Small Firm Forum: January 4

Interesting Materials and Finishes

Thursday, January 4, 2007 from 12 Noon to 1:30 PM at the AIA East Bay Chapter office, 1405 Clay Street in downtown Oakland.

Kimberley Bry and Robert Malone will speak on:

"Interesting Materials and Finishes" highlights cutting-edge, innovative materials for design and building, from the clever re-use of commonplace materials to more obscure finishes. Topics include sustainable materials, advantages and limitations of surfaces, and information on sourcing these unusual finds. The Powerpoint presentation is constantly updated with new products, so even people in the trades will be inspired.

Kimberley Bry of Moxie Design coordinates the design and fabrication process with emerging and established artists for builders and architects. She also has been a professional artist for over 20 years. www.moxiedesign.info

Robert Malone founded Baywood Building & Design in 1978 and specializes in custom residential remodels, as well as restaurants and light commercial work. www.baywoodbuilding.com

All are welcome. Remember, it's a brown bag lunch affair, but soft drinks will be provided. Free to chapter members - $3.00 for non-members. 1.5 Continuing Education credits.

For more information: Miltiades Mandros 510.654.3800

Registered in Florida?

The State of Florida is requiring all registered architects to complete a 2-hour Advanced Florida Building Code course every 2-years, with the up coming deadline of 2/28/07. Please advised your members who are registered in Florida of this requirement and the option of taking a course on line or DVD that will fulfill this requirement.

AIA Florida is offering the Advanced Florida Building Code Accessibility Course, taught by Larry Schneider, AIA on their website, file://www.aiafla.org/. The AIA member price is extended to all AIA members in other states.

For more information: 850-222-7590

DRA Practice Management Seminars

Understanding Employee Leaves of Absence
Presented by Dealey, Renton & Associates

Thursday, February 22, 2007

Dealey, Renton & Associates
66 Franklin Street, Suite 210
Oakland, CA
510-465-3090

Registration begins at 8:15 a.m.
Seminar begins at 8:45 a.m. and concludes at 11:30 a.m.

Registration is free!!!

Speaker: Matt Bartosiak, Manager of the Consulting Helpline for the Employers Group

For more information: seminars@insdra.com

DRA Practice Management Seminars

Design-Build: Is it for you?
Presented by Dealey, Renton & Associates

Thursday, January 25, 2007

Dealey, Renton & Associates
66 Franklin Street, Suite 210
Oakland, CA
510-465-3090

Registration begins at 8:15 a.m.
Seminar begins at 8:45 a.m. and concludes at 11 a.m.

Registration is free!!!

Continuing Education Credits: AIA members qualify for 2 LU's. Please bring you AIA membership number on the day of the seminar or you will not receive credit.

For more information: seminars@insdra.com

Request for Qualifications

The Calistoga Joint Unified School District is requesting statements of Qualifications for REPLACEMENT OF TWO PORTABLE BUILDINGS. Deadline for submittal must be received by 5:00pm Wednesday January 17, 2007.


For more information: femi@aiaeb.org or call 510-464-3600 to recieve a faxed copy of the RFQ.

Curbed LA Interviews: Ray Kappe, FAIA

Did you see the Curbed LA interview with recent Exceptional Residential: Bay Area Regional Design Awards Jury Chair Ray Kappe, FAIA?

Curbed LA Interviews: Ray Kappe, FAIA
Monday, December 11, 2006, by Marissa Gluck

The latest in our occasional but continuing series of interviews with LA's architects, planners, politicians and thinkers who shape this city. Someone must have misinformed Ray Kappe, architect, academic and founder of SCI-Arc, about the importance of Curbed LA because he actually answered our emails and thoughtfully responded to our interview questions. Below, find his thoughts on sustainable architecture, the future of SCI-Arc, and why he rejects the "living legend" label.

For More Information: http://la.curbed.com/archives/2006/12/curbed_la_inter_4.php

APA Techinical Seminar

BUILD YOUR KNOWLEDGE
A Technical Seminar Presented by APA - The Engineered Wood Association

Thursday, December 14, 2006

Hilton San Jose
300 Almaden Blvd.
San Jose, CA 95110
Phone: 408-287-2100

Registration and refreshments: 8:30 a.m. – 9 a.m.
Seminar begins at 9 a.m. and concludes at 3 p.m.

Registration fee is $60 and includes a continental breakfast, mid-morning refreshments, a box lunch, and a comprehensive CD-ROM filled with useful design aid information.

Persons attending this seminar will be eligible to receive 5 AIA Learning Units, 5 AIBD Continuing Education Units, 0.5 Continuing Education Units, or 5 Professional Development Hours.

For More Information: http://www.apawood.org/seminars

Will BIM Be the Death of Design?

Staff at National AIA asked in October: Will BIM Be the Death of Design? Or will it free designers to enrich the creative process?

Have you joined in the conversation? On January 31, 2007 the AIA East Bay's monthly program will be a panel discussion on Integrated Practice--including BIM and how it might change how architects work in the office, with clients, and related agencies.

What are your thoughts? Comment here or at AIA's blog (link is below).

For more information: Will BIM Be the Death of Design?

Call for entries: EDRA/Places Awards 2007

Call for entries: EDRA/Places Awards 2007
Deadline January 30, 2007

Place Design - Place Planning - Place Research

The annual EDRA/Places award program recognizes good places and how people inhabit them. Awards are offered in planning, design and design research. EDRA/Places awards recognizes projects with significance beyond any one profession or field. The awards emphasize a link between research and practice. As these awards demonstrate, excellent design can be inspired by a careful understanding of people's interactions with places.

EDRA (Environmental Design Research Association) is an international association of design professionals, researchers, students, and others committed to advancing and disseminating environment design research. EDRA is committed to improving the relationships between people and places, and helping to create places that respond to human needs.

Places is a leading interdisciplinary journal dedicated to providing a forum of design for the public realm.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: January 30, 2007

For More Information: www.edra.org

Forum: Integrated Practice on Wed., 11/29

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

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

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