January 2023 Newsletter

Meet AIA Birmingham’s 2023 President,
Travis Burke!

Greetings AIA Birmingham
I would like to thank our members for the opportunity to serve as your president this year. It is an honor to lead this chapter, especially alongside such a strong and talented Executive Committee. AIA Birmingham has many initiatives aimed at fostering better community involvement with local municipalities and education centers. Over the next year, our goal is to advance those current initiatives and plan more opportunities in our local communities for increased communication and inclusion in our built environment.

Our Executive Committee has framed our plans for the year in keeping with our AIA Birmingham Mission Statement:

“AIA Birmingham’s primary goal is to provide support to our members. We advocate for the value of architecture and give architects the resources they need to do their best work. Our work should drive positive change through the power of design.”

We want to make living and working in our community better for all. AIA Birmingham has several special initiatives happening already this year. We are currently working with local leadership to help address the attainability issue in housing. Our goal is to work with city planners and Zoning boards to help facilitate new ideas in what attainability means and how we, as Architects, can help communicate these ideas. These are exciting conversations we are having and there are lots of places for our members to plug into these efforts and get involved in making action happen. If you would be interested in helping with this or any other initiatives we are working on, please reach out.

In addition, planning for all of our favorite parts of the AIA Birmingham Calendar are still ongoing. Interesting Chapter Meetings and HSWs, a Healthcare Symposium in August, dreamARCHITECTURE (ACFA), Design Awards, the Emerging Professionals group has fantastic site visits open to all members, study sessions to help our Emerging Professionals get licensed, and Women in Architecture!

All of this programming is happening to bring value to our architects and to the communities in which we work and play. None of this would be possible without the support of our members, sponsors, and unfailing executive leadership by Karma Management Inc., and Rhea Williams. If you see Rhea be sure to thank her for all that she and her staff do for our Local Chapter. I look forward to being able to serve our members in the upcoming year.

“We shape our buildings: thereafter they shape us.” –Winston Churchill

Travis Burke, AIA, Nequette Architecture & Design

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February Chapter Meeting – Urban Impact: Civil Rights District Update

Join us February 14th at the Alabama Center for Architecture!
Register online here.

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We are so thankful for our partners and sponsors! Their continued support helps us provide unique programming for our members. We encourage our members to consider sponsors first if they are in need of products or services.

Click here to see a full list of our 2023 Chapter Sponsors!

2022 SPONSORS: We hope you will join the AIA Birmingham Family in 2023! Email anna@karmamanagementinc.com to renew today! View the full 2023 Sponsor Brochure here.

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AIA Birmingham Events

Stay up to date on all of our upcoming evens by following us on social media! @aiabirmingham.

January Chapter Meeting – Coffee with Chris Hastings

February Chapter Meeting – Urban Impact: Civil Rights District Update

Tips & Tricks to Design Awards with Cheryl Morgan, FAIA

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AIA Birmingham Save The Dates

June 7-11, 2023 – AIA National Conference (San Francisco, CA)
July 13, 2023 – Design Awards Ceremony
August 15, 2023 – Annual Healthcare Symposium
September 29 – October 1, 2023 – AIA Alabama State Convention
November 2, 2023 – Sponsor & Member Appreciation Tradeshow
December 5, 2023 – Procrastination Education

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Design Awards Call for Entries

The 2023 Design Awards Call for Entries is officially open! Please click here to view the full Call for Entries.

Enter your 2023 Design Awards Projects online here.

Please contact Anna Ortiz, anna@karmamanagementinc.com, with any questions or concerns.

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6th Annual Posters, Pints, & Pies!

The Annual Poster Show is BACK! Join the Alabama Center for Architecture Thursday, February 9th from 7-9 PM for Posters, Pints, & Pies!

Building with Bricks Exhibit

Do you love playing with LEGOS®? Our annual “Building with Bricks” Exhibit invites children and adults alike to come into the ACFA and experience the joys of building and design!

If you’re interested in volunteering for the exhibit, click here!

Learn more about sponsoring here.