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AIA Arizona is giving away free coffee - read further to find out how to win.
Have you completed your 2007 AIA Arizona Firm Profile for the Firm Directory? Read below for more information.
AIA Arizona has a new employee - Alexandra Vailas. She is our part-time communications director and will be working on public awareness and member communication. Please welcome Alex to the AIA.
AIA Arizona would like to thank Ken Martinek with Arcadia and Mike Cook with Cook’s Commercial Glazing for donating and installing a new door at the AIA Arizona office.
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What Building Is This?
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 Welcome to our new contest. If you are the first person to email me the correct name of the building - you will win a $10 gift card to Starbucks. Do you have images of details - that you would like to share? Please email them to me and we will use them in future issues of Just the Facts, Please. I would like to thank Joe Worrall, AIA of DFD Cornoyer/Hedrick for supplying the photo for this issue. |
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U of A - Beaux Arts Ball
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March 24, 2007
Location: Reid Park Zoo
Date: March 24, 2007
Time: 7:00 pm to 11:30 pm The Beaux Arts Ball has been a tradition for centuries among design colleges worldwide. With origins tracing back to École des Beaux-Arts School in Paris in the 1880s, the ball was an opportunity for students to socialize at the end of the term and invent creative, and often risqué, costumes for the occasion.
Themed as the “Urban Jungle,” food will be catered by Vila Thai and live Tucson band, SKITN, will feature CALAs very own Fernando Hinojosa BArch ’08* on the keyboard. Keeping with tradition, there will be contests and prizes for the best dressed in accordance with the theme.
Dean Chuck Albanese believes the Beaux Arts Ball will be an excellent opportunity for alumni and friends to interact with the College.
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Williams Exhibition at the U of A
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Reception - March 23
The College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (CALA) installed an exhibition and will host a reception in honor of the prolific career of A. Richard Williams, FAIA, during March. The exhibit will feature designs by Williams and will be open to the public March 5-29, 2007, in the recently renovated Sundt Gallery (note attached invitation). The public is invited to a reception in his honor from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., March 23, in the Sundt Gallery. The installation was curated and designed by the CALA Exhibit Lab in collaboration with Williams. Students from assistant professor Christopher Domin’s second-year, digital communications course created new drawings and models for the installation. A select group organized and constructed the exhibition.
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Outsourcing Architectural Services (OAS)
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Harvard University - April 3rd & 4th
We would like to share and discuss with you the findings of the recently completed study on Outsourcing Architectural Services (OAS). The event will take place at Harvard University on April 3rd-4th, 2007. It is intended that the conference will bring together practitioners and researchers interested in innovative approaches to design and construction in the construction industry. Today’s global economy opens up a broad scope of opportunities for new business channels and for broader access to resources. Architectural practice, following trends in many other fields, is also evolving at a fast rate. Consequently, a new understanding of architecture and its practice is increasingly focused on gaining strategic improvement in business performance. The field represents a unique situation: while architectural practice is quickly becoming a global, open-sourced practice, architecture continues to serve as the physical formalization of a community’s identity and aspirations.
You will leave this event with: Understanding OAS (US domain)
Value Perception (for who. firm types by size)
Strategies for Capturing Value (Getting OAS right)
Future trends and directions (Paths to follow)
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CALA Lecture Series
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March 21 - Peter Testa
- March 21 - Peter Testa, Testa + Weiser Inc.
- April 4 - Luis Ibarra - Ibarra Rosano Design Architects
- April 13 - Topher Delaney - T. Delaney Inc. - Seam Studios
Lectures are free and open to the public and will take place in the AME auditorium room 202, northeast corner of Speedway Boulevard and Mountain Avenue. Lecture begins at 4.30pm. |
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ASU - SALA Spring Lecture Series
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March 21 - Kris Mun
All ASU SALA Lectures begin at 5:00 pm and are at the College of Design - Room CDN 60.
March 21 - Kris Mun
March 28 - Tom Kundig
April 4 - Arie Rahamimoff
April 11 - Sean Godsell
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Art by Architects
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Submittal deadline March 31
 Submittals will be due Saturday – March 31st.
Exhibit will open for First Friday on April 6th
Watch for entry forms and more information coming soon!
AIA 150 – Celebrating the Past, Designing the Future |
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ACE & CEFPI - Space Planning for Institutions of Higher Education
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March 23-24 - 7:30 am - Sheraton Crescent Hotel
Learn first-hand from the authors of CEFPI’s Space Planning for Institutions of Higher Education, a highly authoritative publication on how to effectively develop a master plan and allocate space for your institution and individual departments. Authors Paul Abramson and Edward A Burnap will offer comprehensive resources and tools on determining space needs as you develop academic and non-academic departments for your school or college. Dominique Laroche, Director, Space Management and Planning, University Services, Arizona State University will offer real-life case study examples of how the guidelines are implemented at ASU. All participants will receive a copy of the publication as part of workshop materials. Topics to be covered:
. Master Planning
. Use of Space Planning Guidelines
. Programming Process
. Practical Applications
. Panel Discussion and Lessons Learned
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AIA Arizona - 1st Annual Photography Contest
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April 6, 2007 - images due
Postcards will be mailed on Friday. Information will be posted to the website shortly. The top 15 images will be professionally printed, framed and displayed during the month of May at the AIA office and will be open for the First Friday in May. The top 15 images will be auctioned off at the Annual Awards Gala on September 8th at the Phoenix Art Museum.
Architectural images are not mandatory. For purposes of judging, the images are to be submitted under three categories: architecture; people; places.
Deadline: April 6, 2007 at the AIA Arizona office
Entry fee: $25 for a maximum of 5 digital images
Awards: 1st Place: $ 500 gift certificate for the Arizona Biltmore
2nd Place: $300 gift certificate for the Copper Queen Hotel in Bisbee
3rd Place: $200 gift certificate for the Hassayampa in Prescott
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Desert Classic Volleyball Tournament
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Saturday, April 7th
Check-in 9:00 am and begin play at 9:30 am
Location: Scottsdale Ranch Park
Cost: $130 team
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New Walk-In Tenant Improvement Program for Registrants
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Pima County
Pima County will be initiating a new walk-in tenant improvement program on January 3rd, 2007 to provide permitting appointment services to registrants operating as project design professionals in responsible charge.
Program purpose
This program has for purpose to expedite the review process for small tenant improvement projects by having the design professional make changes requisite for plan approval in the presence of the plans examiner. This program would save time for both registrants and County staff by eliminating returns for corrections whenever possible. Permits may be obtained at the time of building plan approval for projects with a current development plan and other requisite section approvals.
Program scope
• Designer must be project design professional in responsible charge per IBC 106.3.4
• Maximum of 3000 square feet of tenant improvement area within existing building footprint only
• Only minor prescriptive structural alteration not impinging on lateral design
• No H occupancy groups
• No commercial kitchens
• No new electrical services over 400 amps Requirements
• Provide site plan/code analysis showing all buildings on site with the TI area shaded
• Provide floor plan showing exits, emergency lighting, signage, adjacent occupancies, firewalls/fire barriers
• Provide typical sections and details
• Provide electrical/mechanical/plumbing diagrams, schedules/calculations and details
• Provide handicapped accessibility and fixture counts
• Provide energy analysis where appropriate
• Provide original approved plans for reference purposes, when available
• Adhere to basic submittal criteria for tenant improvements posted on our web site (www.PimaXpress.com)
Program modalities
• Program operates 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., Wednesdays and Thursdays
• Appointments may be scheduled in 30 minute sessions by calling 740-6490
• Please plan on arriving with enough lead time prior to your appointment to apply for a permit |
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6th Annual Tucson Lifestyle Home & Garden
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Homes of the Year - April 11
This competition is held to recognize and publicize the best examples of home design in Southern Arizona. A broad range of designs are encouraged: large to small; lavish to modest; new to remodeled; and from infill projects to guesthouses to vacation homes to lofts.
Entries are due, without exception, by 4:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 11, 2007 at the AIA Southern Arizona Chapter office at 4633 E. Broadway Blvd., Suite 101, Tucson, AZ 85711-3511.
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CEFPI sponsors James D. MacConnell Award
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Deadline extended to March 30
Each year the Council of Educational Facility Planners International [CEFPI] looks at the very best in well planned school buildings. The James D. MacConnell Award sets the “Platinum Standard” for schools that are exceptionally planned, designed and built to amplify the educational curriculum and ancillary uses that are so essential for a good school. In an effort to be more inclusive, we have extended the deadline to submit projects for the 2007 MacConnell Award until Friday, March 30, 2007.
Educational facility planners, Architects and school district administrators who want to showcase their exemplary projects should consider entering this year’s competition.
The winner this year will be announced October 8, 2007 at the Council’s Annual International Conference in Toronto, Ontario Canada. Most significantly, this year, CEFPI is hosting the Union of International Architects (UIA) in Toronto and your projects will serve as exemplary case studies to show our colleagues from other nations how world-class schools are planned, designed and ultimately built.
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Scottsdale Downtown Plan Update
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Submittal Deadline: March 27, 2007
The City of Scottsdale Advance Planning, Policy, and Design Division of the Planning & Development Services Department invites qualified consultants to submit a written response to this Request for Proposals (RFP). This request shall result in contracting with an Urban Design Consultant for the exciting opportunity to work with city staff and the community in completing a comprehensive update to the city’s 20+ year old Downtown Plan that will establish a blueprint for the future of Downtown Scottsdale in the 21st Century. The original Downtown Plan and subsequent community efforts have been successful at guiding the growth, both financially and physically, of Downtown Scottsdale. Downtown’s most recent successes under the plan include the addition of more than 2,000 new residential units as well as public and private development investment totaling $2 billion. With the influx of new housing and investment, Downtown Scottsdale is on the cusp of becoming a true twenty-four hour downtown, thus realizing the Downtown Plan’s main goal that Downtown Scottsdale has become a “highly functional mixed-use center” that provides a “creative environment in which people live, work and pursue leisure activities” (Downtown Plan, 1984).
As we embark on a new era for Downtown Scottsdale with its latest thriving residential neighborhoods, active tourism, creative arts community and burgeoning business districts, it is time for Scottsdale to once again assess the opportunities and challenges that downtown will face in the years to come. Some of the challenges that this plan update will need to examine include the following: urban design, sustainability, urban open space master planning, circulation and mobility, place making and addressing the quality use of the public realm.
Respondents are invited to present themselves for consideration in the selection of an experienced, knowledgeable and innovative organization to undertake this Downtown Plan update. The goal is to complete the Downtown Plan update by the end of 2007. Proposals are due by 4:00 pm on March 27, 2007. Late proposals will not be considered.
Request Copy of the RFP
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Scottsdale Chambers 14th History Hall of Fame
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Honors Doug Sydnor, AIA
Over the past thirteen years the Council has selected 93 past and present Scottsdale personalities and organizations to induct into the Scottsdale History Hall of Fame since creating this Scottsdale signature event in 1994. Inductees have contributed immeasurably to the rich heritage of Scottsdale, dating back to its modern-day founding in 1888 by Army Chaplain Winfield Scott. Tim Bray, President, Southwest Community Recources, Inc. and the 1995/96 President of the Chamber Board of Directors, serves as chair for this year’s dinner and induction. Douglas Sydnor is one of 4 individuals to be honored. Doug is a second-generation local architect, Sydnor has designed numerous landmark buildings throughout Scottsdale, many garnering regional and national awards and publicity. Throughout his 30-year career, he has also been a consummate community leader, serving as chairman of seven boards, and playing a key role in over 230 boards, commissions, task forces and committees, particularly those focused on enhancing downtown Scottsdale. An award-winning artist as a Saguaro High School student, he combines functionality and aesthetics in all his design work.
The dinner is May 16th and begins at 5:30 PM at Chaparral Suites; reservations are required; cost for the dinner and program is $60 per person with corporate and group tables available at $1,200. Proceeds benefit the Scottsdale Historical Museum.
For more information, contact Leslie Nyquist at the Scottsdale Area Chamber of Commerce—480-949- 2174 or lnyquist@scottsdalechamber.com.
CONGRATULATIONS DOUG! |
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South African Architecture Firms
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2010 Soccer World Cup
Immigration du Cap, assists many South African Architectural firms with the Immigration requirements as regards their foreign employees. South Africa is currently experiencing a construction boom, particularly due to the 2010 Soccer World Cup to be held in South Africa and the related residential and infrastructure development. Kindly refer any Architects interested in working in South Africa to myself as I am aware of many available positions. All correspondence will be considered with the strictest confidentiality.
For more information - contact Graeme Bell at immigration1@polka.co.za. |
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2007 School Planning & Architectural Exhibition Annual Awards
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| As a leader in the field of educational facilities, you are invited to participate in the annual CEFPI Exhibition of School Planning and Architecture. This year’s exhibit and award ceremony will take place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as part of the 84th Annual International Conference. All projects will be prominently displayed as part of the conference exhibition.
Where: The Fairmont Royal York Hotel When: October 6-9, 2007
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RFP - Juvenile Shelter Home Project
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Deadline - April 30
The Colorado River Indian Tribes are seeking proposals from qualified firms or persons to provide architectural design, engineering and other required professional services for the construction of a juvenile shelter home facility of approximately 7,500 net square feet. The facility will provide temporary housing for up to 20 infants and children on the Colorado River Indian Reservation, near Parker, Arizona. An RFP can be obtained by contacting Rick Ench, Planning Consultant, Colorado River Indian Tribes, Planning Department, Route 1, Box 23-B, Parker, Arizona, 85344; phone 928.669.1301; mobile 914.261.6767; or email request to rickench@msn.com. The deadline for submitting applications is 4:00 P.M. on April 30, 2007. |
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AIA Arizona Firm Directory
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Deadline Extended to March 30
Have you completed the 2007 Firm Profile for the AIA Arizona Firm Directory? If not - be sure to do it today - so that you will be included in the 2007 Firm Directory that will be published in the early fall. If you completed a form last year - YOU STILL HAVE TO COMPLETE A FORM FOR 2007! Be sure to fax this to Dawson Publications.
Firm Directory Form
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AIA Arizona Announces 10 New Committees
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Volunteer to Serve on One Today!
At the Long Range Planning Meeting last September - AIA Arizona developed 10 new committees and Penny Posedly, FAIA - set out to find at least 5 members to serve on each of these committees and did a great job. However, we need more members to serve on these committees. If you are out of the metro Phoenix area and would like to participate - we have the capability of doing conference calls.
There is a list of the committees and also their objectives posted on the website. Please let me know which committee(s) you would like to serve on.
Long Range Plan
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