This Week in Design
May 24, 2012

Highlight of the Week   

AIA Programs and Opportunities 

May 31: Integrated Design Hinders Sustainability Innovation (but the Backcasting Method Enables It). 3-5PM @ Coughlin Porter Lundeen. 2CEH/2HSW/2SD.   

May 31: Pecha Kucha Seattle in support of the Nordic Heritage Museum's upcoming exhibition Eero Saarinen: A Reputation for Innovation. 6:30-9PM @ the Nordic Heritage Museum. Co-presented by AIA Seattle.

June 1: AIA Seattle co-hosts SAM Remix! Presented by the Seattle Art Museum. AIA members and their guests receive member rates using a promo code.  To obtain promo code, send message.   

June 6:  Fair Housing Accessibility Training.  8AM-5PM @ Seattle City Hall. 

June 12: Beyond the Green Dream: Facing the Reality of Green Building Compliance. 8AM-5:30PM @ The Mountaineers Program Center. 8CEH/8HSW/8SD. 8 LEED CE Hours.      

June 13: Building Systems Exam Prep. Noon-2PM @ WSP Flack + Kurtz.    

June 13: Free Webinar: Excellence in Universal Design Case Studies. Presented by AIA National.  

June 15-16: Public Interest Design Institute (PIDI). A two-day training course on how to become actively engaged in the rapidly growing field of social design. Co-presented by AIA Seattle; discounts available for AIA Seattle members.      

June 16: 2012 Honors Dinner. 6PM @ 2211 Alaskan Way, Pier 66. 

June 19: Innovative Multi-Story Wood Architecture. Noon-1PM @ AIA Seattle.     

June 21: 15th Annual Summer Solstice - Juneteenth Celebration & Scholarship Benefit . 5:30-7:30PM @ Suyama Peterson Deguchi. Presented by AIA Seattle Diversity Roundtable  

June 25 Deadline: IDP Design Competition: A Building for Affordable Housing. Presented by AIA San Fernando Valley.    

Through June 30: Urban Intervention Exhibit @ Intiman Playhouse.  

Find AIA Seattle on facebook and on Twitter. 

aecKnowledge offers online CEHs.

All aecKnowledge online video courses are 25% OFF from June 1-30.  You'll find over 25 HSW units across seven knowledge areas:

Accessibility, Codes and Standards, Design, Leadership, Practice Management , Risk Management , and Sustainable Design.

 
Welcome new members:

Richard Scott Gardner AIA, Freeman Fong Architecture

Maggie R Hanna-Elattar Assoc. AIA, Rom Architecture Studio

AIA Seattle Committee Meetings 

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Advocacy and Public Affairs

The AIA's guide to the International Green Construction Code is now available online. The website has background materials, podcasts, video, issue briefs and more.   

AIA Seattle authored a letter to the Seattle City Council supporting elimination of parking minimums in transit-rich areas.  See those comments here.

Election season is here!  Register online to vote 24/7. Deadline: July 9.  Questions about voting, candidates and more? Click here.

dpdINFO May issue now available. 

The Seattle City Council is sponsoring legislation that would amend Seattle's regulations for processing land use permits.  Read all about it here and mark your calendar for the June 13 Public Hearing at City Hall and/or send your comments to Sara Nelson of Councilmember Richard Conlin's office. 

In the Community  

May 31: Women's Network for a Sustainable Future Event: Coal Trains or Clean Development? Presented by Climate Solutions.

May 31-June 3: Green Roof Professional (GRP) Training.

June 1 Deadline: Design Exchange in Toronto. Contact Effie Bouras. 

June 1 Deadline: The Wallingford Home Design Awards. Presented by the Wallingford Neighborhood Association.

June 1: IIDSA Junior Show.  Exhibition of NW student design work + outdoor BBQ 

June 2: Conservation Remix. Presented by Climate Solutions.

June 4-8 and June 19-22: PHIUS Certified Passive House Consultant Training.   

June 5: Docomomo WEWA and Historic Seattle Lecture Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Seattle World's Fair.

June 6: Vancouver Urban Forum. Presented by Global Civic Policy Society.

June 6: Open House: UW Business, Law, Communications, Construction and Management Certificate Programs.

June 6-8: CEFPI (Council on Educational Facilities Planners International) Pacific Northwest Regional Conference.   

June 8: 4th Annual Breakfast for Climate Solutions.

June 11-15 and June 26-29: PHIUS Certified Passive House Consultant Training .

June 12:  Deadline for Board Elections. 

June 14: SEAW Seattle Chapter's Annual year-end social event.

June 14: Applying the 2030 Challenge for Products by Beth Stroshane, CCS, CSI, LEED AP, Specifier for ZGF. 1.5 CE / HSW. $20 CSI members / $35 non- members. Walk-ins welcome. Presented by Puget Sound Chapter CSI. 

June 14: Firestopping and related 2012 IBC Code Changes, by TJ Curry, Senior Fire Protection Specialist, Hilti North America. 1.5 CE / HSW. $20 CSI members / $35 non- members. Walk-ins welcome. Presented by Puget Sound Chapter CSI.