NEWS
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What's Happening: East Kentucky and Beyond
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July is Nearly Over!
July has seemed to fly by and the back to school sales are already underway! We hope you have been enjoying this beautiful summer and are looking forward to many of the exciting events we have coming up.
Please check out everything happening below and as always, follow our AIA EKC
Facebook or
Instagram pages for additional updates and events!
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Design Slam 2018
Whether you are a participant or a spectator, we hope that you will join us to take part in the fun and cheer on competing design teams as they race to complete compelling designs for a space in Lexington, KY in just one hour. Attendees will cast votes as the teams work and the team with the greatest number of votes at the end of the hour will take home bragging rights AND the coveted golden T-square!
Proceeds support Lexington Habitat for Humanity and AIA EKC. Save the date for Saturday,
September 15th at West 6th Brewing. Additional details to follow in the next few weeks!
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AIA KY / IN Conference 2018 - Columbus, IN
Registration is now open! AIA KY and AIA IN are excited to offer a new take on our annual conference this year by teaming with the 2018 National Symposium, "Design, Community, and Progressive Preservation."
Event Dates: September 26 - 29th, 2018 - Columbus, IN
Early Bird Discount: advanced registration ends Friday, August 17th
Click the
website link to learn more and sign up today!
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KY Board of Architects - New Executive Director
AIA East Kentucky welcomes Cordelia "Dee Dee" Harbut, who has been named the new Executive Director of the Kentucky Board of Architects. Harbut replaces T. Rexford Cecil, AIA, who retired in late June.
Ms. Harbut is a graduate of Eastern Kentucky University, with a masters in business administration. She began her career as director for the Lexington Area Small Business Development Center in 2001, where she worked until becoming the state director of special programs for the Kentucky Small Business Development Center in 2005. She then become the statewide director for the Kentucky Procurement Technical Assistance Center in 2014, until her appointment in 2016 by Governor Matt Bevin as Executive Director of the Kentucky Commission on Women.
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KET Programming Partnership:
AIA Kentucky is once again sponsoring the broadcast of a new season of "10 That Change America." This series
counts down Top 10 components of the country's built environment that have had an impact on U.S. Culture. Host Geoffrey Baer takes viewers across the country to the legendary streets, monuments, homes and man-made marvels that changed America, including Cincinnati's Roebling Bridge!
Several episodes have already aired throughout July and an additional 2 episodes (Towns, Parks) are expected to air in August.
Click here
to view AIA KY's sponsorship spot,
promoting AIA's Blueprint for Better initiative, and c
heck your local KET stations for additional air times.
10 Homes that Changed America
KET1: Tuesday July 31, 8pm
10 Towns that Changed America / 10 Parks that Changed America
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CANstruction Lexington 2018
BUILD DAY IS NOVEMBER 12TH:
AIA EKC is hosting the second annual CANstruction Lexington event! This year's program, which will benefit God's Pantry Food Bank, offers a fun way to get creative and bring attention to Lexington's design and construction industry, while also providing a valuable service to your community.
The event is being held at The Lexington Convention Center (430 W Vine St) with a build date of 11/12/18 and a deconstruction date of 12/3/18. (5) Teams have registered, so please make plans to view these incredible sculptures while on display. The awards ceremony will be held on 11/29/18 at the EKC annual meeting / holiday party. To review more information about this event, please click on this entry form
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LEXARTS 2018 - FUND FOR THE ARTS
AIA EKC is a proud annual sponsor of the LEXARTS Fund for the Arts. LEXARTS
' work is to help art be made and make its way
into the world, lighting up the lives of those it touches
and powering the prosperity of the places they call home.
Because of the inspired work of over 5O artists and arts
organizations that are supported or enabled by the Fund
for the Arts, there's world class art just about everywhere
in our community.
Please consider donating to the Fund for the Arts at their
website
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2018 Cocktail Napkin Contest!
If you are a licensed architect or related professional who practices in the United States, you are invited to enter Architectural Record's '18 Cocktail Napkin Sketch Contest.
Deadline: all materials postmarked no later than 9/5/18
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UK College of Design News & Events
Please stay tuned to the
CoD Website for all Lectures and Events, along with the
Facebook Page for updates:
Follow the UK AIAS on Facebook - UK AIAS
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Lexington Emerging Professionals Network:
The Lexington Emerging Professionals Network (LEPN) was started in October of 2016 to provide emerging architectural professionals in the Lexington area an opportunity to network with fellow peers. Monthly meet-ups will be held at local restaurants, where all emerging professionals are welcome regardless of AIA membership.
Please follow them on their Facebook for updates at:
LEPN
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East Kentucky's "Third" Thursday Lunches
Free lunch & beverages provided to AIA/NCARB members:
Topic: 'Physical Security of Schools (1.0LU's)
Presenter: Dennis Clark - Dynamix Engineering
Sign Up: Register via the separate email correspondence to be issued later this month
When: Thursday - August 16th, 2018 @ 11:50am - 1:00pm
Where: Lexington Public Library - Northside Branch
1733 Russell Cave Road - Lexington, KY 40505
**We expect a large crowd, so please register early
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EKC Upcoming CEU's & Building Tours:
If you have suggestions for CEU topics or opportunities for local building tours, please contact:
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UK Student Center Building Tour (November 1, 2018)
Jeff Bennett, AIA of Omni Architects will be leading the tour of the new UK Student Center on Thursday, November 1st from 11:45am - 1:00pm. Be on the lookout for separate correspondence regarding registration for this upcoming building tour.
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- JRA Architects is proud to announce the addition of three principals in the company: Les Olson, AIA, LEED AP of the Lexington office, and Michael Nett, AIA, and Colin Drake, AIA, LEED AP of the Louisville office. In addition to these three new principals, David Russell of the Lexington office was also promoted to Senior Associate of the firm. #EnlivenedDesign
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EKC - Recently Licensed KY Architects:
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EKC Welcomes our New & Returning Members (since June 2018):
- Lutricia B. Crowder, Assoc. AIA, Lexington
- Emily K. Greer, Assoc. AIA, Tate Hill Jacobs Architects, Lexington
- Zhulin He, Assoc. AIA, Baron Gibson Designs, Lexington
- Michael S. Wireman, Assoc. AIA, Lexington
- Sierra Pacific Windows, New Allied Sponsor
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Important Dates:
9/15/18 - EKC Design Slam (Save the Date)
9/26/18 - AIA KY/IN Regional Convention (Columbus, IN)
10/18/18 - AIA KY Awards Celebration (Lexington Save the Date)
11/12/18 - EKC Canstruction Build Date at the Lexington Center
11/29/18 - EKC Holiday Party & Annual Meeting (Save the Date)
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EKC S
ays "Thank You!" to the Allied Benefactors & Sponsors of AIA Kentucky
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Allied Membership is recognized by all three local components, with a portion of dues supporting local programs.
Learn More
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