An important message from Assemblywoman Wilma Chan:
"Please help us furnish 8 apartments in Oakland for families displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
Thursday, September 15, 4-7:PM
Downtown Oakland
Assemblywoman Wilma Chan and the Kiwanis of Grand Lake, Oakland will collect items to furnish apartments for eight families from the Gulf Coast who are on their way to Oakland. Please help us to help others.
Drop off items at the curb in back of the Elihu M. Harris State Building at 15th Street and Jefferson Street in downtown Oakland.
Please give what you would want to receive. Items must be in new or very gently used condition (no exceptions)
Items listed in order of need
Household Linens & Toiletries:
Towels: kitchen, bath, hand size and washcloths, new or clean and labeled
Bed Linens: new or clean and easily labeled for sorting – twin, full, queen, and king
Blankets and Comforters: new or clean and labeled for sorting
Toiletries: Shoebox or container filled with: shampoo, soap, toothbrush, toothpaste, etc.
Cleaning supplies: A bucket filled with sponges, 409, Ajax, mop, broom, etc.
Kitchen items:
Small appliances: coffee makers, toasters, microwaves, mixers, crock pots, irons
Flatware, glasses, china sets, cooking pots and pans, etc. (Everything for a kitchen)
Clothing:
Women’s Clothing & Jackets– must be new or cleaned and size easily labeled
Men’s Clothing & Jackets– must be new or cleaned and size easily labeled
Children’s Clothing & Jackets– must be new or cleaned and sizes easily labeled for sorting
Baby items from newborn items – size 2T-shirts & Sweatshirts– new or clean and sorted by size. (Company logo items are fine)
School supplies & toys: Backpacks filled with supplies for all ages
Stuffed animals: games, toys, books, dolls for all ages
Sports equipment: bats, balls, etc.
Furniture: Beds – cribs, single, trundle, full and king
Dining tables, Sofas, futons & chairs, End tables and small tables, Lamps, Bookcases & small desks
Drop off smaller items & donations on the 15th. Furniture will be picked up by appointment.
For more information: contact Krishen Laetsch, Senior Field Representative, Office of Assemblywoman Wilma Chan at 510-286-1670, krishen.laetsch@asm.ca.gov or Linda Kiehle, President, Kiwanis of Grand Lake, Oakland at 510-760-4817 or lkiehle@aol.com
Thursday, September 15, 2005
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Job Fairs and Such
Forward announcements of East Bay job fairs to info@aiaeb.org. For example, WareMalcomb will be holding a job fair this coming Saturday from 9-1 in San Ramon.
For more information: Beth Bakulich p. 949.660.9128 bbakulich@waremalcomb.com
Also, send us your resumes via info@aiaeb.org. We have lots of firms who look at resumes daily. And, don't forget the AIA East Bay Job Board!
For more information: www.aiaeb.org/job.htm
For more information: Beth Bakulich p. 949.660.9128 bbakulich@waremalcomb.com
Also, send us your resumes via info@aiaeb.org. We have lots of firms who look at resumes daily. And, don't forget the AIA East Bay Job Board!
For more information: www.aiaeb.org/job.htm
131 feet of Swiss Alps + 5 weeks of Swiss architects at the CCA
In celebration of Switzerland’s rich architectural heritage and the unveiling of the new de Young Museum by Swiss architectural firm Studio Basel of Herzog & de Meuron, the four Swiss schools of architecture will present a lecture series on their architectural teachings and an interactive architecture exhibit housed in a 131-foot replica of the Swiss Alps. The exhibit will run through Oct. 27 –with the final lecture on October 31-- at the California College of the Arts (CCA), 1111 Eighth St., San Francisco (www.cca.edu).
“Inventioneering Architecture” will showcase the various Swiss schools’ approaches to teaching architecture. After San Francisco, the exhibit goes to Boston, Houston (in association with Rice University) and other cities in China, the United Arab Emirates and Buenos Aires.
The event will also feature a 131-foot-long cross-section of the Swiss Alps, designed to allow visitors to stroll the platform while viewing Swiss architectural content on overhead screens, display panels and miniature models.
The exhibition will remain open through October 27. Lectures and exhibition entry are free and open to the public. Exhibition hours are Monday through Sunday, 8 am – 8 pm.
For more information: www.swissnex.org or call swissnex at 415-912-5901
“Inventioneering Architecture” will showcase the various Swiss schools’ approaches to teaching architecture. After San Francisco, the exhibit goes to Boston, Houston (in association with Rice University) and other cities in China, the United Arab Emirates and Buenos Aires.
The event will also feature a 131-foot-long cross-section of the Swiss Alps, designed to allow visitors to stroll the platform while viewing Swiss architectural content on overhead screens, display panels and miniature models.
The exhibition will remain open through October 27. Lectures and exhibition entry are free and open to the public. Exhibition hours are Monday through Sunday, 8 am – 8 pm.
For more information: www.swissnex.org or call swissnex at 415-912-5901
The Saga of the Bay Bridge
From Steve Winkel, FAIA:
SEPT 16
112 Wurster Hall, UC Berkeley Campus
1 to 4 pm
BAY AREA ICONS
Troubled Bridge Over Water: The Saga of the Bay Bridge from the people who know - What can we learn from this experience about how to design and build iconic public projects in the future?
Panelists:
- Ephraim Hirsch, Structural Engineer; Panelist, MTC Engineering and Design
Advisory Panel
- John King, Urban Design Writer; San Francisco Chronicle
- Donald MacDonald, Architect; Bay Bridge Self-Anchored Suspension Span
- Randy Rentschler, MTC; Director of Legislation and Public Affairs
- Steve Schnaidt; Staff Director, California State Senate Transportation
Committee
BAY AREA ICONS is a series of Friday afternoon workshops on how the Bay Area gets built. The workshops are free and open to the public, with preferential seating for CED students, faculty, and alumni. Hosted by the CEDAA and the CED Architecture Department.
For more information: lawler@berkeley.edu
SEPT 16
112 Wurster Hall, UC Berkeley Campus
1 to 4 pm
BAY AREA ICONS
Troubled Bridge Over Water: The Saga of the Bay Bridge from the people who know - What can we learn from this experience about how to design and build iconic public projects in the future?
Panelists:
- Ephraim Hirsch, Structural Engineer; Panelist, MTC Engineering and Design
Advisory Panel
- John King, Urban Design Writer; San Francisco Chronicle
- Donald MacDonald, Architect; Bay Bridge Self-Anchored Suspension Span
- Randy Rentschler, MTC; Director of Legislation and Public Affairs
- Steve Schnaidt; Staff Director, California State Senate Transportation
Committee
BAY AREA ICONS is a series of Friday afternoon workshops on how the Bay Area gets built. The workshops are free and open to the public, with preferential seating for CED students, faculty, and alumni. Hosted by the CEDAA and the CED Architecture Department.
For more information: lawler@berkeley.edu
Rebuilding the Gulf Coast
The following are recent articles about rebuilding New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. What are your thoughts? How should the AIA get involved in the planning and rebuilding process? And should architects advocate for a different way of life? Comment below through the comments button.
Plans afoot to rebuild New Orleans: They say New Orleans will never be same again. And they mean it, too...Now property developers, urban conservationists and city planners are expecting schemes that once competed for funding to find a new lease of life.- BBC (UK)
Reviving a City: The Design Perspective: Architects and planners worry that developers might try to recreate some fairy-tale version of the city,,,urged a rethinking of New Orleans's sprawl, arguing that the city should be consolidated.- New York Times
Why New Orleans must be rebuilt: Cities are collective works of art, and this is one of America's masterpieces. How it should rise from the floodwaters is a tougher decision. By Blair Kamin- Chicago Tribune
Should we even rebuild New Orleans? For a long time, New Orleans has been fighting a war with nature, and it finally lost. Why fight that war again?- Chicago Tribune
A Rush to Set Up U.S. Housing for Storm Survivors: The government is beginning what urban planners are calling one of the biggest bursts of federal housing development in United States history.- New York Times
For Architects, No Blueprints for Recovery: Many New Orleans firms that will help rebuild their city set up in Baton Rouge, where they struggle to salvage their practices and plot uncertain futures. By Christopher Hawthorne- Los Angeles Times
Among the ruins, something to build on: ...if the decade's other giant rebuilding effort — the bungled plan for ground zero in New York...is any guide, we should probably move directly into cynical mode... By Christopher Hawthorne- Los Angeles Times
9/11: Will The Lessons Learned Help New Orleans? By Tom Angotti- Gotham Gazette
Tears for New Orleans: Memories of One City, and Concerns for Others. By Sam Hall Kaplan- LA Downtown News
Buried Treasures: Storm's Toll On Culture: "It's not just the architecture, it's the culture, the music, the food. You can't have any of it without the architecture." By Linda Hales- Washington Post
Plans afoot to rebuild New Orleans: They say New Orleans will never be same again. And they mean it, too...Now property developers, urban conservationists and city planners are expecting schemes that once competed for funding to find a new lease of life.- BBC (UK)
Reviving a City: The Design Perspective: Architects and planners worry that developers might try to recreate some fairy-tale version of the city,,,urged a rethinking of New Orleans's sprawl, arguing that the city should be consolidated.- New York Times
Why New Orleans must be rebuilt: Cities are collective works of art, and this is one of America's masterpieces. How it should rise from the floodwaters is a tougher decision. By Blair Kamin- Chicago Tribune
Should we even rebuild New Orleans? For a long time, New Orleans has been fighting a war with nature, and it finally lost. Why fight that war again?- Chicago Tribune
A Rush to Set Up U.S. Housing for Storm Survivors: The government is beginning what urban planners are calling one of the biggest bursts of federal housing development in United States history.- New York Times
For Architects, No Blueprints for Recovery: Many New Orleans firms that will help rebuild their city set up in Baton Rouge, where they struggle to salvage their practices and plot uncertain futures. By Christopher Hawthorne- Los Angeles Times
Among the ruins, something to build on: ...if the decade's other giant rebuilding effort — the bungled plan for ground zero in New York...is any guide, we should probably move directly into cynical mode... By Christopher Hawthorne- Los Angeles Times
9/11: Will The Lessons Learned Help New Orleans? By Tom Angotti- Gotham Gazette
Tears for New Orleans: Memories of One City, and Concerns for Others. By Sam Hall Kaplan- LA Downtown News
Buried Treasures: Storm's Toll On Culture: "It's not just the architecture, it's the culture, the music, the food. You can't have any of it without the architecture." By Linda Hales- Washington Post
2005 Greenbuild Conference
It's not too late to register to attend Greenbuild.To be held November 9–11, 2005, in Atlanta, Georgia, Greenbuild will offer a variety of conference sessions and exhibits to help you learn everything you want to learn about green building under one roof. You'll find more than 100 educational sessions designed to put you "in the know," more than 550 exhibits of new products and services you need to know about, LEED workshops to help you earn your professional accreditation, and project workshop tours that bring you face to face with real green building solutions and project teams that built them.
Register by Thursday, September 15, and save up to $200.
For more information: http://www.greenbuildexpo.org/
Build It Green Home Tour
September 25, 2005, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Cost: $10/person
Seventeen homeowners from Mill Valley to Santa Rosa will open their doors and introduce attendees to techniques and products used to build their green homes. This innovative tour will showcase diverse homes that were built or remodeled utilizing sustainable, durable products and practices that deliver high quality, healthy, and comfortable homes. Participating in the tour will give you an inside view of some of the Bay Area's greenest homes.
For more information: http://www.builditgreen.org/tours/
Cost: $10/person
Seventeen homeowners from Mill Valley to Santa Rosa will open their doors and introduce attendees to techniques and products used to build their green homes. This innovative tour will showcase diverse homes that were built or remodeled utilizing sustainable, durable products and practices that deliver high quality, healthy, and comfortable homes. Participating in the tour will give you an inside view of some of the Bay Area's greenest homes.
For more information: http://www.builditgreen.org/tours/
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
Justice and the City
November 2-5, 2005
San Diego, California
Presented by The American Institute of Architects Academy of Architecture for Justice
Register Today -- Early bird registration discount ends this Friday, September 16 -- Save $50.
This conference will focus on the role of criminal justice facilities in urban environments and how courthouses and jails have evolved in the context of the city and suburbs. It will also tackle such issues as providing efficient criminal justice services in an urban setting, integrating the design of criminal justice facilities with urban planning principles, and designing facilities that are both open to the public and resistant to attacks.
Conference Highlights include:
Keynote Speaker: Bernardo Fort-Bresica, FAIA, founding principal of Arquitectonica, will present "Miami—The Courthouse As an Urban Catalyst."
2nd Annual AIA AAJ Justice Facility Review Banquet
Optional Tours of East Mesa Juvenile Detention Facility and Chula Vista Police Department
Vendor exhibits
Earn AIA/CES LU's, including HSW.
For more information: www.aia.org/justiceandthecity
San Diego, California
Presented by The American Institute of Architects Academy of Architecture for Justice
Register Today -- Early bird registration discount ends this Friday, September 16 -- Save $50.
This conference will focus on the role of criminal justice facilities in urban environments and how courthouses and jails have evolved in the context of the city and suburbs. It will also tackle such issues as providing efficient criminal justice services in an urban setting, integrating the design of criminal justice facilities with urban planning principles, and designing facilities that are both open to the public and resistant to attacks.
Conference Highlights include:
Keynote Speaker: Bernardo Fort-Bresica, FAIA, founding principal of Arquitectonica, will present "Miami—The Courthouse As an Urban Catalyst."
2nd Annual AIA AAJ Justice Facility Review Banquet
Optional Tours of East Mesa Juvenile Detention Facility and Chula Vista Police Department
Vendor exhibits
Earn AIA/CES LU's, including HSW.
For more information: www.aia.org/justiceandthecity
Monday, September 12, 2005
Oak-to-Ninth
From Colland Jang, AIA:
"For those interested, the DEIR for Signature Properties' Oak-to-Ninth Project has been released with a Public Hearing scheduled before the full [Oakland] Planning Commission on September 28. "
For more information: 510.238.3911
Also: The upcoming Oakland Planning Commission agenda is here.
"For those interested, the DEIR for Signature Properties' Oak-to-Ninth Project has been released with a Public Hearing scheduled before the full [Oakland] Planning Commission on September 28. "
For more information: 510.238.3911
Also: The upcoming Oakland Planning Commission agenda is here.
Thursday, September 08, 2005
NCARB Will Assist Record Holders, ARE Candidates in Areas Affected by Hurricane Katrina
From NCARB:
"NCARB will assist all record holders in their needs for replacement of lost documentation, work with ouraffected member boards on credential transmittals for reciprocity, and attempt to mitigate effects on other submissions.
Working with our partners at Thomson Prometric we will assist all affected ARE candidates to return to a normal testing environment at the earliest possible time. In order to most effectively assist our record holders and member boards the Council is putting the following guidelines into effect as of 1 September 2005, until further notice.
1. For a period of six (6) months, forgive Transmittal fees for those architect certificate holders who resided in the affected areas and who are seeking registration in other jurisdictions.
2. For a period of three (3) months, forgive fees for missed divisions and/or reschedule fees for candidates, in affectedareas, in the ARE process unable to test due to closing of test centers in affected locations.
3. For a period of six (6) months, forgive fees due at the completion of IDP, for those in the process in the affectedareas, prior to the free transmittal of the council record to a jurisdiction for ARE eligibility.
Our deepest sympathy is extended to all who have suffered losses due to Hurricane Katrina."
For more information: www.ncarb.org
"NCARB will assist all record holders in their needs for replacement of lost documentation, work with ouraffected member boards on credential transmittals for reciprocity, and attempt to mitigate effects on other submissions.
Working with our partners at Thomson Prometric we will assist all affected ARE candidates to return to a normal testing environment at the earliest possible time. In order to most effectively assist our record holders and member boards the Council is putting the following guidelines into effect as of 1 September 2005, until further notice.
1. For a period of six (6) months, forgive Transmittal fees for those architect certificate holders who resided in the affected areas and who are seeking registration in other jurisdictions.
2. For a period of three (3) months, forgive fees for missed divisions and/or reschedule fees for candidates, in affectedareas, in the ARE process unable to test due to closing of test centers in affected locations.
3. For a period of six (6) months, forgive fees due at the completion of IDP, for those in the process in the affectedareas, prior to the free transmittal of the council record to a jurisdiction for ARE eligibility.
Our deepest sympathy is extended to all who have suffered losses due to Hurricane Katrina."
For more information: www.ncarb.org
Friday, September 02, 2005
Health By Design Conference
This just in from AIA Central Valley:
Architects, planners, builders, public health officers, health-care representatives and government officials will come together in a unique one-day symposium, Health By Design, to explore how our health is being compromised as we struggle to keep up with population growth and the need for additional housing, schools and job centers.
The symposium is Thursday, October 20, 2005 and is sponsored by AIA Central Valley and UC Davis. All AIA East Bay members should receive a registration brochure by mail.
For more information: http://www.healthbydesignconference.org
Architects, planners, builders, public health officers, health-care representatives and government officials will come together in a unique one-day symposium, Health By Design, to explore how our health is being compromised as we struggle to keep up with population growth and the need for additional housing, schools and job centers.
The symposium is Thursday, October 20, 2005 and is sponsored by AIA Central Valley and UC Davis. All AIA East Bay members should receive a registration brochure by mail.
For more information: http://www.healthbydesignconference.org
Thursday, September 01, 2005
Rebates for Design Teams
Forwarded from David Arkin, AIA:
"Here is some additional information about PG&E's Commercial New Construction Program known as http://www.pge.com/biz/rebates/new_construction/index.html you'll find a Letter of Interest you should complete and submit for all new commercial projects. Please feel free to share this with your colleagues.
To begin the process, a Participation Letter is all that is initially required. The information doesn't need to be complete - just complete as much as you know now. Once the Participation Letter is received, PG&E will assign a Project Engineer to work with your Design Team for the plans and drawings when you are ready.
The letter should be copied on customer letterhead and sent to:
Shirley Fudge-Mueller, PG&E
3480 Buskirk Avenue, Suite 150
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523"
For more information: Shirley Fudge-Mueller, SFF1@pge.com Account Services
"Here is some additional information about PG&E's Commercial New Construction Program known as http://www.pge.com/biz/rebates/new_construction/index.html you'll find a Letter of Interest you should complete and submit for all new commercial projects. Please feel free to share this with your colleagues.
To begin the process, a Participation Letter is all that is initially required. The information doesn't need to be complete - just complete as much as you know now. Once the Participation Letter is received, PG&E will assign a Project Engineer to work with your Design Team for the plans and drawings when you are ready.
The letter should be copied on customer letterhead and sent to:
Shirley Fudge-Mueller, PG&E
3480 Buskirk Avenue, Suite 150
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523"
For more information: Shirley Fudge-Mueller, SFF1@pge.com Account Services
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