Monday, January 10, 2022
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

January 14: AIA Oklahoma Membership Meeting
February 10: AIA Luncheon
February 25: AIA Sporting Clays Tournament
March 24: Architecture after 5 at CEC
April 14: AIA Luncheon
April 25-30: Architecture Week (April 30: AIA Architecture Tour)
April 28: Architecture after 5 at Timberlake Construction
May 12: Architecture after 5 at FSB
May 16: AIA Golf Tournament
June 9: Architecture after 5 at Manhattan Construction
June 16: AIA Luncheon
June 23-25: AIA National Conference in Chicago
July 21: Architecture after 5 at Wallace Design Collective
August 25: Architecture after 5 at ADG
September 15: AIA Luncheon
September 22: Architecture after 5 at Alvine Engineering
October 20: Architecture after 5 at Olsson
November 4: OKC Foundation for Architecture's Drinks X Design
November 11: AIA Awards Banquet at Devon Tower
November 17: AIA Luncheon
AIA February Luncheon
Join us on Thursday, February 10th at 11:30 a.m. at the Capitol View Event Center for the AIA February Luncheon. Our program is Innovation District: Building a Bridge of Inclusion in OKC. Oklahoma City’s Innovation District will reshape northeastern Oklahoma City with MAPS 4 funding and other incentives in the next several years. Join President and CEO, Katy Boren, to learn more about the Innovation District and the exciting things to come within the district. 
As president and CEO of Oklahoma City’s Innovation District, Katy Boren spearheads the creation and development of the emerging district and is focused on creating a vibrant, fully-integrated community where people can live, work and play. Her goal is to develop collaboration between Oklahoma’s diverse sectors – bio science, aerospace, tech, energy, manufacturing and more – to foster new opportunities for entrepreneurship and innovation.

After earning her bachelor’s degree in mass communication from the University of Denver, Boren pursued a law degree at the University of Oklahoma. After graduating, she served a one-year courtship for the Arizona Superior Court before returning to Oklahoma. Boren has practiced oil and gas litigation, served as the vice president of regulatory affairs for Cox Communications for the eastern half of the country, owned her own law firm and acted as the chief of the Utilities Regulation Unit for the Oklahoma Attorney General’s office.

An Oklahoma native, Boren is passionate about supporting nonprofits in Oklahoma City and has served on several boards. Boren currently serves on the Downtown Oklahoma City Partnership Board of Directors, the NEOKC Renaissance Board of Directors, the Harold Hamm Diabetes Center Advisory Board, and is a member of Downtown Rotary. She also volunteers with Restore OKC and Martin Luther King Jr. elementary school in NEOKC. She has been recognized as one of Oklahoma’s Ladies in the News, a Rising Star of Oklahoma, one of the Journal Record’s Woman of the Year – Fifty Make a Difference honorees, and one of The Friday Paper’s Oklahoma City’s Most Powerful Women.

The deadline to register is Monday, February 7th. AIA Central Oklahoma Members attend free and nonmember guest cost is $25.
Register for the 2022 AIA Sporting Clays Tournament!
Volunteer for an AIA Central Oklahoma Committee
Sporting Clays Tournament Committee
This committee is responsible for planning and carrying out the annual sporting clays tournament each Spring.
 
Committee members are responsible for:
 
·       assigning in the planning and organizing of the sporting clays event. 
·       Fundraising for the sporting clays event.
·       assisting with set up and clean up on the day of the event.
 
Committee members serve a one-year team and a chairman will be elected at the first committee meeting.


Architecture Tour Committee 
The Annual AIA Architecture Tour is the chapter’s largest public outreach event. It showcases seven or eight projects designed by an architect.
 
Committee members are responsible for:

·       encouraging nominations for the tour locations
·       selecting the tour locations for the tour
·       fundraising for the AIA Architecture Tour
·       each committee member will be assigned a location on the tour and will be the liaison for their location and expected to be at the location for the duration of the tour.
 
Committee members serve a one-year team and a chairman will be elected at the first committee meeting.


Golf Tournament
This event is the chapter’s largest fundraiser and helps fund our programs and events throughout the year.
 
The Committee is responsible for:
 
·       Promoting the tournament to architects
·       Making fundraising calls and securing golf sponsorships
·       Assisting in the planning and organization of the tournament.
 
Committee members serve a one-year team and a chairman will be elected at the first committee meeting.


Kickball Tournament Committee
Each year AIA Central Oklahoma hosts a kickball tournament where teams within the AEC industry compete against one another for bragging rights and a trophy. 
 
The Committee is responsible for:
 
·       assisting in the organization of the event
·       helping secure the event venue
·       recruiting teams and assisting with the bracketing of the tournament
·       fundraising for the event
·       helping with set up and tear down the day of the event
 
Committee members serve a one-year team and a chairman will be elected at the first committee meeting.


Email Melissa at [email protected] if you're interested in volunteering!
Call for Nominations: 2022 AIA Architecture Tour
The AIA Architecture Tour is our biggest public outreach event. It gives the community an opportunity to view projects designed by architects as well as interact with architects during the tour. The 2022 AIA Architecture Tour will take place on Saturday, April 30th from noon - 5:00 p.m.

We're looking for locations for the 2022 Tour and the Call for Nominations is now available. CLICK HERE for more information.
Support AIA through Firm Sponsorship
Consider supporting AIA Central Oklahoma through our firm sponsorship opportunities.

CLICK HERE for more information
AIA Oklahoma Membership Meeting
Call for Nominations for Leadership AIA
Leadership AIA is designed for licensed architects on established career tracks who want to gain the skills necessary to advance to higher levels within the architectural profession. Leadership AIA supports participants with programming that addresses professional advancement, firm development, and community outreach.

Program Requirements
  • Candidates must be a licensed architect and an AIA member of AIA Oklahoma.
  • Tuition is $695
  • Up to 16 participants will be selected with a minimum of 9 participants.
  • Selected participants are expected to attend all scheduled sessions and complete all homework. The opening session on March 4 is mandatory. Participants can miss one class and still graduate but are encouraged to attend all classes.
2022 AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion for Architectural Education
Deborah Berke, FAIA
For more than 40 years, Deborah Berke, FAIA, has leveraged her nimble harmonization of education and practice to share the discipline of architecture with students and professionals from a wide range of backgrounds. Through her accessible and purposefully non-monumental pedagogy, Berke advances her deep-rooted belief that architectural education should be available to everyone. Her contributions and inexhaustible spirit have inspired countless students and design professionals.

Berke’s teaching career began shortly after her graduation from the Rhode Island School of Design when she founded an architecture education program for high school students at New York’s Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies. Students enrolled in the program were presented with a broad range of perspectives on architecture and the city, which helped them better understand the built environment’s forms and creation.

Those early experiences, coupled with the cross-disciplinary, art-based education she received, greatly influenced her teaching at her alma mater, the University of Miami; University of California, Berkeley; and the Yale School of Architecture, where she has served as dean since 2016, the first woman to lead the school. Last year, she was appointed to a second term based on the success of her initiatives to diversify the faculty and student body and to support cross-disciplinary initiatives. Her efforts include the Yale Center for Ecosystems in Architecture, the school’s first architectural sciences lab, and the introduction of an urban studies major for undergraduates.
SMPS 2022 Economic Forecast
OUR OKLAHOMA ECONOMY IS BOOMING! What does the future hold – short-term and long-term? Learn what the experts think by joining SMPS Oklahoma and our panel of industry thought leaders. Their information is fresh and valuable – some will drill deep and others will offer a broader economic perspective. Principals, firm leaders, business developers and marketers in the A/E/C industry will all want to know how current economic indicators can help them make smart decisions for their firms.

Panelists include: Arthur Jackson | Senior Vice President Economic Development/Tulsa Chamber; Eric Long with the OKC Chamber; Chad Clinehens, PE. CEO of Zweig Group; Chad Wilkerson from the Federal Reserve of Kansas City OKC Branch.

Do you have specific questions you'd like us to address? Email your questions to [email protected]. We will do our best to get them answered. We will also allot some time at the end of the program for audience Q&A.

SMPS Southern Regional Conference - Preconference Workshops
Or contact Bonnie Hardwick at [email protected]