News Brief 6-28-19
Photo credit: The Alter Conservatory for the Arts by MODA4 Design and the Design Collaborative won an Honor Award for Newly Completed Buildings at the 2018 Focus on Design Awards program.
Chapter Programs
2019 Focus on Design Program Call for Entries Open

We are pleased to announce that the 2019 Focus on Design Awards Program is now open! Award submissions will be accepted from now - September 10. The Awards Program will be held on Friday, November 1 from 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM at the Grande Hall of the Liberty Tower in downtown Dayton.

All the information you need to plan your award entries is included in this document. Please download and save the document before you begin your award submission in the Open Water submission portal.

Please note that two new categories have been added this year -- Makers and Architectural Photography. Members and nonmembers are invited to submit in these categories.

The jury for the Architecture, Interior Architecture, Student and Makers submissions is AIA Rochester . The jury for the Photography category is a local committee.

When you are ready to enter your projects, click here to be directed to the Open Water portal. Select the AIA Dayton program.

Please contact the AIA Dayton office with any questions.

Individual tickets for the Awards luncheon may be purchased here.
ABB is on summer vacation
Take July off from AIA Dayton Architecture Basics and Bagels (ABB) programming and relax with your family and friends! Continuing Education programming will start back up in August with these great programs: 

Speaker: Matt Bunch, County Materials
Topic: Decorative Concrete Face & Thru Wall-Load Bearing Brick, 1.0 AIA CES LU
Date: 7:30 - 9:00 AM on August 6, 2019
Location: Kettering Government Center, Deeds and and Van Buren Rooms

Speaker: Elaine Tuttle, Anderson
Topic: Window Code Fundamentals, 1.0 AIA CES HSW
Date: 7:30 - 8:30 AM on August 13, 2019
Location: Requarth Company, 447 E. Monument Avenue, Dayton

Speaker: Alan Pippenger, President and 5 th Generation Owner
Topic: Requarth Co. History and Property Tour
Date: 8:30 - 9:30 AM on August 13, 2019
Location: Requarth Company, 447 E. Monument Avenue, Dayton

Speaker: Ed Crouchley, Acoustical Systems
Date: 7:30 - 9:00 AM on September 4, 2019 - starts with a tour of Care House, Honor Award Winner in the 2019 Focus on Design Awards
Location: Care House, 410 Valley Street, Dayton

Topic:  Procrastinator's Day 
Date: 9:00 AM on October 8, 2019
Location : Elements IV Interiors

Topic:  Miami Valley Planning & Zoning Workshop 
Date: December 6, 2019
Location : Sinclair Community College, Building 12
Other Programs
Fair Housing Accessibility Design & Construction Training
(Approved for 6.0 HSW credits through the Ohio Architects Board; AIA members will have to self-report the workshop to AIA)

Speaker: John Ritzu, RA, is an associate principal of LCM Architects
Date: Thursday, July 11, 2019
Location: Sinclair Conference Center
Cost: $120.00

AIA Ohio News
SAVE THE DATE
 
2019 AIA OHIO REGION CONVENTION:
September 19-21
 
The AIA Ohio Valley Region Convention, planned for September 19-21, 2019, will bring together more than 300 architects and allied professionals from around the region for three days of programs and activities. 
 



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 AIA Ohio Design Awards Program

2019 Entry Dates: April 1 - July 1

The AIA Ohio Design Awards Program promotes those projects that have distinguished themselves, through attention to high quality design, performance, and commitment to AIA’s 10 principles of livable communities. These awards recognize some of the best of Ohio Architecture.


OVR Opportunity:
Practice Innovation Lab
 

 
This summer, the Ohio Valley Region, with the support of the Young Architects Forum and National Associates Committee, is hosting a Practice Innovation Lab (PIL) workshop. The workshop consists of three sessions over two days in Cincinnati in tandem with the OVR Convention. The PIL will consist of teams of 5-7 individuals of any member category from each component in the OVR and will commence on August 2 nd  with a half-day workshop focused on introductions and high-level conversation on innovation. Teams will return home and spend the next several weeks working together to develop their concept. On Thursday, September 19, teams will reconvene in Cincinnati for a full day of development in preparation for Friday’s presentation at the OVR Convention Keynote session. Travel stipends have been budgeted for teams to make the trip.

You can find more information about the event here:  www.aiaohio.org/PIL
This is a link to a video summary of the original PIL event from October 2017.





AIA News
AIA Dues Adjustment Program Information
Members who have not paid 2019 AIA dues are now considered delinquent . There is still time to apply for the Dues Adjustment Program. This program is for members with a medical disability, those taking sabbatical or family leave, or members who are unemployed or partially employed. Contact AIA Dayton at 937-291-1913 for a form.

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