Visions for Architecture Goes Online in 2020; Raises Money for Scholarships

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We’re doing things differently at Visions for Architecture this year. To keep everyone safer, our annual honors and awards program will take place online on Thursday, Oct. 8 beginning at 4:30 p.m. The program is free, but advance registration is required. We’re trying some new things — like announcing the Design Awards live — with the goal of creating a vibrant celebration of the people and organizations who mean so much to our profession.

In the past, this black-tie gala recognizing AIA Virginia’s Honors and Design Award winners has served as a fundraiser to support a wide range of architectural education.

At Visions 2020, we’d like to get more specific with our fundraising efforts. Our friends at Hampton University need our direct support and we’re asking you to join the cause.

In addition to recognizing our honorees, Visions will serve as a mini telethon to raise money to support Hampton University’s department of architecture Scholarship Fund. Hampton has a 5-year Master of Architecture program. Students in their final year of the program lose access to the traditional undergraduate financial aid such as Pell Grants. This fund directly helps these students when many funding streams are no longer available to them.

Support Virginia’s only HBCU with an accredited architecture program by making a charitable contribution today.

Since tickets to Visions are free this year (and there’s no travel cost or formalwear to purchase) we’re asking you to consider making a donation in the amount you might have spent to join us in person. Below are some suggested giving levels, but no amount is too small.

  • Champion: $600
  • Advocate: $400
  • Supporter: $200
  • Believer: $100
  • Friend: $25

Your gift will directly, and meaningfully, contribute to diversity in the profession. Please give today.

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About Visions for Architecture

Visions for Architecture, created in 1998, is AIA Virginia’s annual Honors and Awards gala.

Visions celebrates the achievements of those whose work makes especially strong contributions to society and celebrates the recipients of AIA Virginia’s Honors Awards and the Awards for Excellence in Architecture.

Visions for Architecture 2020 will be held virtually and delivered through our online event platform Foresight 2020. Tickets are free, but advance registration is required. If you’re planning on attending any of the educational programming, Visions for Architecture is included free with all ticket options. If you’re only planning to attend Visions, select the Visions for Architecture and Social Events Only ticket when you register.

Visions for Architecture is generously sponsored by:

Gold
Glave & Holmes Architecture, PC
Hanbury
MEB General Contractors
O’Hagan Meyer
Phoenix Noise

Silver
3north
Baskervill
Commercial Lighting Sales
Ehlert Bryan
Frazier Associates
Hartranft Lighting Design, LLC
Linton Engineering LLC
MSStudioarchitecture LLC
Provectus, Inc.
Reader & Swartz Architects
SMBW
The Communicate Design Foundation
VIA design architects
Walter L. Phillips, Inc.

Bronze
Alloy Architecture and Construction
Altruistic Design
Ashwood Financial Partners
Colley Architects, P.C.
Conkey Architects
KEi Architects
Lee/Shoemaker PLLC
MTFA Architecture
R.C. Fields & Associates
Riverside Brick & Supply
VMDO
Wiseman Family – Wiseman Design

Citizen Architect Scholarship – Architect Planning Commissioners

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Part of AIA Virginia’s Strategic Plan is to enable Citizen Architects to expand their power to effect change.  Serving on a local Planning Commission is one way to do just that.  Planning Commissions advise the elected leadership on promoting the orderly development of the community.  To help you be more effective in your role, we have available a limited number of scholarships that will cover the cost of your registration at the 2018 American Planning Association Virginia Chapter Annual Conference at Wintergreen Resort.

The theme of the conference is Mountains of Influence and will be held July 22-25, 2018.  Each scholarship is valued at $50 which covers full registration for Planning Commissioners.  Included in this registration is breakfast on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday; lunch on Monday and Tuesday, and receptions on Sunday and Tuesday evenings.

To apply for a registration scholarship, submit a letter of interest on letterhead to Corey Clayborne, AIA at cclayborne@aiava.org by no later than Friday, May 4.  To be eligible, you must be an AIA member in good standing and currently serve on your locality’s Planning Commission.  Recipients will be notified by May 31.

2015 Scholarships Awarded

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In December 2014 the Virginia Center for Architecture Foundation in collaboration with the AIA’s Component Scholarship Grant program, awarded scholarships to the following Virginia Architecture students.

Hampton University – Isha Somerville, Chase Kea

University of Virginia – Laura Willwerth, Philip Miller

Virginia Tech – Joseph Forrest Bibeau, Alexander Wei Cheng

Established in 1954, the Virginia Center for Architecture  Foundation awards scholarships each year to deserving students at Virginia architecture schools.  The Foundation and the Virginia Society AIA congratulate these students on their awards.

Scholarships Awarded

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In December 2012 the Virginia Center for Architecture Foundation in collaboration with the AIA’s Component Scholarship Grant program, awarded scholarships to the following Virginia Architecture students.

Hampton University – Meredith Stone, Iroda Karimova

University of Virginia – Aaron Gahr, Parker Sutton

Virginia Tech – Chelsea Kilburn, Sara Monsalve

Established in 1954, the Virginia Center for Architecture  Foundation awards scholarships each year to deserving students at Virginia architecture schools.  The Foundation and the Virginia Society AIA congratulate these students on their awards.

Call for Entries: VSAIA Prize for Design Research and Scholarship

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VSAIA board members tour Va. Tech's campus and the award-winning Lumenhaus
VSAIA board members tour Va. Tech's campus and the award-winning Lumenhaus.

Compelling architectural research is conducted in universities and in practitioners’ firms all over Virginia. Firms pursue research to further the interest of staff, develop innovative ideas, and as a means to maintain productivity for staff during down periods.  The VSAIA Prize for Design Research & Scholarship was created in 2008 as one means of encouraging a healthy dialogue between researchers in the universities and the firms. Last year’s prize was awarded to Eclipsis System: An Innovative Sun Control and Insulation Fenestration submitted by the team of Robert Dunay, FAIA, Joseph Wheeler, AIA, Robert Schubert, Associate Dean for Research, and Jonathan Grinham from Virginia Tech.

The VSAIA Prize for Design Research & Scholarship will be awarded to a licensed, practicing architect in Virginia OR a faculty member at a Virginia institution of higher learning for outstanding design research and/or scholarship in the field of architecture.

Eligible papers or articles include those that have been submitted but are pending acceptance, or those that have been published in a journal or conference proceedings within the past two years. Research projects or innovative project case-studies completed within the past three years and summarized in a paper or article are also eligible.

Entry forms and payment are due by 5 p.m., Friday, June 10. Submissions are due by 5 p.m. on Friday, July 1. The winner will be announced in September. Download the registration form for more information or to register.

Member Leaves $100,000 Gift to Scholarship Fund

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The Virginia Center for Architecture announced that it has received a $100,000 gift to its scholarship fund from the estate of Richmond architect Horace George Freeman, AIA.

The Virginia Center for Architecture was founded in 1954 as a scholarship fund for architecture students and over time has expanded that mission into a broader educational agenda.

“More and more students are seeking assistance in managing the increasing costs of attaining a degree in architecture,” says Executive Director Helene Combs Dreiling, FAIA. “Through Mr. Freeman’s generous bequest, the Center is able to fully embrace our heritage of scholarship by making architecture school more accessible to Virginia students.” Since 2005, the Center has awarded nearly 50 scholarships and more than $43,000 to students enrolled in one of Virginia’s accredited schools of architecture.

Horace Freeman co-founded Henrico-based Freeman Morgan Architects with John Morgan in 1975. He died on Tuesday, July 27, 2010, at the age of 94. The Center received his gift, which was dedicated to the memory of his partner A. O. Budina, FAIA, on February 25, 2011.