharing your knowledge with us, and thanks to our friends at IIDA Alabama for partnering with us on this event!

Click here to view photos from the event!   ______

Emerging Professionals

Site Visit: Nequette Architecture & Design New Office Building (1 HSW)

Tuesday, September 12
4:30 -5:30 p.m.
2227 2nd Ave North

Parking: Street
PPE: Closed Toed Shoes

1 AIA HSW/1 IDP hour pending

RSVP to kathryn@aiabham.org if you’ll be attending.

Join us for a free site visit to Nequette Architecture & Design’s beautiful new office building.

 

After the visit for those interested we will visit the ATOMIC LOUNGE (2113 1st Ave N, Birmingham, AL 35203) for drinks and networking! (Drinks on your own dime!) ______

Save the date for Liquor Treat 2017!

Thursday, October 26
More information coming soon!

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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.

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

Architects – YOU are AWESOME!!

You guys make me so PROUD and you should be too! And you know why if you attended the July ACFA/AIA Awards luncheon. Thru the ACFA golf tournament and member firms YOU awarded seven students with scholarships totaling $12,000. Seven students YOU directly influenced and are supporting in their 2017 – 2018 school year. The students and their parents got to experience what a great architecture community their son or daughter will be a part of when they graduate. AIA LOVE!

And to make you even PROUDER, YOU recognized our newly licensed architects. It is a long rough road to get licensed in architecture and expensive. We are so proud of our newly licensed architects. They set an example for the scholarship winners at the luncheon.

We will be promoting AIA membership and the ACFA over the next few months to show you other ways you are making a difference in the design community and to let you know of other ways you can get involved and make a difference.

Keep up the great work and keep on making a difference. You make me so PROUD.

Peace & PROUD,

Rhea Williams, AIA Birmingham and ACFA Executive Director ______

Thank you to our 2017 AIA Birmingham Chapter Sponsors!

A full list of sponsors is listed on the right column of this page. Check out the 2017 sponsorship brochure here.   ______

August Chapter Meeting: ADA and Architectural Access Plan Reviews with Jim Terry, AIA (1.5 HSW)

RSVP to Kathryn@aiabham.org

OR

Buy tickets online at https://squareup.com/store/aia-birmingham 

Our own ADA/Universal Design expert Jim Terry, AIA of Evan Terry Associates will present this exciting topic! Don’t miss this event!   ______

AEC Mega Meeting 2017 presented by the University of Alabama Financial Affairs Division: CYBER SECURITY (1 LU)

Tuesday, September 19
Regions Field
1401 1st Avenue South

10:30 a.m. Exhibit Hall Open
11:30 a.m. Lunch Served
12:00 p.m. Keynote

Speaker: Darren J. Mott, Supervisory Special Agent for the Counterintelligence Program for the Birmingham Division of the FBI

CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS ($35 each)

Interested in exhibiting or sponsoring? Click here to view more information!   ______

ACFA Golf Tournament

Click here to view the registration and sponsorship flyer!    ______

July Chapter Meeting Recap – ACFA Scholarship Awards and Your Town Alabama

On Tuesday, July 18, the ACFA held its annual awards ceremony at The Club, where we celebrated scholarship winners, newly licensed architects and the 2017 AIA & ACFA Presidents’ Award winner. Steve Ostaseski, our keynote speaker, gave a presentation highlighting the Your Town Alabama organization and annual workshop for city leadership around the state. The Your Town Alabama workshop addresses a range of issues in rural community planning and design. The curriculum focuses on the process by which rural communities construct a vision about their future.

Thank you to our title sponsor, Laney & Foster P.C., for supporting this event once again! We appreciate everything you do.

And thank you to our meeting patrons as well: Design Alabama, ArchitectureWorks, Barrett Architecture Studio, Barry Davis Architects, Birchfield Penuel & Associates, CCR Architecture & Interiors, Hendon + Huckestein Architects, Nequette Architecture & Design, Rob Walker Architects and Strout Architecture.

Click here to view photos from the event!

Thank you to our generous scholarship donors!

• ACFA Golf Tournament Sponsors & Players
• AIA National Component Scholarship Grant
• Birmingham Chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute
• bDot Architecture
• Bruce & Amy Herrington
• KPS Group
• Mike and Melissa Rutland

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2017 AIA & ACFA Presidents’ Award

Robert Thompson, AIA, LEED AP

Congratulations to our 2017-2018 ACFA Scholarship Winners!

• Kayla Bailey (Pelham); fourth year student at Auburn University; $2,500
• Justin Davis (Montgomery); second year student at Auburn University, $1,500
• Matthew Giddens (Vestavia Hills); fourth year student at Auburn University; $2,500 (given by KPS Group in memory of Murray Kidd, AIA)
• Bess Jay (Greensboro); incoming freshman at Auburn University, $500
• Zachary Johnson (Homewood); incoming freshman at Auburn University, $1,000
• Adam Koons (Madison); second year student at Auburn University, $1,000
• LeGerrett Mosely (Sawyerville); fifth year student at Tuskegee University, $3,000

Congratulations to the 2016-2017 Newly Licensed Architects! 

• Wil Bradford, AIA – TurnerBatson Architects
• Emily Coe, AIA – Nequette Architecture & Design
• Kurt Funderburg – Davis Architects
• Rebecca Hayes – Hendon + Huckestein Architects
• Skylar Howard – Davis Architects
• Mary McGarity, AIA – ArchitectureWorks
• Bill Moore – Christopher Architecture & Interiors
• Wade Nolan – GA Studio
• Andrew Taylor – Davis Architects ______
  

Emerging Professionals

Site Visit: Southern Company Colonnade Renovation (1 HSW)

Parking: Park in West Deck on 4th level and proceed to South Building (map forthcoming)

RSVP to kathryn@aiabham.org by August 8th

ONLY 7 SPOTS REMAINING of 12 MAXIMUM! RSVP today!!

PPE Requirements:

• Closed toed shoes
• Hard hat (AIA Birmingham will have a few but bring your own if you have it)
• Hi-Viz shirt or vest (available at site)
• Safety glasses (available at site)
• No shorts
• NO PHOTOGRAPHY

Southern Company has leased and is in the process of renovating two former AT&T buildings at the Colonnade in Birmingham, AL. The project is 669,438 square feet in two buildings and is being renovated for approximately 1,700 employees. Two adjacent parking structures are also being modernized. Two Southern Company subsidiaries: Southern Nuclear and Southern Power, as well as two departments: Engineering and Construction Services and Fleet Operations and Training will move into the two red- roofed buildings. Renovation of the buildings is underway and as floors are completed, employees will move in. Final occupancy is expected in late 2018. ______

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

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Congratulations Architects!

All of you are winners in my book!  So much talent in AIA Birmingham, I would never want to be a juror for Birmingham. The DC jury had a difficult time selecting the honor and merit awards. They discussed for hours and then circled back around to make the final cut. We included the jury comments and hope you take the time to read them. The boards will be on exhibit next week at the Thomas Jefferson Gallery (there is a commercial shoot in the space this week, so they had to come down). We would like to schedule site visits to all the award winning projects, we are working thru how we will make that happen, owners have to agree and a few more moving parts. Stay tuned!

On another note….$$$$…. I know all of you are so busy right now and that is great news!  There are not enough architects to get all the work done this hot minute. If any of you are interested in extra work/side work (if your employer is okay with it) please contact me. I need a longer list of people interested in contract work. So much work and not enough of you talented architects! What a great problem.

Keep making a difference one design at a time!

PEACE,

Rhea Williams, Executive Director AIA Birmingham / Alabama Center for Architecture ______

July meeting: ACFA Scholarship Awards Ceremony: It’s All Connected (1 HSW)

Join the ACFA as we honor our 2017-18 scholarship winners and newly licensed Birmingham architects! Steve Ostaseski of Your Town Alabama will present “It’s All Connected,” a workshop that addresses a range of issues in rural community planning and design, focusing on the process by which rural communities construct a vision about their future.

Thank you to our title sponsor Laney & Foster, P.C. for your support!

 

Buy tickets online at
https://squareup.com/store/alabama-center-for-architecture!

Interested in sponsoring the event? Click here to learn more! ACFA Awards Lunch Sponsor Form______

Site Visit: UAB Football Operations Building – 1 HSW

Meet at job trailer, in parking lot west of the Wallace building (enter off 6th, parking is not available in this lot)

PPE: Closed Toed Shoes

Parking: CARPOOL! Parking is highly limited. Suggest parking around Wallace Hall or Bartow Arena. You can also obtain a parking pass from UAB for the lot across the street.

RSVP to kathryn@aiabham.org if you can attend!______

EP Survey: We need your input!

AIA Birmingham supports the architectural professionals in Central Alabama. The Emerging Professionals group represents the interests of our unlicensed/Associate AIA members. Our primary goals are to encourage members to pursue licensure–through completion of AXP & ARE–and to encourage our young members to be involved within the profession.

We want to know how we can serve YOU better — what programs you like, don’t like, wish we had, etc. Please help us improve our programming!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeiu8oy2AzfQH2JpywdJ2ftxPDEr-D2voKFo5Jeo7yjBGodbA/viewform?usp=sf_link  ______

AIA AL State Convention – 14 HSWs!

Royal Sonesta Hotel, New Orleans
July 7 – 9, 2017

Register today!  ______

Save the Date – August Chapter Meeting

ADA/Universal Design with Jim Terry, AIA
2 HSWs
Tuesday, August 15 | 11:30 a.m.
More info coming soon! ______

Design Awards 2017

More than 150 people gathered at the Thomas Jefferson Tower on June 22 to celebrate the winners of the 2017 AIA Birmingham Design Awards. AIA Birmingham’s annual design awards exist to recognize excellence in architectural design by member architects. Awards were given in five categories: Commercial, Detail, Institutional, Residential, and Other. The event featured local artist and comedian Chris Davis as the emcee, catering from Roots & Revelry, and beer from Cahaba Brewing Company.

Thank you to all our sponsors, especially our longtime title sponsor CROW FRIEDMAN GROUP and BERKLEY DESIGN PROFESSIONAL!

All the projects will be displayed in the Thomas Jefferson Tower Second Floor Gallery through July 7.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW PHOTOS FROM THE EVENT!  ______

2017 Jury

A jury composed of five Washington D.C. architects met at Howard University School of Architecture and judged all 40 entries based on each entry’s design qualities.

The jurors were (left to right)

• David Sledge, AIA (Chair) – Howard University School of Architecture
  Professor Sledge worked in various North Carolina architecture firms for ten years and taught on the college level as a full-time professor in Paris, Knoxville, Atlanta, and Washington, DC for a total of twelve years. He has served as an invited guest juror at North Carolina State University, North Carolina A & T University, University of Virginia, University of Tennessee, Penn State University, Washington University, Georgia Tech, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, Boston Architectural College, Wesley College, L’Ecole d’Architecture de Paris La Villette, Catholic University, and Morgan State. He has taught various courses on furniture design, architectural design studios at all undergraduate and graduate levels, Paris urbanism, Postmodernism, the legacy of Louis Kahn, architectural drawing, architectural history from Antiquities to Modernism, and various theoretical courses. Professor Sledge has published two books on architecture: The Legacy of Gaudi, and Barcelona Study Abroad. Sledge is currently designing and constructing his personal residential renovation in Southwest Washington, DC.
• Janet Bloomberg, AIA – KUBE Architecture
  Janet Bloomberg is a partner and founder of KUBE architecture in Washington DC, an award-winning firm that has been published locally, nationally, and internationally. She has over 25 years of experience in both commercial and residential architecture. She is a native of the Washington area, and attended the University of Virginia for her Bachelor of Science degree and Columbia University for her Master of Architecture. While a student at Columbia, she was awarded the SOM Traveling Fellowship, with which she traveled to India and Nepal for research on ritual space. She has taught architectural design at a number of universities around the country, including the University of Virginia and Catholic University. Ms. Bloomberg has gained her architectural experience in a variety of cities, including New York, Vancouver, Baltimore, Minneapolis, and Brighton, England. She is licensed to practice architecture in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia, and she is a member of the American Institute of Architects. In 2012 Ms. Bloomberg founded the Design in Action program, which places DC high school students into architecture offices for their spring break – she now directs the program, which is in its sixth year. This year she started the design-build program for DC high school and college students DIA: Build. Ms. Bloomberg has been on the board of the Washington Architectural Foundation for 5 years, and served as president for 2 years.
• David Bagnoli, AIA – Studio MB
  David has twenty-two years experience in Architecture and Urban Design, including mixed use commercial, residential, performing arts, academic and hospitality architecture. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Notre Dame, he has an active interest in academics, serving as visiting critic and guest lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania and Catholic University.
• Antonio Rebelo, AIA – Grimm & Parker Architects
  A Portuguese native and Maryland resident for over 25 years, Antonio is an alumnus of both the University of Maryland’s Bachelor (‘96) and Masters (‘98) of Architecture programs. In 2006 he transitioned to Grimm + Parker Architects, where he serves as the firm’s Director of Design—assisting the design effort of over 100 architects in 3 offices throughout Virginia and Maryland while leading the design of own projects. Projects under his design oversight range from a variety of civic buildings such as City Halls, Libraries, and Recreation Centers as well as a variety of educational buildings such as K-12, higher education and campus master planning. Antonio also helps lead the design for a variety of community-oriented residential and mixed use projects that range from high-rise multifamily (affordable and market-rate) to senior living. Antonio has a passion for all aspects of design, including the mentorship of emerging architects, and currently serves as President-Elect of the Potomac Valley Chapter of the AIA. He has a love for all the tools of design and architectural detailing, including sketching, painting, and 3-D modeling both digitally and in clay.
• Richard Williams, FAIA – Richard Williams Architects
  Richard Williams received his BA from Harvard University, graduating with high honors in 1977. He pursued additional studies at the University of Edinburgh Graduate Dept. of Urban Design and Regional Planning, and received his M. Arch degree at the University of Virginia School of Architecture, with highest honors. He is active in the Historic Preservation community, having served many years as a trustee for the DC Preservation League and Chair of its Issues Committee; he also has served on the governing board of the St. Albans School and is a current trustee of the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation. He founded the firms of Williams & Dynerman in 1986, and in 1999 Richard Williams Architects, PLLC. The firm specializes in the design of exceptional projects within a variety of settings – urban context, garden suburbs, and rural outposts – that all share a common sense of belonging and purpose.

2017 Design Awards Committee

Thank you for your hard work to make this program a success!

Chair – Lissy Frese, AIA – CCR Architecture & Interiors
Jessica Bennett, AIA – ArchitectureWorks
Travis Burke, AIA – Nequette Architecture & Design
Cindy Coyle, AIA – ArchitectureWorks
Patrick Nelson, AIA – Regarding Architecture ______

Project Categories:
Commercial   |  Institutional   |   Detail   |   Residential   |    Other

Winners:
Honor   |   Jury    |    Merit    |   Honorable Mention ______

The Winners

High Cotton – Williams Blackstock Architects
Jury Award | Honor Award | Commercial

• skillful, minimalist
• restrained but tasteful and elegant
• wonderful introduction into a hard shell of a building
• lightweight, impressive sense of control, elegant detailing
• good use of restraint and proportions

Shingled Farmhouse – Jeffrey Dungan Architects

Honor Award | Residential

• beautifully detailed interior with crisp lines
• appreciated this project’s minimalism within a traditional framework
• high level of control over exterior and interiors- BEAUTIFUL!
• all details were strongly considered, consistent throughout

ADS Environmental Ceiling – Appleseed Architecture

Honor Award | Detail

• inventive solution solved a major problem of a broad ceiling with its conceptual desire to evoke water
• appreciate inventive solution for low-costs and conceptual desire to relate to program and use
• nice narrative, strong execution

Nike Showroom – Williams Blackstock Architects
Honor Award | Detail

• clean lines
• integrity and control over interiors
• beautiful contrast of materials against an existing shell
• love the contrast between refined and rustic
• black as framing element is very successful

Mountain Brook Renovation – Christopher Architecture & Interiors
Merit Award | Residential

• loved the sculptural façade
• strong resolution of details
• wonderful massing and composition

Abbey Road – Nequette Architecture & Interiors and Jeffrey Dungan Architects
Merit Award | Residential

• this development’s site plan, density and clustering was laudable
• the individual homes well-composed and well-crafted
• great site plan, attractive composition
• silhouetted against the sky these are quite striking

UAB Hill Student Center | Herrington Architects
Merit Award | Institutional

• attractive and appropriate facade resolution
• contextual response to campus plan is good
• good urban planning moves
• floor plan well-composed
• nice plan, good arrangement of program for urban context

Studio Goodlight Live/Work – CCR Architecture & Interiors
Merit Award | Commercial

• fresh and quirky
• well balanced approach to materials and existing structure
• building design matches photographer’s studio aesthetic
• plan is efficient, and does good job combining work and live elements

Lewis Communications – Williams Blackstock Architects
Merit Award | Commercial

• loved the project’s fresh take on interiors
• the roof terrace and art gallery are superb
• good use of materials, spare and clean

 

20 Midtown – CCR Architecture & Interiors
Merit Award | Commercial

• great development of street activity
• commended the high-density, mixed use urban development
• nice massing breakdown/ restraint in color
• unifying concept

smile table – bDot Architects
Honorable Mention Award | Other

• playful, inventive and innovative design to solve an unconventional problem
• what a wonderfully innovative product; playful, fun, really works for the baby
• refreshing to see a table designed for special needs children