News:
Repositioning Architects and the AIA
This comprehensive initiative is your best chance to share insights and opinions that will keep the profession relevant in the 21st century. Look for a survey coming your way next week!
Click here to read more information on this initiative from Robert Ivy, FAIA and Jeff Potter, FAIA.
AIA Kansas City Remembers | James Mantel
James Edward Mantel, 84, of Kansas City, MO, passed away Friday April 6, 2012 at St. Joseph Medical Center. RADM Mantel was born July 17, 1927 in St. Joseph, MO, to Edward J. Mantel and Bernice Jessie Baker. He graduated from Southeast High School in 1944 and then attended Iowa State University and graduated in 1950 with a degree in Architectural Engineering. RADM Mantel started his architectural career in 1950 in Kansas City, MO. He became a partner in the firm of Peterson and Scharhag in 1954. He started his own firm in 1957, retiring in 1993. The firm specialized in religious and educational projects, receiving principle awards from the American Institute of Architects for outstanding design, including St. Mark’s Ecumenical Church of Kansas City, MO, which was featured in Time Magazine. The firm continues today as Mantel Teter Architects, Inc.
KC Magazine Call for Entries | Design Excellence Awards
Great publicity. More business. And a cool trophy.
The fifth annual Design Excellence Awards, sponsored by KC Magazine and the special Commercial Journal section of KC Business, are a great opportunity to show off your best work.
All entries are absolutely free and projects of all sizes and budgets are included in each of the 17 categories. Winners are based on excellence alone by a panel of independent judges – no entry names are shared. Your award-worthy project could be completed anywhere in the world, as long as the submitting individual or firm has a Kansas City presence.
THE CATEGORIES
Craftsmanship
Outdoor
Green
Architecture
Historical Renovation – Exterior Interior – Traditional Architecture – Contemporary Architecture
Interior Design
Specialty Room – Children’s Room – Bathroom – Kitchen – Office – Dining/Living Room – Best Use of Art
Traditional Interior Design – Contemporary Interior Design
Visit http://dea.kcmag.com/ to enter. The deadline is Monday, April 30. Winners are announced a fun awards show and cocktail party in mid-June.
For more information, call 913.894.6923, ext. 636, or email (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
The Kansas City Star | World’s designs come to the Nelson-Atkins
Last fall, at a small auction in Paris, Keith Davis, the Nelson-Atkins Museum’s head of photography, spotted what he called a “gorgeous, great image” of the 1855 Paris Exposition Universelle. The photo showed booths laden with decorative objects and interspersed with cozy seating.
It was a serendipitous find given that other members of the Nelson staff were deep in preparations for a sprawling new exhibit, “Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at the World’s Fairs,” which opens April 14.
The exhibit is the biggest project the museum has tackled since the opening of the Bloch Building in 2007, museum staffers say.
“We knew very well of the upcoming show,” said Davis, who placed the winning bid on British photographer Charles Thurston Thompson’s albumen print, “World’s Fair French Department, 1855.”
Click here to read the entire article from The Kansas City Star.
AIA East Bay presents the video: IDP & ARE–Weathering the Storm
Let’s face it; getting an architectural license is hard. There’s paperwork, bureaucracy, expenses, time–all in addition to studying and proving that you have the right stuff to be an architect.
On Tuesday, March 20th, the Emerging Professionals Group and the Young Architects Forum hosted a panel discussion on the licensure process. This video highlights how seven recently licensed architects (and one soon to be) made it through the storm (relatively) unscathed. These panelists answer questions regarding everything from study strategies and resources to logging IDP hours and the benefits of having a license.
The Kansas City Star | Sacred buildings dot the Kansas landscape
Like sentinels, many of these sacred buildings rise towering on the Kansas plains; others in the state are barely noticeable among trees and suburban sprawl.
Regardless of their setting, these temples, churches and cathedrals are testaments to faith and service to God.
Many were built with the blood, sweat and sacrifice of our ancestors.
ARCHITECT | Art Institute hires assistant curator of architecture and design
The Chicago Tribune’s Blair Kamin reports that the Art Institute of Chicago has hired Karen Kice as its assistant curator of architecture and design. Kice, a researcher and curator who received her Ph.D. from the University of California at Los Angeles, joins architecture and design curator Zoë Ryan. “We are delighted to have Karen join us here at the Art Institute,” Ryan says. “Having worked most recently in Los Angeles, and before that in New York, Karen has participated in the research and initiatives at the forefront of contemporary urban studies. This is a field of utmost significance, encompassing not only architecture but also social and political economies, community engagement, and innovative solutions to today’s issues.”
ARCHITECT | National Architecture Week hits Pinterest and Foursquare
National Architecture Week, an AIA event to promote awareness of architecture’s role in the public realm, will kick off on April 8 on Pinterest. As April 8 is Easter, the week’s first pinboard will highlight churches and other religious institutions. Other pinboards posted over the week will explore other typologies. To further the theme of the week—“Design Connects”—AIA president Jeffery Potter, FAIA, will post a welcome video on the AIA’s YouTube channel, and AIA will host a Foursquare check-in sweepstakes.
HEI University
Henderson Engineers is excited to again present HEI University. Committed to the A/E/C industry, five classes have been developed, based on the current trends and hot topics throughout the industry.
Whether you are searching for continuing education credits or are simply interested in these topics, our hope is that these one hour sessions will be informative, educational and a great opportunity to network with your peers. All classes will be held at the AIA KC, 1801 McGee Suite 100, Kansas City, MO 64108.
The following courses are being offered:
Conceptual Design and Master Planning
Date: Tuesday, April 10th, 8:00-8:30 continental breakfast, 8:30-9:30am course session
Presenters: Dustin Schafer, PE, LEED®AP BD+C, CEM and Ryan Evans, PE, LEED® AP BD+C, MBA
Approved for: 1 AIA CEU and 1 GBCI CE (LEED® specific)
Water Management for LEED®
Date: Tuesday, April 17th, 8:00-8:30 continental breakfast, 8:30-9:30am course session
Presenters: Ryan Evans, PE, LEED® AP BD+C, MBA and Mike Monthey, PE, CPD
Approved for: 1 AIA CEU and 1 GBCI CE (LEED® specific)
Underfloor Air Distribution: Benefits to Energy, Occupant Comfort and Air Quality
Date: Tuesday, April 24th, 8:00-8:30 continental breakfast, 8:30-9:30am course session
Presenters: Ryan Evans, PE, LEED® AP BD+C, MBA and Elise Kirchhofer, PE, LEED® AP BD+C
Approved for: 1 AIA CEU and for 1 GBCI CE
Trends in High Performance Sports Design
Date: Tuesday, May 1st, 8:00-8:30 continental breakfast, 8:30-9:30am course session
Presenters: Dustin Schafer, PE, LEED® AP BD+C, CEM and Kevin Lewis, PE, LEED® AP BD+C
Approved for: 1 AIA CEU (pending) and for 1 GBCI CE (pending)
Eye on Equity: Embracing Social Agendas at the Local Level
Date: Tuesday, May 8th, 8:00-8:30 continental breakfast, 8:30-9:30am course session
Presenters: Ryan Evans, PE, LEED® AP BD+C, MBA and Jeremy Knoll, LEED® AP BD+C
Approved for: 1 AIA CEU and 1 GBCI CE (pending)
For further information and to register, please click HERE.
We ask that you only RSVP for the classes you are able to attend, as space will be limited. Also, if there are others within your organization you would like to attend, feel free to forward the link – we just ask that you keep the invite within your company.
CSI | Kansas City Chapter Annual Industry Awards
What better marketing than to have great looking awards in the lobby of your office. Or even more impressive is an individual award on the shelf in your cubical. Awards always look good listed on marketing materials or on a resume’. The time has come to submit nominations for the KC CSI Annual Industry Awards. We have developed categories this year that truly reflect recent trends in our industry. Nominations can be self submitted or you can nominate another individual or company.
Award Categories and Criteria
Excellence in Specifications Writing – This award is given to a specifications writer who has demonstrated excellence in specifications writing through product research, efficient and cost effective solutions that are communicated in a clear and concise manner.
Excellence in Craftsmanship – This award is given to an individual or company that has demonstrated excellence in adhering to specifications and demonstrating quality craftsmanship in the implementation of the specification.
Innovative Project Delivery – This award is given to a General Contractor that demonstrates innovation in project delivery.
Innovation in Sustainability – This award is given to a company that has demonstrated innovative approaches to sustainability in project delivery, company operation, or overall “green” project.