AIA Kansas City: The American Institute of Architects

360 Architecture is a highly diverse design firm with projects ranging in size and scope from master planning to furniture design, from work place to sports stadiums.
In every detail of our business, design is our common thread. We believe design is an equal combination of luck, intuition, and the rigor to search for the unexpected. We focus on the whole. We focus on the smallest of details. We find meaning and reason in our design. We seek the next. We create fun. We bend the traditions of our profession. We carve new lines of design opportunity, searching for future connections and building stronger relationships thru creativity. We respect our abilities with a humbleness that is contagious.

Join Hanover Insurance & Architects/Engineers Dispute Resolution Group for this presentation on Managing Risk in a “Green” Environment.

Is your firm offering sustainable design services? Are you interested in moving toward a “green” practice? Sustainable design presents significant business opportunities and considerable risk management issues. Learn how to negotiate contracts and implement risk management practices focused on helping you build a successful sustainable design practice. Program qualifies for one PDH and one AIA Lu/HSW/SD Continuing Education Unit.
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Topics Include:
 Identify sustainable design risks
 Negotiate equitable contracts for sustainable design;
 Address standard of care issues; and
 Implement effective risk management practices

This program is worth 1 SD credit and lunch will be provided.

An exhibition, like no other involving large format art and architectural pieces by ZAHNER, entitled
Art, Architectural & Aperiodicity will be on display at the Corridor Art Space (located within the Westport office of Gould Evans) beginning Friday, September 7, 2012 and closing January 8, 2013.

Open reception to be held Friday, September 7, 2012 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. The public is welcomed.
Art, Architectural and Aperiodicity will unveil recent patent-pending ZAHNER solutions and metals. The built forms will explore color, texture and transparency within a geometric structure. ZAHNER continues to explore compelling solutions for creative minds, whether they are artists, architects or owners.

Curious on what Utopia looks like? Well come to the AIA KC office on First Friday September 7th from 5:00pm to 8:00pm to see first hand! 6 crazy talented and creative teams (made up of a diverse group of architects, designers and students) will be challenged by a very compelling and relevant local design problem (which will be unveiled that day!). The teams will be performing a real-time charrette that will show off everyone’s mad problem solving/design skills, and what “collaboration” really means! Project Utopia promises to demonstrate the power of design and how it can positively impact our community, while being one helleva good time! Join us!

You are invited to the Kansas City Chalk and Walk Festival. For additional information go to: http:www.kcchalkandwalk.org.

The Board of Directors and staff of AIA Kansas City invite you to our 2012 Annual Meeting and Chapter Elections.
Join your colleagues and friends, enjoy tasty Mexican food and fun beverages, and choose the members who will lead your chapter in 2013.

We will have a special tribute to Vernon Reed, who will be attending his 50th CONSECUTIVE AIA Annual Meeting and Chapter Elections!
You can win door prizes, too!

Candidate Statements are now available so be sure to read up on all the candidates. Click here to see statements

All AIA and Associate AIA members are eligible to vote. If you are not able to join us on September 11th, please feel free to fill out an absentee ballot at the AIA Kansas City office during office hours (8:00am – 5:00pm) from September 4th – September 10th.

Many thanks to Thornton Tomasetti, our Premier Sponsor for this event.
Lead Sponsor: SGH
Additional Sponsors: Olsson Associates and PSI

Opposites attract us like never before, exerting a magnetic pull on the spectrum. Join us for Sherwin-Williams colormix™ 2013 where we put today’s color mood under the microscope to reveal its dueling influences that are shaping four divergent color directions.

Lunch 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM
CEU Presentation 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

RSVP to Cheryl Sullivan, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or by phone: (913) 381-0263. There is no cost for this event.
Questions? Contact Brook Nienstedt (913) 381-8633

Presented in part by Women in Design, IIDA and Sherwin-Williams.

The Event starts indoors – Box Lunch – Vendor Booths – Short PowerPoint Presentations (Polished Concrete, Maintenance for Polished Concrete,What’s the Right Sealer for Decorative Concrete)

The Event moves outdoors for the demos – LIVE Demos. (Dress appropriately for the weather) – Mini Presentations Outside (New Siloxane Dyes, Color Matching and Restoration, Surface Prep‐Profiles, Joint Fillers for Polished Floors, Crack Repair, Different Stages for Polishing Concrete, Overlays, Stamped Concrete, Maintenance, Resealing Decorative Concrete and more)

If you attended this event last year, this event is new and improved, all new presentations,new product innovations and techniques. Everyone welcome. Microphone & Speaker used outdoors, so all can hear mini presentations.

Who should attend
Architects and Landscape Architects, General Contractors/Builders, Project Managers/Design Team Members, Municipal Staff, Parks & Rec., City Architect, Anyone interested in Decorative or Polished Concrete, for Indoors or Outdoors

Continuing Education Credits Available:
3.0 PDH’s, 3.0 AIA HSW CES, 3.0 Hours for architects, landscape architects, engineers, contractors, etc.

Reservations are $20.00 per person. Make checks out to “CPG”. Only cash or checks are accepted at the door. Registration is available at http://www.concretepromotion.com. Vegetarian lunch available

The Lean Construction Institute Kansas City Community of Practice will present a panel discussion at the AIA office on Thursday, September 13, 2012. Lean Construction is a production management-based approach to project delivery — a new way to design and build capital facilities. Lean production management has caused a revolution in manufacturing design, supply and assembly. Applied to construction, Lean changes the way work is done throughout the delivery process. Lean Construction extends from the objectives of a lean production system – maximize value and minimize waste – to specific techniques and applies them in a new project delivery process.

The reliable release of work between specialists in design, supply and assembly assures value is delivered to the customer and waste is reduced. Particularly useful on complex, uncertain and quick projects, it challenges the belief that there must always be a trade between time, cost, and quality

Please join panelists from local design and construction firms as they discuss the concepts of Lean Construction and it’s integration into the design process.

This program is worth 1 HSW and lunch will be provided.

Are you currently taking, or thinking about taking the ARE? Worried about that pesky Structures test?

Well we have some good news for you. AIA Kansas City’s Emerging Professionals group has asked Marc Mitalski to come to Kansas City and host a 1 day seminar. There are only 48 spots available, so register today.

Structural Systems Short Course – Problem Solving

The Structural Systems Short Course will include: a brief overview of the ARE Structural Systems Exam, a review of the NCARB Structural Division Statement, a review of the NCARB tested competency areas over which the ARE candidate will be evaluated. (First hour of the program)

The rest of the course will be dedicated to problem solving with the instructor in which the attendants will learn how to: categorize problems based on the evaluated competency areas, identify what is being asked to solve, start the problem, identify why incorrect answers are incorrect and why correct answers are correct.

Bring your questions, pencils and calculators and be ready to participate in the discussion!

Cost: $60.00 for AIA KC Members, $75.00 Non-members

September 14, 2012: 8:00 am – 3:00 pm (
AIA Kansas City
1801 McGee, Suite 100
Kansas City, MO 64108

Click here to register