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1. NEWS
2. NEW YORK EVENTS
3. LOS ANGELES EVENTS
4. SAN FRANCISCO
5. NEW ENGLAND EVENTS
6. MID WEST
7. PHILADELPHIA EVENTS
8. MID ATLANTIC EVENTS
9. PHOENIX EVENTS


NEWS

2011 RIBA Norman Foster Traveling Competition – Call for Entries!

deadline for submitting completed applications -- March 1, 2011

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is calling for entries for the 2011 RIBA Norman Foster Scholarship in partnership with Foster + Partners.
The scholarship offers a grant of £6,000 to one student of architecture to fund international travel and research on the topic and in the locations of the scholar's choosing.
Past RIBA Norman Foster Scholars traveled through the Americas, Europe, Africa, South East Asia, the Middle and the Far East, and Russia researching topics relating to the survival of cities and towns.
Students from 110 RIBA-accredited schools of architecture in the UK and abroad are invited to submit their proposals for research, which might include: learning from the past to inform the future; the future of society; the density of settlements; sustainability; the use of resources; the quality of urban life; and transport.
Norman Foster said: "As a student I won a prize that allowed me to spend a summer traveling through Europe and to study first hand buildings and cities that I knew only from the pages of books. It was a revelation - liberating and exhilarating in so many ways. Today it is my privilege to fund the RIBA Norman Foster Traveling Scholarship, which I hope will have a lasting legacy - offering the chance for discovery and the inspiration for exciting new work - for generations to come."

New Orleans Update!
May 2011
RIBA-USA Annual General Meeting
Friday May 13th 2001.

The venue is now confirmed as:
The Pisces Room
Audubon Nature Institute
6500 Magazine Street, New Orleans LA 70118
On the second floor of Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, the Pisces Room offers a coveted view of the Mississippi River and Woldenberg Riverfront Park through its wall of windows
Members who anticipate joining us in New Orleans and wish to book an hotel room (discounted rate) should contact Jonathan Wimpenny:  wimpenny@rcn.com


“InstantHouse Social Club” Competition- (Click here for flyer)
In view of the next edition of MADE expo scheduled from 5 to 8 October 2011 at Fiera Milano Rho, FederlegnoArredo, in collaboration with Milan Polytechnic, is promoting the competition “InstantHouse Social Club”, for students and post-graduates from Italian and foreign faculties of Architecture, Engineering and Industrial Design.
The central theme of this competition is the creation of Social Clubs, a network of services along Milan’s waterways and part of the Expo 2015 project, a path that unites Milan’s main parks thanks to rediscovery of the city canals, connecting the historic part of Milan with areas selected for subsequent urban redevelopment and transformation.
See attached press release with more details.
Diomedea MADE expo press office Ufficio Stampa MADE expo Diomedea, Via Biondelli, 9, 20141 Milano. Tel. +39 02 89546251 Fax +39 02 8466743
www.diomedea.it


New York group launches $10,000 prize for green urban design
Pioneering design collective Terreform ONE has launched the second annual One Prize Award, asking contestants to come up with proposals for the NYC Blue Network and Clean Tech World Expo E3NYC in 2014.
Created to promote green design in cities, the One Prize aims to attract entries from a wide range of businesses and individuals, including architects, urban designers, planners, engineers, scientists, entrepreneurs, economists, artists and students. Last year's event attracting 202 teams from 20 different countries and five continents.
Every finalist put forward for the award has 12 months of exposure on the competition website and they will also get to present their designs at a ceremony; a web symposium will also feature the winning entries, matching the designers with leading experts in the relevant fields of market analysis, cleantech, real estate development, electric vehicles and infrastructure.
For the 2011 award, contestants have been challenged to find a way to expand waterborne transportation in the NYC Blue Network by linking the five boroughs with a number of green transit hubs. The plans have to incorporate: electric passenger ferries; electric shuttle buses; water taxis; electric car-share; and bike shares; as well as providing climate resilience, water-oriented educational and cultural activities, and in-water recreation.
Since 2006, Terreform ONE has been a leading innovator in green design and sustainable construction technology. Last year the One Prize Award was ranked the number four design competition in 2010 by Archinect, the leading architecture competitions network in the world.
Terreform ONE is also hoping to host the world's largest cleantech event in NYC in 2014
http://www.oneprize.org

WASHINGTON D.C.
CLOSING! 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


NEW YORK  (Back to top)

Wednesday, 12st January 2011
Richard Gluckman on Content Context = Concept
January 12th 2011 – 6pm
Center for Architecture, La Guardia Place
The 4th annual Rosenblatt lecture features Richard Gluckman, FAIA who will discuss the changing parameters of exhibition spaces, in particular, the relationship between the space of production and the space of presentation. Examples include: Museo Picasso Malaga, Perelman Building Philadelphia Museum of Art, San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, and two projects on the boards, Zhejiang University Museum of Art and Archeology, Hangzhou, China and the Qibao Cultural Museum, Minhang District of Shanghai.

Wednesday, 19 January 2011 - 6:30 pm
American Glamour and the Evolution of Modern Architecture – Book Talk
Knoll --  76 Ninth Ave. (at W. 15th), 11th Floor New York, NY
DOCOMOMO NY/Tri-State welcomes distinguished architectural historian Alice Friedman, who will discuss her new book, American Glamour and the Evolution of Modern Architecture, published in June 2010 by Yale University Press. This will be the first talk in New York City devoted to the publication and the first event in an ongoing series of free evening educational programs DOCOMOMO NY/Tri-State will present in 2011
FREE Advance reservations required by midnight Monday, January 17.
To reserve, please email rsvp@docomomo-nytri.org
Space is limited.

Friday, 21st January 2011
16th Annual Burns Night Gala Celebration

For further information and tickets see: www.americanscottishfoundation.org

Friday, 21st January 2011 - 3.00pm (EST)
Tele-Conference for all Board Members – Agenda will be distributed prior to the meeting

Thursday, 27th January 2011 – 6pm
Keep it Legal, Protected and Profitable – RIBA-USA Symposium
A joint presentation of the New Practices Committee of AIA-NY and RIBA-USA New York Chapter.
Center for Architecture, La Guardia Place
Attorneys Cynthia G. Fischer and Scott St. Marie and Business Executive Steve Whitehorn will discuss the business of practicing architecture in New York.
Ms. Fischer and Mr. St. Marie will address legal considerations, such as choice of entity, contracts, and relationships with employees, clients and other professionals. There will be discussion of typical pressure points on a construction project and suggested ways of avoiding or limiting risks, as well as a description of available modes of dispute resolution.
Mr. Whitehorn’s presentation will include an overview of Professional Liability Insurance – how it works, what it costs, and why you should consider it. Second, Mr. Whitehorn will bring to light the importance of relationships, and how to leverage this asset to make a significant difference in both your personal and professional lives.


Left to right, Cynthia Fischer, Scott St. Marie, and Steve Whitehorn

Bios:
Cynthia Fischer is a business partner at the law firm of Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP. She serves as general corporate counsel and as a business advisor to U.S. and international architecture and engineering firms. Ms. Fischer is the Secretary of RIBA-USA.
Scott St. Marie is a partner at the law firm of Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP. Mr. St. Marie is head of Schnader’s New York Construction Practice Group. He has practiced in the field of construction law for over 30 years.
Steve Whitehorn is the Managing Principal of Whitehorn Financial Group, Inc. and his firm is the creator of The A/E Empowerment Program. The A/E Empowerment Program provides practice and risk management solutions that minimize risk, increase profitability and speed up cash flow.

AIA CES LU 1 - Click here for a printable program flyer in PDF.
Visit the AIA event site by clicking here.

Opening January
Building Collections: Recent Acquisitions of Architecture

Le Corbusier, Ceci n'est pas l'architecture, drawing from Buenos Aires Lecture, 1929. Courtesy MoMA Exhibition. Through May 30 Presenting a selection of models and drawings acquired by the Department of Architecture and Design since 2005—the vast majority on view for the first time—“Building Collections” underscores the rationale and motives of collecting architecture at MoMA. The exhibition is organized around several themes, including ornament and abstraction, modernist urbanism and utopias, Latin American Modernism, the revival of Berlin architecture since reunification, and the role of process in architecture since the digital revolution. Featured works date from 1890 to the present, and represent such diverse figures as Louis Sullivan, Le Corbusier, Bodo and Heinz Rasch, Jean Tschumi, Ant Farm, Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Sauerbruch Hutton, Barkow Leibinger, UN Studio, and Seung H-Sang.

LOS ANGELES  (Back to top)

Monday, January 10, 2011 - 6:30 pm
Ma Yansong, Principal, Mad Architects, Beijing
Decafe
Based in Beijing, MAD principal Yansong May leads an office dedicated to innovation in architectural practice, landscape design, and urban planning. MAD develops its unique concept of futurism through a persistent investigation of the symbiotic potentials amid nature and technology. MAD aspires to design in close harmony with nature, offering people the freedom to develop independent urban experiences.
Perloff Hall is located on the UCLA Campus.
Perloff Hall, M-F, 9am - 5pm
Lectures take place at 6:30pm in Perloff Hall, Decafé (unless otherwise indicated)
Parking is available in Lot 3 for $10
Check the website for confirmation of all programs at www.aud.ucla.edu
Info: 310.267.4704

Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
KAHN IN VENICE
Istituto Italiano di Cultura:
1023 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles - Westwood
Under the auspices of the Consul General of Italy in Los Angeles
The event will be preceded by a Symposium remembering Louis Kahn
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
5:00 - 6:00 pm Symposium- Sala Rossellini Theater
6:00 - 8:00 pm Exhibit opening followed by reception - Spazio Italia Gallery
followed by a screening of the documentary MY ARCHITECT (2003) by
Nathanial Kahn, Director, in attendance
8:00 - 9:30 pm Documentary screening - Sala Rossellini Theater
RSVP by Sat. January 22 to rsvp.iicla@esteri.it or Tel: 310-443-3250 ext. 107
The event is organized by the ISTITUO ITALIANO DI CULTURA in collaboration with The Architectural Archives - University of Pennsylvania, Sue Ann Kahn, ad with the generous contributions from enthusiastic supporters.
Exhibit installation by Barton Myers Associates.


SAN FRANCISCO  (Back to top)

Thursday, 27 January 2011 - 5:45pm
2011 Annual General Meeting
San Francisco Chapter
Join us for the Chapter’s annual business meeting on Thursday, 27 January 2011
The meeting will be held at at BULL STOCKWELL ALLEN | Architecture + Planning
501 Folsom Street; Fourth Floor, San Francisco
The evening will also include a guest speaker Mr. Marccus Reinhardt, Lead Licensing/Exam Analyst California Architects Board State of California Mr. Reinhardt will discuss CAB's licensure requirements and foreign candidates for licensure, as covered in the Architects Practice Act. Additionally, he will provide some information on how UK education/work experience is evaluated. At the conclusion of the presentation which will be around 7pm all are invited to walk over to Bindi at Market & Second St. for a no-host Beer & Curry Dinner. Refreshments will be served at the meeting. Hope to see you all there.


NEW ENGLAND  (Back to top)

BOSTON
Wednesday, 12th January, 9.00am - 6:00 pm
Ruth Reed, RIBA President speaks in Boston
Compete to Innovate: prizes and competitions to stimulate innovation
Organized by the British Consulate-General, Boston and MIT Sloan School of Management
9:00 – 6:00 pm followed by a reception
MIT Sloan School of Management E62-223 100 Main Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
AGENDA
9:00 Registration
9:30 Welcome and introduction
Phil Budden, HM Consul-General, British Consulate-General Boston
Fiona Murray, Associate Professor, Management of Technological Innovation & Entrepreneurship, MIT
9:45 Keynote Address (title TBC)
Ruth Reed, President, Royal Institute of British Architects
10:45 Session 1: Introduction to prizes and overview of national climates
Stian Westlake, UK National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts
Robynn Sturm, US Office of Science Technology and Policy
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Session 2: Prizes and Competition case studies
An exploration of six challenges or prizes to discover how challenges are conceived and executed including
predicted outcomes v. achieved outcomes and prize incentives.
Moderator: Karim Lakhani, Assistant Professor, Business Administration, Harvard Business School
• Challenges that mine public knowledge to identify important questions
• Platforms created to support challenges
• Incentives in challenges: enticing participation

MassChallenge Global Challenge, John Harthorne, Akhil Nigam, Co-Founders, MassChallenge
MIT Clean Energy Prize, Georgina Campbell, MIT
The Saltire Prize, David Wilson, Director of Energy, Scotland
Progressive Automotive X PRIZE, Cristin Lindsay, X PRIZE
InnoCentive, David Ritter, CTO, InnoCentive
Local Motors, John Domolky, Local Motors
3:15 Session 3: What competition tools will fit our innovation needs?
Moderator: Fiona Murray, MIT
• Break out groups in which participants will design mock challenges for specific technology needs.
• Diagnostics for global health
• Creating market presence for Stratified Medicine
• Greenbuild for industrial spaces
• Energy and transmission
• Diagnostics for Global Health Improvement
Leaders: Alan Moore, CEO, SMLXL
David Bott, Director of Innovation Programmes, UK Technology Strategy Board
Neil Hughes, National Grid
Cynthia Bouthot, President, Collaborative Innovation Group &
Sarah Garner, NICE
5:30 Closing remarks
Alan Moore, CEO, SMLXL
6:00 Reception


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