ArchEx Keynote Announced

Most of us recognize that architecture can have an impact on health, but what if it could actually make us healthier? What if it could help prevent disease? The Society announces Tye Farrow, an internationally recognized expert in salutogenic design, as the Architecture Exchange East keynote speaker.  More>>

 

Virginia Women Featured at Women in Architecture Dinner

Valerie Hassett, Secretary of the Society, is organizing a presentation during the Women in Architecture dinner at the upcoming national convention. The presentation, moderated by Mary Cox, FAIA, will look back at the past 25 years of women in architecture in Virginia. More>>

 

Profiles in Emerging Leaders

Designed to develop future leaders in architecture firms, in communities, and in the profession, the Emerging Leaders in Architecture (ELA) program consists of seven intensive day-long seminars focused on essential strategies or skills.  We were curious about them, so we asked members of the ELA class of 2012 the same five questions, and this is what they had to say. More>>

 

Highlights From readinform.com

On readinform.com this month you will find the Inform Awards recipients (and continue to find highlights of the jury recognitions throughout the year), as well as a discussion of the newly ICC-approved International Green Construction Code. If you have an opinion, this is your opportunity to share that with your colleagues.

 

Licensure Fees to Remain at 2010 Levels

The administrators for the board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior designers, and Landscape Architects revealed that the APELSCIDLA regulants’ fees would remain constant maybe through 2017. More>>

 

Call for Entries: Prize for Design Research & Scholarship

The 2012 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. More>>

 

Green Code Complicated in Virginia

Green became official in March.  Until then, green was extolled in local and even state ordinances throughout the country.  In Virginia, developers touted their projects’ green features to collect incentives offered by a few localities. More>>

 

AIA, Students Call for Pro Bono Work in Exchange for Loan Relief

The AIA and the AIAS recently called for Congress to pass legislation that includes architecture school graduates in the same programs that offer other graduates loan debt assistance if they donate their services to their communities and elsewhere. More>>

 

Results of IPD Awareness Survey Released

The AIA’s Center for Integrated Practice has released the results of an Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Awareness Survey. More>>

 

Architects Oppose Effort to Repeal Energy Reduction Law

On April 25, 2012, the American Institute of Architects announced its opposition to a House proposal to eliminate Section 433 of the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007. More>>

 

YAF Celebrates 20 Years at Summit

The 2012 YAF summit marks the twentieth anniversary of the group, bringing together more than 60 design professionals to discuss top issues affecting young architects. More>>