After this month's AIACC Desert Practice Conference, many attendees expressed concern regarding Integrated Practice and its impact on the direction of the profession.
Rather than wait for the next large conference to address what architects and firms can do now, architects and design professionals in the East Bay are coming together on Wednesday, November 29 from noon to 1:30pm for a brown bag forum at AIA East Bay.
The forum will be moderated by Tim Craig, AIA, of VBN Architects. All are welcome (and need not have attended DPC). Please drop us a line or call 510/464-3600 if you plan to attend.
11/29/06
Forum: Integrated Practice
Time: Noon-1:30pm
Location: AIA East Bay Chapter Office, 1405 Clay Street, Oakland (12th Street/City Center BART Station)
Contact: Sidney Sweeney
Cost: None; this is a brown-bag lunch. Drinks will be provided.This forum is open to all.
For more information: call 510/464-3600
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Book Signing Thursday, 11/30
From Builders Booksource:
Come early (5 pm) for Hot Cider and Champagne!
Talk and Booksigning start at 7:30 PM, Join us!
Mitchell Schwarzer, author of Architecture of the San Francisco Bay Area, A History and Guide is a professor of art and architectural history at California College of the Arts, where he is also chair of the Department of Visual Studies. This wonderful new guidebook belongs on every Bay Area residents' book shelf!
For more information: ph 510 845 6874
Come early (5 pm) for Hot Cider and Champagne!
Talk and Booksigning start at 7:30 PM, Join us!
Mitchell Schwarzer, author of Architecture of the San Francisco Bay Area, A History and Guide is a professor of art and architectural history at California College of the Arts, where he is also chair of the Department of Visual Studies. This wonderful new guidebook belongs on every Bay Area residents' book shelf!
For more information: ph 510 845 6874
DVC Seeks Mentors
The Diablo Valley College architecture program is looking for architects, professionals and students of all levels to participate in a mentoring program on the college campus for beginning architecture students enrolled in courses in hand drafting and rendering, design and computer graphics.
DVC is located in Pleasant Hill a short distance from Highway 680. We currently have approximately 150 new students each semester enrolling in the architecture program.
If you are interested in visiting the campus on a weekly or monthly basis to present your work, talk with students, offer critique and feedback or share your experiences as a design professional, please contact Daniel Abbott at dabbott@dvc.edu for further information.
For more information: contact Daniel Abbott at dabbott@dvc.edu
DVC is located in Pleasant Hill a short distance from Highway 680. We currently have approximately 150 new students each semester enrolling in the architecture program.
If you are interested in visiting the campus on a weekly or monthly basis to present your work, talk with students, offer critique and feedback or share your experiences as a design professional, please contact Daniel Abbott at dabbott@dvc.edu for further information.
For more information: contact Daniel Abbott at dabbott@dvc.edu
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Transportation & Livable Community for 21st Century
Transportation & Livable Community for 21st Century (2 HSWs)
November 30, 2006
5:30-7:30 pm
AIA San Francisco
130 Sutter Street, Suite 600
TRANSPORTATION & LIVABLE COMMUNITY FOR 21ST CENTURY, presented by AIA East Bay's Tian Feng, AIA, FCSI
- An International Overview
A livable community represents a collective physical and social qualities that support productive, enjoyable, and healthy life style. Architect has the most significant role in creating the physical aspects of a livable community through beautifying landscape and living spacing, humanizing infrastructure, and preserving natural resources. Transportation is an essential to both physical and social aspects of a livable community. 21st century transportation’s key challenge is to continue improve people’s mobility while enhance community’s livability and sustainability. This program will highlight global practices in applying public transport as catalyst to revitalize our cities and energize our suburbs. The pictorial presentations of international case studies will show how global cities are striving for mapping out livable and sustainable communities for the new century.
Tian A. Feng, AIA, FCSI, is the chief architect for BART. His work on environmental design and public transits has received international and national recognition, including US EPA, the US Senate and Congress. He has been a presenter at many international and US conferences on sustainability, urban infrastructure and transit systems.
For more information: AIA SF www.aiasf.org
November 30, 2006
5:30-7:30 pm
AIA San Francisco
130 Sutter Street, Suite 600
TRANSPORTATION & LIVABLE COMMUNITY FOR 21ST CENTURY, presented by AIA East Bay's Tian Feng, AIA, FCSI
- An International Overview
A livable community represents a collective physical and social qualities that support productive, enjoyable, and healthy life style. Architect has the most significant role in creating the physical aspects of a livable community through beautifying landscape and living spacing, humanizing infrastructure, and preserving natural resources. Transportation is an essential to both physical and social aspects of a livable community. 21st century transportation’s key challenge is to continue improve people’s mobility while enhance community’s livability and sustainability. This program will highlight global practices in applying public transport as catalyst to revitalize our cities and energize our suburbs. The pictorial presentations of international case studies will show how global cities are striving for mapping out livable and sustainable communities for the new century.
Tian A. Feng, AIA, FCSI, is the chief architect for BART. His work on environmental design and public transits has received international and national recognition, including US EPA, the US Senate and Congress. He has been a presenter at many international and US conferences on sustainability, urban infrastructure and transit systems.
For more information: AIA SF www.aiasf.org
Monday, November 20, 2006
RFP: Bus Storage Facilities
Request for Proposals
DESIGN SERVICES FOR Bus Storage FACILITIES
The Transbay Joint Powers Authority (the “Authority”) is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for DESIGN SERVICES FOR NEW BUS STORAGE FACILITIES for the Transbay Transit Center Program from qualified architecture and engineering firms.
All Services shall comply with federally-funded project engineering and design guidelines described in the Code of Federal Regulations and the California Department of Transportation Highway Design Manual.
The Authority is prepared to select one design team to perform architectural and engineering design services while working closely with the Authority’s staff and other consultants. The contract will be established for a period up to three (3) years, although the Authority will have an option to extend the term for two additional years by mutual agreement of the parties.
Proposal packages must be received by the Authority no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday, December 15, 2006 at the address below. Late proposal packages will not be considered.
Ms. Maria Ayerdi, Executive Director
Transbay Joint Powers Authority
201 Mission Street, Suite 1960
San Francisco, CA 94105
Prospective Respondents may obtain copies of this RFP, including required forms, by visiting the Authority’s website at www.TransbayCenter.org or by contacting:
Ms. Nila Gonzales, Office Manager
Transbay Joint Powers Authority
201 Mission Street, Suite 1960
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 597-4620
Email: RFPBus Storage@TransbayCenter.org.
This announcement shall not create any legal rights or responsibilities. All terms of this offering shall be as set forth in the RFP and related materials. Without limiting the foregoing, any and all contracts will be contingent upon prior Authority Board approval.
For more information: (415) 597-4620 RFPBus Storage@TransbayCenter.org.
RFP: Temporary Terminal Facilities
Request for Proposal
DESIGN SERVICES FOR NEW TEMPORARY TERMINAL
FACILITIES
The Transbay Joint Powers Authority (the “Authority”) is issuing a Request for Proposal (RFP) for DESIGN SERVICES FOR NEW TEMPORARY TERMINAL FACILITIES for the Transbay Transit Center Program from qualified architecture and engineering firms.
All Services shall comply with federally-funded project engineering and design guidelines described in the Code of Federal Regulations and the California Department of Transportation Highway Design Manual.
The Authority is prepared to select one design team to perform architectural and engineering design services while working closely with the Authority’s staff and other consultants. The contract will be established for a period up to three (3) years, although the Authority will have an option to extend the term for two additional years by mutual agreement of the parties.
Proposal packages must be received by the Authority no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday December 15, 2006 at the address below. Late proposal packages will not be considered.
Ms. Maria Ayerdi, Executive Director
Transbay Joint Powers Authority
201 Mission Street, Suite 1960
San Francisco, CA 94105
Prospective Respondents may obtain copies of this RFP, including required forms, by visiting the Authority’s website at www.TransbayCenter.org or by contacting:
DESIGN SERVICES FOR NEW TEMPORARY TERMINAL
FACILITIES
The Transbay Joint Powers Authority (the “Authority”) is issuing a Request for Proposal (RFP) for DESIGN SERVICES FOR NEW TEMPORARY TERMINAL FACILITIES for the Transbay Transit Center Program from qualified architecture and engineering firms.
All Services shall comply with federally-funded project engineering and design guidelines described in the Code of Federal Regulations and the California Department of Transportation Highway Design Manual.
The Authority is prepared to select one design team to perform architectural and engineering design services while working closely with the Authority’s staff and other consultants. The contract will be established for a period up to three (3) years, although the Authority will have an option to extend the term for two additional years by mutual agreement of the parties.
Proposal packages must be received by the Authority no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday December 15, 2006 at the address below. Late proposal packages will not be considered.
Ms. Maria Ayerdi, Executive Director
Transbay Joint Powers Authority
201 Mission Street, Suite 1960
San Francisco, CA 94105
Prospective Respondents may obtain copies of this RFP, including required forms, by visiting the Authority’s website at www.TransbayCenter.org or by contacting:
Ms. Nila Gonzales, Office Manager
Transbay Joint Powers Authority
201 Mission Street, Suite 1960
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 597-4620
Email: RFPTempTerminal@TransbayCenter.org.
This announcement shall not create any legal rights or responsibilities. All terms of this offering shall be as set forth in the RFP and related materials. Without limiting the foregoing, any and all contracts will be contingent upon prior Authority Board approval.
Monday, November 13, 2006
Proposed Berkeley Charles Hotel and Conference Center
NOVEMBER 14, 2006 6:30-8:30pm
Aurora Theater
NOTE VENUE CHANGE!!!!!
Presentation and Discussion of Design Concepts- Proposed Berkeley Charles Hotel and Conference Center
Livable Berkeley and Berkeley Design Advocates are co-sponsoring a members meeting to hear about and discuss the new hotel, conference center and condominiums proposed for Center and Shattuck in Downtown Berkeley.
The design team for the project, Cambridge 7, SMWM, and the offices of Donlyn Lyndon, will make the presentation, followed by a panel discussion and a question and answer period.
For More Information: berkeleydesignadvocates@yahoo.com
Aurora Theater
NOTE VENUE CHANGE!!!!!
Presentation and Discussion of Design Concepts- Proposed Berkeley Charles Hotel and Conference Center
Livable Berkeley and Berkeley Design Advocates are co-sponsoring a members meeting to hear about and discuss the new hotel, conference center and condominiums proposed for Center and Shattuck in Downtown Berkeley.
The design team for the project, Cambridge 7, SMWM, and the offices of Donlyn Lyndon, will make the presentation, followed by a panel discussion and a question and answer period.
For More Information: berkeleydesignadvocates@yahoo.com
Thursday, November 09, 2006
Fourteen Projects Selected as Exceptional Residences
On Tuesday, November 7, 2006, the selected projects of the Exceptional Residential Design Awards were announced by AIA East Bay.Click here to download a full press release with jury comments.
For more information: contact Sidney Sweeney 510/464-3600 or sidney@aiaeb.org .
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Call for Submissions: Sustainable Buildings Developed by Environmental Groups
Award-winning Boston architect Keith Moskow, AIA last year wrote The Houses at Martha’s Vineyard, published by Monacelli Press. This year Keith is working on a book focusing on sustainable buildings developed by environmental groups – those with a vested interest in practicing what they preach. Representative projects will be from the US and abroad. McGraw-Hill is the publisher.
If you have recently completed the design and construction of such a project and are interested in having it included in Keith's book, send an initial submission by email, including a project description and low-resolution images, to KM@MoskowArchitects.com no later than December 21, 2006.
Selected projects will be chronicled from design to post-occupancy evaluation with explanations of the trade-offs and rewards of this increasingly important approach to design and construction.
For more information: contact Keith directly at KM@MoskowArchitects.com or 617-292-2000x28 with questions.
If you have recently completed the design and construction of such a project and are interested in having it included in Keith's book, send an initial submission by email, including a project description and low-resolution images, to KM@MoskowArchitects.com no later than December 21, 2006.
Selected projects will be chronicled from design to post-occupancy evaluation with explanations of the trade-offs and rewards of this increasingly important approach to design and construction.
For more information: contact Keith directly at KM@MoskowArchitects.com or 617-292-2000x28 with questions.
Monday, October 30, 2006
Standard of Care: The Boundary of Negligence
Standard of Care: The Boundary of Negligence
"Without negligence, there is no professional liability." - Josh Kardon
SMALL FIRM FORUM
Thursday, November 2, Noon - 1:30 PM
AIA East Bay
1405 Clay Street
Oakland 94612
AIA East Bay allied member Joshua B. Kardon, SE (www.jbkse.com) has studied and written widely about standards of care. He will discuss the subject in some depth. We hope you will attend to learn where the slippery boundary between negligence and non-negligence exists.
Architects provide their services in an environment of uncertainty and variability. They make their recommendations based on judgments that arise from their own individual experience and education. Because of this, there is a wide variation in architect services and work products. When a project fails to achieve its intended goals or results in injury to people or property, the architect can be deemed negligent and held accountable for damages caused by those failures. If the failures which occur because of the architect's performance within the accepted range of variability, the architect may not be held liable. In that instance, the error is not "beneath the standard of care" and is therefore not negligent.
Without professional negligence, there is no professional liability. So where does that boundary lie? In other word, what it the "standard of care"? While you ponder this question, you might read an interesting article on the subject in the AIA newsletter at: www.aia.org/aiarchitect/thisweek06/0804/bp_risk.cfm.
Bring a brown bag lunch. Beverages will be provided. 1.5 CES/LU.
As usual, our December meeting will be our annual holiday luncheon. Details next month.
For more information: contact Miltiades Mandros at 510.6543.800.
"Without negligence, there is no professional liability." - Josh Kardon
SMALL FIRM FORUM
Thursday, November 2, Noon - 1:30 PM
AIA East Bay
1405 Clay Street
Oakland 94612
AIA East Bay allied member Joshua B. Kardon, SE (www.jbkse.com) has studied and written widely about standards of care. He will discuss the subject in some depth. We hope you will attend to learn where the slippery boundary between negligence and non-negligence exists.
Architects provide their services in an environment of uncertainty and variability. They make their recommendations based on judgments that arise from their own individual experience and education. Because of this, there is a wide variation in architect services and work products. When a project fails to achieve its intended goals or results in injury to people or property, the architect can be deemed negligent and held accountable for damages caused by those failures. If the failures which occur because of the architect's performance within the accepted range of variability, the architect may not be held liable. In that instance, the error is not "beneath the standard of care" and is therefore not negligent.
Without professional negligence, there is no professional liability. So where does that boundary lie? In other word, what it the "standard of care"? While you ponder this question, you might read an interesting article on the subject in the AIA newsletter at: www.aia.org/aiarchitect/thisweek06/0804/bp_risk.cfm.
Bring a brown bag lunch. Beverages will be provided. 1.5 CES/LU.
As usual, our December meeting will be our annual holiday luncheon. Details next month.
For more information: contact Miltiades Mandros at 510.6543.800.
Results from Chapter Annual Meeting
At the 10/20/06 Annual Meeting of AIA East Bay, the membership voted to join the "No on Prop. 90" Coalition. Read more here.
Additionally, the following members were elected to the 2007 Board of Directors:
Vice-President/President-Elect: Anko Chen, AIA
Secretary/Treasurer: Anthony Cataldo, AIA
Director: Colland Jang, AIA
Director: Dan Meza, AIA
Director: Joann Pavlinec, Assoc. AIA
Director: Tom Simmons, Allied Member
For more information: Call Sidney Sweeney at 510/464-3600
Additionally, the following members were elected to the 2007 Board of Directors:
Vice-President/President-Elect: Anko Chen, AIA
Secretary/Treasurer: Anthony Cataldo, AIA
Director: Colland Jang, AIA
Director: Dan Meza, AIA
Director: Joann Pavlinec, Assoc. AIA
Director: Tom Simmons, Allied Member
For more information: Call Sidney Sweeney at 510/464-3600
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Berkeley Design Advocates' Seventh Award Program
From David Snippen, Assoc. AIA:
"A bit of short notice, but it would be great to have the Chapter membership included in Berkeley Design Advocates' Seventh Award Program this year. The awards ceremony will be held on December 7, at the Berkeley Art Center in Live Oak Park.
The rules for eligibility are very simple: all candidate projects must be located in Berkeley, and must have been completed ( issued a certificate of occupancy ) within the period from December 2004 through November 2006. Projects may be submitted by the design architect, or may be recommended by anyone in the community. There will be categories for residential work, commercial and institutional projects, schools and public projects, and, depending upon the number and range of submissions, may include local planning policies and programs.
Submissions should include a brief statement to describe the project, the address of the site, names of the owner, design architect, and design team, as appropriate, AND a digital photo or three. All this should be sent to berkeleydesignadvocates@yahoo.com, or to Phillip Henry, AIA, at phil@thearchitects.com as soon as possible. It is not necessary to submit presentation boards, or massive materials for the jury's consideration.
The cut-off date for submissions is 20 October (although we might extend the date for a couple of days longer).
As we have done before, these awards are for excellence in architectural design, technology and creativity, to be judged by a panel of peers in Berkeley.
These events are a lot of fun, and are appreciated by the recipients of awards as an acknowledgement of excellence by other design professionals."
For more information: berkeleydesignadvocates@yahoo.com
"A bit of short notice, but it would be great to have the Chapter membership included in Berkeley Design Advocates' Seventh Award Program this year. The awards ceremony will be held on December 7, at the Berkeley Art Center in Live Oak Park.
The rules for eligibility are very simple: all candidate projects must be located in Berkeley, and must have been completed ( issued a certificate of occupancy ) within the period from December 2004 through November 2006. Projects may be submitted by the design architect, or may be recommended by anyone in the community. There will be categories for residential work, commercial and institutional projects, schools and public projects, and, depending upon the number and range of submissions, may include local planning policies and programs.
Submissions should include a brief statement to describe the project, the address of the site, names of the owner, design architect, and design team, as appropriate, AND a digital photo or three. All this should be sent to berkeleydesignadvocates@yahoo.com, or to Phillip Henry, AIA, at phil@thearchitects.com as soon as possible. It is not necessary to submit presentation boards, or massive materials for the jury's consideration.
The cut-off date for submissions is 20 October (although we might extend the date for a couple of days longer).
As we have done before, these awards are for excellence in architectural design, technology and creativity, to be judged by a panel of peers in Berkeley.
These events are a lot of fun, and are appreciated by the recipients of awards as an acknowledgement of excellence by other design professionals."
For more information: berkeleydesignadvocates@yahoo.com
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