Click on the graphic above for more information about the 2019 Focus on Design Award winners.
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AIA Dayton Student Design Competition Announces Winners Via Email and Video
AIA Dayton announced the winners of its 39
th
annual
Art in Architecture Student Design Competition
on March 21, 2020 via email and video instead of the Awards Ceremony that was planned to take place at the Dayton Metro Library.
This year’s program, Platform for Peace, was designed to encourage students to consider how thoughtful and careful design of the built environment can affect public behavior. Students considered what it means to be Dayton Strong by designing a platform for peace within an urban infill lot in the historic Oregon District, the scene of the August 2019 horrific shooting spree that left 9 dead and 27 others wounded.
The program was open to college-bound high school students, grades 9 through 12, interested in art, architecture, or design in Champaign, Clark, Darke, Greene, Logan, Miami, Montgomery, Preble, and Shelby Counties.
Forty-seven students from seven area high schools participated in the program. Students were assisted with this project by their high school advisers as well as a team of architects and associate architects from AIA Dayton.
Clara Bement, a senior at Stivers School for the Arts, was awarded the Sinclair Community College Pathways Scholarship for one semester of classes at Sinclair.
Courtney Reese,
a junior at Dayton Regional STEM School, was awarded the Honor Award and a $1,500 scholarship from L2M Architecture in Moraine.
Timothy LeBlanc
, a senior at Dayton Regional STEM School, won the Merit Award and a $1,000 Heapy college scholarship.
Two Honorable Mention Book Awards of $100 each, donated by Bowser-Morner, were earned by
Virginia Richards,
a senior at Dayton Regional STEM School and
Katie Nefedov,
a senior at Troy Christian Schools.
An award for Future Architect went to Dayton Regional STEM School senior,
Brianna Eason
; while Dayton Regional STEM School junior
Courtney Reese
received the Master Craftsman Award for the best presentation. Rounding out the prizes and receiving the Most Creative Use of Materials, was
Rachael Woodroof
, Dayton Regional STEM School junior.
This competition was judged on creative design and artistic presentation by a panel of jurors including:
Earl Reeder, AIA
; Lisa Mendenhall, owner of Blind Bob’s & Lily’s, and Laura Pippenger, Oregon District resident.
Special thanks go to our videography team of Brendan Bannan and Adam Robinson, Sinclair Community College students.
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AIA Dayton Coronavirus Local Forum #2
Moderated by
: Peter Harsh, AIA, and Charlie Setterfield, AIA, President
Date and Time:
Thursday, April 9; 7:30 - 8:30 AM
Platform:
This will be a virtual program, presented via Zoom
Registration
: Free; Must register by April 8 (By Noon)
Information for Zoom meeting will be sent to all registrants on April 8
You are invited to a follow-up conversation to share stories and learn from each other about steps being taken to weather this COVID-19 pandemic. While none of us have all the answers, or answers that are appropriate everywhere, collectively we can share our concerns, responses and ideas.
We want to hear from you – your concerns, your challenges and your ideas about what AIA can do for you. We have prepared a
member survey
that all Ohio components are sending to their membership, so we can get a handle on the issues and opinions expressed by architects around Ohio. The survey takes 10 minutes to complete; please participate.
If you are unable to join the virtual forum, but would like to share your thoughts, procedures, ideas and questions, please contact
Charlie Setterfield, AIA,
so we can all learn.
We hope you will join us to share your experience.
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Update Your Firm Profile
We are updating our firm listings on the
AIA Dayton website
. Please complete the form by
clicking here
. Only one person from a firm should update the form, so please determine who at your firm will complete and submit the form. All forms are due by May 1, 2020.
This is a free listing on the website, so please update your listing.
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AIA Approved Webinar: Panic Hardware - When, Where, and Why?
Date: Thursday, April 16, 2020
Time: 11:00 AM OR 2:00 PM
Presented By: Allegion
Join Lori Greene, author of iDigHardware.com, on Thursday, April 16, 2020 for an AIA, DHI, ICC approved webinar on Panic Hardware – When, Where, and Why?
The model codes require panic hardware for locations that are subject to emergency egress for a high occupant load, and for rooms housing certain types of electrical equipment. When panic hardware is required, there are additional mandates that must be followed regarding the operation of the hardware. Fire doors add yet another layer of requirements for this hardware, and there are also exceptions that apply in some locations.
This webinar will cover:
- When and where panic hardware is required.
- Why it is used.
- What other code requirements and exceptions need to be considered when selecting these devices.
- Code requirements for electrified options including access control, delayed egress, controlled and electromagnetic-lock release will also be addressed..
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Free Online LU/HSW Courses Offered
Engineered Systems has put together a range of remote AIA presentations that all architects in Ohio can participate in remotely and receive credit. View this list below and sign up - presentations began this week.
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GreenCE Offers Free Webinars
We offer live instructor-led continuing education webinars. The webinars can offer LEED Specific Hours, AIA HSW CE Hours, and ADA/Barrier-Free CE Hours. Check individual webinar listings for more information. Building product manufacturers sponsor the free webinars.
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AIA Ohio Convention, Call For Presentations
Sept. 24-26, 2020 in Dayton, OH
The AIA Ohio Convention, planned for September 24-26, 2020, will bring together architects and allied professionals from around the state for three days of programs and activities. The convention will take place at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, offering traditional classrooms for education as well as technology-based workshops.
The AIA Ohio Programs Task Force is interested in providing a wide range of programs that will appeal to needs of all of the convention attendees. It is the committee’s intention that programs submitted will address the needs of a broad representation of the Institute’s membership and allied professionals. Rather than forcing submissions into two or three tracks, the Programs Task Force has developed several key concepts that we hope to have addressed in the educational offerings. Those programs deemed to address the needs of the widest range of participants will be given the highest consideration.
Click here
to see the Key Concepts and access the presentation submission form.
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AIA Ohio Honor Awards - NEW AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT
Architects are outstanding for more than the projects they design. They deserve recognition for their leadership, public service, mentorship and their work to make the profession of ever-increasing service to society.
AIA Ohio has a NEW HONOR AWARD category this year: the Emerging Professionals Award.
The AIA Ohio Emerging Professional Award identifies and promotes exceptional accomplishments of Associate Members and Young Architect members and their continuing development within the profession.
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AIA Ohio Design Awards -
2020 Guidelines
The AIA Ohio design awards program seeks to promote and focus attention on quality design, sustainability, and AIA's 10 principles of livable communities. The jury will evaluate all projects based on the aesthetic, functional, contextual, social and sustainable characteristics of the design. The jury will also evaluate submissions based on their successful response to one or more of AIA's 10 principles of livable communities. The program opens April 1 - start thinking now about projects you can submit.
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Coronavirus Resources
Best Practice Materials from AIA and AIA Trust
NCARB / ARE
In light of the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, NCARB has adjusted our testing policies through April 30, 2020, to protect your health and safety.
Read the full message
.
Additional Information
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Important AIA Resources
AIA Trust
AIA National
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Last design: Dying of coronavirus, a famous architect planned his final resting place
Last Thursday, on what turned out to be the final full day of
his life
as one of the nation’s most eminent architects, Michael McKinnell spoke with his wife by phone about his plans for one final design.
Diagnosed with COVID-19, he knew little time remained. He had declined the offer of a respirator at Beverly Hospital and had asked for hospice care.
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Virus delays hit construction
Construction may be considered an “essential industry” under the state orders shutting many Minnesota companies down, but builders, architects and engineers are still feeling the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A survey conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
has found
that delays and cancellations are growing and optimism plummeting among the state’s building trades. The survey, conducted March 23 to 25, received 550 responses from companies in contracting, subcontracting, architecture and engineering professional associations statewide.
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Q1 AIA YAF Connection
Emerging professionals are poised to lead the professions response to climate change with urgency. This issue shares a diverse group of voices that are driving programs, research, and achievement with positive environmental impact.
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How Will the $2 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Package Affect Architects?
The
coronavirus pandemic
has upended nearly every aspect of normal life across the globe, and the architecture and design professions are no exception. According to a
new report from the AIA
, two thirds of firms have seen prospective projects slow or stop, and more than three-quarters have already faced problems with current projects due to the outbreak. The practices surveyed also reported that they expect to see revenues fall by 10 percent in March, then 15 percent in April. Staff in nearly half of all offices that responded to AIA are already working remotely—a fact that can bring
its own set of challenges
.
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The architecture of virus transmission: Researchers propose new method for treating airborne pathogens
The built environment often shapes the spread of disease. Many early cases of
COVID-19
, the 2019 novel coronavirus, centered on a seafood market in Wuhan City, China. Airports, hospitals and other gathering points can easily become sites of virus transmission.
But as the medical community grapples with the COVID-19 outbreak — which has ballooned from a few dozen cases in December to more than 120,000 worldwide — a group of researchers led by
Hongxi Yin
at
Washington University in St. Louis
is exploring whether using portable furnaces to sterilize contaminated building exhaust might help to stem the contagion.
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Architecture joins the battle against the Covid-19 virus
An international team of architects, engineers, doctors, military experts and NGOs has implemented an open-source project for conversion of shipping containers into intensive care units which can be set up rapidly wherever there is a medical emergency, such as Covid-19. The first prototype is currently under construction in Milan, Italy, with contributions by Carlo Ratti Associati and Italo Rota.
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