Annual Calendar

AIA National Top 10 Green Awards Reception
Meet the jurors and view all the submittal boards for the AIA National 2008 Top Ten Green Awards
6-9pm @ UW, Walker Ames Room, Kane Hall, FREE!

Building Information Modeling (BIM) & Historic Architecture 
Using case studies, learn how architects and their consultants can take advantage of the information stored within the building model, how to create a detailed model for quantification and costing, and better ways to use BIM in an historic context. 
3:00-5:00pm @ AIA Seattle.  2LUs.  $5 members, $20 non-members.  Register here after April 10. 

Adaptive Reuse Lecture:
Chicken Houses, Churches, and Change: Adaptive Re-use of Rural and Vernacular Buildings. Discover King County's innovative reuse of agricultural buildings.
4-6pm. @ Cadillac Hotel  2LUs.  $5 members, $20 non-members.   

IBC Code Class: Non-Residential Accessible Design   Due to high demand, AIA Seattle is offering a repeat of our May 7 class. Learn to confidently design code-compliant facilities.  Includes extensive code review. 
1:30p-4:30p @ REI,  3LUs/3HSW.  $60 members, $90 non-members. 

Regional Top 10 Green Awards Exhibition Closing Reception & Practice Discussion
Join panelists Marc Jenefsky, AIA, Anne Schopf, FAIA, Peter Steinbrueck, FAIA, Dan Williams, FAIA, Rick Zieve, FAIA, the DJC's Katie Zemtseff and Seattle City Green Building's Lucia Athens, ASLA in a discussion moderatoed by AIA Ethics & Practice committee chair, Jerome Diepenbrock as we consider the role Regional Top 10 Green Awards can play in transforming architectural practice and in promoting Seattle’s international reputation for leadership in green building design.
5:00p-7:00p @ AIA Seattle free, but please RSVP in advance

Is There Money Out There to Do That?: A Project Finance Toolkit for Architects and Developers
This forum explores how to improve the economic viability of worthwhile, but seemingly financially unfeasible projects, by the use of innovative financing tools.
8:30a-5:00p @ REI Seattle, $200 members/$120 assoc. members/$70 students/$280 non-members,  8 LU / 4 HSW

Saturday Seminar: How to Work With and Select an Architect
Need an architect? AIA Seattle's Saturday Seminar can help answer this and other FAQs about what architects and clients can achieve together, and how to achieve the best value for an investment in the services available from professional architects.
9:30a-12:00p @ Rejuvenation (2910 1st Avenue S.), $15/person

Tour: Weber Thompson Office FULL
Find out how designers utilized principles of sustainable design in the Terry Avenue Office Building, a 4-story, 40,000 square foot commercial structure located in South Lake Union.
12:00p-2:00p @ 225 Terry Ave N. Suite 200, $5 members/$25 non-members, 2 LUs

Biomimicry Workshop  FULL
Hands-on activities to engage architects in biomimicry as a design methodology. The workshop will be led by the Biomimicry Guild, which consists of a networked team of design-savvy biologists who teach technical audiences an evolving methodology that incorporates nature’s design strategies into the design process. 
8:30a-5:30p; 9:00a-3:30p @ Carkeek Park Environmental Learning Center $260 members/$390 non-members, 13 LUs/13HSWs

Tour: The Wing Luke Asian Museum FULL
Rick Sundberg FAIA of Olsen Sundberg Kundig Allen will lead a tour of the Wing Luke Asian Museum, which recently finished raising the $23.2 million it needed to renovate its new home, the 1910-era East Kong Yick Building in the Chinatown portion of the International District.
4:00p-5:00p @ 719 South King Street, $5 Members/$15 Non-Members, 1LU
 

Solstice Reception
Celebration for recipients of The AIA Seattle Marga Rose Hancock Endowed Scholarship for Diversity from the University of Washington’s College of Architecture and Urban Planning (CAUP), as well as the Denice Hunt AIA K-12 Internship.
6:30p @ 2300 South Massachusetts Street
 

Annual Meeting/Member Appreciation Party
You work hard building the city and the region. Take a night off to come celebrate the year with the AIA community. View the postcard above.
5:30 – 7:30PM @ Olympic Sculpture Park FREE, so bring a friend ($3 drinks)

New Orleans Now: A Presentation by Kevin Daniels Free!
Kevin Daniels, a local developer and board member of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, will share recent photos and stories from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and discuss an opportunity for local architects to participate in the restoration and preservation of the city's historic neighborhoods.  Presented in collaboration with Architects Without Borders and the AIA Seattle Disaster Preparedness Committee.
4:00p-6:00p @ AIA Seattle, Free; no RSVP required
 

Tour: Vance Building RESCHEDULED FOR 7/23

What Time Is It?: Lost in Translation Design Salon Register Now!
What does it mean to design for the time as well as the place? How does “con-temporary” translate today's sense of materiality and lifestyle? Is the relentless push for the next big idea misguided?
4:00-6:00p @ TASTE/SAM , $10 members/ $25 nonmembers/$10 Students, includes nibbles. 2 LUs.

Brilliant Simplicity: 15 Designers Research Collaborate Innovate Register Now!
AIA Seattle hosts The Metropolis Tour - designed to challenge you to rediscover the innovator within. Join AIA Seattle and Metropolis Magazine editor in chief Susan S. Szenasy for a screening of a new short film from METROPOLIS magazine that traces the many ways innovation can happen, and conversation on the pressing need for research in design.
5.30-7.00pm @ Seattle Central Library, $5.00, 1.5 LU/1.5 HSW