Tuesday, December 30, 2008
AIA Offers Guidance in Tough Times
The AIA has created a page on its website as a central resource for architects trying to find their way through the ongoing economic downturn. "Navigating the Economy" (www.aia.org/navigatingeconomy)
Friday, December 26, 2008
The Lawrence Technological University Stimulus Package for Displaced Workers
Recognizing the plight of Michigan's displaced workers and other citizens affected by the economy, Lawrence Technological University is inaugurating a bold new program to improve the future.
http://ltu.edu/recovery/
http://ltu.edu/recovery/
Saturday, December 20, 2008
NOMA Detroit announces new Board Members for 2009
The Detroit Chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects has elected new board members for 2009.
NOMA Detroit
NOMA Detroit
Saturday, December 13, 2008
AIA president: Architecture is coming back
The architecture industry is going to fire back up again by next summer, according to the incoming head of the American Institute of Architects.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Architectural Competitions
Are you interested in entering design competitions? Information for current design competitions is now posted on the Black Architects Forum blog site. Check the news feed in the sidebar.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Q&A: The Mentor: R. Steven Lewis
New NOMA President interviewed in the November 2008 Architect.
http://www.architectmagazine.com/industry-news.asp?sectionID=1006&articleID=809094&refresh=true
http://www.architectmagazine.com/industry-news.asp?sectionID=1006&articleID=809094&refresh=true
Monday, December 1, 2008
HKS Detroit Design Fellowship 2009
The HKS Design Fellowship was initiated to cultivate emerging design talent, excite and stimulate new design approaches and benefit the communities we serve. The HKS Design Fellowship will be awarded to up to three architectural or interior design students enrolled in local universities. Students must be nominated by a professor.
Please submit the following with your nomination:
1. A brief letter from the professor who is nominating you
2. An 8.5" x11" page showing your work, life or design creativity. The requirements for the one page are intentionally vague. It can be a single picture, a collage or artwork reflecting who you are.
3. Please send nominations and questions to Carol Johnson Kartje, AIA, IIDA, LEED AP, Vice President, HKS Detroit, at ckartje@hksinc.com by January 9, 2009.
Fellowship Retreat Program Outline for February 26-27 2009:
Thursday PM - Introductions and orientation to charrette problem
Friday AM - Teams begin working on charrette problem
Friday PM - Wine and cheese, Jury Review and HKS Firm Philosophy discussion
The HKS Detroit Design Fellowship is an intense, full-day charrette where young professionals come together with civic leaders and academic professors to solve challenges and shape communities through design. This year the focus is the Michigan Central Station – a historical landmark that was once the gateway to Detroit. (Please See Attached Document: HKS_Call_for_Nominees)
Please submit the following with your nomination:
1. A brief letter from the professor who is nominating you
2. An 8.5" x11" page showing your work, life or design creativity. The requirements for the one page are intentionally vague. It can be a single picture, a collage or artwork reflecting who you are.
3. Please send nominations and questions to Carol Johnson Kartje, AIA, IIDA, LEED AP, Vice President, HKS Detroit, at ckartje@hksinc.com by January 9, 2009.
Fellowship Retreat Program Outline for February 26-27 2009:
Thursday PM - Introductions and orientation to charrette problem
Friday AM - Teams begin working on charrette problem
Friday PM - Wine and cheese, Jury Review and HKS Firm Philosophy discussion
The HKS Detroit Design Fellowship is an intense, full-day charrette where young professionals come together with civic leaders and academic professors to solve challenges and shape communities through design. This year the focus is the Michigan Central Station – a historical landmark that was once the gateway to Detroit. (Please See Attached Document: HKS_Call_for_Nominees)
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Competition / 20+10+X Architecture Awards 3rd Cycle / World Architecture Community
The aim of the WA Community Awards is to highlight and publish remarkable projects that might otherwise remain unnoticed by the international public but have the potential to inspire exciting questions about contemporary architectural discourse.
WA is an "online community" initiated by Suha ?zkan and 200+ invited Honorary Members, and a growing number of registered members (3500 in October).
Awarding follows a most democratic procedure where all member's ratings and the votes of all Honorary Members are effective in the final decisions.
Registrations are completely FREE so that all architects can participate both as candidates and judges.
Eligibility:
Architects from ALL countries can submit ALL of their buildings (realized or not) for the appreciation of the WA Community. Recent projects (not older than 10 years) will have more chances to be shortlisted for the Awards. Students, landscape architects, engineers may also submit for the awards projects they are the author of: we do not check or accredit diplomas.
Projects submitted to the WA Portal between 25 October 2008 - 23 January 2009 will be considered for the 3rd Cycle. All projects submitted earlier can be reconsidered if their pages are updated with significant new material by their architects.
Criteria for Recognition:
NOVELTY; ORIGINALITY, and CREATIVITY in design that reflect and inspire a commitment to the art of architecture are the major criteria. The WA Portal tries to bridge the gap between theory and practice: thus the architect's explanations and member's discussions on submissions will be critical for recognition as much as the design itself.
Register by: 01-23-2009 / Submit by: 01-23-2009
WA is an "online community" initiated by Suha ?zkan and 200+ invited Honorary Members, and a growing number of registered members (3500 in October).
Awarding follows a most democratic procedure where all member's ratings and the votes of all Honorary Members are effective in the final decisions.
Registrations are completely FREE so that all architects can participate both as candidates and judges.
Eligibility:
Architects from ALL countries can submit ALL of their buildings (realized or not) for the appreciation of the WA Community. Recent projects (not older than 10 years) will have more chances to be shortlisted for the Awards. Students, landscape architects, engineers may also submit for the awards projects they are the author of: we do not check or accredit diplomas.
Projects submitted to the WA Portal between 25 October 2008 - 23 January 2009 will be considered for the 3rd Cycle. All projects submitted earlier can be reconsidered if their pages are updated with significant new material by their architects.
Criteria for Recognition:
NOVELTY; ORIGINALITY, and CREATIVITY in design that reflect and inspire a commitment to the art of architecture are the major criteria. The WA Portal tries to bridge the gap between theory and practice: thus the architect's explanations and member's discussions on submissions will be critical for recognition as much as the design itself.
Register by: 01-23-2009 / Submit by: 01-23-2009
http://www.deathbyarchitecture.com/viewCompetition.html?id=546
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Roger Margerum Lifetime Achievement Award Banquet - RESCHEDULED
Roger Margerum Lifetime Achievement Award Banquet - RESCHEDULED
NEW DATE: Tuesday, January 13, 2009
TIME: 6:00 PM- 8:30PM
LOCATION:
Re:View Contemporary Gallery
444 W. Willis St., Unit 111
Detroit, MI 48201
Tel: 313.833.9000
www.reviewcontemporary.com
Save the Date!!!!!!!!!!
More Details Coming Soon.
Save the Date!!!!!!!!!!
NEW DATE: Tuesday, January 13, 2009
TIME: 6:00 PM- 8:30PM
LOCATION:
Re:View Contemporary Gallery
444 W. Willis St., Unit 111
Detroit, MI 48201
Tel: 313.833.9000
www.reviewcontemporary.com
Save the Date!!!!!!!!!!
More Details Coming Soon.
Save the Date!!!!!!!!!!
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Architects struggle for business in downturn
Architects struggle for business in downturn
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
The American Institute of Architects
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Friday, November 21, 2008
Obama to Establish Office of Urban Policy
Source: ARCHITECT Magazine
Publication date: November 21, 2008
By Edward Keegan
On Election Day 2008, after casting his vote and predicting a Barack Obama win, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley pointed out that the candidate would be the first president with an urban background since Boston's John F. Kennedy in 1960. ...
http://www.architectmagazine.com/industry-news.asp?articleID=816166§ionID=1012&refresh=true
Publication date: November 21, 2008
By Edward Keegan
On Election Day 2008, after casting his vote and predicting a Barack Obama win, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley pointed out that the candidate would be the first president with an urban background since Boston's John F. Kennedy in 1960. ...
http://www.architectmagazine.com/industry-news.asp?articleID=816166§ionID=1012&refresh=true
Gensler African American Internship and Scholarship (GAAINS)
Gensler is proud to announce the launch of the 2009 Gensler African American Internship and Scholarship (GAAINS)
Each year, less than 150 African American students receive accredited degrees in architecture in the United States. Gensler is committed to the value of diversity within our firm and the design industry, and has seen a critical need to support the education and mentorship of this community of design talent.
The GAAINS program champions these values, annually awarding two African-American students from NAAB-accredited architecture programs between $5,000 and $10,000 for their final year of academic study. A summer internship opportunity will also be awarded to the top scholarship winner.
For more information, or to download scholarship materials, please visit: http://gensler.com/#aboutus/careers/internships
Each year, less than 150 African American students receive accredited degrees in architecture in the United States. Gensler is committed to the value of diversity within our firm and the design industry, and has seen a critical need to support the education and mentorship of this community of design talent.
The GAAINS program champions these values, annually awarding two African-American students from NAAB-accredited architecture programs between $5,000 and $10,000 for their final year of academic study. A summer internship opportunity will also be awarded to the top scholarship winner.
For more information, or to download scholarship materials, please visit: http://gensler.com/#aboutus/careers/internships
Semester in Detroit program brings U-M students to the Motor City
Think of it as the University of Michigan returning to its roots.
U-M started in downtown Detroit in 1817 before moving to Ann Arbor. A dozen of the university's students will come back to the Motor City this winter to participate in the Semester in Detroit program.
The students will shack up at Wayne State University's dorms and take classes at U-M's Detroit Center at the northwest corner of Woodward Avenue and Martin Luther King Boulevard. They will also have the option of taking classes at Wayne State and interning at a number of Detroit's community and cultural arts organizations.
The new program is part of an effort to get the state's three major research universities (U-M, WSU and Michigan State University) to connect and collaborate with each other. It's modeled after U-M's Semester in Washington, D.C., program, which is designed to take students out of U-M's environment and immerse them in another culture for a semester.
Among the courses featured in the program are the Core Urban Planning, a part-time community-based internship and elective courses in the university's School of Art and Design called "Detroit Connections."
For information on the program, contact Craig Regester at regester@umich.edu or (313) 505-5185.
Source: University of Michigan
Writer: Jon Zemke
U-M started in downtown Detroit in 1817 before moving to Ann Arbor. A dozen of the university's students will come back to the Motor City this winter to participate in the Semester in Detroit program.
The students will shack up at Wayne State University's dorms and take classes at U-M's Detroit Center at the northwest corner of Woodward Avenue and Martin Luther King Boulevard. They will also have the option of taking classes at Wayne State and interning at a number of Detroit's community and cultural arts organizations.
The new program is part of an effort to get the state's three major research universities (U-M, WSU and Michigan State University) to connect and collaborate with each other. It's modeled after U-M's Semester in Washington, D.C., program, which is designed to take students out of U-M's environment and immerse them in another culture for a semester.
Among the courses featured in the program are the Core Urban Planning, a part-time community-based internship and elective courses in the university's School of Art and Design called "Detroit Connections."
For information on the program, contact Craig Regester at regester@umich.edu or (313) 505-5185.
Source: University of Michigan
Writer: Jon Zemke
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ModelDMedia/~3/456456684/semesterindetroitum16908.aspx
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Thursday, November 20, 2008
New Format
This is the new home for The Black Architects Forum. I will be phasing out the yahoo group that has been the site for this sharing of information.
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