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WASHINGTON D.C.
Monday 1st November to 2nd
Distressed Hotel Summit
The Summit will focus on the four ‘R’s of distressed asset management: Recapitalization, Repositioning, Receivership and Recovery
For more information see http://www.distressedhotelsummit.com/
Wednesday 3rd November 2010 thur 5th
Architecture Exchange East Expo in Richmond VA
Greater Richmond Convention Center
Buildings aren’t just made of materials. They’re made of ideas.Your ideas. When you decide where to invest in professional development, make the smart choice. Architecture Exchange East is the largest event and expo for architects in the mid-Atlantic. It has more educational sessions, more vendors, and more attendees than any other architectural conference in the region.
ArchEx features over 60 educational sessions, spectacular behind-the-scenes architectural tours, engaging special events, and over 125 vendors in the ArchEx Exhibit Hall. This year, earn AIA/CES learning units in the Hall.
Thursday, 16th September2010 - January 9th 2011
Palladio and His Legacy: A Transatlantic Journey
Exhibition at the National Building Museum
This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to see some of the most important drawings in the world of architecture—thirty-one, 16th-century works from the hand of the Italian Renaissance master Andrea Palladio. These illustrations link the splendor of ancient Rome to the power and wealth of the Venetian Republic and, ultimately, to the symbols of our American democracy
For further details see:
http://www.nbm.org/exhibitions-collections/exhibitions/palladio-and-his-legacy.html
Wednesday, October 13 – Jan 2nd 2010
Exhibition: An Architect’s Legacy: James Sterling’s Students at Yale
+ Notes from the Archive: James Frazer Sterling, Architect & Teacher
Yale School of Architecture
Architecture Gallery 180 York Street, New Haven CT
9-5 Mon – Fri 10-5pm Sat
MIAMI
Sunday, 21st November 2010
BEC Miami - "Fundamentals of Air Barriers" by Mr. Robert Erwin
For further information and tickets see http://b-e-c.info/next_meeting.htm#next
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Monday, 1st November 2010 -6:00 PM - 8:30 P
Guastavino Vaulting; The Art of Structural Tile: Book Release
Center for Architecture
Since the time of ancient Rome, architects, engineers, and builders have struggled with the problem of building domed ceilings over large spaces. No one was more skilled at this than the Rafael Guastavino family, a father and son team of Spanish immigrants who came from Barcelona to oversee the construction of thousands of spectacular thin-tile vaults across the United States between the 1880s and the 1950s. Their patented vaulting techniques made it possible for Beaux-Arts architects such as McKim, Mead and White to create the bold, broad spaces that made them famous.
Guastavino Vaulting: The Art of Structural Tile, Princeton Architectural Press, October 2010. Books available for purchase at the event.
Wednesday, 3rd November 2010 - 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Paul Goldberger: Book Talk and Signing
Wed, Nov 3rd
Center for Architecture
Book Talk and Signing with Paul Goldberger, Author of BUILDING UP AND TEARING DOWN: Reflections on the Age of Architecture and WHY ARCHITECTURE MATTERS.
Paul Goldberger is the Architecture Critic for The New Yorker, where since 1997 he has written the magazine’s celebrated “Sky Line” column. He also holds the Joseph Urban Chair in Design and Architecture at The New School in New York City. He was formerly Dean of the Parsons school of design, a division of The New School.
Wednesday, 3rd November 2010 - 6.30 pm
Learning on Screen: NYC in Popular Film
The Historic Districts Fall Lecture, Film and Tour Series “Learning in New York,” is a series of programs exploring New York City’s fantastic collection of 19th and 20th century educational buildings which are still in daily use. Find out about the history and future of New York’s historic school and library buildings and discover the preservation efforts currently underway to save some of these buildings.
For Further Information see: http://www.hdc.org/FallLectureSeries.htm
Wednesday, 3rd November 2010 - 7:00 PM - 8:45 PM
Atelier Bow Wow: Lecture on current work
Great Hall Cooper Union, 7 E 7th St
Yoshiharu Tsukamoto Architectural Behaviorology Moderated by Anthony Vidler
Yoshiharu Tsukamoto, co-founder of Tokyo-based Atelier Bow-Wow, will explore the concept of "architectural behaviorology" in the firm's recent and current work. "Behavior," as defined by Tsukamoto, can include human behavior inside and outside of buildings; physical phenomena produced by different environmental elements such as light, air, heat, wind, and water; and a building's behavior in its surroundings. "Architectural behaviorology" aims to understand the behaviors of those different elements in order to synthesize them, optimizing their performance in their specific contexts and suggesting a new idea of the "organic" in architecture.
Members: Free to Architectural League members. League members, rsvp to rsvp@archleague.org.
Non-Members: $15 for non-members. Non-members may purchase tickets at www.archleague.org > events.
Thursday, 4th November 2010 -- 6.00- 8.00pm
New Practices 2010 Winner Presentation: Easton Combs @ Center for Architecture
This presentation by EASTON + COMBS is be the second of seven events featuring the winners of the 2010 New Practices competition.
New Practices New York 2010 is the third juried portfolio competition and exhibition in a new biennial tradition sponsored by the New Practices Committee of the AIA New York Chapter. It serves as a platform for recognizing and promoting new, innovative and emerging architecture firms within New York City that have undertaken unique and commendable strategies - both in the projects they undertake and the practices they have established. Distinguishing this award from others given to new and young practices is the attention focused on how the winning firms' practices have been uniquely shaped to better facilitate and exploit the type of projects that are undertaken.
For the first time in the competition's history, the qualification for entry (firm must be located within the five boroughs and must be five-years-old or less) has been expanded to include firms without a registered architect.
From the 65 submitted portfolios, jury members Toshiko Mori, FAIA (Toshiko Mori Architect), Joe MacDonald, Assoc. AIA (Urban A&O), William Menking (The Architect's Newspaper), Guy Nordenson (Guy Nordenson and Associates) and Galia Solomonoff, AIA (Solomonoff Architecture Studio) selected 7 firms who embody the spirit of the New Practices New York competition:
Thursday, 4th November 2010
Guy Fawkes Night Cocktail Party
For Tickets and further details: Contact wimpenny@rcn.com
Saturday, 6th November 2010
Scottish Winter Ball
For further information and tickets see: www.americanscottishfoundation.org
Saturday, 6th November 2010
Scottish Picnic and Trail Hike!
Photo James Gordon
An American Scottish Picnic & Hike on the John Muir Trail, Van Cortlandt Park
For further details see: http://www.americanscottishfoundation.com/home/index.html
Thursday 11th November 2010 - 11.30am
Remembrance Day Luncheon
Honoring British and American War Veterans
At India House, Hanover Square, NYC
Tickets $125 pp includes reception and wine with meal
For further details and ticket purchase contact wimpenny@rcn.com
Thursday, 11th November 2010
Planned & Planted Roofscapes
Ole Sondresen
Ole Sondresen Architect
For more information or to register, visit us online www.aronsonsfloors.com/aia.php.
Friday, 12th November 2010 - 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Homeless Housing: LA + NY
Center for Architecture
Organized in conjunction with MoMA’s ‘Small Scale Big Change’ exhibit, the panel will showcase innovative and provocative homeless housing solutions from New York and Los Angeles. Michael Maltzan, FAIA, principal of Los Angeles-based Michael Maltzan Architecture, will present projects including the 97-unit New Carver Apartments designed for the Skid Row Housing Trust in downtown LA. Jonathan Kirschenfeld, principal of Jonathan Kirschenfeld Architects in New York City, will present Common Ground’s new 72-unit Domenech in Brownsville, Brooklyn along with other of the firm’s supportive housing work. The architects will be joined by Rosanne Haggerty, President of Common Ground, who will speak about the import of fresh thinking around supportive housing prototypes and successful strategies for creating sustainable living environments for at-risk individuals. The panel will be moderated by Michael Bell, Director, Housing Studios, Columbia University GSAPP and Michael Bell Architecture.
Introduction by Andres Lepik, Curator, MoMA Department of Architecture and Design
Organized by: The Museum of Modern Art and the Center for Architecture
Event website: http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/1064
Tuesday, 30th November 2010 - 11.15pm – 4,00pm
Around Manhattan; Official NYC Architectural Boat Tour
Chelsea Piers
Where: Meet at Chelsea Piers, near 22nd St on the Hudson River (Exact meeting location details will be provided immediately upon purchase of tickets.)
Step aboard the teak decks of the Manhattan, an elegant, 1920s style yacht, for a leisurely 'round-Manhattan architecture tour, hosted by members of AIA New York.
Experience a comfortable and unique round-Manhattan trip through the Hudson, East and Harlem Rivers. Sit back and enjoy the gorgeous 360-degree view of the island from the climate-controlled and enclosed back-deck observatory or wander to the outer decks for fresh air & sunlight with a glass of wine in hand. (Guests are treated to a complimentary beverage from the bar & light hors d' oeuvres.) On this 2.75 hour cruise, you will completely circumnavigate the entire island of Manhattan (passing under all 18 bridges) while taking in the sites, the architecture & tour designed by the AIANY. Some highlights from your expert guide include:
West Side "Starchitecture": Todd Schliemann's The Standard Hotel, Frank Gehry's IAC, and Jean Nouvel's opulent Eleventh Ave condos Coverage of the most classic icons of lower Manhattan: Pier A, Trinity Church, and the Woolworth Building Latest updates on the development of Governor's Island, the Brooklyn Waterfront, and the Domino Sugar Factory
Back story on Manhattan's urban planning and the allocations of low income housing
East River icons: the UN, the Seagram Building, and Gracie Mansion The Harlem River unveiled - tales from the unseen end of Manhattan The Cloisters, Riverside Church, and Grant's National Monument
For further Information see www.aiany.org
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Thursday, 18th November 2010 – 6pm
Business Meeting
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November 2010
Exhibition: An Architect’s Legacy: James Sterling’s Students at Yale
+ Notes from the Archive: James Frazer Sterling, Architect & Teacher
Yale School of Architecture
October 13 – Jan 2nd 2010
Architecture Gallery 180 York Street, New Haven CT
9-5 Mon – Fri 10-5pm Sat
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Thursday, 18th November 2010
Mid-West Breakfast
RIBA members in the Chicago area, are welcoming a delegation from RIBA in the UK. The Chicago Architecture Foundation is hosting a conference this week for like-minded organizations…and Liverpool is particularly interested in following in Chicago’s footsteps. I am getting a good response from the invitation…and should have around 20 total.
You are all of course welcome to join us….so if you happen to be in Chicago, please let me know. I do plan on being on the call this Friday afternoon…and will give an update then.
Joseph G. Burns, S.E., P.E., F.ASCE, FAIA, LEED AP
JBurns@ThorntonTomasetti.com
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Wednesday, 3rd and 4th November
Mid-Atlantic Buildings & Facilities Management Show & Conference
November 3 & 4 | Garden State Exhibit Center| Somerset, NJ
Make plans to attend the 5th Annual Mid-Atlantic Buildings & Facilities Management Show & Conference this year. The show will feature over 200 companies displaying products and services necessary to operate, manage, renovate and maintain buildings, facilities and properties in the Tri-State area.
http://www.proexpos.com/MABFM/
Richmond VA Tradeshow Convention
November 3rd 8.00am – Friday November 5
Richmond Convention and Visitor Center 403 North 3rd Street
Featuring over 60 educational sessions, spectacular behind-the-scenes architectural tours, engaging special events, and over 125 vendors in the ArchEx Exhibit Hall, don’t miss your chance to break new ground and break away from the pack at Architecture Exchange East.
For Further Information see: http://www.archex.net
