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Save the Dates!
Thursday, August 10, 2023
Come for the tour at 4:00 pm – stay for the Happy Hour on the Rooftop!
Tour the new AC Hotel Dayton by Marriott, located in the heart of the Water Street District, with over 3,500 square feet of natural light meeting space. The Foundry, the rooftop bar and restaurant where the Happy Hour will be held, overlooks the Day Air Ballpark. The tour will be conducted by Brackett Builders and Meyer+Architects. Prepare for this to be a home run!
Registration to open soon.
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Thursday, August 24, 2023
Speaking of Day Air Ballpark, AIA Dayton has secured 50 tickets for the Thursday, August 24 Dayton Dragons home game against the Lansing Lugnuts! Tickets will go on sale soon for this event, so clear your calendar now of any other activities and Save the Date! Tickets are $10 each, and will include $5.00 in Baseball Bucks to use that evening. There will also be a door prize drawing for two (2) tickets to Kings Island. AIA Dayton Members are limited to four (4) tickets per family and will be sold on a first-come first-served basis. Look for a special News Bulletin next week announcing that tickets are on sale!
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Thursday, November 9, 2023
The AIA Dayton Focus on Design Awards Program is now open for submission of entries! Click here to go to the OpenWater platform for more information.
The awards program will be held at the Dayton Steam Plant on Thursday, November 9 from 6:00 – 9:00 pm. We can’t wait to see you there!
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Architecture and Design Camp | |
Timber Frame with SIP Panel Construction Site Visit
Date: Wednesday July 12, 2023
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM - Lunch provided
Location: Between Lebanon and Waynesville (Address provided after registration)
Cost: Varies based on membership type (Full-time students Free)
Timber Frame construction utilizes heavy timbers with interlocking wood-to-wood, mortise and tenon joinery and fasteners rather than nails, screws, or metalwork. Increasingly, wood is viewed as a sustainable, environmental resource with a carbon footprint that’s 75% less than that of concrete or steel, in addition to the embodied carbon sequestered in the frame for the duration of building use.
Structural Insulated Panels (SIP) are better for the environment. Assembled off-site, they reduce waste. Once installed they provide a high performing weather-tight shell that reduces energy costs. They also can save 50% on framing labor by reducing framing time by 66% on average! SIP can be used on residential or commercial structures for walls, roofing, and foundations.
Join Pinnacle Engineering and Colorado Timberframing for this site visit and enjoy an early lunch.
Presented by AIA Cincinnati Custom Residential Architects Network (CRAN).
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Call for Candidates
AIA Ohio Representative to the Strategic Council
A candidate will be selected to replace Yanitza Brongers Marrero, FAIA, Columbus, whose three-year term will be complete on Dec. 31, 2023. AIA Strategic Council members are responsible for establishing the vision and long-term goals of the Institute. The AIA Strategic Council serves an advisory role to the AIA National Board, but is not involved in governance.
Candidates must be a member in good standing of AIA Ohio. Current members of the AIA Ohio Executive Committee are not eligible. Members of the current Representative’s local component (AIA Columbus) are not eligible.
AIA Ohio Representative to the Young Architects Forum
A candidate will be selected to replace Seth Duke, AIA, Cleveland, whose two-year term will be complete on Dec. 31, 2023. Representatives to the Young Architects Forum serve as the voice of recently licensed architects and advocate for issues of particular relevance to them. The AIA Ohio Representative to the YAF serves as an ex-officio (advisory, non-voting) member of the AIA Ohio Board of Directors.
The Ohio Representative to the YAF shall be an architect registered for ten (10) years or less and a member of AIA Ohio at the time they are elected. Members of the current Representative’s local component (AIA Cleveland) are not eligible.
Submission Deadline: August 31, 2023
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Small Firm Exchange News
Join Ohio’s Small Firm Exchange (SFx) representative Sarah Kleiner, AIA Cincinnati for a virtual SFx coffee chats where small firm leaders can engage with one another, discuss issues facing small firms today, and see what the AIA can do to support Ohio’s small firms. Virtual chats will take place 8:30-9 a.m. monthly—even months on the third Thursday, odd months on the third Tuesday.
The mission of the Small Firm Exchange (SFx) is to advance the mutual interests of architects practicing in small firms. SFx representatives connect small firm leaders in their local and state components to the national organization. AIA members practicing in small firms are encouraged to reach out to Sarah to discuss how the AIA could better support their practice.
The next SFx is 7/18 https://aiacincinnati.org/programs/events/061523-small-firm-exchange-ohio.
Register for the calls to receive the virtual call information!
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A Free resource for AIA components and members
The AIA Trust Legal Network, a free member resource, is a searchable database to find experienced A/E construction lawyers by state. Enrollment is free for qualifying law firms. Encourage any A/E law firms not yet listed to enroll—or send their contact information to [email protected] for follow-up
Learn More Here
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Online Free CE Opportunities | | |
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Browse free courses for AIA members to support architects, design professionals, and architecture firms prepare for the future.
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If you prefer live, interactive continuing education but prefer the comfort of your office, studio or home, webinars may be the perfect fit for your CE needs.
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GreenCE offers live instructor-led continuing education webinars. The webinars can offer LEED Specific Hours, AIA HSW CE Hours, and ADA/Barrier-Free CE Hours.
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100 years of Le Corbusier: what does he mean to today’s architects?
Le Corbusier was to architecture what Picasso was to painting, a towering and egomaniacal creative force who transformed his discipline for ever. His buildings have inspired admiration, sometimes devotion. He is an icon, granted the nickname “Corb” or “Corbu” by architects. He has also been vigorously attacked, as a mechanistic fanatic whose ideas inspired inhumane tower blocks and concrete jungles.
Read More: The Guardian (UK)
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How to design the perfect city playground
If play is the work of childhood, a growing chorus of researchers and designers say it’s imperative to create more spaces that offer the chance to experiment, take risks and face challenges.
“Play is the way that you learn,” said Matthew Urbanski, partner with landscape architects Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, which has created some of the most creative parks in cities across North America.
Read More: Globe and Mail
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In downtown Chicago, office conversions are being used to create affordable housing
As COVID-19 and remote work have emptied downtown office buildings, converting the most beleaguered, and often oldest, of these into residences has emerged as a seemingly intuitive solution that in reality is often filled with complex trade-offs involving floor plate depth and code calculations that will require the reformatting of yesterday’s comparatively primitive office towers for today’s heavily amenitized urban residences. This transition is being harnessed as a subsidized housing development tool, making the city a leader, according to Roubik.
Read More: Architect’s Newspaper
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Architects’ Billings Rise for First Time Since September, Buoyed by Institutions
U.S. architecture firms offered a small sign of hope for the economy as they billed clients for more work in May in the first monthly increase since last year, buoyed by institutional projects.
The billings score of invoices from architects and designers rose to 51 in May from 48.5 in April in its first gain since September 2022, according to the monthly index from the American Institute of Architects and its partner firm, Deltek. A score higher than 50 equates to more monthly billings in the index, a closely watched indicator of nonresidential construction.
Read More: CoStar
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