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Susan Chin, FAIA, Declares Candidacy for AIA 2013-2014 Vice President

     Susan Chin, FAIA, New York Regional Director and member of AIA New York Chapter, has declared her candidacy for the office of AIA 2013-2014 Vice President. Elections will be held at the AIA 2012 National Convention and Expo in Washington, D.C. May 17-19.

     The following members have declared their candidacy:

2013 First Vice President/2014 President-elect:

Helene Combs Dreiling, FAIA (AIA Blue Ridge)

Peter Kuttner, FAIA (Boston Society of Architects/AIA)

2013-2014 Vice President (two will be elected):

Donald Brown, FAIA (AIA Montgomery)

Susan Chin, FAIA (AIA New York)

Thomas Vonier, FAIA (AIA Continental Europe)

2013-2014 Secretary:

Frederick Butters, FAIA, Esq. (AIA Detriot)

Richard DeYoung, AIA (AIA Pittsburgh)

     AIA elevated 105 architects to its prestigious College of Fellows, an honor awarded to members who have made contributions of national significance to the profession.
      Fellowship is conferred on architects with at least 10 years of membership in the AIA who have made significant contributions in the following areas: the aesthetic, scientific, and practical efficiency of the profession; the standards of architectural education, training, and practice; the building industry through leadership in the AIA and other related professional organizations; advancement of living standards of people through an improved environment; and to society through significant public service.  They will be invested in the College of Fellows at the 2012 AIA National Convention and Design Exposition in Washington, D.C. in May. 
      The following are the 2012 Fellows from New York State, all members of AIA New York Chapter:

Timothy Allanbrook, FAIA; Kevin Bone, FAIA; Mary A. Burke, FAIA; Richard Cook, FAIA; Umberto Dindo, FAIA; Daniel J. Kaplan, FAIA; Joyce See-yin Lee, FAIA; Jonathan Marvel, FAIA; Marion Weiss, FAIA.

     Registration is now open for the 2012 AIA National Convention & Design Exposition May 17-19 in Washington, D.C. The theme for this year is Design Connects.

     There are over 200 planned program offerings, including preconvention workshops, theme presentations, continuing education learning units (CEUs) and expo education. The diversity of offerings, allows you to enhance your knowledge of design, practice management, and career development.
     The Design Exposition is scheduled for all 3 days. AIA Expo2012 introduces you to more than 800 exhibitors to discover new products and services. AIA Expo2012 will also house special display areas, educational opportunities, pavilions and association offerings.

     For more information, go to: www.aia.org.

     AIANYS received an Association Excellence in Government Affairs Award for the Building in the 21st Century Series from the Empire State Society of Association Executives (ESSAE) at their 33rd Annual Meeting & Awards Banquet on February 2 at the Albany Marriott. The Building in the 21st Century Series Case Studies in Public Construction Procurement: At the Intersection of Built Environment Regulation and the "On the Ground" Reality program was sponsored by AIANYS, along with Albany Law School, Town + Gown and the New York City Bar and was held on October 21, 2011 at the Albany Law School.

     This award recognizes achievements by an ESSAE member for a particular project, idea, publication, practice or membership service instituted by an association in the last 24 months.

Photo: Edward Farrell, Executive Director accepted the award from Penny Murphy, CAE, President & CEO, ESSAE during the Annual Meeting & Awards Banquet.

Photo by: Kristina Maldonado.

     Look for your email invitation later this week for the opportunity to purchase a Firm Profile in the 2012 AIANYS Digital Directory!  This directory will once again be an online searchable tool posted on the AIANYS website www.aianys.org for everyone to access.

     New for this year, we are offering the chance to upgrade your firm profile to a premium profile which includes up to 3 full color photos and prime placement of your listing!

     For the first time ever, our AIANYS members have the chance to purchase an advertisement in this edition.  There is a 10% discount for any AIANYS member who purchases an advertisement in the 2012 directory. Early bird discounts will also be available. The rates have been lowered for all Firm Profiles and Advertising.

     Be on the lookout for your invitation. You don't want to miss this opportunity!!

     The AIA New York Chapter which opened the Center for Architecture almost 8 years ago, has now expanded the Center to the adjacent storefront to the south, located at 532 LaGuardia Place. AIA New York held a Breakthrough Party in January to debut the space.

     The new space, designed by Rogers Marvel Architects, provides an additional 1,200 square feet of ground-floor area for the Center's activities, including events and receptions, as well as AIANY committee meetings and Foundation programs. Like the Center's other meeting rooms, it will also be available for rent, offering supplementary revenue to support the Center.

Photos of the exterior of 532 LaGuardia Place.

Photos courtesy of AIA New York.

     The National Associates Committee will host the Third Annual Emerging Professionals Exhibition at AIA National this year in Washington, D.C. The submission deadline has passed, but we hope to see you there to view a broad cross section of Associate experiences and work in the profession.  

     The final phase of the upgrade to IDP 2.0 will occur on April 3, 2012.  See the NCARB website at http://www.ncarb.org/Experience-Through-Internships/IDP-2.aspx for more

information on the changes.

     NCARB will be sending out the 2012 Practice Analysis of Architecture Survey electronically in April to over 80,000 architects, interns and educators. The results of this survey will provide insight into current and future trends of the profession related to architectural practice. The 2012 survey was developed along with the AIA, AIAS and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) and the NAAB. For more information, go to: www.ncarb.org/2012pa.

Apply Now to the Jason Pettigrew Memorial ARE Scholarship

RPI Architecture Students Create S(around)OUND Project

     Architecture and art students from RPI are putting together a performance art project called S(around)OUND at the Troy Gasholder Building in Troy, NY. This project combines architecture, art, animation, hybrid violin, computer and lifts to move the audience around the inside of the space. There will be 3 stages with the program lasting about 90 minutes. The event will take place Saturday, March 24 and Sunday, March 25 starting at 6 PM. The event is free and open to the public.

     Tyler Hopf, an architecture student at RPI and the AIANYS Student Director started working on the project last year with the assistance of Installation artist and RPI Associate Professor of Architecture Michael Oatman and hybrid violinist Todd Reynolds.

     "The design for this project was a result of several intentions. The class aimed to create a completely unique audience experience, where the audience actually becomes the performer at some points and plays an active and essential roll in the show. The audience experiences dynamic walls that expose different parts of the space, interactive instruments that stretch the full height of the building, inhabitable inflatables and is finally lifted in the air with industrial man lifts. Performances typically involve a static audience that sits and watches. This project aims to challenge that perception so the audience is as active or even more active than our incredible performer, Todd Reynolds," said Tyler Hopf.

     "The architecture students involved in the project were in charge of organizing the space.  They designed and constructed wall systems that stretch to 50 foot high and then collapse and compress into folded pieces to completely change the space. Inflatables that are up to 20 feet high were also built so that audience members can inhabit them and explore a completely new experience-walking through an inflation. And finally, the use of man lifts is seen as an architectural move to transcend limitations of typical architectural elements. Moving vertically becomes an industrial action, integrated and choreographed with the music of the performance," said Hopf.

     For more information, go to: http://www.facebook.com/events/175574832553121/.

National Associates Committee February Report

     The AIA National Associates Committee publishes a report every month sharing associate news and viewpoints. The February issue includes: Announcements, 2012 Associate Award Winners and Regional Updates.

     Click here to view the latest issue.
 

     AIANYS has an online calendar on www.aianys.org that all chapters can now submit events to. It's easy and only takes a few minutes. Go to: http://aianys.org/members/index.php?m=1&p=1.

     You can also see what other Chapters are up to all around New York State.

AIANYS PAC Events

     By donating to the NYS Architects Political Action Committee (NYSAPAC), you have helped to fund the opportunity for AIANYS to support the following event in February: Friends of Assemblyman Sheldon Silver; NYS Senate Republican Campaign Committee; Senator Andrew Lanza for Staten Island; Senator David Valesky; Citizens for Senator Joseph Robach; Friends of Senator Liz Krueger; Citizens Committee to Reelect Senator Kenneth LaValle; Citizens for Assemblyman Robin Schimminger; Senator Cathy Young; Friends of Senator Joseph Griffo; Friends of Assemblymember Donna Lupardo and Democratic Assembly Campaign Committee.