Chapter News

Consider a Year-end Contribution to the AIA Dayton Architectural Scholarship Fund

Before you close out your 2022 books, please consider a contribution to the AIA Dayton Architectural Scholarship Fund, administered by the Dayton Foundation and AIA Dayton. The fund was created in 1991 by Lynn App, Emeritus AIA, and has grown in value over the years to more than $120,000. Scholarship awards are made each year to deserving students in the Miami Valley attending an NAAB accredited college/university.

For a donation form, Click Here.

42nd AIA Dayton Art in Architecture Student Design Competition

Ready to Launch in 2023

The 42nd AIA Dayton Art in Architecture Student Design Competition is taking shape and will kick off January 21, 2023, with a half-day charrette.  

The program is designed for college-bound high school students, grades 9 through 12, interested in art, architecture, or design. The competition is open to all students within AIA Dayton’s nine-county geographic region (Champaign, Clark, Darke, Greene, Logan, Miami, Montgomery, Preble and Shelby Counties) and/or zip codes beginning with 453, 454, 455, and 458. The event is limited to the first 80 students who return their registration form with the $25 per student registration fee. 

Registration is now open to students on Eventbrite here.

The 2023 project is to design a Funk Museum of Music!

High school students will design a museum and music space inspired by Dayton's Funk Music history in the 70s and 80s. They will learn what a museum for music will require by creating a new space that could house the Dayton Funk Center which has been in need of a permanent home. Student will meet directly with the funk center director David Webb as well as designers who have made an impact on designing for music.

Congratulations to the Newly Elected Officers and Directors of

AIA Dayton for 2023

The following officers and directors were approved by unanimous vote at the Membership Annual Business Meeting at Bar Granada on November 2:

* President: Alexandra Bohler, AIA

* President-elect: Rebecca Nikolai, AIA

* Treasurer (2-year term): Erin McNicholl, AIA

* Secretary: (2nd of 2-year term): Bryan Greene, AIA

* Directors: Mike Duke, AIA; Fernando Oseguera, AIA

* Associate Directors: Bayleigh Hetrick, Assoc. AIA; Margaret Beecroft, Assoc. AIA

*AIA Ohio Director (3rd of 3-year term) (filing in for Charlie Setterfield, AIA, who resigned to assume AIA Ohio 2023 Secretary position): Joe Bissaillon, AIA

Thanks to The Kleingers Group for being the drink sponsors for the meeting!

Other News

Ohio Board of Building Standards Update

December 2022 Update: The moratorium in R.C. 3781.1010 which prohibited the Board’s rules from requiring the installation of a storm shelter in any school building operated by a public or private school expired on November 30, 2022. The moratorium also expired for any school building undergoing or about to undergo construction, alteration, repair, or maintenance unless “financing has been secured” prior to November 30, 2022. The Ohio Attorney General issued Opinion 2019-027 in response to the Board’s request for guidance on the meaning of “financing has been secured” in R.C. 3781.1010.

The Opinion is available here.

Architecture Co-Op Fair

Friday, January 20, 2023 from 11 AM to 2 PM



The annual BGSU Co-op fair is a professional development event that allows professionals, such as yourself, and architecture students to network and find potential employment opportunities. This year we are so excited to host our Co-op Fair via Zoom to provide more accessibility for all members and firms as well as to give the safest option for all. 

The Co-Op Fair Registration Form can be found on our AIAS chapter website, AIAS BGSU Co-op Fair Registration. This will allow you to reserve a spot at our Architecture Student exclusive co-op fair. In order for our planning team to effectively manage the event and student registrations, please reply by no later than January 18^th at 5 PM.  

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