AIA West Jersey Section News

AIA-WJ Emerging Professionals Community (EPiC) held our June social event on Friday, June 17th at "Art After 5" in the Great Hall of the Philadelphia Art Museum. EPiC members gathered on the balcony to listen to music by Brazilian samba musician Rogê, while networking and discussing the recent activity of the EPiC board and AIA-NJ. Those in attendance were a combination of associates and licensed EPs, and the conversation turned from upcoming changes to the IDP and ARE process to future opportunities and events. We ended the event with a walk through the north wing of the museum, and explored the [...]

AIA members from all over the county convened in Philadelphia, May 18-21, 2016 for the AIA National Convention.  The convention offered entertaining and provocative Keynote Speakers, a plethora of networking opportunities, and over five hundred (500) seminars to enhance professional skills. For the first time ever, in fact the AIA membership voted to change the organization's By-Laws to allow it, the AIA Gold Medal was awarded to a DUO of architects.  Denise Scott-Brown was in attendance to receive the honor bestowed upon her and husband, Robert Venturi. For additional information and convention wrap-ups visit AIA New Jersey and AIA NJ Emerging [...]

AIA West Jersey Emerging Professionals met at local brewery, Double Nickel Brewing Co. in Pennsauken, to network with colleagues in the profession, tour the brewery and share our opinions on the tap list. The brewery tour was lead by Drew Perry, General Manager and Head Brewer at Double Nickel.  Drew provided an informative tour highlighting the building features and […]

Exciting news! Our event this Thursday, April 28th, has a new name and now offers 2 CEUs (LUs not HSW) towards your continuing education credits. Last call so RSVP today! Join us for "Breaking Beer: Networking with Emerging Professionals" at Double Nickel Brewing Co. in Pennsauken, as we meet local colleagues to discussion the profession, tour the brewery and share our opinions on the tap list. The AIA WJ Emerging Professionals Community extends a special invitation to attend to all recent additions to the AIA West Jersey ranks. If you have joined AIA in the 2015 or 2016 calendar year, please [...]

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 [...]