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Design Awards - They are good for the people . . .
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I know some of you out there are thinking that Design Awards are only for a few of the members of AIA Austin. Perhaps you don't enter them because you feel it's not important to you or your firm. But I think it is important - for the entire profession. We need to have design professionals from outside of Austin review and recognize the work that is being done here in Austin. As a community, all design professionals benefit from the positive exposure that the awards program provides. Read more. |
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I've been following a blog called zenhabits for about a year now. Every few days, an email arrives that, if I take a moment to read it carefully, rewards me with some insight. It's refreshing, because it is not about architecture directly, so it's a good foil to most of the other things in my inbox. But it usually applies somehow to work, or life, or both. As a small firm owner for over ten years now, I don't always think about my work being separate from my life. And a lot of what I read in this blog has an underlying theme that it would be better if the two were so intertwined that we found ourselves living in one joyous continuum between the place where we do our job and the place where we lay our head. Read more. |
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Special Government Affairs & Advocacy Meeting - Subchapter E
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AIA Austin, thru the work of the Advocacy Committee and UDGA (Urban Design and Government Affairs Committee), has been able, with input from our membership, to influence the draft revisions to Subchapter E - Design Standards and Mixed Use by working with City of Austin staff and attending commission hearings. In addition, AIA Austin members have worked in conjunction with members of ULI, CNU and RECA to find reasonable and appropriate recommended language for the community. Read more.
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