AIA West Jersey Volunteers
Bob O’Reilly & David Lummis at Fullerton Park
AIA West Jersey Volunteers Help Rebuild a Local Playground
On Saturday, April 30, members of AIA West Jersey assisted in a community service project of rebuilding a playground at Fullerton Park in Moorestown, NJ.
AIA New Jersey Scholarship Foundation
2011 Scolarship Awards
AIA West Jersey’s Kyle Ryan, Fifth Year student at Tulane University, is awarded top scholarship by the AIA New Jersey Scholarship Foundation
The 2011 AIA New Jersey Scholarship Awards were presented at the 2012 AIA New Jersey Inaugural Banquet and Kyle Ryan of Voorhees, New Jersey, was awarded the top scholarship by the AIA New Jersey Scholarship Foundation.
Kyle Ryan is a part of the AIA West Jersey Section & Region.
All of AIA West Jersey would like to say Congratulations!
The AIA New Jersey Scholarship Foundation Inc. maintains a program of scholarship grants to qualified architectural students from New Jersey or attending architecture school in New Jersey for the purpose of recognizing scholastic achievement, demonstrated talent, and potential for success in the profession of Architecture. Financial need is also a consideration for the award of scholarship funds. It is noted that funds for the program come from contributions and fundraising efforts of AlA New Jersey members, interested sources in the construction industry, and private individuals located in New Jersey.
A Farewell Message from Our 2011 President
William J. Cohen - 2011 AIA West Jersey President
Dear Fellow AIA West Jersey Members:
It has been an honor and a privilege to serve as President of the American Institute of Architects, West Jersey Section for 2011. It is hard to believe that the year has come and gone so fast.
Solar Decathlon in Washington, D.C.
AIA West Jersey Tour Group - Team New Jersey Solar Decathlon Zero Energy Home
2011 AIA West Jersey Fall Trip to the Solar Decathlon in Washington, D.C.
AIA West Jersey hosted a trip to the National Mall’s West Potomac Park in Washington, DC on Saturday October 1st. Twenty AIA members from West Jersey, South, Shore and Newark/Suburban along with five spouses made the trip to the site of this year’s U S Dept. of Energy 2011 Solar Decathlon. It is an award winning program that challenges 20 collegiate teams to design, build and operate solar powered houses. The winner of the competition is the one that best blends affordability, consumer appeal, and design excellence with optimal energy production and maximum efficiency. This year’s overall winner was the University of Maryland. Each structure, between 600 – 1000 square feet, was required to be transported for assembly to Washington, DC. Although the weather did not completely cooperate with rain, and wind temperatures in the 50’s it did not dampen the enthusiasm of the group and AIA West Jersey is hoping to repeat the trip to the 2013 Solar Decathlon. Congratulations to Team New Jersey and the students at NJIT on their Zero Energy Home design being showcased at the 2011 Solar Decathlon!
2011 Photography Competition
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
AIA West Jersey is pleased to announce it’s 6th Annual AIA-WJ Photography Competition is open for 2011. We welcome all to submit – architects, associates, students, and shutterbugs to this juried competition. Selected images will be featured in the 2012
calendar and displayed at our Annual Inaugural Gala in January.
Enrty Deadline:
August 10, 2011
AIA South Jersey Membership Meeting
To All AIA West Jersey Members & Associates:
AIA South Jersey has extended an invitation to AIA West Jersey Members and Associates to attend their monthly Membership Meeting on March 1, 2011, at Tre Figlio, in Egg Harbor City, New Jersey. The Membership Meeting is a dinner meeting being sponsored by Northeast Precast, and Amy King, Senior Sales Engineer at Lutron Electronics Co. will be giving a presentation on Light Control and LEED: How Light Control Helps Achieve LEED Certification in New Construction and Major Renovations of Commercial Buildings. The presentation will be worth (1) HSW Learning Unit and (1) GBCI CE Hour. The cost to attend the dinner meeting is $25.00. If you should have any questions or need directions, please call (609) 965-3303.
Thank you all and we hope to see you there!
Associate/Intern Committee Meeting
To All AIA West Jersey Associates & Interns:
This coming Saturday, February 5, 2011, we are having our first monthly Associate/Intern Committee Meeting of the year at the Cherry Hill Library from 9:30am to 12 noon. The focus of this meeting is on IDP & you. The meeting will include a presentation by Nicole De Candia, LEEDap, Associate AIA, AIA-NJ IDP Coordinator 2011-2014. Nicole will be discussing all of the recent changes to IDP & the IDP Process with an added focus on “supplementary education units,” which in essence are hours one can earn while unemployed. This meeting is very informal and we are expecting to have a lot of group discussion, so please take the time before Saturday morning to organize and prepare your thoughts/questions for Nicole. Also, feel free to bring any of your personal IDP information to the meeting because Nicole will be answering any questions and/or specific topics that you may have regarding the latest version of IDP & the IDP process.
We would like to get a head count prior to Saturday morning so please contact either Bob O’Reilly, AIA or Jim Del Grosso, AIA, before the end of the day Friday, February 4, 2011, if you will be in attendance.
Thank you and we will see all of you this Saturday morning!
February 2011 – A Message From Our President
February 1, 2011 – A Message From Our President
2011 Grassroots Leadership and Legislative Conference
Date: February 2 — 5, 2011
Location: Grand Hyatt Washington
Registration:
- Register Now
- Sign in using your AIA account information (if you don’t have an account, you’ll be prompted to create one)
- Select your registration category (Component President, Component President-elect, etc.)
- Check the box with the applicable event fee
- Select Add to Cart
- Select sessions and select the location you plan to attend. You must select a location.
- Complete your registration as directed
If you experience difficulties with online registration please download a registration form and return via email to register@aia.org or fax to 202-639-7624. If you have questions contact 800-242-3837.
Event Summary:
Continuing the Grassroots tradition, component presidents and presidents-elect, emerging professional, knowledge community leaders, members of the AIA national board of directors, AIA national component staff, executive directors and component staff will hone their leadership skills and attend workshops that are specifically designed for them.
Members will be given the opportunity to provide input on AIA initiatives and share information and ideas with their counterparts from around the country. The agenda also includes a dynamic legislative conference and workshops designed to help members become effective chapter and civic leaders.
Attendees will:
• Share best practices and knowledge to help shape a more robust Institute
• Reveal successes realized in the 2010-2015 Strategic Plan, celebrating local and state accomplishments
• Advocate for the profession on Capitol Hill
• Optimize the Member Congress experience
The Grassroots Ad Hoc Committee, led by 2011 President-elect and Grassroots Chair Jeffery Potter, FAIA, is working diligently to design a more information rich and inspirational conference that will meet the special leadership needs of AIA’s member groups.
Significant innovations underway include:
• More Opportunities to Network. AIA national committee meetings and other member group meeting should be scheduled only on Tuesday, February 1 or Saturday, February 5.
• An Advocacy Luncheon on Wednesday. Get a head start on how to advocate the Institute’s legislative agenda to members of Congress.
• More Leadership Development Training. There will be additional opportunities to make your Grassroots experience more valuable by attending one of six half-day professional development workshops on Wednesday, February 2 or Saturday, February 5.
• Spreading the wealth of the Awards Celebration. Award recipients will be acknowledged throughout the conference as inspirational case studies of innovation and achievement.
Join your fellow leaders, Wednesday, February 2 through Saturday, February 5 in Washington, D.C. for programming designed to encourage collaboration, engagement, and inspiration.
2011 AIA West Jersey Inaugural Banquet
Join Us at the Inaugural Banquet on January 29, 2011
AIA West Jersey will be holding it’s Presidents’ Inaugural Banquet on January 29, 2011 honoring incoming president William J. Cohen, AIA and Past President William J. Fearon, AIA. The banquet will be held at the Mansion on Main Street in Voorhees, New Jersey.
At the banquet, the St. Joseph’s Carpenter Society will be awarded the Community Service Award. The Community Service Award is awarded annually to a person or organization that has made a significant contribution to the built community.
AIA West Jersey will be presenting the prestigious Louis Goettelmann Award to Mr. Van B. Bruner, Jr. FAIA, for his commitment and exemplary service to the profession and the West Jersey Chapter of AIA.
Ticket price is $75 per person. No tickets will be sold at the door. Reservations must be in by January 10, 2011. For more information, contact Robert O’Reilly, AIA at (856) 857-9408, or bob.oreilly@ArchArchitects.com.
We hope to have you join us for an enjoyable evening and to welcome the new AIA West Jersey officers.
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