AIA Rochester March Newsletter
AIA Rochester
2021 Design Awards

Submissions Due April 1, 2021
Boards Due June 1, 2021
Design Awards June 11, 2021
AIA Rochester's
Women in Architecture

AIA Rochester is launching a social media series featuring successful female members of our chapter beginning in March as part of Women’s History month. These features will continue throughout the year as part of an ongoing series about Women in Architecture on our social media channels.

To participate, please click here for the questionnaire.
We would love to hear from you at your earliest convenience so that we can feature many of our members in March. However, if you need additional time please respond when you are able; we hope to continue this feature throughout the year with enough participation.
2021 Swinging Fore Scholarships
by Nate Rozzi, AIA

Each fall for the past 35 years we have gathered as architects, clients, contractors, suppliers, and volunteers for a few hours of golf, laughs, food & drink at the Swinging Fore Scholarships tournament. Proceeds from the tournament fund the AIA Rochester/Architectural Foundation of Greater Rochester (AFGR) scholarship program and are a key component of our mission to support architectural education.

We award scholarships to local students attending or entering architectural studies at NAAB accredited programs. Scholarships are provided in conjunction with AIA Rochester, AIA National, Bergmann, The Family of Myron Starks, AIA, and Women in Architecture.
#AIARoc365InstagramInitiative
Submit your projects Now!

Over the past two years, AIA Rochester has focused on highlighting the work of our members via our Instagram account @aiaroc. AIA Rochester is looking forward to a new year and a new round of project photos to share with our (799!) Instagram followers.

Last year’s #AIARoc365InstagramInitiative focus received some very positive feedback. Therefore, we continue our ask for a closeup of a project detail, as well as a photo of the project showing the detail in context.

#AIARoc365InstagramInitiative Requirements:
·      Two images - one showing a close-up, specific detail of the project and then a second picture of the
whole image. (JPEG if possible or PNG/TIFF, but no pdf's)
·      OR an image of a project under construction – before and afters welcome!
·      OR a sketch or rendering showing the design process – before and afters welcome!
·      Your Instagram handle if you have one
·      Name of Project
·      Photo credit - who took image(s)
·      Description - 2-3 short bullets that we can include
·      Please submit up to 10 entries at this time
Please email lbhewitt@aiaroc.org with submissions. Click here to see our page.
Reshaping Rochester
Next Up!

Nidhi Gulati, March 24
New York, NY

Nidhi Gulati is the Senior Director of Programs & Projects at Projects for Public Spaces. She will discuss transportation and mobility.
April is AIA Advocacy Month!
WE NEED YOU!

Architects must have a seat at the table when important civic decisions are made and must play a vital role in crafting public policy solutions that address the most prominent issues facing states and cities. By advocating solutions within the built environment to address issues like school safety, climate change, and affordable housing, architects are at the forefront of solving these critical challenges. Contact us at lbhewitt@aiaroc.org and let us know you are interested!
AIA New York State
Excelsior Awards

Submission Deadline: March 12, 2021
Categories: New Construction, Historic Preservation, Renovation / Addition
Landscape Architecture
Professional Service Awards
The Professional Awards honor excellence in practice and advocacy of design in NYS public architecture.
  • Daniel Patrick Moynihan Award
  • Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Award
  • Henry Hobson Richardson Award

Click here for more details
AIA '21 National Convention
Digital Convention
 
This June, AIA is launching their first-ever all-digital AIA Conference on Architecture. A’21 will be a series of four unique online events that address firms’ business needs in a world whose economy has been impacted simultaneously by a pandemic, climate change, and racial inequity.
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