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Thursday, August 10, 2023
AC Hotel by Marriott Tour
124 Madison Street, Dayton
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 Meyers+Associates. Participants will tour the new AC Hotel Marriott and learn about the exterior cladding system, urban design and context, interior design and guest experience, and the complexities of a sixth floor bar/restaurant assembly space.
Meet in the lobby by 4:00 PM for the tour by Meyer + Architects; the Happy Hour will follow in the Foundry Restaurant and Bar on the rooftop.
Approved for 1.0 AIA CES LU.
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Thursday, August 24, 2023
Take Me Out to the Ball Game!
AIA Dayton has secured 50 tickets for the Thursday, August 24 Dayton Dragons home game against the Lansing Lugnuts! Tickets are on sale for this event for $10 per person, with a maximum of 4 tickets per Dayton AIA member. It's a family event, so bring yours!
Thank you to our sponsors Kimley-Horn and Snyder Brick & Block for subsidizing the cost of the event!
Each ticket includes $5.00 in Baseball Bucks to use that evening. There will be a door prize drawing for two (2) tickets to Kings Island for a lucky member!
AIA Dayton Members are limited to four (4) tickets per family and tickets will be sold on a first-come first-served basis, so put in your reservation now. The seats are located down the first base line.
Come out and enjoy a great night of baseball with your AIA Dayton colleagues! Tickets will be distributed the evening of the event by AIA Dayton staff. The game starts at 7:05 PM.
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Submit Your Entries for the Focus on Design Awards Program
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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Registration Open for AIA Ohio Conference
AIA Ohio Architectural Design Community Conference will bring together more than 200 members of the design community from across the state for three days of tours, keynote speakers, educational programming, and other activities right in the heart of Columbus.
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Special Keynote: Kirsten Ring Murray
When: Sunday, September 10, 3:30 PM
An owner and principal of Olson Kundig, Kirsten Ring Murray’s body of work is characterized by authentic, contextual buildings and spaces that result from a collaborative design partnership with her clients and colleagues. Since joining Olson Kundig in 1989, Kirsten has designed a range of project types, from private residences to mixed-used buildings, multi-family developments, art spaces, historic commercial renovations and urban design projects. Throughout her career, Kirsten has created buildings and spaces that strengthen and enrich communities.
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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 8/17 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
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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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Dome homes could be climate change savior
The climate change homes of tomorrow could be dome structures — cheap to build and resilient against hurricane-force winds.
Why it matters: Experts say increasingly hostile weather could lead homebuilders to popularize disaster-proof designs like domes, which have eluded the mass market for decades.
Case in point: Architecture students in D.C. recently assembled a geodesic dome able to withstand winds up to 200 miles per hour and harsh locales such as polar regions.
Read More: Axios
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60 Years of Barbie Architecture: When Popular Culture Meets Design
In her 1959 debut by Mattel, Barbie became a doll that transformed the toy industry and has been a popular culture icon ever since. 3 years later, the first accompanying Barbie Dollhouse was created, a home for Barbie representing her domestic, habitual, and day-to-day life. Over the past 60 years, Barbie Dreamhouses have changed and evolved, each iteration adopting the architectural and design fads of the eras in which they were produced. In fact, each dollhouse is an artifact of the unique blend of history, politics, popular culture, trends, and design styles that define architecture as we know it.
Read More: ArchDaily
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5 Historic Hotels With Stunning Architecture
Historic hotels tend to have a special allure. They allow you to travel through time and imagine what it felt like to live in a different era, one far away from the stressors of modern-day life, when everything ran at a slower pace. However, it requires immense care and effort to preserve these beautiful glimpses into the past.
These five properties have accomplished the feat of maintaining the particular sensibility and character of the original architect’s design while allowing you to enjoy these prized relics.
Read More: Forbes
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This wild ‘building’ was grown from fungus and fabric
The system, called BioKnit, was built using a paste of mycelium and sawdust that’s pumped inside a fabric formwork. Wool and linen were knitted into a scaffold that was used to guide the growth of the mycelium, which is the root-like branching structure of fungi that typically grows underground. Left to grow to a specific density and then dried out, the mycelium filled the knitted scaffold and hardened into a moderately strong experimental pavilion that looks like a mix between a gazebo and a moldy piece of bread.
Read More: Fast Company
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The world’s new largest office building is bigger than the Pentagon
The newly-opened Surat Diamond Bourse is billed as a “one-stop destination” for over 65,000 diamond professionals, including cutters, polishers and traders. Featuring a succession of nine rectangular structures spilling out from — and interconnected via — a central “spine,” the sprawling 15-story complex has been built across more than 35 acres of land.
Read More: CNN
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