Diversity Recognition
Program
This program celebrates and invites the contributions of AIA
members toward the goal of a more diverse profession. Up to twelve
submissions will be selected annually to be recognized as Diversity
Best Practices. All individuals submitting a proposal must sign the
waiver/release form. Electronic
submissions are preferred and should be sent to diversity@aia.org. Hard copy submissions
may be sent to:
Yvette Morris
Manager, Diversity
The American Institute of Architects
1735 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20006
AIA Design-Build Web Seminar Series
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Web seminars
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Web seminars
Featured AIA Podcast:
"Design-Build in the U.S. and the UK"
From AIA PodNet: Do you want to know more about
alternative project delivery in the United Kingdom? Bill Quatman,
FAIA, 2007 chair of the AIA Design-Build, interviews British
architect and author Andrew Thomas, RIBA. The podcast was created
in conjunction with the joint AIA- and DBIA-sponsored international
conference, Design Excellence/Design-Build, held September
27–29, 2007, in London. Thomas is the author of
Design-Build: Architecture in Practice (Wiley, 2006),
which focuses on design-build delivery in the United Kingdom.
Bio
More AIA podcasts of interest to AIA
Design-Build
Full AIA Architecture Knowledge Review podcast
series
AIA Design-Build Blog
Did you know that the Design-Build knowledge community now has its
own blog on aia.org? Add your comments or just check it out by
going to http://blog.aia.org/db/
Remaking Greensburg: a Kansas University
Architecture Class Creates the Greenest Building in Kansas for a
Devastated Town
Studio 804, a design-build architecture studio at Kansas
University, celebrates the opening of the new 5.4.7 Arts
Center on the one-year anniversary of the tornado that ripped apart
Greensburg, KS.
Aha Moment: Mission of Burma
(Podcast)
Danny Sagan, a listener, grew up in New Jersey
listening to arena rock. One night, he tagged along to a grimy club
across the river in Manhattan for an ear-splitting punk
rock concert -- and it set him on the path to being an
architect. Produced by Studio 360's Derek John with Adda Birnir.
Conference
Report: "Design
Excellence/Design-Build"
September 27–29, 2007
London
Several new variations of alternative procurement methods have
evolved in the UK under the label of “public-private
partnerships” (PPP): private finance initiatives
(PFIs) and DBFOM (design-build-finance-operate-maintain),
among others. At this transatlantic conference, UK practitioners
debated the advantages and shortcomings of PPP projects in Britain,
and U.S. architects compared their experiences with those of their
UK colleagues.
View the conference program, presentations,
podcast, and speaker bios
"Taking
the Lead Role in Project Delivery"
A May 2007 BusinessWeek
article featured an architect who took the lead
and changed the way his firm practices forever. Does your firm have
a similar story to tell? If so, please contact Bill Quatman, FAIA,
at bquatman@stklaw.com. We seek
information and articles about architects who have led design-build
projects.
Design-Build
Summit 2007 Report
Will design-build transform the architecture profession? Will
traditional design-bid-build lose its long-held dominance of the
construction industry? Speakers at the March 2007 Design-Build
Summit in Kansas City, Mo., answered "yes" to both questions.
Read the full conference report
Comparison of Project Delivery
Methods
This presentation by the AIA Design-Build Advisory Group
compares the predominant project delivery methods used today
in a straightforward, easy-to-understand way.
Design-Build Bookshelf
The Design-Build Advisory Group has compiled a
reading list, which we hope to continuously expand. To suggest
additional titles, write to designbuild@aia.org.
DB - Allied Organization
Events
Dates and locations of major conferences and events
nationwide. Also, see a list of related links.
