AIA Kansas City: The American Institute of Architects

The Carpenters District Council of Kansas City in association with the Building Enclosure Council (BEC) of Kansas city is pleased to announce the first Carpenter camp for young architects and design professionals in Kansas city. Young architects are encouraged to attend these hands on sessions. The first session will be about concrete forming. Every session is 3 hrs and can be used as training units in the site observation category for your IDP. The first session will be in March 1st and will cover symon form. More sessions will be announced in the near future. Take this opportunity to learn real life experience from professional carpenter instructors.

RSVP by Feb 25th
Because this is hands-on instruction, attendance will be limited to 15-20. Dress for hands on work.
Email Hosam Habib, R.A. with any questions at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Please wear either work boots or a leather shoe with a heavier sole than a tennis shoe. We will be doing some nailing and eventually some demo work

Where: Carpenter union is located 105 W. 12th Avenue
North Kansas City, MO 64116

When: March 1st and March 3rd from 5:00 PM to 8: 00 PM

All sessions are free.

ULI Kansas City, in partnership with UMKC Department of Architecture, Urban Planning + Design, presents guest speaker and author Jeb Brugmann

Brugmann’s book Welcome to the Urban Revolution: How Cities are Changing the World (2009,Bloomsbury Press) examines how cities are meeting the global challenges of the 21st Century. Taking readers on a street-level tour of the world’s cities, Urban Revolution provides an anatomy of our urbanizing planet and probes the foundation of globalization – an evolving world system of cities that incubates crises and revolutions, but also promises solutions for our greatest challenges.

Jeb Brugmann is a leading practitioner and thinker on strategy and the process of innovation. For 25 years he has been devising solutions to help local communities access the benefits of globalization, and to help global organizations engage in local communities and markets. His work focuses particularly on the critical contribution of innovation at the micro-level of the locality, business model, or consumer cluster to achieve macro-level strategy objectives.

As the founder and chief executive of major international organizations and programs, as a social entrepreneur and for-profit private sector entrepreneur, and as a corporate and urban strategy consultant, he has worked on the ground in scores of cities and rural regions in 28 countries. From 1990 to 2000 Brugmann served as founding CEO of ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability. Most recently, he served as Executive Director of ICLEI USA, which provides policy, education, and technical support to more than 600 U.S. city and county members. Through ICLEI and his private consulting practice, Brugmann has provided direct assistance to dozens of cities developing their own environmental sustainability plans.

RSVP REQUIRED
$10 per person* (includes reception with complimentary appetizers, soft drinks, tea and coffee) *When pre-registered by February 25 (on-site/walk-in registration after Feb 25 increases by $5)
All Students (full-time) FREE

Pre-Registration Deadlines: After February 25, please call (816) 746-4875
Mail/Phone: Feb 25, 4:00pm CST
Online: Sat, Feb 25, midnight

Then: From Oxford to Phoenix
the history of campus development and the evolution of ideas concerning community & place

The Carpenters District Council of Kansas City in association with the Building Enclosure Council (BEC) of Kansas city is pleased to announce the first Carpenter camp for young architects and design professionals in Kansas city. Young architects are encouraged to attend these hands on sessions. This session will cover plywood constructed forms. More sessions will be announced in the near future. Take this opportunity to learn real life experience from professional carpenter instructors.

RSVP by Feb 25th

Because this is hands-on instruction, attendance will be limited to 15-20. Dress for hands on work. Please wear either work boots or a leather shoe with a heavier sole than a tennis shoe. We will be doing some nailing and eventually some demo work

Email : Hosam Habib, R.A. (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Where: Carpenter union is located 105 W. 12th Avenue
North Kansas City, MO 64116

When: March 1st and March 3rd from 5:00 PM to 8: 00 PM

All sessions are free.

Click here additional information.

Please join us for the March Social Hour, and the first Social Hour of 2010 at BRR Architecture. The event will start at 5:30 p.m. after the AIA Kansas City Board Meeting.

Stay late! BRR is hosting an after party for the KU vs. KSU game at 7pm on our big screens. Drinks and snacks provided.

We work with our clients to understand their vision; developing architectural processes and systems that are tailored to transform their design objectives and challenges into a meaningful reality. We are recognized for our multidisciplinary staff who engage their award winning talent across clients, projects, people, and our community.

With locations in Kansas City, Bentonville, Phoenix, San Francisco, Tampa, and Miami, BRR employs nearly 190 people nationwide. BRR is licensed in 50 states and has gained international experience in Mexico, Puerto Rico, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Indonesia, Korea, China, and India.

The 2009-2010 College of Architecture, Planning, and Design lecture series continues with a presentation by Thomas Morton and John Norris entitled

Is Being Green Really Black and White?

The lecture is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. Thursday, March 4, in the Big 12 Room of the K-State Student Union. The event is open to the public without charge.

It is much more complicated to be green than simply “if you build it they will come.” In this lecture, we will explore some of the myths behind the appeal that green has with the general public and the important role that we as designers have in shaping how people live lives as good stewards of the environment. Both lecturers have extensive experience in designing and building in ways that incorporate stewardship principles that make ‘unconscious green living’ an integral part of each of their projects.

Tom Morton is senior vice president at Carma Developers in Denver, Colorado. He has a diverse background in all areas of design and development activities. Over the past 30 years, he has been active in the acquisition, design, lending and development of both small and large residential projects in the western United States. His business career includes experience as a design consultant, construction manager, development lender, and development executive. He is currently responsible for overseeing the design and development of ten master planned communities located in the Denver, New Mexico, Kansas City and Austin metro areas. Morton holds a BS in landscape architecture from Iowa State University.

John Norris, a K-State landscape architecture alumnus and the founding partner of Norris Design of Denver, has been providing his clients with a high level of land planning and landscape architectural services since 1981. He has worked with both the private and public sectors, and throughout his 29 years of practice has been responsible for a wide range of award-winning planning and landscape architecture projects for educational, health care, athletic facilities, parks and recreation, community planning, commercial and mixed-use projects. Norris’ extensive portfolio includes a dedication to the natural environment and land stewardship. His contribution to water conservation, low impact drainage design and advanced storm water management in urban development are extraordinary. Habitat preservation, enhancement and restoration along with historic preservation have also been key components in his work. His ability to quickly grasp the complexities of a project has resulted in Norris’ recognition locally and nationally for his creative, dramatic and functionally sound design solutions. A meticulous and conscientious project administrator, he works well as a team leader and as a contributing team member. His bold statements in landscape design are strikingly unique, yet meet the function and criteria of the user.

A panel of speakers will be speaking regarding project experience and practical approaches to implement recycled/reused materials into sustainable projects:

- Common materials used in sustainable projects – Unique or new-to-market materials and applications – Tools and methods to ensure proper documentation for LEED certification application and approval – Project examples and local Case Studies

The panel will include:

- Nathan Benjamin – Principal & Founder, PLANETREUSE – Brian Alferman – Associate Director, Habitat Restore – Brent Kroh – Vice President, Elmwood Reclaimed Timber

This varied representative of sustainability experts will share how you can design and implement recycled/reused materials into your projects on a professional and/or personal level. Optional tours of the newly opened Studio Dan Meiners, a large local floral and event design company that used many recycled/reused materials in their newly constructed headquarters, will be available immediately after the panel discussion. See more information regarding the Studio Dan Meiners operations at http://www.danmeiners.com/.

Click here to register.

6:30pm happy hour begins
7:00pm drawing begins
7:30pm pre-silent auction begins for donated artwork
8:00pm drawing ends and silent auction begins
9:00pm silent auction closes & winners are announced (bidders must be present to win!)
We will accept cash, check or credit card payments.

Raffle: Will occur periodically throughout the night
Tickets can be purchased for $1 or a used cell phone can be exchanged for two changes to win
Cost: Admission is free to the public. Art will be purchased in a silent auction.

Music: provided by Sounds Fantastic
Photography: provided by Rick Milone
Wine: provided by Heredad Ugarte USA
Food: provided by Women in Design

Orientation for the new development code will be offered to the public:

Friday, March 5, 2010
8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Discovery Center Auditorium, 4750 Troost Avenue, Kansas City

Staff will orient attendees to use of the new code and explain the review process.

As you know, the new code became available for use on December 1, and its use becomes mandatory June 1, 2010.
Please let us know if you plan to attend the March 5 session, by contacting Patty Noll at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or 816-513-2864.

The University Museum projects designed by 2nd year students in their second semester will be on display at the AIA Kansas City, 1801 McGee at First Friday, 5 March @ 5:30pm. Come and check out the models first hand and mingle with the students who designed them. The project was for a museum that will house 10 contemporary pieces selected from the Kemper Art Museum and Nelson-Atkins Museum. The building is situated directly adjacent to Miller Nichols Library on the UMKC campus. A jury has determined the winner of the Bud Prize in a special review earlier in the week. Finalists from the competition will be on exhibit.

Jury members: Rachel Blackburn Cozad, Director and CEO, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art; Bob Simmons, Assistant Vice Chancellor, UMKC Campus Facilities Management; Leesa Fanning, Associate Curator, Nelson-Atkins Museum; Kevin Klinkenberg, AIA President; Joy Swallow, Chair, Architecture, Urban Planning + Design at UMKC; Reeves Wiedeman, Principal, Helix Architecture + Design; Steve Paul, writer for the Kansas City Star.

Edwin S. “Bud” Persons Scholarship
Edwin S. “Bud” Persons was a Senior Interior Architect wit Helix / Architecture + Design for seven years. As an accomplished interior designer in the industry for nearly 30 years. Bud loved designing corporate and residential interiors where his passion for color, details and unexpected combinations delighted his clients and made him an inspiration to other designers. Helix / Architecture + Design established the Edwin S. “Bud” Persons Award in 2004 to honor the magnetic personality, enthusiasm and many contributions Bud made to this industry. The funds intended to recognized the life and work of Bud Persons by promoting the study and knowledge of architecture and design through a scholarship grant awarded to students attending UMKC.

Helix / Architecture + Design is an architecture and interior design firm whose purpose is to create meaningful design solutions that make a difference to their clients and the community. Located in the heart of the Crossroads Art District, the firm specializes in corporate, public, residential and hospitality design. For more information, please visit http://www.wearehelix.com