Tuesday, October 4, 2022

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

October 14: AIA Honor Award Nominations Due

October 20: Architecture after 5 at Olsson

November 2: Women in Architecture Camp Trivera Tour

November 4: OKC Foundation for Architecture's Drinks X Design

November 11: AIA Architecture Awards Celebration at the Devon Tower

November 17: AIA Luncheon

AIACOC HONOR AWARDS - CALL FOR NOMINATIONS (honoring people)

AIA Central Oklahoma Honor Awards honors individuals, firms and organizations who, through their time, talent and commitment have made an impact on the profession of architecture and the built environment.  

The Call for Nominations is now open and the awards will be presented at the AIACOC Architecture Awards Celebration on Friday, November 11th at the Devon Tower.  

Deadline Extended to October 14th! 

Architecture after 5 at Olsson!

Join Us for a Red Carpet Experience at the

2022 AIA Architecture Awards Celebration

2022 AIA Architecture Week  & Tour Committee

We're looking for volunteers for the 2023 Architecture Week & Tour Committee!  This committee is responsible to planning and organization the AIA Architecture Tour and other Architecture Week events.  

If you are interested in serving on this committee, please email Melissa at [email protected]. 

AIA Oklahoma Representative to the

AIA National Strategic Council

What Is the Strategic Council?

The Strategic Council advances the profession by informing the Board of Directors and other Institute bodies of important professional issues and opportunities. The Council is charged with surveying the profession to identify opportunities and threats, and engaging in strategic planning to inform the goals, objectives an strategies of AIA. The Strategic Council is tasked with ideation/research/generative thought-based activities. It is an outward-focused, forward-thinking, and member-centric group.

What Does a Strategic Councilor Do?

Much of the Council’s activity throughout the year is considered “blue-sky” thinking – searching for new ideas and solutions to relevant topical subject matter facing the profession. In this capacity, there is an element of futurist thinking as well. Collaborations entail visionary thought and ideation, deliberations, prototyping of ideas, and consensus building. The Council develops ideas a to inform future needs of opportunities for the profession and presents those ideas to the AIA Board for consideration, alignment, and potentially, its support.

Strategic Council Commitment:

• Candidate must be AIA or Associate AIA member in good standing

• 3-year commitment beginning December 2022 and ending December 2025

• Must be available to travel (travel costs covered by AIA National) for in person or remote meetings to include: o Orientation and Governance Week (Early December)

o Grassroots Conference (February)

o AIA National Conference on Architecture (June)

o Summer Strategic Council Work Group (TBD)

• Required to participate in a Work Group to study issues deemed relevant by the Council at that time.

• Report quarterly to the AIA Oklahoma Board on the progress of the Strategic Council and any relevant information and programs 

AIA 2023 President Emily Grandstaff-Rice, FAIA, on mentorship, sustainability, and more

By Greg Menti

Emily Grandstaff-Rice, FAIA, will be sworn-in as AIA's 99th President in 2023. In the second part of a two-part interview with Grandstaff-Rice, we speak with her about her mentors, advice for young architects, why sustainability is crucial in the profession, and much more. Read the first part here.

Who is/was your biggest mentor(s)? How did they help your career? What advice do you have for seasoned architects who want to mentor younger architects? 

Reflecting on mentors is like revisiting your favorite eclectic playlist. I have been fortunate to have many over the course of my career. There’s a bit of each one of them that has stayed with me. Sometimes it’s what they say—“work expands to time allotted” (Adolfo Perez, RA) or how they taught me how to communicate with intention (Matthew Tether, AIA).

My first architect mentor was Eugene Mackey, FAIA, a recognized architect in St. Louis. He would spend a day every year at my high school riding around with us on a school bus visiting significant buildings and sketching them. Through these day trips, I would learn the stories behind how the buildings came to be—the terracotta tile details on the Wainwright Building or the stonework at Washington University. I began to see my surroundings in a new way. I think a lot about access to this profession and how so many architects I know professionally become interested because they had a family member or a close friend in the field. I didn’t have that, but I did develop an understanding of the opportunities before college due to the opportunity to meet Mr. Mackey. I remember this when I speak to kids, especially on my projects. Who I am and what I do can make a difference, not just in the project work, but also inspiring others that architecture can be a fulfilling, exciting career.

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