Change
Inevitably, change moves us forward without stopping.  My children are already in high school and relish when they can identify another grey hair on my head and any evidence that I am, as they claim, “from the age of the dinosaurs.” More>>

Fitz-Gibbon Awarded to Commonwealth Architects
Commonwealth Architects will be acknowledged with the T. David Fitz-Gibbon Virginia Architecture Firm Award during Architecture Exchange East at the Annual Meeting of the Membership on Nov. 3, and at the Visions for Architecture gala on Nov. 4 at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. More>>

Evans, Good Awarded Distinguished Achievement
S. Michael Evans, FAIA and Clinton K. Good, AIA, will each be honored with the Award for Distinguished Achievement on Nov. 3 at Architecture Exchange East during the Annual Meeting of the Membership and on Nov. 4 during the Visions for Architecture gala at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.  More>>

Post-Disaster Assessment
During a post-disaster assessment, it was decided that a few tweaks needed to be made in the arrangement among architects, professional engineers, and the Virginia Department of Emergency Management. More>>

Honorary Membership Conferred on Braymer, Ohlinger
Meta R. Braymer, Ph.D., and Brian J. Ohlinger, P.E., will be recognized with Honorary Membership in the Virginia Society AIA at this year’s Visions for Architecture gala on Nov. 4, 2011 at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. More>>

Mary Cox Honored with Noland Medal
Mary Patton Cox, FAIA, has been selected to receive the Society’s highest honor bestowed upon an architect: the William C. Noland Medal. The award recognizes a lifetime of achievement for an individual architect, and 2011 marks the first time a woman is being recognized with the award. More>>

2011 Prize for Design Research & Scholarship Announced
Edward R. Ford, AIA, Vincent and Eleanor Shea Professor at the University of Virginia, has been awarded the Prize for Design Research and Scholarship for the work presented in his pending book The Architectural Detail. More>>

Bleam, Dunn Recognized with Society Honors
Greg Bleam, ASLA, and Bryna Dunn, LEED AP, will be recognized with Society Honors at the Visions for Architecture gala on Friday, Nov. 4 at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. More>>

McDonald Honored with Architecture Medal
Travis Cleveland McDonald, Jr., Director of Architectural Restoration at Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest has been selected to receive the Architecture Medal for Virginia Service. More>>

 

 

Region of the Virginias Report
The AIA Board met in Chicago on September 16 and 17, 2011. Updates follow in the report, but AIA member input is needed. More>>

 

What Do You See?
Each year, the ELA class selects a specific region within a city of Virginia and develops a project aimed to improve through architecture. The 2011 group has chosen Manchester, a region of Richmond rich in history and culture, but afflicted by urban drought. More>>

2011 Officer Slate Announced
Join your colleagues at the Annual Meeting of the Membership of the Virginia Society of the American Institute of Architects to elect officers.  More>>