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Committee for Emerging Professionals in Architecture (CEPA) Members, AIA New Jersey is creating the first inaugural State Emerging Professionals Committee and is looking for individuals to take on this great leadership opportunity.  The role of the committee will be to offer support and guidance to local sections for providing programming and resources to their Emerging Professionals. They will be the open line between Emerging Professionals and State leadership.  There will be five (5) positions on this committee. Please consider this tremendous leadership opportunity for young architects.  Additional information, including detailed descriptions of the positions, will be emailed to CEPA members in [...]

    The 10th Annual AIA West Jersey Photography Competition  The 2015 Photography Competition marks AIAWJ's 10th year of hosting amazing event.  Each year the caliber of images submitted is amazing and we Thank all of those who have sent in entries over the years to make this so successful.  This year's competition has officially opened for submissions.  Winning entries are selected by a jury and will be used in the AIA West Jersey 2016 Calendar that will be distributed to members and affiliates.  Images of the winning entries will be shown at AIA-WJ events in 2016.  Also, from the winning [...]

AIA-West Jersey kicked off the 2015 General Meetings on March 31st with the 2015 International Building Code Seminar at Caffe Aldo Lamberti in Cherry Hill. If you were in attendance, thank you for supporting the event. If you were unable to attend – you missed a lot! John Terry, Building Code Official / Representative of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs gave a lively, interactive presentation highlighting the major changes between the current 2009 New Jersey IBC/IRC and the 2015 New Jersey IBC/IRC that will be adopted in June of this year. Despite having to reschedule the meeting due to [...]

The AIA-WJ has been extended an invitation to the AIA-SJ Dinner meeting on April 21, 2015 at Avalon Links Restaurant, 1510 North Route 9 in Cape May Courthouse, NJ.  Cocktail Hour will begin at 5 pm.  The program speaker commences at 6 pm and will be Elizabeth Terenik the Director of Planning and Development for Atlantic City.  Dinner will follow at 7 pm.  Please RSVP to Bruce Turner at (856) 405-0351 or bdtaia@aol.com by Friday, April 17, 2015.  The cost for AIA-SJ members is $20.00; Interns and Assoc. Members are free and Non-members/Guests are $35.

AIA-West Jersey would like to announce the appointment of Quinn de Menna, AIA to the AIA Design for Aging (DFA) Advisory Group.  The eight (8) member national leadership board advocates for innovative design and shares research findings with professionals via the AIA DFA Knowledge Community, to promote quality of life and superior environments for an aging society.  Quinn de Menna, AIA is currently Director of Architecture at Alberto & Associates, Inc. located in Haddonfield, NJ, and a frequent attendee of AIA-WJ sponsored events.  Mr. de Menna has participated in efforts such as the AIA Design For Aging ADA Task Force and presented [...]

Members from AIA-West Jersey joined leaders from AIA Chapters throughout the United States on March 4-6, 2015 in Washington, DC for the 41st annual AIA Grassroots Leadership and Legislative Conference.  The annual conference provides leadership workshops, networking events and advocacy opportunities for attendees.  Face-to-face meetings with peers from across the country and direct conversations with our legislators are just some of the opportunities provided to boost advocacy for the profession and a better future for architects. […]