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2012 AIANYS Architects in Albany Lobby Day is This Tuesday, May 1, 2012
The 2012 Architects in Albany Lobby Day is Tuesday, May 1, 2012. The 2012 AIANYS Legislative Program is now posted on the AIANYS website. To view, go to: http://www.aianys.org/main/government_advocacy.shtml.
The list includes the top priorities, bills AIANYS opposes as well as important links to government offices. These lists include the bill number, sponsor and co-sponsors names and current status of the bill.
Architects in Albany Lobby Day will start with a briefing by Edward Farrell, Executive Director and Richard Leckerling, Legislative Counsel at 10:15 AM at the Hampton Inn. At 4:30 there will be a legislative reception in the Legislative Office Building. Be sure to check the AIANYS website at www.aianys.org for updates.
If you missed it on April 12, the webinar was recorded in its entirety. Go to http://www.aianys.org/main/government_advocacy.shtml for the link to the webinar. This is a great tool to use to help you prepare for Lobby Day. |
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AIANYS 2012 Design Awards-Registrations Due by May 14!
AIA New York State has recognized outstanding works of architecture through the annual Design Awards Program since 1968. These awards honor works of architecture located anywhere in the world by AIA New York State members and works of architecture located only in New York State by other New York State registered architects completed since January 1, 2007. AIANYS is currently calling for entries for the 2012 Design Awards. A Call for Entries brochure which includes the submission guidelines, registration form, checklist and photo release form was mailed out earlier this month. Go to: http://www.aianys.org/awards/design_guidelines.shtml for more information.
The registration form and fee is due to AIANYS by May 14, 2012 (must be registered online by this date). Portfolios, checklists and photo releases are due by June 8, 2012. This year all Design Awards must be submitted digitally. The Design Award Jury will meet in late June to decide the winners and the recipients will be notified soon after.
New for 2012! Several new categories have been added or revised. The Residential category now has 3 sub-categories: Single Family Detached, under 2,500 square feet; Single Family Detached, 2,500 square feet and over or Multi-Family, Multiple Dwellings. New categories are Pro Bono Projects and Sole Practitioner. Adaptive Reuse and Historic Preservation have been combined into one category.
Also new this year is all Chapters will be asked to submit two local winners to AIANYS for consideration by the jury. The Chapter may choose from their 2011 or 2012 programs. While there will be no charge for the submittals, they will be required to follow the same guidelines as any other entry.
All AIANYS Design Award recipients will prepare a design board for display during the AIANYS Convention in Saratoga Springs. All of the AIANYS Design Awards will be presented at the President's Reception, Dinner and Design Awards Presentation on September 28, 2012 at the Hilton Hotel in Saratoga Springs. For questions, contact Georgi Ann Bailey, Hon. AIANYS, Director of Programs and Operations at gabailey@aianys.org.
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| Susan Chin, FAIA, Candidate 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.
Susan has served on the AIANYS board of directors for many years, first as a Director and then as a New York Regional Director to the AIA Board of Directors, a position she currently holds. She received the AIANYS Matthew W. Del Gaudio Service Award in 2011, which recognizes outstanding and significant service by an AIANYS member to the profession through promoting the profession of architecture. She was also the recipient of the AIANYS President's Award in 2006.
Susan has also spent a great amount of time working with her local chapter, AIA New York. She served as President of the AIA New York Chapter in 2005 and has served on various Chapter committees including the AIA150 committee, Design Awards committee and Women in Architecture committees.
She has also served on various AIA National committees, juries and work groups including: Chair of the 2011 Gold Medal/Firm Award Jury, Strategic Directions Group Communications committee and Component Partnership committee.
Susan currently serves as the Executive Director of Design Trust for Public Space, a public space innovator and think tank, and previously served as Assistant Commissioner for New York City's Department of Cultural Affairs for 23 years. To see Susan Chin's full bio, go to www.aianys.org.
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2012 AIANYS Convention in Saratoga Springs September 27-29 Will Offer Cutting-Edge Seminars and One-of-a-Kind Tours
AIA New York State and AIA Eastern NY are presenting the 2012 Convention in Saratoga Springs September 27-29 at the Saratoga Hilton Hotel and Saratoga Springs City Center. The convention will feature a trade show with vendors from all over the country, continuing education programs, tours of historical landmarks and evening social events.
Cutting-edge continuing education seminars led by top experts in their fields will be held throughout the three days of the convention. Topics will include: BIM, historic preservation, public private partnerships and sustainability. Tours of the architecture of the Capital Region with guides leading the way, are also scheduled throughout convention. Tours of EMPAC (Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center) at RPI in Troy, GlobalFoundries FAB, the green semi-conductor facility in Malta, and a walking tour of the historic Saratoga Race Course, the oldest track in the country are just some of the offerings.
Be sure to check the AIANYS website www.aianys.org for continuous updates. |
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AIANYS Receives AIA Component Matching Grant
AIANYS has received a 2012 AIA Component Matching Grant for the Student Awards Program.
The AIA National Component supports local and state Components or their affiliated foundations in their efforts to provide and develop scholarship programs. Offering matching grants to augment existing Component programs reinforces the significance of the AIA in the lives of architects, aspiring students, and their communities, and stimulates interest in the formation of new scholarship programs.
The AIANYS Student Award Program was created in 2007 to serve as a way of engaging and recognizing students enrolled in the ten NAAB-accredited schools in New York State. This program allows students to share ideas on design concepts which improve upon natural and built environments, while positioning them to assist in advancing both the profession and community at large. This is the third year in a row that AIANYS has received this grant.
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New York Regional Director Nominating Committee Appointed
Susan Chin, FAIA, Senior New York Regional Director, has appointed the following Chapter Presidents to serve as the 2012 Regional Director Nominating Committee: Chair: Dilip Khale, AIA, President, AIA Long Island; Giuseppe Anzalone, AIA, President, AIA Brooklyn, and Kirk Narburgh, AIA, President, AIA Central NY.
This committee recognizes and places in nomination the name of any qualified candidate for whom it has received nomination forms, from three or more constituent organizations, each certified by the chapter President and Secretary. |
AIANYS 2012 Media Postcard Campaign
For the third year in a row, AIANYS has continued the every building has an architect media campaign. The Public Advocacy committee put together the postcard with the help of a graphic designer. The postcard featured a photo of the 2011 AIANYS Design Award winner Inverted Warehouse/Townhouse, New York, NY, Dean/Wolf Architects, New York, NY.
This postcard was mailed out to over 300 media outlets throughout New York State to help spread the word that architects should be credited for their work every time a building is featured in the media.
Once again, chapters were able to have their own postcards designed with photos of work by chapter members. The four chapters are: AIA Brooklyn, AIA Peconic, AIA Southern NY and AIA Westchester + Hudson Valley. The postcards were sent directly to the chapters for them to distribute themselves.
To download the AIANYS postcard, go to the Resources page on the website www.aianys.org.
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| AIANYS Radio Ad Campaign
The AIANYS Public Advocacy Committee put together a radio ad campaign promoting AIA architects and the work that they do. The committee decided to redirect the funds for the Empire State Challenge to this media campaign. Using a professional media buyer, they put together a plan for the Capital Region area to use as a "test market." The committee wrote the copy for the ad and a local voiceover talent recorded the spot.
The ad ran on two radio stations (an all news and talk station and a classic rock station) starting on March 29 (and coinciding with National Architecture Week) for 2 weeks for a total of 88 (30 second) spots. There was also a link on the radio station websites to the AIANYS website. Go to: http://www.aianys.org/linkmp3.html to hear the radio ad.
The Public Advocacy Committee decided to use the remaining budget to offer two chapters a grant of $1,500 each to use for their own radio ad campaign. The media buyer has offered her services to the two chapters. She will work with the chapters to identify which radio station in their market will work best and purchase ads at that station. Interest was high with 8 chapters responding. A lottery was held and the two winning chapters are: AIA Central NY and AIA Peconic. They will work with the media buyer and their ads will run soon! |
| Architect Barbie in Durability + Design Journal
An article on Architect Barbie and the impact she has had on the public's perception of women in the field of architecture was featured in a recent article in Durability and Design (The Journal of Architectural Coatings). Kelly Hayes McAlonie, AIA, President is quoted in the article.
To view the article, go to:
http://www.durabilityanddesign.com/blog/?fuseaction=view&blogID=90.
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| Center for Architecture Foundation Hosting Guess-a-Sketch Competition
The Center for Architecture Foundation is hosting the first ever drawing competition event called Guess-a-Sketch on May 22, 2012 from 6 to 9 PM at the Center for Architecture in New York City. Design industry stars will sketch as teams go head to head in an architecture-themed Pictionary-style tournament. Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres will be served. Funds raised will support the CFA's built environment education programs.
For more information, go to: http://cfa.aiany.org/index.php?section=calendar&evtid=4094.
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| AIA Eastern NY Led Capital Region's 2nd Annual Canstruction
AIA Eastern NY led the 2nd Annual CANstruction, a food drive competition where teams of architects and engineers build structures out of canned goods. Teams of architects and engineers built 13 structures out of canned goods which were displayed throughout the month of April at the New York State Museum in Albany. The theme was Zoo Can Do It, therefore all of the structures were animals.
The teams purchased 40,000 cans of food at a significant discount from Price Chopper and they have now been donated to the Food Pantries for the Capital District.
CANstruction Inc., a nonprofit organization founded in 1992, has hosted the food drive and building competition in 150 cities worldwide donating over 10 million pounds of food to food pantries. For more information, go to: http://aiaeny.org/canstruction.html.
 
Photo 1: Dan Wilson, AIA, AIAENY President and Anna Campas, AIA, President-Elect received a participation award from Ed Anker, AIA, Chairman of Capital Region Canstruction and Sara Stein, President, Capital Region Canstruction. (Photo courtesy of AIA Eastern NY)
Photo 2: The Juror's Favorite Award went to CSArch for their Tiger Head. |
| National Associates Committee April Report
The AIA National Associates Committee publishes a report every month sharing associate news and viewpoints. The April issue includes: Announcements, 2012 National Convention preview and AIAS Forum Report.
Click here to view the latest issue.
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| Enter Your Chapter Events on the AIANYS Online Calendar
AIANYS has an online calendar on the website 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. |
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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 April: Joseph Borelli for Assembly (in-district event), Michael Cusick for Assembly (in-district event) and Friends of Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz. |
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