Small Project Design 2020 Grant Program Call for Submissions The AIA Small Project Design (SPD) advisory committee is pleased to announce the 2019-2020 Small Project Design Knowledge Community Grant. The purpose of this grant is to provide financial support for non-profits working with architects on community-based projects. Along with supporting the work of non-profits, we […]
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD, October 13, 2019 – Alright, let’s get this post started by clearing up one thing – CSI AIN’T JUST A GROUP OF SPEC WRITERS. Although I’ve been a Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) member for over 10 years, first a student member, then an emerging professional member, and now a fully-blossomed, full-fledged, grown-up […]
The IIDA Northern Pacific Chapter is proud to present the annual INawards, a juried competition for interior design excellence and innovation. Interior designers, architects and industrial designers from the regions covered by the Northern Pacific Chapter (Alaska, Idaho, Washington, Alberta and British Columbia) are invited to submit entries for interior spaces and products completed after […]
Who Says You Can’t Teach an Old Blog New Tricks? SEATTLE, WA, September 1, 2019 – Friends, welcome to Seattle Design Pup! We’re proud to be the premier open-source, free website for connecting the Seattle Design Community, offering a wide array of online tools. Our mission is to make it easy for members of our […]
PORTLAND, OR, June 30, 2019 – As long-time readers of this website are perhaps already aware, I recently spent five days in Las Vegas covering the AIA Conference on Architecture 2019 (A’19,) resulting in the five articles that we recently shared: What Happened in Vegas Part 1: The Portland Building What Happened in Vegas 2: […]
“A community is the mental and spiritual condition of knowing that the place is shared, and that the people who share the place define and limit the possibilities of each other’s lives. It is the knowledge that people have of each other, their concern for each other, their trust in each other, the freedom with […]
LAS VEGAS, NV, June 8, 2019 – One of my favorite types of events to post on this website are panel discussions about cross-laminated timber (CLT,) because they’re panel discussions that are literally discussions about panels. It makes sense to me. I get it. And when it comes to these literal panel discussions, nobody does […]
LAS VEGAS, NV, June 8, 2019 – Remember the good ol’ days of architecture school when students would design wildly elaborate, impractical, and unbuildable buildings? When the reviewer would comment on an impossibly long cantilever, and we would just say that it was supported by a ‘gravity inverter,’ have a good laugh, then go home […]
LAS VEGAS, NV, June 7, 2019 – With the fabulous Art Deco-infused Reynolds Hall at The Smith Center as a backdrop, and as a lovely string quartet serenaded the audience with melody, the stage was set for the Investiture of the 2019 AIA Class of Fellows. The class, comprised of 115 members and 9 international […]
The Portland Building: Post-modern Strategies for Preserving an Historic Icon Presented by: Carla J. Weinheimer, Justice+Civic Project Leader, DLR Group Erica Ceder, Historic/Preservation Architect, DLR Group Patrick Burke, Principal, Michael Graves Architecture & Design LAS VEGAS, NV, June 7, 2019 – While Portland enjoys a healthy arsenal of buildings significant to the evolution of […]