Message From the President |
It continues to be a challenging time for many of us, both professionally and personally. Here at the International Region, the board and I are trying to turn adversity into opportunity. Some of our progress to date:
Working with our seven chapters, we have begun sharing online content with the entire IR community. Since March there have been more than 30 events online, all offering continuing education credits. Some of these have been exceptional talks. There are even some virtual building tours which are amazing! To see upcoming events look here. We are in the process of making the recordings of past events available, and these should be online in the next 2-3 weeks.
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Update: Global Strategic Task Development Task Update |
Over the past seven months the AIA has convened a working group, the Global Strategic Task Development Task Force (GSTDF) to develop a future facing 5-year strategy to Enhance the AIA's global vision and to increase value for AIA members. The task force chaired by Thierry Paret, FAIA, is addressing concerns and recommendations to improve the International Region, international practice needs, and growing the participation and inclusion of our members who currently practice internationally, or wish to do so.
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Eric Tomich Obituary
It is with the greatest of sadness that I deliver to you the heartbreaking news of the death of our friend and colleague, 2020 AIA Middle East President Eric Tomich, FAIA, RIBA. On behalf of all of us here at AIA Middle East and the AIA International Region, we send out our most heartfelt condolences and sympathy to his family, friends and colleagues.
Eric was the consummate architect and artistic technician and inspired a generation of architects. Known for his highly collaborative, multidisciplinary approach that integrated technology, manufacturing, and craft, Eric’s career had a strong focus on built projects and the quality of the final result.
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The AIA Continental Europe Chapter is proud to introduce “Spotlight”, a new communication tool which will highlight our Corporate Partners in connection with members, architecture firms and projects. In this very first issue, we are happy to present ABB's inspirational architectural video series entitled “ Frozen Music”.
The first video in the “Frozen Music” series highlights Darcie’s Mews, a brownfield redevelopment project in the heart of a conservation area in London, designed by architect Alan Crawford of the Crawford Partnership.
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AIA Japan
AIA Japan plans to host ten online lectures in 2020. One of those was held on June 11, where Byron Stigge of LEVEL Infrastructure introduced a wide range of engineering and infrastructure projects from across the globe, which included New York, Burundi, Philippines, and Afghanistan. His projects address challenges of developing urban infrastructure in an integrated manner, where transportation, energy, water, and waste are all designed in consideration of each other. This approach leads to creation of cities with optimized ecological systems, rather than over-engineered systems designed within the frame of single-disciplines.
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As with other chapters across the International Region, AIA Middle East has transitioned to offering events and learning opportunities online. In the spring we partnered with our sponsor, Technal, while the summer saw talks by Atef Alshehri, and Oliver Baxter of Herman Miller.
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AIA UK
In solidarity with the surge of support for the BLM movement following George Floyd's death, the AIA UK issued a Board Statement on Systemic Racial Injustice. Equity, Diversity & Inclusion are integral to the mission of the board. To forefront these issues, the board created an EDI chair and contact; for further information, please email edi@aiauk.org.
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AIA Canada
Greetings from AIA Canada!
In response to COVID-19, the AIA Canada Board of Directors is in the process of updating the organizational strategic plan, and reviewing priorities for the next 12 to 18 months.
At the end of April, the Chapter contacted RAIC for a first-step planning meeting to discuss opportunities for the RAIC conference, June 6-9, 2021 in Montreal.
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AIA IR Unassigned Members
The last months have been very successful for the AIA IR, as we have been able to bring in new Country Representatives and Regional Representatives around the World, to work on behalf of our Unassigned Members. I would like to welcome them, and introduce them to you!
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Virtual Professional and Continuing Education |
The AIA IR offers a variety of online virtual programs to help you fulfill your continuing education requirements. Here are a few upcoming programs to add to your calendar:
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
4:00 AM - 6:00 AM
Thursday, August 6, 2020
6:00 AM - 7:00 AM
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
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Appreciation for our Sponsors |
The AIA IR sincerely appreciates the continued support of our Sustaining Founding and Platinum Sponsors listed alphabetically: AECOM, AHEC, ASI Group, Broad, Dornbracht, Dow and TNG. They, along with our International Chapters and leadership, have made it possible to initiate so many incredible events and benefits since our region’s inception.
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