March AIA LA Newsletter

MARCH 2022

Early Registration Discount Ends Thursday

Event is NEXT week!!

AIA LA Member Elevated to College of Fellows

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is elevating an AIA member from AIA Louisiana to its prestigious College of Fellows, AIA’s highest membership honor, for their exceptional work and contributions to architecture and society.

The fellowship program was developed to elevate those architects who have achieved a standard of excellence in the profession and made a significant contribution to architecture and society on a national level. Architects who have been elevated to fellowship can be identified by the designation FAIA after their name.

Ursula Emery McClure FAAR, FAIA, LEED BD+C, NCIDQ is partner of emerymcclure architecture, an architecture firm based in Lafayette, LA. She is also currently a Visiting Professor at The University of Texas at Arlington. An AIA Louisiana member for 20+ years, she has defined her career as a fusion from the onset of her professional education. She melds a recognized design practice, sponsored research, and

interdisciplinary teaching to focus on the resiliency between the constructed and the natural environments. Her advocacy and designs for intelligent adaptative preservation and reciprocity between the two environments have produced award-winning projects, research and sponsored learning environments scaling from exhibit installations to an

entire state’s coastline. Through emerymcclure architecture's research practice she challenges accepted conventions to propose more symbiotic relationships between nature and building.

Read Full Release Here

Fellowship Info-Session

Are you considering applying for AIA Fellowship? College of Fellows Regional Representatives (Gulf State area) are hosting a virtual meeting to provide information and guidance for AIA members who are interested in the possibility of pursuing AIA Fellowship. Free of charge and no need to register!

Date: March 22, 2022

Time: 12:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting

Are you looking to enhance your ability to interact with your civic/community leaders as a way to grow your firm? This session will provide knowledge and insight into how being active in your community and engaging on a civic level can lead to project creation as well as ways your firm can be seen as a leader in the profession.

STILL NEED VOLUNTEERS

SAVE THE DATE: AIA LA Annual Conference on Architecture 2022

October 6-7, 2022. The Lodge at Gulf State Park.

CALL FOR PLANNING VOLUNTEERS:

A representative from each chapter/section across the state is being sought to assist in the planning of this year’s conference. What a great networking opportunity! (not to mention a great way to gain insight, ideas, and experience for when Conference is local again, and discounted registration!)

Still looking for volunteers from at least these areas to participate in planning:

AIA Coastal

AIA Central

AIA Monroe

AIA Shreveport

AIA South

Email to sign-up HERE.

Leadership & Career Building

Is working on your career skills important? What about becoming a better professional or making some great networking contacts? Do you know an up-and-coming leader in your firm? There’s a GREAT program you need to know about!....and the ROI makes it an amazing deal! Have you done the math?! The hourly investment can’t be beat (and it’s NOT just for architects)!

A few highlights from the brochure:

Navigating conflict resolution effectively – aka negotiations or even communications with clients
Business Development
Team Building – yes, there’s a little fun involved!
Check out what committee meetings at the Capitol are like and meet with a few legislators
Learn about advocacy – how, why, when…
Master remote operations
Gain insight and training into the financial side of project management
Create a personal leadership plan of action
Learn more about professional liability, contract documents, and presentations
Get FREE registration to AIA LA State Conference on Architecture and be honored at the Awards Program!

Emerging Professionals Scholarship!

AIA Louisiana Scholarship Committee is proud to release the 2022 Call for Entries providing scholarship funds to AIA LA members licensed ten-years or less to attend the Emerging Leaders Institute! Are you hoping to be an “up and coming leader” in your firm or working to lead your recently formed firm? Are you a partner in a firm and have identified promising potential in current employees? If so, the Emerging Leaders Institute is an ideal place to hone those skills and make crucial connections. The Emerging Professionals Scholarship will bolster those efforts assisting with registration fees!

SUPPLEMENTAL DUES TRANSITION

As part of dues structure transition, the AIA LA Supplemental Dues Taskforce would like to invite current AIA members (licensed architects and intern architects in LA) to participate in one of the sharing/listening sessions being offered over the next couple of months where you can hear more about this topic and ask relevant questions. You can also submit questions prior to the session via email HERE if you wish.

Below are a variety of dates to choose from:

You only need to register for one as they will all be the same format and information.
The person in your office that is in charge of dues calculations/payment of those invoices is welcome to attend. Please, simply forward this email to them and ask them to register; preferred that you attend the same one as they do, but not required.
You’ll notice there is a specific one for university professors. Only issues related to them specifically will be discussed there, so that is only open to them. All others are open to any AIA LA member or personnel responsible for dues payments.

Sessions: All sessions are 8:30-9:30AM CST via Zoom; click the date to register

March 22

April 5

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Bill Review Session

Hosted by AIALA Advocacy Committee

Would you like to hear about the bills that AIA LA will be tracking during the 2022 Legislative Session? Join the presentation Wednesday, April 16^th from 10-11 AM to hear introductions of the bills that the AIA LA Advocacy Committee will be tracking/discussing this year. Email inquiries@aiala.com to register for this free “members only” event.