News Brief 8-23-19
Photo credit: Ken Schory. The CARE House Advocacy Center by LWC Incorporated was the winner of an Honor Award for Interior Projects at the 2018 Focus on Design Awards program.
Welcome New Member
AIA Dayton welcomes Darryl Molzon, Associate AIA ! Darryl is a new transfer-in member from the AIA Cleveland chapter and is currently employed at App Architecture.
Darryl is from Chardon, Ohio. He received his undergraduate degree in Architecture and Environmental Design and his Masters of Architecture from Bowling Green State University. He was previously working in Lansing, Michigan for a startup company developing multifamily luxury modular housing.
He’s employed at App Architecture as a design associate specializing in design and Virtual Reality 3D Modeling. In his free time he is engrossed in music, either in performing it or listening to it. He’s seen approximately 200 concerts and was debating becoming a professional pianist before he went to architecture school.
Chapter Programs
Acoustical Design
Speaker: Ed Crouchley, Acoustical Systems
Topic: Acoustical Design Principles for Architects, 1.5 AIA CES HSW
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
Progam is Approved for 1.5 AIA CES HSW

We'll start with a brief, 15 minute tour of Care House and follow with our seminar. Be sure to arrive on time to take a look at one of AIA Dayton's Award Winners!

Seminar description:
Sound is of utmost importance for occupant comfort in our buildings and the health among all users. The following four topics address the different ways sound affects users in buildings and what architects and designers can do to ensure maximum comfort for multiple uses within a building or project.
Four learning objectives:
1. The participant will learn basic acoustics principles and terminology.
2. Participants will understand Sound Transmission Class (STC) and how to apply these values for specific uses.
3. Particpants will learn about the Impact Insulation Class and how to choose the best floor assembly for desired IIC value.
4. Participants will understand interior acoustics, looking at both reverberation time (RT60) and noise criterion (NC).





Annual Sponsor Recognition

Date: Tuesday, September 17, 2019 5:30 - 7:30 PM
Location: Siebenthaler's Beavercreek Garden Center
2074 Beaver Valley Road Dayton, OH 45434 
RSVP: Click here to RSVP by September 13th.

Description:
Relax at the Siebenthaler Cabin in Beavercreek while AIA Dayton recognizes the annual program sponsors that support the chapter's programs. Members and sponsors connect in this idyllic setting, enjoying a steak dinner and drinks, courtesy of Siebenthaler's.
Need Some Extra Credits? Register for Procrastinator’s Day!

Date: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 ,
7:30 AM – 4 PM  
Location: : Elements IV Interiors, 3680 Wyse Road, Dayton
RSVP: Registration link coming soon!
Fees:   AIA Dayton member - $40; Non-member AIA Dayton - $60
Program includes lunch.

Program will offer 6.5 + AIA CES HSW:
·          AIA 2019 Documents: Understanding the Changing Roles of the Construction Manager, Lane Beougher, FAIA, Energy Program Manager, Ohio Facilities Construction Commission
·          AIA National Changes to AIA Code of Ethics & Professional Conduct: Sexual Harassment, Equity & Sustainability – Eric Pempus, FAIA, Esq., Risk Manager, DesignPro Insurance Group
·          Sneak peek of new Sinclair course in Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and 360 Camera as tools for architects!
. Vendor Blender at lunch time -- hear about new products
·          Project Delivery Methods A/E’s, their Clients and the Public, Brian Baumgardner, Associate Client Executive, Oswald Companies
·          Using Codes as Design Tools, Terry Welker, FAIA, City of Kettering
2019 Focus on Design Program Call for Entries Open

3 weeks left to enter!

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.
Chapter News
2019 AIA Dayton Scholarship Recipients Named
 
AIA Dayton has awarded four scholarships to deserving recipients in the Miami Valley. The awards went to: Lauren Bowling , Freshman at University of Cincinnati; Allison Trittschuh, Senior at Virginia Tech; Madeline Crane, Sophomore at Miami University; and Immagin Spahr , Freshman at the University of Cincinnati.
 
The four were awarded a total of $4,000 in scholarship monies through the AIA Dayton Architectural Scholarship Foundation. The awards were made possible through a matching grant from AIA National.
 
The awards were announced at the June 28 AIA Dayton Golf Outing, which raises funds for the scholarships through the sale of golf mulligans.
 
To read the essays of the scholarship winners , click here.
Allison Trittschuh
Madeline Crane
Lauren Bowling
Immagin Spahr
Other Programs
CITYSHAPER to Involve Area Students in Architecture
 
The AIA Dayton Advocacy Committee is continuing their
K-12 Outreach in the Dayton area. The CITYSHAPER program is just beginning. AIA Dayton is teaming up with the FIRST Ohio Robotics to help kids 9 - 14 tackle the CITYSHAPER challenge. We are looking for architects, associates or allied members who are willing to help the students on their journey. This help can be over email, Skype or in-person. If you are interested and would like to help, please email CITYSHAPER@aiadayton.org with the subject line "CITYSHAPER volunteer."
 
If you have any questions or would like to know more about FIRST, please email Veronica Pochet .
AIAS Bowling Green to Hold Co-op Fair in November

The AIAS Bowling Green Chapter will be hosting a co-op fair to assist their members in fulfilling a curriculum requirement of securing a co-op position. The fair date is November 22, 2019 from 12 Noon – 3 PM, and registration is open to Ohio firms until September 30. 

For questions or to register, contact Haley Rogers, AIAS BGSU president, at rogerha@bgsu.edu.
AIA Ohio News
AIA Ohio Valley Region 2019 Convention
September 19-21
Hilton Netherland Plaza, Cincinnati

The full convention registration fee is just $395 for Architects; $295 for Associates - and that includes over 15 learning units, three keynote sessions, meals and networking events! 
Information can be found at the convention website

Practice Innovation Lab Register by August 23
Hotel room block is available until August 29
Registration closes on September 11
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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In The Media
Appetite for Deconstruction
Detroit has been demolishing about 200 vacant houses per week since December 2014, with a goal to take down 6,000 houses in one year. Much of the demolition work is concentrated in about 20 neighborhoods where the blight removal is projected to have immediate positive effects of improving remaining property values and clearing land for future development.
Read More: City Lab
Developers are watering down Pittsburgh neighborhoods by lacking any connection to the communities they build in

Developers are building so much bad architecture in Pittsburgh and doing it so rapidly that we seem to be numb to it. Everywhere, three-dimensional revenue diagrams are under construction with pointless motifs unrolled in cheap material, stopping only for the end of the property line. Such buildings are not simply ugly; they willfully abdicate the obligation to connect themselves to the city, its neighborhoods, and people. When a good building does come along, suddenly it’s remarkable to see the power of architecture to enhance a sense of place and community through competent design. 
World’s largest rooftop urban farm to open in Paris next year

New York City’s Brooklyn Grange is one of the largest urban farms in the world. With 65,000 square feet of warehouse rooftop dedicated to growing all sorts of produce, it’s an impressive operation that produces thousands of pounds of food every year. Still, even with all that space, it’s a micro farm compared to what’s popping up in Paris.
Read More: Curbed
Breaking down NCARB's 2019 findings on Diversity and Licensure

"NCARB by the Numbers", provides new insights into the makeup of candidates and metrics relating to the pursuit of architectural licensure. The 2019 edition reveals updates regarding the number of U.S. architects, the time it takes to earn a license, diversity in the profession, analysis on attrition along the path to licensure, and a look back at historical data celebrating the organization’s 100-year history.​ — NCARB 
Read More: Archinect
Venice court fines top architect Calatrava in bridge dispute

A Venice court has fined world-famous Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava €78,000 (£72,000) for alleged errors that made his Constitution Bridge on the Grand Canal more expensive.
The controversial bridge was beset with problems after its opening in 2008.
The Audit Court held Mr Calatrava responsible for going over-budget: the bridge cost €11.6m instead of €7m.
Read More: BBC