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AIA West Jersey is accepting entries to the 12th Annual Photography Competition.   Submit your interesting images of everything architectural – from the buildings around the corner to a new place you visit. ELIGIBILITY: Competition is open to all AIA members and affiliates, students and the general public. ENTRY DEADLINE: September 5, 2017 CATEGORIES: Color Black & White AWARDS: Each year three cash prizes are awarded for Overall Best Entry, Best Color, and Best Black & White.  All entries are narrowed by a jury to select the top finalists, these finalists are put online for a public vote to selected the 3 prize winning photographs, the cover [...]

Join AIA West Jersey for networking, dinner and a presentation by award-winning writer, successful entrepreneur and accredited FocalPoint Business Coach, Jerry Covella. Jerry will present strategies for clarifying your business vision, and provide tools and tips for the foundation to a more successful business. Whether you have been in business for years, or are considering venturing out on your own, there is a take-away for you here. In addition, Jessica O'Donnell, AIA-WJ Secretary and NJ Emerging Professionals Community Chair will be presenting an "EPiC Roadshow" describing the EPiC organization, its strucutre and opportunities for members. Come out and learn more.

AIA West Jersey invites the membership to attend AIA WJ Allied Member, DuBell Lumber Company's AIA-Credit Program on April 27th, 2017. AIA WJ Allied Member, Marvin Windows and Doors will be presenting at the event.  RSVP directly to Ed Evans at Dubell via the link below. Dubell Lumber Company Announces AIA-Credit Architects Lunch and Learn Program Medford, NJ – Thursday, April 27, from 8am-1pm, DuBell Lumber Company of Southern New Jersey is launching the first in a series of Architects Lunch & Learn events for 2017. For over 95 years, DuBell Lumber Company, with its seven South Jersey-area locations, has been a [...]

Join AIA West and South Jersey for a informative tour on March 25 - coffee and donuts will be served at the start of the program.

AIA Grassroots 2017 – A Leadership Conference – Washington D.C. Conference Recap by Mark Barone, AIA - 2017 AIA WJ President  The 2017 Grassroots conference is attended annually by the leaders of AIA National, State and Local Components and offers the opportunity to learn about how the Institute operates and its agenda for the coming year.  Attendees also meet and discuss programming ideas with AIA leaders from Components across the country at a number of networking sessions and interactive seminars.  This year, I was fortunate to attend as the representative from AIA West Jersey.  New Jersey as a whole was well [...]

On Friday February 24th, the AIA-West Jersey Emerging Professionals Community (EPiC) observed “Tech Month”, by taking a guided tour of NextFab, a local co-working facility and “maker-space” that provides technology training, production equipment and automated fabrication expertise to start-ups and creatives. The event was well attended, and included representatives of AIA-WJ, Philadelphia Emerging Architects (PEA) and the Philadelphia chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects (PhilaNOMA). We were also joined by the project architect of the facility Jackie Gusic, AIA of Inhabit Architecture & Design, who provided insight into the background and design of the project, an adaptive reuse of [...]

The CANstruction Pennsauken 2017 Awards Reception was held this past Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at the Rutgers University Camden Campus. A panel of judges — including local architects, dietitians, community activists and representatives from the Food Bank of South Jersey — voted on categories including Most Cans, Structural Ingenuity, Best Meal, Best Use of Labels, and Best Original Design. In addition to these categories, there was a sixth award that was judged solely by the Food Bank of South Jersey representatives titled, Food Bank Favorite. AIA West Jersey sponsored team, Kitchen and Associates, took home the “Food Bank Favorite” trophy for [...]

On January 19th, AIA West Jersey and Graphisoft, producers of ARCHICAD, hosted a BIM, Wine & Cheese Inaugural Event at the Markeim Arts Center in Haddonfield, NJ. GRAPHISOFT BIM Specialist, Zoltan Toth, demonstrated ArchiCAD and BIMx softwares, offered best practices, and discussed BIM Return-on-Investment.  Attendees learned something new whether already a ArchiCAD user or just considering the move to BIM. The event featured a sampling of Hungarian wines from Palinkerie Winery. Hungarian wine is quickly becoming popular—it’s both a novelty on this side of the Atlantic yet also the product of a rich, 1,000-year-old winemaking tradition.  Wines were enjoyed with a selection of cheeses and [...]

As the holiday season comes to a close, we look to 2017 and the year ahead. AIA West Jersey will be introducing new members to the executive committee, and planning the year’s programming. In fact, a number of events are already in the works. Wine and Cheese Tasting / Inaugural: To kick the year off, AIA WJ will host a wine and cheese tasting event on January 19th co-sponsored by Graphisoft, producers of ARCHICAD one of the leading Building Information Modeling (BIM) software applications used by architects, designers and engineers. This event will feature a presentation of vineyard projects designed in [...]