Call for Presentations: Architecture Exchange East

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ARCHEX-250The Society’s annual convention, Architecture Exchange East, is the mid-Atlantic’s premier educational event and expo for the design and construction industry.  Celebrating its 27th year, ArchEx is now accepting proposals for presentations at the conference which will take place Nov. 5-7, 2014, at the Greater Richmond Convention Center, in Richmond. Va.

ArchEx will offer nearly 70 engaging seminars and workshops, allowing attendees to earn as many as 18 AIA/CES learning units. These sessions, along with tours, the ArchEx Exhibit Hall, and a keynote address, will inspire and challenge the audience of architects, engineers, contractors, interior designers, planners, industry leaders, and students.

Attendees tell us they want new and advanced content — the latest developments in the industry. Specific, focused seminars should be proposed, in one of these formats:

Three- or six-hour workshops, offered on Wednesday, Nov. 5.

90-minute or three-hour seminar presentations to be offered on Thursday, Nov. 6 and Friday, Nov. 7.

Tours (duration variable), to include projects in progress, recently completed projects, historical interest, etc.

Read an overview of the program selection process and a list of suggested topics.  Propose an offering you think is relevant and timely, or pick something from the list. To propose an offering, complete and submit the Presentation Proposal Form by April 30, 2014. Your proposal will be reviewed and you will be contacted by June 2013.  Incomplete forms may not be accepted.

The Presentation Proposal Form may be completed online or downloaded (PDF, Word) at www.archex.net.

Registration Open for ArchEx 2013

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ARCHEX-250Registration for Architecture Exchange East, the Society’s annual educational event and expo, is now open.  Early Bird discounts are available through Sept. 30, 2013. To register visit www.archex.net and click Register.

ArchEx, which is held Nov. 6–8, 2013, in historic Richmond, Va., features nearly 70 educational sessions, spectacular behind-the-scenes architectural tours, engaging special events, and more than 100 vendors in the ArchEx Exhibit Hall.

Equal parts avant-garde theorist, radical author/educator, and pioneering practitioner, architect Bernard Tschumi is this year’s Keynote Speaker. Discover more about Tschumi’s work>>

Below are some highlights and special events:

Keynote Address
Thursday 2:30–4 p.m.
Conceived, Perceived, Experienced
featuring internationally recognized architect, author and educator Bernard Tschumi
Sponsored by Froehling & Robertson, Inc. and MEB General Contractors

ArchEx Exhibit Hall
Thursday: 10 a.m.–2:30 p.m.; Friday: 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
Discover the latest trends, products and technologies in the ArchEx Exhibit Hall.

CONNECTIONS Cocktail Party
Thursday: 5:30–7 p.m.
Enjoy networking, drinks, hors d’oeuvres, and fun.
Sponsored by Riverside Brick, Shade & Wise Brick Co., Inc. and Abakus Solar

Mid-Atlantic Design Showcase
Delight in the work being done by your colleagues. Call (804) 237-1776 to exhibit your work.

ArchEx Bookstore
Pick up the latest design-inspired books and gifts in the ArchEx Exhibit Hall.
Sponsored by Acuity Business Solutions

ArchEx Exhibit Hall Education
Take part in educational opportunities right in the Exhibit Hall! Vendors deliver content-rich information in 15-minute sessions on our Presentation Stage.

Exhibit Hall Recording Booth
Tell your story and inspire future architects. Stop by the AE Global Media booth to share your views on design, the AIA, and your favorite structures in Virginia.
Sponsored by AE Global Media

Exhibit Hall Lounges
Take a break in our new lounge areas. Check your email in our Internet Lounge sponsored by Diversified Educational Systems (DES), or kick up your feet in the Virginia Women in Design Networking Lounge.

Virginia IFRAA Series
Friday
Virginia’s Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art and Architecture presents sessions 406 and 506.

Virginia Women in Design Series
Thursday
Discuss the challenges faced by women in the profession in this fourth annual series presented with Virginia Women in Design. See sessions 101, 201, and 301.
Virginia Women in Design is sponsored by Draper Aden, Gilbane Building Company, Glavé and Holmes Architecture, KEAST & HOOD, and Pace Collaborative

Virginia Society AIA Annual Meeting
Thursday, 1–2:15 p.m. E11b
Hear about vital developments, elect officers, and conduct other business affecting your professional society.

In FOCUS: Emerging Professionals
Thursday
Take part in a series of sessions that was assembled especially to support the needs of emerging professionals and students.

Find our more or register at www.archex.net.

ArchEx Conference Registration Opens Aug. 26

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Architecture Exchange East, held Nov. 6–8, 2013, in Richmond, Va.,  features over 60 educational sessions, behind-the-scenes architectural tours, special events, and over 100 vendors in the ArchEx Exhibit Hall.  Registration for the mid-Atlantic’s largest conference and expo for architects opens Monday, Aug. 26. Early bird rates are available for only a short time, so plan to register before Sept. 30 to secure the discounted registration rate. Visit www.archex.net for details or to register.

Who should attend?
Architects, engineers, interior designers, landscape architects, planners, builders, firm administrators, emerging professionals

Special Events + Highlights

Keynote Address
Thursday 2:30–4 p.m.
Conceived, Perceived, Experienced
Internationally celebrated architect, theorist, author, and educator Bernard Tschumi discusses the differences between concepts, percepts, and affects in architecture today, with examples from some of his major projects including Parc de la Villette, the new Acropolis Museum, and the Paris Zoo.
Sponsored by Froehling & Robertson, Inc. and MEB General Contractors

ArchEx Exhibit Hall
Thursday: 10 a.m.–2:30 p.m.
Friday: 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
Discover the latest trends, products and technologies in the ArchEx Exhibit Hall.

CONNECTIONS Cocktail Party
Thursday: 5:30–7 p.m.
Enjoy networking, drinks, hors d’oeuvres, and fun.
Sponsored by Riverside Brick and Shade & Wise Brick Co., Inc.

Mid-Atlantic Design Showcase
Delight in the work being done by your colleagues. Call (804) 237-1776 to exhibit your work.

ArchEx Bookstore
Pick up the latest design-inspired books and gifts in the ArchEx Exhibit Hall.
Sponsored by Acuity Business Solutions

ArchEx Exhibit Hall Education
Take part in educational opportunities right in the Exhibit Hall! Vendors deliver content-rich information in 15-minute sessions on our Presentation Stage.

Exhibit Hall Recording Booth
Tell your story and inspire future architects. Stop by the AE Global Media booth to share your views on design, the AIA, and your favorite structures in Virginia.
Sponsored by AE Global Media

Exhibit Hall Lounges
Take a break in our new lounge areas. Check your email in our Internet Lounge sponsored by Diversified Educational Systems (DES), or kick up your feet in the Virginia Women in Design Networking Lounge.

Virginia IFRAA Series
Friday
Virginia’s Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art and Architecture presents a series of sessions on worship spaces.

Virginia Women in Design Series
Thursday
Discuss the challenges faced by women in the profession in this fourth annual series presented with Virginia Women in Design.
Virginia Women in Design is sponsored by Draper Aden, Gilbane Building Company, Glavé and Holmes Architecture, and Pace Collaborative

Virginia Society AIA Annual Meeting
Thursday, 1–2:15 p.m. E11b
Hear about vital developments, elect officers, and conduct other business affecting your professional society.

In FOCUS: Emerging Professionals
Thursday
Take part in a series of sessions  especially assembled to support the needs of emerging professionals and students.

 

Tschumi Announced as ArchEx Keynote

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Parc de la Villete
Parc de la Villette has become known as an unprecedented type of park of “culture” rather than “nature.” Photo courtesy of Bernard Tschumi Architects.

Equal parts avant-garde theorist, radical author/educator, and pioneering practitioner, architect Bernard Tschumi  will undoubtedly make an impression as the 2013 Architecture Exchange East (ArchEx) Keynote Speaker.

Currently working from both New York and Paris, Tschumi first gained recognition in 1981 as a theorist with the exhibition and publication of The Manhattan Transcripts (and again later with Architecture and Disjunction, a series of theoretical essays published by MIT Press in 1994).

In 1983, he won the prestigious competition to design and build the Parc de la Villette, in Paris, prevailing over entries from Rem Koolhaas, Zaha Hadid, and Jean Nouvel.  Since then, he has made a reputation for groundbreaking designs that include the New Acropolis Museum, Le Fresnoy Center for the Contemporary Arts, and the Alésia Archaeological Museum, among other high-profile projects.

Acropolis Museum
The Acropolis Museum’s transparent enclosure provides ideal light for sculpture in direct view to and from the Acropolis.

Tschumi’s work has been widely exhibited, with solo exhibitions at The Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Venice Biennale.  He served as Dean of the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University in New York from 1988 to 2003. His most recent publication is Architecture Concepts: Red is Not a Color (Rizzoli, 2012), a comprehensive collection of his conceptual and built projects.

Registration for ArchEx begins in late August at www.archex.net. The ArchEx Keynote is sponsored by Froehling & Robertson, Inc.

ArchEx 2012 Registration is Open

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Photo by Jay Paul.

Registration is now open for the Society’s 25th annual conference and trade show— Architecture Exchange East. Held Nov. 7–9, 2012, in historic Richmond, Va., ArchEx features nearly 70 educational sessions, spectacular behind-the-scenes architectural tours, engaging special events, and more than 100 vendors in the ArchEx Exhibit Hall.  This year’s Keynote Speaker, Tye Farrow, discusses health and how architects are destined to change the meaning of the word. His work, called “breathtaking” by Society Vice President for Professional Excellence A. Ray Pentecost, III, FAIA, has been recognized internationally for the design of public and private sector buildings that enhance health.

Register online today or download the registration brochure.

Check out these highlights


Keynote Address
Active Health: How Architects Will Change the Meaning of Health
Thursday 2:30–4 p.m.
Featuring Tye Farrow, internationally recognized expert in salutogenic design and senior partner at Farrow Partnership Architects
Sponsored by Scott Long Construction and The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company

ArchEx Exhibit Hall
Thursday: 10 a.m.–2:30 p.m. and 5:30-7 p.m.
Friday: 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
Discover the latest trends, products and technologies in the ArchEx Exhibit Hall.

Virginia IFRAA Series
The Nature of Sacred Space: Church in the City
Friday, 8:30 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
Discover the special design challenges faced by urban churches, urban congregations, and their (often historic) urban contexts.
presented with Virginia IFRAA
Sponsored by Scott Long Construction

Virginia Women in Design Series
Thursday
Discuss the challenges faced by women in the profession in this third annual series on women in design.
presented with Virginia Women in Design
Virginia Women in Design is sponsored by Glavé & Holmes Architecture,  Pace Collaborative, and Draper Aden Associates

NEW! Health and Healthy Buildings Series
From improving indoor air quality to designing healing environments, discover the latest trends in building design to improve human health and wellbeing.

The Mid-Atlantic Design Showcase
MADS places your work in front of architects, engineers, interior designers, planners, landscape architects, contractors and students from Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, and the District of Columbia at Architecture Exchange East.  Spaces are still available. Download the application to exhibition your work.

CONNECTIONS Cocktail Party
Thursday: 5:30–7 p.m.
Make CONNECTIONS at ArchEx! Enjoy networking, drinks, hors d’oeuvres, and fun.
Sponsored by Riverside Brick & Supply Company and Shade & Wise Brick Co.

ArchEx Exhibit Hall Education
ArchEx is offering expanded educational opportunities right in the Exhibit Hall! Vendors will deliver content-rich information in 15-minute sessions on our Presentation Stage. If you attend a minimum of one hour, you can self-report product research, based on the time listening to presentations or speaking with exhibitors.

Virginia Society AIA Annual Meeting
Hear about vital developments, elect officers, and conduct other business affecting your professional society.

Coffee Breaks and Prizes in the Exhibit Hall
Join us in the Exhibit Hall during the breaks for a cup of coffee and prize giveaways. Take some time to chat with exhibitors and discover the latest in cutting edge products and innovations in the industry.
Cash prizes are sponsored by  Ames & Gough and Gropen, Inc.

ArchEx Bookstore
Don’t miss your chance to explore a wide selection of books and gifts in the ArchEx Bookstore hosted by the Virginia Center for Architecture Museum Shop.

Lounges
Check your email or relax in our lounges.
Sponsored by  Technology Assurance Group (TAG) and Diversified Educational Systems (DES),

 

ArchEx 2011 Registration Open

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ArchEx 2010 Keynote Address
ArchEx 2010 Keynote Address. Photo by Jay Paul.

Registration for the mid-Atlantic’s largest conference and expo for architects is now open. Early bird rates are available for only a short time, so register now to secure the discounted registration rate.

Architecture Exchange East, Nov. 2-4, 2011, in historic Richmond, Va., features over 60 educational sessions, spectacular behind-the-scenes architectural tours, engaging special events, and over 125 vendors in the ArchEx Exhibit Hall.  Download the registration brochure.

 

Who should attend?

Architects, engineers, interior designers, landscape architects, planners, builders, firm administrators, emerging professionals

 

Architecture Exchange East,  featuring Keynote Speaker Michelle Kaufmann, LEED® AP, takes place Nov. 2­-4, 2011, in Richmond, Va. at the Greater Richmond Convention Center.  You can find out more or register at www.archex.net.

 

Special Events + Highlights

Keynote Address
Thursday 2:30-4 p.m.
Simplicity: Reinventing our Practice
Michelle Kaufmann, LEED® AP, discusses rethinking the standard architecture business.
Sponsored by Hourigan Construction and MTFA Architecture, Inc.

 

ArchEx Exhibit Hall
Thursday: 10 a.m.-7 p.m.
Friday: 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Discover the latest trends, products and technologies in the ArchEx Exhibit Hall.

 

Mid-Atlantic Design Showcase
Delight in the work being done by your colleagues! To exhibit your work, call (804) 237-1776.

 

CONNECTIONS Cocktail Party
The popular opening reception returns in 2011 with networking, beverages and hors d’oeuvres, live entertainment and fun.  AIA Regional Director Mary Cox, FAIA, will make special remarks congratulating newly-registered architects.
Sponsored by Riverside Brick & Supply Co., Inc and Shade & Wise Brick Company.

 

NEW! Practice Management Series
Wednesday-Friday
This provocative, inspirational program of sessions on practice management will challenge existing paradigms.
presented with the AIA Practice Management Knowledge Community

 

NEW! ArchEx Exhibit Hall Education
Vendors will deliver content-rich information in quick, 15-minute sessions on our Presentation Stage. If you attend a minimum of one hour, you can self-report product research, based on the time listening to presentations or speaking with exhibitors.

 

Virginia IFRAA Series
Friday, 8:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
The Nature of Sacred Space: Sustainability and Spirituality
Discover how sustainable design solutions are redefining sacred spaces.
Sponsored by SunTrust. and presented with Virginia IFRAA, a Knowledge Community of Virginia Society AIA

 

Virginia Women in Design Series
Thursday
Discuss the challenges faced by women in the profession in this second annual series on women in design.
presented with Virginia Women in Design

 

Virginia Society AIA Annual Meeting
Thursday, 1-2:30 p.m.
Hear about vital developments, elect officers, and conduct other business affecting your professional society.

 

In FOCUS: Emerging Professionals
Thursday
Take part in a series of sessions that was assembled especially to support the needs of emerging professionals and students.

 

 

AIA Offers ArchEx Scholarship

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© 2006, The American Institute of Architects. All rights reserved.The 2011 AIA Knowledge Scholarship will fund a dedicated and knowledgeable person to attend a Knowledge Community fall conference in order to cover the event via social media, capture the content and deliver a variety of products to wider audiences during and after the conference. The Virginia Society AIA’s Architecture Exchange East is among those conferences included in the scholarship opportunity.

AIA Young Architects (licensed less than 10 years), Associate AIA members, and AIAS members are eligible to submit an application.

The AIA Knowledge Scholarship seeks to provide a dedicated and knowledgeable person on-site to capture the content from the conference and deliver a variety of products to wider audiences during and after the conference. Some existing products are listed below for reference and innovative methods are highly encouraged.

  • Project profiles by site on tours (text and images)
  • Real-time blogging on AIA KnowledgeNet
  • Audiocast with speaker/expert in the field
  • Videocast on topic
  • Transcript of panel discussion or interview for a KC Newsletter
  • Topical article related to conference theme for AIArchitect
  • Keynote/Session summaries
  • AIA Best Practice on topic

Scholarship funds will be awarded to compelling applications that address creativity, feasibility, impact and outcomes. Applications will be evaluated on: quality and quantity of knowledge products; innovation; demonstrated skill in area of knowledge delivery (for example writing or video editing experience); how the end product will interest the intended target audience; coverage of conference/knowledge topics in demand; thoroughness of application.

Applications must include: a complete application form, resume, two professional references, and a purposed budget including the cost of conference registration, travel expenses and supply expenses. The completed application must be submitted by August 15, 2011. Submit the application to knowledgecommunities@aia.org as a single letter-sized PDF document titled “2011kcscholarship_firstnamelastname.pdf.” The PDF should not exceed 5mb in size or 10 pages in length.

All applicants will receive an email confirmation of receipt of their application within two business days. If you do not receive an email confirmation, contact Tamzin Howerton at 202-626-7358. All applicants will receive notification of the jury’s decision by September 1, 2011.

Kaufmann Announced as ArchEx Keynote

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Michelle Kaufmann, photo by Garret Curtis

The Virginia Society AIA is pleased to announce Michelle Kaufmann as the 2011 Architecture Exchange East Keynote Speaker. Her firm, Michelle Kaufmann Studio, recipient of the 2008 TOP FIRM AWARD by Residential Architect, specializes in sustainable design including single family homes, eco-luxury resorts, and multi-family communities.  She is also a consultant for builders, developers and architecture firms on sustainability and prefabrication, and an advisor to Architecture for Humanity, and Cradle to Cradle Products Institute.

Her book, Prefab Green describes off-site construction and the green design principles of Kaufmann-designed homes such as the Glidehouse®, the Sunset® Breezehouse®, the mkLotus® and others. She has been called “the Henry Ford of green homes” by the Sierra Club and was named “2009 Green Advocate of the Year” by the National Association of Home Builders. She was also included in Business 2.0 magazine’s list of “100 People Who Matter Now,” and listed as one of the “The Green 50” by INC magazine. She has been featured on the Sundance channel, HGTV, Discovery, Planet Green and in numerous magazines including Town+Country, Dwell, Sunset, Time, and the Smithsonian.

Working to help extend education and awareness about the beauty of sustainable design, Michelle has had a number of her homes showcased in museums. A full-size replica of Michelle’s home, the Glidehouse® home was built at the National Building Museum as part of the exhibit The Green House, and a fully-functioning 3-story Smart home is on display at the Museum of Science and Industry. The home is the exhibit on green building called The Smart Home: Green + Wired. Her work has also been on display at MOCA, the Walker Art Center, the Vancouver Art Center, and the Virginia Center for Architecture.

Kaufmann received her undergraduate degree from Iowa State University, and her Master’s from Princeton University. A well-known and highly-acclaimed speaker, she has taught at Iowa State University and Woodbury University, and prior to founding Michelle Kaufmann Designs, she was an Associate with Frank O. Gehry.

The 2011 Architecture Exchange East Keynote Address is sponsored by MTFA Architecture, Inc. and Hourigan Construction.