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Saturday, May 14th, 2016 AIA West Jersey is excited to announce a trip to Long Beach Island, NJ for our 2016 Building Tour.  This year AIA members will tour a beautiful LEED Platinum home in Love Ladies, NJ.  The tour will feature conversations with the building architect, general contractor and LEED consultant.  Join us see the physical space set on the bay, and to learn more about what technologies were installed in the home, and perhaps more intriguing what systems worked well and which are under performing.  The home owner has offered to provide the home’s data tracking information to those [...]

In case you missed it: The AIA West Jersey Emerging Professionals Community (EPiC) convened on Tuesday evening, March 29th at Rockhill Restaurant in Cherry Hill for our monthly Seminar and Social Event. The seminar featured a tour of the facility conducted by Brad Barker, AIA of The Bannett Group, and project manager for the design of the restaurant. We began by walking the outside of the building and discussing the history of the site, how it was occupied for years by the famous “Big John’s Pizza and Steaks”, and the goals of the client in building a new restaurant to honor [...]

Save the date: Tuesday, March 29th, 2016 for our next Emerging Professionals Seminar. We will meet at Rockhill restaurant to discuss construction detailing with our own Brad Barker, AIA and team members from The Bannett Group. Brad was the Project Architect on the job, designed and built by The Bannett Group. Let’s learn how this project physically came together while eating from Rockhill’s Philly-inspired menu. Event details: When: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 Where: ROCKHILL, 1800 Route 70 East, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034 (between Springdale Rd. & I-295) When: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. RSVP: Respond by email to Mark Barone, AIA (markb@markbaronearchitect.com) [...]

GRAPHISOFT North America announces an exciting student design competition that challenges you to position Philadelphia’s rich history in front of the millions of tourists who visit it annually. The City of Brotherly Love hosts dozens of concerts, conventions, sporting events, and festivals – so the draw is there, but what the city lacks are temporary mobile visitor centers that can be brought to those venues and welcome event attendees. In this national one-stage competition – all US-based architecture students (graduate or undergraduate) will be challenged to develop and design a mobile visitors’ center using shipping containers which could be constructed in [...]

AIA West Jersey will host the next General Membership Meeting and Dinner Seminar on March 15th at Caffé Aldo Lamberti in Cherry Hill, NJ.  AIA West Jersey will feature a presentation by Gregory LaVardera, AIA entitled Applying Swedish Innovations in Residential Construction Systems.  As Architects, we are witnessing a significant increase in the energy efficiency requirements for our housing. The best way to meet these new requirements is not always clear. For insight we can turn to Sweden where they underwent a similar revolution in the 1970s. Today, with 40 years of good practice behind them Sweden has efficient solutions to most of our energy efficiency demands. Because [...]

Thanks to everyone who attended the AIA West Jersey Emerging Professionals Seminar & Social at "The Big Event" in Cherry Hill.  The event was hosted by Fritz Winterle of Super Enterprises (distributor of Marvin windows) and featured an engaging, informative demonstration of proper window unit installation presented by his colleague Rick. It was great to learn about the proper materials & methods to get the job done, while enjoying food, beverages and a couple rounds of bowling.  AIA WJ EPs want to express our  appreciation to Fritz for providing this fun program. We hope to see you at the next EP event - [...]

AIA West Jersey will host the next General Membership Meeting and Dinner Seminar on March 15th at Caffé Aldo Lamberti in Cherry Hill, NJ. The evening will feature a presentation on Applying Swedish Innovations in Residential Construction Systems, by Gregory LaVardera, AIA. Architects are witnessing a significant increase in the energy efficiency code requirements for our housing. The best way to meet these new requirements is not always clear. For insight we can turn to Sweden where they underwent a similar revolution in the 1970s. Today, with 40 years of good practice behind them Sweden has efficient solutions to most of our energy efficiency demands. Because [...]

In case you missed it, the AIA-West Jersey Committee of Emerging Professionals in Architecture (CEPA)  kicked off this year’s activities with its first social event of 2016 at Forgotten Boardwalk Brewery in Cherry Hill. We enjoyed skee-ball and craft brews while catching up with colleagues and discussing new CEPA initiatives and various events that are planned for the upcoming year. Please note that the next CEPA Event Social Event and Seminar is fast approaching! Fritz Winterle, CDT, Architectural Consultant for Super Enterprises (local distributor of Marvin Windows) will give a hands-on presentation of proper window installation technique on Thursday, February 25th, [...]

AIA West Jersey will host the first General Membership Meeting and Dinner Seminar of 2016 on January 28th at Café Aldo Lamberti in Cherry Hill, NJ.  AIA West Jersey is excited to feature a presentation by Chad Ludeman, President of Postgreen Homes.  Postgreen Homes (www.postgreenhomes.com) aims to “bring quality design and sustainable construction to the average earner in Philadelphia pining for homes in the pages of Dwell they could not afford.”  With attention grabbing titles for its work, including “Awesometown” and “Duplexcellence”, this award winning company is leading the way in high quality, sustainable, affordable homes in Philadelphia.   Chad Ludeman will elaborate on strategies to [...]