Robert E. DesLauriers Obituary

Former President of The American Institute of Architects, San Diego Chapter passed away on Tuesday, November 5, 2013.

DesLauriers, Robert E. SAN DIEGO -- Longtime San Diego County resident "Mr. Church" Robert E. Des Lauriers "Bob" passed away peacefully November 5, 2013. Born in Waukegan, Illinois, raised in Los Angeles, Bob moved to Hawaii after graduating from high school. There Bob worked as a carpenter on military projects, arriving two months before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Soon after, Bob joined the Army Air Corp and graduated as 2nd Lt. pilot in 1944. Bob flew 33 missions as a B-17 Bomber pilot over Germany. After receiving an honorable discharge in 1945 Bob married Shirley Marie McHenry in Sioux City, Iowa and moved to Denver, Colorado where he graduated in 1949 with a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Engineering from the University of Colorado. They moved to San Diego and in 1952 settled in La Mesa. By 1958 Bob opened his own practice and in 1959, Bob's design of Carlton Hills Lutheran Church in Santee, CA and its "Hyperbolic Paraboloid" received an Award of Merit from the American Institute of Architects and stills stands today on its hillside, majestic and elegant.

From that point on, Bob's contemporary- modern style became his signature. Completing 67 religious projects, 150 residential, 187 Navy, 18 public schools and extensive projects. Bob was the President of the S.D. Chapter of American Institute of Architects (1961), President & Fellow in the Society of Military Engineers, Vice President of CA Specifications Institute, Member of the Council of Religious Architects and he served on many community and state councils, boards, and associations. With his extensive dedicated work in the religious field, Bob was nicknamed "Mr. Church" by his clients and professional peers. Bob was also a proud member of the The American Legion Post Number 0303.

Bob was preceded in death by his "lady in pink" and loving soulmate, Shirley and is survived by his children Craig and Michelle, daughter and son-in-laws Donna and Russ, grandchildren Carley and Sergiu, Kellen, Dan, Nick, Ashley, Corbin, Dominique and two great-grandchildren Julian and Ava. Celebration of Life will be held Friday, December 27th, 2013, at St. Luke's Lutheran Church, 5150 Wilson Street, La Mesa.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial donations in Bob's name to the Honor Flight San Diego benefitting WWII Veterans. Honor Flight San Diego, ATTN: Donations, 9423 Keck Ct., San Diego, CA 92129. (Honorflight sandiego.org).

Published in U-T San Diego on Nov. 17, 2013

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SD architects honor their own. Annual AIA design awards cite 18 people and projects

SD architects honor their own Annual AIA design awards cite 18 people and projects

By Roger Showley NOON NOV. 8, 2013

Machine in a Box by Luce Et Studio won the top award for commercial design. - Paul Rivera

The local chapter of the American Institute of Architects honored 16 projects and two architects Thursday at its annual design awards program.

Winners ranged from the new downtown federal courthouse skyscraper to the historic 1800s ranch house at Warner Carrillo Ranch in Warner Springs.

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AIA San Diego design awards list and jury's comments

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"I thought, by and large, the entire body of projects that were submitted were all good," said Chicago architect Mary Brush, one of the four out-of-town members on the awards panel. "Some were wonderful solutions but just didn't rise to the top."

Brush singled out architect Michael Palladino's courthouse design as a favorite.

"We all thought that was an elegant solution, both in the interior and exterior," she said.

Brush, who specializes in historic preservation at her single-practitioner firm founded last year, also liked architect Ione Steigler's restoration of the 1857 Warner Carrillo Ranch house and barn.

"We absolutely loved that because so many people would have knocked it down and let it collapse," Brush said.

Another jury member, Yen Ha at Front Studio Architects in New York and Pittsburgh, said Luce Et Studio's "Machine in a Box," Nissan Design America's automotive design studio in the University City area, was "so simple and beautiful."

"They make use of materials that brought so much elegance that you'd think would be quite ordinary," she said.

The other jurors were Marvin Malecha, an architect, architectural professor and dean of North Carolina State University's College of Design; and Dan Rockhill, architectural professor at the University of Kansas and executive director of Studio 804, an architectural design studio.

The long-running program, which was suspended for one year in 2011 because of the down economy, drew from 64 nominations submitted by architects, who paid between $190 and $330 in entry fees. Categories included projects completed in the last three years and unbuilt projects.

Unlike the more well known Orchids & Onions contest, held by the San Diego Architectural Foundation to single out good and bad design, the AIA program is all about excellence.

There were 16 project awards and two to individuals, retired UC San Diego campus architect Boone Hellmann and Kristi Byers, named young architect of the year. More than 200 attended the awards event at the Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation.

Here are the top honor award winners and several others with jurors' and AIA committee comments in quotations. Other recipients received merit and citation awards.

Post Office Lofts by Matthew Segal. - Matthew Segal

POST OFFICE LOFTS - RESIDENTIAL HONOR AWARD

2692 C St., Golden Hill

Architect: Mathew Segal at Jonathan Segal FAIA

"An outstanding example of adaptive reuse, sustainable design and creative massing resulted in a building that optimized the potential benefits of the site for housing, accommodated required parking spaces with an innovative deck and organized it all through gracious composition."

Machine in a Box by Luce Et Studio - Paul Rivera

MACHINE IN A BOX - COMMERCIAL HONOR AWARD

9800 Campus Point Drive, University City

Architect: Jennifer Luce, Ann Worth, Adam Grove at Luce Et Studio

“A strikingly beautiful building that levered internal processes to inform the facade, subtle glazing and careful organization of the mass has created an elegant, jewel box that is also highly cost-effective – overall an unusual and compelling commercial building.”

The U.S. Courthouse by Michael Palladino - Tim Griffith

U.S. COURTHOUSE - INSTITUTIONAL HONOR AWARD

333 W. Broadway, downtown San Diego

Architect: Michael Palladino at Richard Meir & Partners Architects

“Majestic and regal among many lesser buildings, an elegant and sculptural edifice that embodies the highest standards of composition, materials and detail on a constrained site while adhering to stringent public safety/security requirements. An admirable achievement by a design team at the height of its powers.”

Warner Carrillo Ranch house and barn restoration by Ione R. Stigler. - Larny J. Mack

WARNER CARRILLO RANCH HOUSE AND BARN - HISTORIC PRESERVATION AWARD

Architect: Ione R. Steigler

“Restoring a long-neglected, historically important structure using contributed funds and large amounts of volunteer/donated labor is fraught with uncertainty and the temptation to cut corners. Pushing through these obstacles, the team that presented this project for consideration managed to achieve outstanding results in a remote location on a time-line that prevented the potential loss of the building altogether. Aside from the ranch house, with its authentic interiors and fully restored façade, the adjacent barn – still a work in progress – benefited from a complex and fascinating effort to stabilize it and set the stage for future work. This project is gift to all those who value California’s rich but vulnerable legacy of historic buildings.”

Autism Treatment Center by Arturo Echanove. — - Modulo 7

AUTISM TREATMENT CLINIC - URBAN SOLUTIONS AWARD

Rio Tijuana, 3rd Etapa del Rio, Tijuana

Architect: Arthur Echánove at Modulo 7

“A project that addresses a real and growing public health crisis with an appropriately scaled solution that embraces Tijuana’s lively, if somewhat chaotic, urban fabric, this building embraces a calming and restorative ethos that contributes to its immediate surroundings and enhances the cityscape.”

Retired UC San Diego campus architect Boone Hellmann.— John Gastaldo

1. BOONE HELLMAN - PATRON OF THE YEAR AWARD

"Boone (retired UC San Diego campus architect) is a consummate professional, bright, thoughtful, trustworthy and measured... Many, many architects in town have worked with Boone on a campus project over the years and you will not find one that doesn't believe he is completely deserving of this special recognition."

Kristi Byers— - AIA San Diego

KRISTI BYERS - YOUNG ARCHITECT OF THE YEAR AWARD

"Ms. Byers (principal at her own firm) began her involvement with AIA San Diego in 2005 as a committee participant, and then joined the board in 2006 as a young architects commissioner. In this role she spearheaded several successful programs, including Praxis, which introduced students to local firms; ARE Seminars, which hosted prominent professors David Thaddeus and Norman Dorf; mentorship programs; and Barstool Roundtables. ... As AIA San Diego board presdient, Kristi introduced the "good deeds" program, which encouraged community outreach and collaboration with other organizations."

FULL LIST OF WINNERS

List includes award category, name, location and architect.

• Residential Citation Award: Casabrava, 9410 La Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla; Heather Johnson Architect.
• Residential Merit Award: Platinum Beach House, 8001 Calle de la Plata, La Jolla; A. Lewis Dominy at Domus Studio Architecture.
• Residential Honor Award: Post Office Lofts, 2692 C St., Golden Hill; Matthew Segal at Jonathan Segal FAIA.
• Commercial Merit Award: La Jolla Shores Lifeguard Station, 8302 Camino del Oro, La Jolla; Ralph Roesling at Roesling Nakamura Terada Architects.
• Commercial Honor Award and Divine Detail Award: Machine in a Box, 9800 Campus Point Drive, University City area; Jennifer Luce, Ann Worth and Adam Grove at Luce Et Studio.
• Institutional Citation Award and Committee on the Environment Award: Coastline Community College, Newport Beach Campus, 1515 Monrovia Ave., Newport Beach; Dan Heindeld at LPA.
• Institutional Merit Award: Structural and Materials Engineering Building, UC San Diego, La Jolla; Ron Rochon at Miller Hull Partnership.
• Institutional Honor Award and Energy Efficiency Award: U.S. Courthouse , 333 W. Broadway, downtown San Diego; Michael Palladino at Richard Meier & Partners Architects.
• Mixed Use Award: Sema4 ("Semaphore"), 1200 N. Coast Highway 101, Encinitas; Brian Church.
• Historic Preservation Award and Divine Detail Award: Warner Carrillo Ranch house restoration and barn preservation, 29181 San Felipe Road, Warner Springs; Ione R. Steigler.
• Unbuilt Award: Coronado Bridge Tube, beneath San Diego Bay; A. Lewis Dominy at Domus Studio Architecture.
• Urban Solutions Award: Autism Treatment Clinic Tijuana, 3rd Etapa del Rio, Tijuana; Arturo Echánove at Modulo 7.
• Patron of the Year Award: M. Boone Hellman
• Young Architect of the Year Award: Kristi Byers

Read original article here: http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/nov/08/aia-design-awards-2014/2/?#article-copy

2013 Design Awards Jury

Get to know this year's AIA San Diego Design Awards jurors now.

2013 Design Awards to be hosted at Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation

The American Institute of Architects San Diego is pleased to announce that the Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation (JCNI) has agreed to partner with the Chapter in hosting the 2013 AIA San Diego Design Awards   the county’s preeminent annual event celebrating design achievement in the region scheduled the evening of Thursday, November 7, 2013. JCNI is located in the heart of Encanto, an historic San Diego community just east of downtown San Diego, and housed in an impressive new, LEED-certified building that is integrated with the recently completed Market Creek Mall – a unique development aimed at revitalizing Encanto and incorporating an innovative community-ownership model.   These achievements are serving as a model for community revitalization state-wide.

Under the vigorous leadership of President & CEO, Reginald Jones, JCNI has an ambitious agenda that anticipates additional, resident-guided development throughout the community.  For much of the past year, AIA San Diego has been working to help connect its members with several JCNI initiatives, particularly in the area of affordable housing.

Hosting the 2013 Design Awards in Encanto underlines the vital role played by communities in sustaining the economic, cultural and social health of San Diego and resonates with the AIA motto: Building for Life.   With convenient trolley and bus service to one of the state’s busiest transit hubs and easy freeway access, Encanto is just minutes from downtown.  www.jacobscenter.org

For more information or tickets, please visit www.aiasandiego.org  or contact Bastiaan Bouma, Executive Director, American Institute of Architects San Diego bbouma@aiasandiego.org  or 619/232-0109.

Balboa Park Centennial Gateway Competition

About

Invitation The Balboa Park Centennial Gateway Competition is an ideas competition open to all professionals, non-professionals, and students from the design community.  We invite designers to submit their ideas for consideration and public benefit.

Background 2015 marks the centennial anniversary of the Panama California Exposition.  Developed to coincide with the opening of the Panama Canal, the Exposition was planned to promote San Diego, then a town of 70,000, as a viable port for commercial traffic from the Canal. The Park was the centerpiece of the exposition and a catalyst for San Diego’s growth and development. It gave the City many landmarks including the California State and Park Administration Buildings (now the Museum of Man); the California Tower; the Botanical Building; the Spreckel’s Organ Pavilion; the Plaza de Panama; and the Cabrillo Bridge, the historic gateway to the park. The world famous San Diego Zoo was also established at this time to house animals from the Exposition.

The Park experienced a second period of growth and historic significance with the 1935 California Pacific Exposition, which saw the construction of major buildings such as the Old Globe Theatre, the International Cottages, and the Spanish Village. During both World Wars, the US Navy used the park as an extension of the Naval Hospital.

With the 2015 anniversary approaching, there has been much discussion about the Centennial’s legacy; much debate on vehicular access and parking and whether or not to remove vehicles from the Plaza de Panama; and the appropriate use of Cabrillo Bridge, the Park’s historic, ceremonial entry.

Visit Balboa Park Centennial Gateway Competition website for registration, schedule, and details regarding submission requirements. Contact info@balboaparkcompetition.com for questions.

New Marketing and Advertising Outreach by AIA San Diego

AIA San Diego individual and allied members will soon be contacted by two firms with whom the Chapter has recently entered into advertising sales agreements. The companies are seeking to sell advertising linked to both the recently enhanced website as well as newly planned publications that will roll-out starting in January. Advertising in both these new/enhanced print and electronic vehicles is tailored for corporate and institutional supporters however, individual members will also be provided with information about how these channels might work to advance their goals. These opportunities are separate and distinct from the benefits that accrue to you as individual or allied members and are entirely optional. However, we believe they will be effective communications vehicles and encourage you to consider if they might work for you or the firms with which you work. Print advertising in the 2014 annual yearbook/member directory and semi-annual AIA San Diego magazine:

E&M Consulting Inc. has a national reputation of working with non-profit professional associations (including several AIA Chapters) to produce outstanding publications such as member directories/yearbooks and periodicals. We have agreed with the firm to create a printed AIA San Diego 2014 Member Directory and Yearbook for distribution free of charge to all members-in-good standing early in January 2014. In addition, the firm will work with the Chapter to produce two, semi-annual "journals" (magazine format, Spring & Fall) that will feature significant projects, profiles, technologies and trends in San Diego County.

Website banner ads:

Multiview, Inc. is a firm that has worked with AIACC and several of California's largest AIA components to provide companies and others with enhanced visibility on AIA Chapter websites.  Those visiting the recently redesigned www.aiasandiego.org website will soon see corporate and other entities promoted through banner ads and other branding.

We appreciate your support and are confident that these initiatives will advance AIA San Diego's mission of providing more effective service and representation of our members - raising awareness and appreciation of the capabilities and talents to be found among our professional members and supporters. For more information or to offer comments/suggestions, please contact the AIA San Diego Executive Director, Bastiaan Bouma bbouma@aiasandiego.org or 619/232-0109.

Next Generation of Leaders: Built Environment Ambassadors

San Diego's Built Environment Education Program (BEEP San Diego), which seeks to educate and engage school-age youth on all aspects of the built environment, is excited about the following posting from the American Planning Association's blog.

By Wendy L. Tinsley Becker

In July 2013 the Built Environment Education Program (BEEP) San Diego graduated its most recent group of 2012-2013 Built Environment Ambassadors from schools throughout the San Diego region.

Offering a curriculum of 17 lessons to inspire, create, connect, and engage elementary, middle, and high school students as leaders and decision makers in their built environment, to-date BEEP San Diego has graduated approximately 300 students as Built Environment Ambassadors.

What’s It Like?

BEEP San Diego’s lessons and projects are developed around the three main disciplines of the built environment — urban planning, architecture, and landscape architecture, and they include concepts relating to architectural history, urban design, sustainability, biomimicry, and public art. Our Built Environment Ambassadors attend sessions weekly and work individually and in teams to create city and community plans, build models out of recyclable materials, hold design ch The program is based on a partnership between local schools, which designate a host teacher for BEEP San Diego.  Each teacher provides his or her general availability for BEEP volunteers to be in the classroom during regular school hours — typically an elective period — and BEEP San Diego creates a specialized module of lessons and projects from its curriculum database to fit the available timeframe and teacher and student interest.  Some schools have found it more convenient for BEEP San Diego to host after-school clubs. BEEP San Diego looks to the existing environment of the school and the surrounding community for inspiration on what may be more fun or interesting for the students, and may be a direct way for the kids to effectuate change in their own neighborhoods.arrettes, and make decisions based on established models of civic government while learning about the perspectives and roles of different planning and design professions and appointed and elected officials. Every student is encouraged to have fun and be creative while applying critical thinking skills.

Our teaching partnerships have formed organically, some through direct relationships with BEEP San Diego Board members, some through past or current volunteers, and some by teacher request. BEEP San Diego’s presence at its host schools has range from one hour per week on a trimester schedule (approximately 25 students per trimester group with sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students), to two-hour sessions every six weeks (in a third grade classroom), to daily 30-minute sessions with two combined class groups of seventh and eight graders over the school year.

The program’s volunteers make it a success.

BEEP San Diego volunteers represent a broad spectrum of professional and academic experience in the disciplines of the built environment. Each volunteer helps to complete the circle of leadership and mentorship that BEEP San Diego encourages. Volunteers in the classroom are lesson leaders (established professionals or graduate students) or lesson assistants (young professionals, graduate or undergraduate students, or first-time volunteers), with assistants often moved to a leader position after spending time on a lesson team and gaining familiarity in the classroom and with the lesson content and student group.  Some volunteers move beyond the classroom to help with administrative tasks, social media, graphic design, and lesson improvement.

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Galbraith Hall – UC San Diego by Kevin deFreitas Architects

The Galbraith Hall Interior Renovation project adaptively repurposes 30,000 sf of existing space within UC San Diego’s original library.   Constructed in 1965, the building is named after former UCSD Chancellor John S. Galbraith. The mixed-use program houses a new 417 seat lecture hall, two student study spaces, three instructional studios for the department of Theatre & Dance, shared conference rooms, and academic office space.

The design removed a layer of dated 1980’s remodel work to expose the beautiful mid-century waffle slab and structure.  The new lecture hall was then inserted into the large interior volume of the old reading room, carefully sculpted in all three dimensions to ensure that the surrounding interior space on both floors, even the restrooms, receive the extraordinarily abundant natural daylighting.  The building’s infrastructure, systems, and accessibility were also modernized and brought up to code.

Where your eyes go, so goes the rest of you!  Therefore, the material palette, textures, lighting, and splashes of color are strategically placed to draw users through the building.  Visible from the entry, and nearly everywhere else, the tall abstracted stainless blades of grass anchor the central atrium creating another point of reference to help users intuitively navigate the space.  This re-energized interior is bright, airy, dynamic, and comfortable, meant to feel more like a living room than a laboratory; a terrific place for students, faculty, and staff to engage, discuss, practice, and learn.

DESIGN TEAM:

Kevin deFreitas Architects - Architect    (www.defreitasarchitects.com) DCI Engineers - Structural Syska Hennessy Group – MEP+Lighting VSA & Assoc. - Acoustical Engineer Green Fields Consulting - LEED Consultant Photographer: Darren Bradley

CLIENT: University of California, San Diego

LOCATION: Revelle College, UC San Diego - La Jolla, CA

SIZE: renovated area 29,964 s.f.

CONSTRUCTION COST: $7.3 million

LEED Rating: Gold, CI

STAGE: Completed May 2013

PROTEST> DRIVING TOWARD BANKRUPTCY

Architect and urban designer, Gerhard W. Mayer, calls for a revolution in California's car country. (Article by The Architect's Newspaper) Angelenos, we must build a different city—or drive ourselves broke...

According to the American Automobile Association, it costs, on average, approximately $8,500 per year to own and operate a car. An infographic from the National Building Museum finds that of that $8,500, less than $1,500 stays local. For every car on the road in LA, more than $7,000 per year goes elsewhere—much to international oil companies and car manufacturers.

Let’s do the math. In 2009, LA County had 6.7 million registered vehicles. 6.7 million times $7,000 not spent locally equals approximately $47 billion! This is the amount we are taking out of our local economy per year, every year, because we drive.

At the sunset of Mayor Villaraigosa’s administration we rightfully celebrate our city’s amazing recent accomplishments and return to public transit. However, we are only halfway done. The next steps won’t be easy, nor are they obvious. Yes, we need to continue to build new transit infrastructure, but we must also build a different city around the shiny new transit network that can maximize its benefits.

Decades of development and sprawl are rightfully blamed for the degradation of our quality of life, and for our near unbearable congestion. This has turned many Angelenos against development and into NIMBY activists ready to object anytime to anything. But contrary to NIMBY creed, we cannot do nothing. The path we are on is really an economic fiasco in waiting.

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Coronado Club Room and Boathouse

 

Coronado Club Room and Boathouse 1985 Strand Way Coronado, CA 92118

Through careful site planning strategies, The City of Coronado Boathouse and Clubroom provides direct access to Glorietta Bay for non-motor powered water craft users, and has done so with minimal intrusion into the well-used park in which it is sited. This Boathouse provides for storage of rowing shells, kayaks, paddle boards, etc., both public and private, directly adjacent to the bay, where no such facilities were previously available.

The park hosts daily camps in the summer for hundreds of children, whose experience is also enhanced by this project through the inclusion of a multi-purpose clubroom, classroom and kitchen facilities to support youth programs.  The Club Room has become a local teen “hot spot” with special events for middle and high school aged teens.

The design incorporates extensive use of clerestory windows to maximize natural daylight and provides operable windows at occupied spaces as part of an overall natural ventilation strategy. The windows accentuate the innovative, expressive structural system that utilizes a combination of structural steel and glu-laminated timbers; working together in an efficient structure that tectonically expresses the forms and methods of boat making.  This system allowed for a substantial roof overhang from the club room, essentially creating an “outdoor room” and “perceived” square footage, without the costs of actual added square footage.

This relatively small (5,000s.f.) facility makes a very large positive impact on its community by facilitating coastal access for personal, non-motorized watercraft users; by providing multi-use space adjacent to the waterfront;  that enhances youth programs; by providing delightful architecture for the community.

For more information, visit www.architects-hgw.com/

AIA San Diego Launches Major Initiatives

The American Institute of Architects San Diego is pleased to announce the launch of two major initiatives. To further engage AIA San Diego’s members with the general public, these events will highlight the architecture and design community’s up-and-coming talent as well as recognize leading industry vendors. 2013 AIA San Diego Design Awards Since 1960, the AIA Chapter has recognized great design and talented designers in San Diego County. This year’s Design Awards are scheduled on Thursday, November 7 at the NOAA/Southwest Fisheries Science Center, a superb newly opened research center on La Jolla Shores Drive (a previous DA winner as a not-yet-built project). Among the innovations at this year’s event are two new special recognition awards; Patron of the Year and Outstanding Project – Metropolitan Tijuana. For more information on this year’s event, visit www.aiasandiego/design-awards, email info@aiasandiego.org or call (619)232-0109.

Fall Vendor Showcase and Workshops New in 2013, the Showcase is operated in cooperation with the Mesa College Design Center and features a day-long program on Friday, September 13 that includes representatives from leading vendors to the architecture, engineering and construction industries, technical workshops, and networking opportunities for architects, design professionals, contractors and design students. For more information, visit www.aiasandiego.org/vendor-showcase, email info@aiasandiego.org or call (619)232-0109.

For questions regarding upcoming events and programs, please contact Buu Huynh, Programs and Communications Coordinator at bhuynh@aiasandiego.org or call (619)232-0109.

ADA & Accessibility Seminar - September 5, 2013

Earn all 5 continuing education ADA credit hours needed to renew your California Architects Board license in 2013.Limited spots available. 7:30AM - 1:30PM

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Location: County of San Diego Campus Building 5560 Room 251 5560 Overland Avenue San Diego, CA  92123

2014 Board of Directors - Slate of Officer/Director Candidates Announced

2014 AIASD Proposed Slate of Officers and Directors

Officers: President: Matthew Geaman, AIA

VP/2015 President-Elect: Open (Board approved candidate: Michael Roush, AIA)

Immediate Past President: Richard Nowicki, AIA

Secretary/Treasurer: Open (Board approved candidate: Daniel Stewart, AIA)

Directors: Advocacy: Open (Board approved candidate: Philip Bona, AIA)

Emerging Professionals: Kevin Bussett, Assoc. AIA

Membership: Sue Skala, AIA

Practice: Joe Lowe, AIA

Public Awareness: Open (Board approved candidate: Douglas Austin, FAIA) ______________________________________________________

DEADLINE Note: August 19th is the deadline for additional nominations from members (requires letters from five members-in-good-standing specifying the individual, the office as well as an electronic profile).

Send to bbouma@aiasandiego.org or by ordinary mail to the Chapter office; If there are no challenges, slate to be approved by acclimation. ______________________________________________________

ANNUAL MEETING The annual meeting of members is scheduled on Tuesday, September 24 @ 4:00 at the Chapter office located 233 A Street, Suite 200 San Diego CA 92101.  Please join us, no reservation required. ______________________________________________________

2013 BOD NOMINATING COMMITTEE Chair: Matthew Geaman, AIA

Members:

• Kristi Byers, AIA
• Richard Nowicki, AIA
• Douglas Paterson, AIA
• Michael Roush, AIA
• Lauren Pasion, Assoc. AIA

Upcoming Building Tours

*For all events, AIA members must click on "Enter a Password or Discount Code" to enter their member number and receive member pricing. August 14, 2013 Scripps Cardiovascular Institute Tower Project site tour of the Scripps Cardiovascular Institute Tower located in La Jolla. Event is no longer available for purchase. Capacity met.

August 20, 2013 Hotel Sandford Building Tour Meet the architects and operators of the 130-room Sandford Hotel used by the Housing Commission for downtown seniors. REGISTER

September 25, 2013 NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center Tour Hosted by AIA San Diego & Savings By Design in collaboration with IIDA Take a building tour of the recently completed NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center located in La Jolla, CA. Limited tickets available. REGISTER

NOAA SWFSC Building and Architect Information

Image provided by Ace Aerial Photography and Gould Evans

2013 Design Awards

The annual Design Awards event will be held on November 7th this year. The NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center will host. More information about submissions, eligibility, and deadlines can be found on the Design Awards page.

A Mid-Year Message from AIA San Diego Board President, Richard Nowicki, AIA

June 27, 2013 Dear AIA San Diego Member:

The six-month anniversary of my tenure as 2013 President of the AIA San Diego Board of Directors provides the opportunity, on behalf of the board, volunteers and staff, to extend our thanks for your commitment to the Chapter and the practice of architecture in San Diego County and beyond.

Data from AIA National show that, nationwide, architecture firm contracts and billings have been increasing steadily through the past 12-months. Recent local economic news supports optimism about the prospects for development in San Diego County’s $190 billion economy leading to new and expanded opportunities for our members.

The board and staff have together taken up the challenge of responding to these encouraging signs by adapting and concentrating on what makes our local office relevant and useful to you and your firm.

Highlights include:

• ŸMore effective chapter office operations, faster response times, enhanced web presence, more relevant communication with members and a revamped facility for meetings, programs and events;
• ŸProfessional development programs, tailored to the needs of practitioners, free or at low-cost;
• ŸAn annual calendar of “anchoring” high-profile events including the chapter’s anniversary party (that celebrated 86 years of continuous operations in April), Golf Tournament (June), Vendor Showcase & Workshops and the annual membership meeting (both in September), ARCHtoberfest (October), Design Awards (November) and the Members’ Holiday Gathering (December).  Check the website events calendar for this year’s dates;
• ŸReengagement with key local partners such as ASLA, ASID, SDAF and AIA Palomar, among many others;
• ŸVigorous public outreach and media relations efforts designed to raise awareness and appreciation of our members and the value of design;
• ŸRenewed advocacy with local (and through AIA California Council and AIA National, state & federal officials too) officials and government agencies in areas such as regulation, planning, professional liability/indemnification and the duty to defend;
• ŸRevitalized committees and knowledge communities including; Urban Design, Environment, Health Care, Preservation, Modular Architecture and Women in Architecture;
• Ÿ Commitment to supporting the needs of emerging professionals including working with the architecture and design schools in the county as well as providing services to those seeking licensure.

We appreciate that the chapter must create a “value proposition” for members that is both clear and compelling. The steps taken so far will be amplified by our continuing focus on supporting the interests of our members. You’ll soon receive a 2014 membership renewal notice from AIA (note that dues rates have been frozen). When the time comes, we urge you to renew. In addition, the chapter is implementing a summer/mid-year recruitment campaign early next month aimed at signing-up long-lapsed as well as new prospective members. We’d appreciate your bringing this to the attention of anyone you know that may be eligible – details to follow soon.

Affiliation with the nation’s leading professional design organization, its 80,000+ members and 160 years of tradition, offers to members an exceptional package of services and benefits. We appreciate your continued support and commitment to the San Diego Chapter, the practice of architecture and the ideals of the AIA. Please contact me or the Executive Director, Bastiaan Bouma, with comments or suggestions.

Richard Nowicki, AIA

COTE-SD: Community Town Hall Eco District Meeting on June 29, 2013

Join us to discover the possibilities of an Eco District inPacific/Mission Beach and Mission Bay Park.

Featuring Bob Berkebile, FAIA/ Principal BNIM

When: Saturday, June 29th, 10am – Noon Where: Mission Bay High School – 2475 Grand Ave, Pacific Beach After Party: 12pm – 2pm at MBHS Seaside Farmers Market. Please RSVP to dscheffler@san.rr.com  For more information, visit http://beautifulpb.com.

CALL FOR 2014 AIASD BOARD NOMINATIONS

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Call for nominations for the 2014 AIA San Diego Board of Directors.  Please send an email to bbouma@aiasandiego.org by Monday, July 11 at 5:00 pm identifying the nominee (a member-in-good- standing of the Chapter), the proposed office and a brief statement of merit.  Members may self-nominate.

The following 2014 Board positions are open:

- Vice-President/2015 President-elect

- Secretary/Treasurer

- Public Awareness Commissioner

AIA San Diego Board of Directors Executive Committee positions are one-year terms. Board of Director Commissioners are asked to serve two-year terms.  Direct questions regarding the nominating and election process, the roles of the various commissioners or other issues to bbouma@aiasandiego.org .

AIA San Diego 2014 Board of Directors election timeline:

June 13                 CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

July 11                   DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS:  Nominations due by 5:00 pm.  The Nominating Committee requests AIASD Board approval of the proposed slate at next Board meeting;

July 25                   SLATE PUBLISHED:  The AIASD Board-approved slate is distributed to members 60 days before the voting deadline;

August 19            DEADLINE FOR CHALLENGES:  Deadline for additional nominations from members (requires five letters/nominations from members-in-good-standing specifying the individual, the office as well as an electronic profile).  Send to bbouma@aiasandiego.org or by ordinary mail to the Chapter offices; If there are no challenges, slate to be approved by acclimation.

August 22            ELECTION (WHEN NECESSARY): Ballots distributed to eligible members and electronic profiles posted to the Chapter website, if any; (only when additional nominations occur)

September 24   VOTING DEADLINE:  Deadline for votes to arrive by mail post-marked and delivered to the Chapter offices on or before this date.  The Board Secretary may cast one ballot on behalf of all members for any/all uncontested seats; Votes are tabulated and results communicated to all members by email, posted to the Chapter website and published in the next printed Chapter newsletter.

Annual "Swing into Spring" Golf Tournament 2013

AIA San Diego & CSI San Diego present the Annual "Swing Into Spring" Golf Tournament 2013!

Join us at the annual AIA/CSI San Diego "Swing into Spring" Golf Tournament on Friday, June 21st at the Twin Oaks Golf Course in San Marcos.

11:30 AM Check-in 1:00 PM Shotgun start - Scramble

Single player: $99 (before 5/31); $114 (after 5/31)

Foursome: $379 (before 5/31); $396 (after 5/31)

Player prices include cart rental, goodie bag/golf swag, 2 drink tickets, and buffet dinner following golf.

Goodie Bag (only 1 available): $1,000 Price includes 2 players. Your company provides all the goodies and the bag for our players. Your logo will be displayed at the event along with any email marketing sent out to advertise the event with links back to your website.

Tees (18 available): $450 Price includes 1 player and T box logo sign. Your company can post volunteers to run games at the tee, offer food or beverage or simply post your sign at the tee. Your logo will be displayed at the event along with any email marketing sent out to advertise the event with links back to your website.

Raffle Prizes: $50 - $200 Please contact Kristin Ventura at kristin.ventura@kelarpacific.com to donate the costfor a raffle prize OR the actual raffle prize itself. Your company will receive recognition at dinner before the prize is raffled away. Your logo will be displayed at the event along with any email marketing sent out to advertise the event with links back to your website.

All questions regarding sponsorships and raffle prizes should be directed to Kristin Ventura at kristin.ventura@kelarpacific.com, as well as logo artwork.

REGISTRATION

2014 Call for Nominations for Fellowship

AIA San Diego issues the annual  CALL FOR NOMINATIONS:

The American Institute of Architects College of Fellows. The San Diego Chapter of The American Institute of Architects is soliciting nominations for 2014 AIA Fellowship.

Background: The College of Fellows (COF) of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), founded in 1952, is composed of members of the Institute who are elected to Fellowship by a jury of their peers. Fellowship is one of the highest honors the AIA can bestow upon a member. Elevation to Fellowship not only recognizes the achievements of the architect as an individual but also elevates before the public and the profession those architects who have made significant contributions to architecture and to society. The purpose of the College of Fellows is to stimulate a sharing of interests among Fellows, to promote the purposes of the Institute, to advance the profession of architecture, and to be of ever-increasing service to society.

The AIA San Diego Chapter Fellowship Committee (FC) is comprised of:

·         David N. Moon, FAIA, Chair

·         Richard M. Heinz, FAIA

·         Ione Steigler, FAIA

·         Kurt C. Hunker, FAIA

·         Stanley C. Livingston, FAIA Emeritus

·         Doug Paterson, AIA, Immediate Past President, AIA San Diego Chapter

Eligible candidates who wish to be supported by formal nomination from the AIA San Diego Chapter should provide a Letter of Interest to the Fellowship Committee which includes the following: 

·         Candidate’s statement of interest

·         Identification of the object/category candidate intends to pursue

·         General outline of candidate’s storyline

·         List of significant achievements in relation to storyline

·         Proposed Sponsor (preferred) and potential/possible references

·         Any other information that you believe would be helpful in evaluating the candidate’s impact in advancing the profession of architecture

Only those candidates supported by the AIA San Diego Chapter Fellowship nomination and submission review process will receive nomination from the AIA San Diego Chapter.

Letters of Interest and supporting materials must be received by the AIA San Diego Chapter no later than 5:00PM June 12, 2013. If you should have any questions as related to submitting the Letter of Interest, please contact AIA San Diego at 619.232.0109

For additional information on AIA Fellowship, or the College of Fellows, please refer to the AIA National website: http://www.aia.org/practicing/awards/AIAS075320