5 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., Thursday, June 9, 201

IUCA+D, 310 Jackson Street, Columbus, IN

 

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*5 p.m. - 6 p.m. - Networking, Hors D'oeuvres, Beer, Wine, Soft Drinks

*6 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. - Columbus Indiana Architectural Archives gallery/exhibit tour - "Redeveloping Downtown: Columbus' Modern Urban Form"

*6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. - Presentation - Our guest speaker will be Glenn Gareis, AIA and he will be "in conversation with" Tom Vujovich. While a principal at Development Concepts, Inc. (2004-2010), Gareis worked on Vision 2020, the Strategic Development Plan for downtown Columbus. Gareis is now the president of GMG Architects, LLC. At that time Vujovich was the president of the Redevelopment Commission and a member of the Vision 2020 Committee.

 

*Earn 1.5 AIA/CES Learning Units!

 

*Thank you Taylor Bros. Construction Co., Inc. for hosting the June AIA Indianapolis Program!

 

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More information regarding this program will be forthcoming soon!

"A Conversation about Indy's Walkable Future" will take place June 9 from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at Ivy Tech Community College, 50 W. Fall Creek Pkwy. It is open to the public and free of charge.

 

Chris Leinberger, of Smart Growth America, is a land-use strategist, teacher, developer, researcher and author of "The Option of Urbanism, Investing in a New American Dream" and "Strategic Planning for Real Estate Companies." He is president of LOCUS, a network of responsible real estate developers and investors, which is a program of Smart Growth America, and writes regularly for The Atlantic Monthly and The New York Times.

 

Following Leinberger's presentation, a question-and-answer session moderated by Bill Ehret, a commercial Realtor with Avison Young and board member of the Central Indiana Regional Transit Authority (CIRTA), will allow attendees to engage in the conversation. CLICK HERE to learn more and to register.

Monday, August 8, 2016 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at  Purgatory Golf Club - 12160 East 216th Street, Noblesville, IN 46060.

 

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Thank you to event sponsor Repro Graphix, Inc.!

Evans Woollen, FAIA, one of Indiana's most honored architects, died at his home in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, on May 17. His Indianapolis-based career spanned more than 50 years and included many of the city's best-known modern landmarks: Clowes Hall, the Federal Building, and the expansion of Central Library. CLICK HERE to learn more. CLICK HERE to view some of the Evans Wollen's designed Indianapolis buildings.

Health Care Innovation 2016 is an afternoon workshop, networking lunch and a trade expo. Earn up to 3.5 AIA Learning Units. CLICK HERE to learn more.

September 15-17 over 250 Kentucky and Indiana architects are expected to attend the 2016 AIA Kentucky/AIA Indiana Convention in Lexington, KY. Convention activities include keynote presentations, break-out educational sessions, design and special awards presentations, and a 3-hour TRADE SHOW during which both lunch and a reception will take place in the exhibit area. More detailed information regarding this event will be forthcoming soon!

 

This year we've joined forces with the AIA Central Kentucky Chapter and related industry associations to host the 2016 Big Ass Design Build Bourbon Blast on the opening night of the convention. We are accepting commitments from EXHIBITORS and SPONSORS for both the Convention and the Bourbon Blast. Many packages include both events - mix and match what works best for your company! CLICK HERE to learn more.

SAVE the DATES - AIA Indianapolis will be hosting the Architects' Home Tour on October 15 and 16, 2016. More information will be forthcoming soon!

Architecture at Zero 2016 is a zero net energy design competition open to students and professionals worldwide, engaging architecture, engineering, planning students and professionals in the pursuit of energy efficient design. CLICK HERE to learn more.

IndyGo is currently in the process of designing the Red Line Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system. As part of the overall system design, IndyGo is facilitating a design ideas competition to foster creative design solutions for 28 rapid transit stations along Phase 1 of the Red Line BRT route with possible replication of these stations along the two future phases. This competition is a one-stage, open-ideas competition. There is no fee to enter the competition. It will require two separate concept-level station designs, one for center platforms and one for curbside platforms. CLICK HERE to learn more.

The Tri Ân Idea - In Louisville, Kentucky, a diverse group of citizens led by Yung Nguyen, an immigrant from Vietnam, has conceived this idea of a monument of thanksgiving; a place of special recognition for the tremendous sacrifices the American and South Vietnamese Armed Forces made during the Vietnam War in order to give the Vietnamese people a chance to live in freedom.

 

This citizen's group formed a foundation to develop this concept and to raise private funds to implement it. The foundation's name is "Tri Ân", which means "deep gratitude" in the Vietnamese language.

 

A site was secured in an existing park dedicated to veterans. It is in Jeffersontown, a suburb of Louisville, Kentucky. It is the Foundation's intent to fund and build the Tri Ân Monument based upon the selected design. CLICK HERE to learn more.