Architecture

In celebration of A+D's 10th Anniversary, free admission will be given to all A+D Museum visitors on the 10th of every month for all of 2011!! Visit A+D Saturday, December 10th for our final 10th Anniversaty Free Admission Day.

Join A+D Museum the evening of Thursday, December 8th from 6:30-8:30PM for a special inCONVERSATION event with EAMES WORDS Co-Curators Deborah Sussman and Andrew Byrom.

Typographer Andrew Byrom sits down with Deborah Sussman, principal of Sussman/Prejza, to discuss her career and their recent collaboration curating and designing A+D Museum's current exhibition EAMES WORDS.

Light refreshments will be served.

Charles and Ray Eames inspired us to appreciate the world by honoring “the uncommon beauty of common things.”
This exhibit uses Eames words to focus on the lesser-known aspects of their lives, revealing their appreciation of the value of humble objects and useful tools. Their insights about the simple pleasures of daily life will be illustrated with objects and materials available during their lifetimes and contemporary examples from the world around us.

Each year, the AIA Los Angeles offers a seminar series to help candidates get ready for the licensing exam given by the California Architects Board. One seminar is dedicated to each of the sections of the ARE and there are 2 annual California Supplemental Exam (CSE) Prep Classes. Seminars are led by instructors who bring their years of knowledge and experience to an informative review session that helps candidates to become familiar with the basic material covered in each section of the exam.

Friday, December 2: Zoltan E. Pali, FAIA, will be a featured speaker during the 12:30 - 2 p.m. session discussing Intricacies in Balancing Historic and New Building Skin Technologies

FACADE T E C T O N I C S conferences are held twice each year, and strive to include participation and presentations by a broad range of contractors, architects, engineers, manufacturers, building owners, academics and others committed to the design, delivery and use of building enclosures. FACADE T E C T O N I C S #7 is structured in a single-track format in one large auditorium space.

To learn more about this event please visit http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~dnoble/

Please join the AIA Historic Resources Committee for an evening of preservation networking at our first Historic Happy Hour (H^3) at The Crocker Club in downtown Los Angeles.The Crocker Club is an adaptive reuse of the old Crocker Bank Building originally constructed in 1914 as the Citizen's National Bank by architects Parkinson + Bergstrom. Developer Tom Turner of T&T Construction redefined the vault and safe deposit box area into a 6,000 square foot lounge in 2009, complete with its own allegedly haunted Ghost Bar.

please note: The Crocker Club requests we respect their dress code

The seminar will cover the zero-carbon issues being faced by today's architects and will offer guidance on how to enhance architectural designs and productivity to quickly plan buildings that consume significantly less energy and incorporate low-carbon and renewable technologies. During the seminar attendees will be exposed to how IES' architectural analysis tool VE-Gaia, and its integration with Google SketchUp and Autodesk Revit delivers quick feedback at the earliest stages of design. Plus, the seminar will look at how to leverage our LEED tools for assessing performance credit levels quickly and easily throughout the design process. Where possible, at each session, IES customers will present and share their experiences and best practices.

Contact Us:
Erin Lofstrom
erin.lofstrom@iesve.com
(415) 983-0603

John Southern (M.Arch ‘02), a SCI-Arc alumnus, is principal of the Los Angeles architecture firm Urban Operations. His office specializes in design/build projects, installations, and research endeavors which seek to expand critical discourse within the design profession.

Urban Operations has extensive experience in collaboration and focuses on a variety of practical topics and conceptual avenues within contemporary culture. The firm's work has appeared in galleries and publications in both Europe and the US. Recent projects include a pocket park for the Silver Lake neighborhood in Los Angeles, an experimental hillside home, and a pair of CNC-fabricated formwork pieces entitled Diamond Dogs.

Join the US Green Building Council, Illinois Chapter, AIA Chicago, and the ReBuilding Exchange for a fun and festive holiday party.

Details of the evening are here: http://www.aiachicago.org/annual-meeting/2011.asp
And make your reservation here: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/209115

And get ready for the event by participating in a design competition in the spirit of the Rebuilding Exchange: Design a new use for the Hollow Core Door.

This event is sponsored by AIA Chicago,USGBC-Illinois Chapter, Rebuilding Exchange

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Join us for our annual gathering at The Cliff Dwellers, overlooking Grant Park and Lake Michigan. Make your reservation with AIA Chicago. The cost of lunch is $30 which guests will pay to our host, Doug Schroeder, FAIA, at the lunch. If you've been attending attending our events during the year or if we haven't seen you in a while, come to the lunch, enjoy the club's buffett and Burnham Pies - and good conversation!

This event is sponsored by RUD KC

Learning units: Not Available
Member price: 0 Non-member price: 0