NEWS
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 Registration Open for the AIA/CKC Annual Retreat: June 1st
Deadline to book your room April 30th |
Join Us in June...
at the AIA/CKC Annual Retreat
June 1, 2019
French Lick Resort
French Lick, Indiana
Conference Schedule:
Friday, May 31st
6:30pm: For those coming up on Friday, dinner to be at Ohana Hawaiian Bar & Grill
Saturday, June 1st
8:30am: Registration/ Arrival/ Breakfast - at French Lick Resort
9:00am: Presentation by Indiana Limestone (our retreat sponsor)
10:00am: Presentation by Britt Brewer, with the J. Irwin Miller Architecture Program, with Indiana University in Columbus.
11:00am: Jason Williams, Structural Engineer, West Baden Springs Hotel renovation.
12:00 noon: Lunch
1:00-4:00pm: Walking Tour of both French Lick Resort & West Baden Springs Hotel.
Tour led by George Ridgeway, the architect of the renovation and restoration of both hotels. He will give us a behind the scenes tour.
6:00pm: Dinner at French Lick Winery
A limit number of hotel rooms have been reserved at the French Lick Resort for this conference (with an option to stay at West Baden Springs).
Cost at French Lick: $189.00 (Friday), $199.00 (Saturday)
Cost at West Baden Springs: $259.00 (either night).
Make reservations by calling the resort directly at:
1-888-936-9360 using the group code:
0519AIA.
Cut off date for reservations through this block is April 30.
Cost: $50 AIA members and their guests.
$75 for non-AIA members.
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We thank our event sponsor:
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AIA/CKC MayProgram, Joint with CSI Louisville:
Tour of Derby City Gaming |
Date: Thursday,
May 16th, 11:30AM- 1:00PM
Place: Derby City Gaming, 4520 Poplar Level Rd, Louisville, KY 40213
Churchill Downs: Update on Growth & Expansion (1 AIA Credit)
Presented by Pete Berdovich, Director of Construction, Churchill Downs
The Courier Journal reported on April 10, 2019 that Oak Grove Racing and Gaming is breaking ground as another investment by a partnership of Churchill Downs and Keeneland providing yet more options in horse racing and gaming in Kentucky. The Courier Journal said that this venue is "an estimated cost of $150 million adjacent to Fort Campbell, [and] will be built in two phases. The first phase, which is expected to be completed in time for a 12-day October meet already approved by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission (KHRC), will include a harness race track, stable facilities and a paddock.The second phase, which will feature a grandstand, an amphitheater, a 128-room hotel and gaming facilities for 1,500 historical racing machines, is expected to be completed in the first half of 2020."
This news is on the heals of growth and expansion we have seen recently in the Louisville area at the Churchill Downs Racetrack and Derby City Gaming. Mr. Berdovich has agreed to take time out of his demanding schedule to talk to our group about their growth and expansion. The AIA Central Kentucky Chapter is invited to join CSI Louisville in this in-depth first-hand look at what it takes to coordinate such design and construction effort at such fast pace.
The objectives of this course will be as follows:
1. Attendees to learn about the existing and upcoming projects and how and what decisions have been made that impact these investments.
2. Attendees will learn about the needs and challenges in the horse industry and how Churchill has been able to respond to these.
3. Attendees will gain knowledge on how legislation changes have affected the horse industry, and specifically Churchill Downs.
4. Attendees will learn about specific features that are must have in existing and new race track, stables, paddock, grandstand and gaming facilities.
Architects will be able to earn 1 AIA/CES LU be attending this event.
Click Here to RSVP (on the CSI website)
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| AIA/CKC Survey of Emerging Professionals |
Emerging professionals, we want to hear from you! If you are an associate member, intern architect or architect licensed less than 10 years, please fill out our quick 2 minute survey below. All participants will be entered to win a $20 Visa card!
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Welcome Senait Kassa, AIA, New Director for AIA Central Kentucky Chapter
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AIA/CKC is proud to announce that Senait Kassa has been selected to serve on the board of directors, replacing Robert Johnson, who recently moved out of town.
Senait is a Senior Architect with Luckett & Farley. She is passionate about good design, sustainability and community. She enjoys dealing with design and urban planning issues that affect our living environment and communities. As an architect and certified planner, she has more than 15 years of architectural and planning experience with projects varying in scale from single building design to campus master planning to urban planning. Her architectural experience includes a wide range of building types, including mixed-use, educational, commercial, industrial, and adaptive reuse of historic buildings.
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AIA/CKC Invited to A4LE Program:
Tour of St. Matthews Library by Steven Ward, AIA |
Date: Monday, May 20, 2019, 4:00pm
Location: St. Matthews Branch LFPL
Course Description:
The City of St Matthews approached Louisville Free Public Library about expanding the scope of a planned renovation of the St Matthews Library branch. Instead of minor interventions in the existing branch, the City's goal was that the busiest branch in the LFPL system would have an increased presence in St Matthews and an enhanced capacity to serve the community. The resulting renovation and expansion tripled the branch's square footage but also triggered the reconsideration of the entire campus on which the library is sited. Steven Ward of Studio Kremer architects will present the design trajectory, share key design considerations, and host a tour of the newly opened facility.
Learning Objectives:
1 Understand the priorities of a library system needing to address a variety of programming needs and conflicting public expectations.
2 Understand how a limited-scope project to expand a library branch impacted planning for the full campus of St Matthews' City Hall.
3 Gain insight into how the goals of developing an expanded branch library, albeit a highly-trafficked one, can differ from those of the larger regional hubs.
4 Get an introduction to some design solutions and systems not used often in our local construction market.
Happy hour to follow afterwards at Molly Malone's in St. Matthews.
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Louisville Hosts Annual Congress for New Urbanism Conference
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AIA Kentucky and AIA CKC are excited to announce a sponsored event with the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU).
CNU will be hosting their annual congress in Louisville from
June 12-15th, 2019 and will welcome over 1,500 attendees to connect architects, urban planners, and placemakers from around the globe to explore innovative solutions to local challenges with world-renowned experts. This unique event is a fantastic opportunity to engage with a broader audience
about the place we call home and to discuss emerging trends and new technical solutions for the future of Louisville and surrounding regions. For more information on how to attend, volunteer and engage, go to:
https://www.cnu.org/publicsquare/2018/08/21/cnu-louisville-how-engage
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Preservation Kentucky Guided Tours
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Preservation Kentucky Guided Tours
Preservation Kentucky's Tour120 is an exciting new statewide heritage tourism program designed to raise awareness of the importance of historic preservation to Kentucky's communities, and raise funds to help the nonprofits that preserve, manage and showcase them.
The program launches on Saturday-Sunday, May 18-19, 2019, during National Historic Preservation Month, with tours of historic commercial, residential and public buildings on the same days throughout the state to make a large impact on the public and provide a cohesive branding, advertising and promotional opportunity for the host committees that participate.
Link to Event on Preservation Kentucky Website
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National Preservation Trades Expo
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| AIA Member Articles/Announcements Wanted! |
The AIA/Central Kentucky offers members and member firms the opportunity to make announcements to chapter members via this email blast in the future, including job postings.
Any member may submit and article or press release to Steve Goldstein at: [email protected]. The article will be included in the next regularly scheduled email blast to the membership.
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Upcoming Events
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May 16, 2019
May Program with CSI Louisville: Tour of Derby City Gaming.
June 1, 2019
AIA/CKC Annual Retreat - This year in French Lick, IN.
August 25, 2019
AIA/CKC Home Tour
Hold the Date. More information forthcoming.
Programs for 2019 will be posted as they are scheduled. Programs will be announced in more detail in subsequent email announcements as details are established.
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AIA/CKC Says "Thank You!" to the Allied Benefactors & Sponsors of AIA Kentucky
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