CAE July Update


Dear Members of the AIA Committee on Architecture for Education (CAE): The pace of work for the committee continues to move quickly. The summer is now past its midpoint and we are rapidly approaching our fall events. In addition, we have been very active at the subcommittee level to establish research, content agendas and building communication links to everyone involved. We are always looking for new volunteers to participate in the subcommittees and we encourage all of you to make a contact with one of the chairs or send an email to cae@aia.org to get involved. CAE Fall Conference: Designing Learning Environments to Rebuild Urban America New York City \| October 23–25, 2009 Register Today! Early Registration Rates Expire This Friday, July 31, 2009 This conference will bring together design professionals, researchers, and educators to examine strategies for creating inspiring learning environments. For more information or to register, visit the Conference Web site. We are pleased to present a networking site in conjunction with this event. Don't miss this opportunity to interact with other practitioners through blogs and discussion groups, post your own comments, and react to the knowledge that is being shared. CAE Call for Advisory Group Member Application Deadline: August 14, 2009 With fall approaching, it is time for the Leadership Group to bring on a new member. The call for the new Advisory Group member is attached to this update and we strongly encourage members to consider applying. Read the complete Call for Volunteer Leadership. CAE Meets with Secretary of Education AIA and the CAE had a great opportunity on July 22, 2009 to meet with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and several of his staff members. We spent almost 30 minutes with the secretary talking through ways we can serve as a resource to the department and answering their questions as they look to implement the administrations initiatives in green design and educational reform/innovation. Continue reading. Why Now is the Worst Time to Reduce Professional Design Fees By Steven M. Shiver, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP With the continuing downturn in the construction market, contractors bidding on public work are cutting their overhead and markup in order to win contracts and keep their doors open. In the Puget Sound area, we have seen bids come in as much as forty percent below the estimates. What does this mean for design professionals? Continue reading. The Third Teacher Review by Trung Le, AIA In the Education Studio at OWP/P, designing the learning and teaching environment is much more personal to us than just our day job. It is our mission—as parents, as designers, as business leaders, as human beings. Continue reading. 2009 Knowledge Community Participation Survey We recently received the results of the 2009 survey of KC membership. 85 people answered the survey as members of the CAE. Continue reading to view the results. CAE contributes to the AIA Knowledge Strategy at Leadership Assembly Each year, AIA brings the leaders of all the knowledge communities together for strategic planning and development of our volunteer leaders. Three key issues will dominate AIA's agenda in 2010: Design for Livable Communities, Design for High Performing Buildings and Design for Education. As the key resource for the Institute on design for education, we are excited to see this emphasis. These are interesting times for the Institute and having the opportunity to participate in discussions about the strategic direction is always a positive. CAE NATIONAL SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS PreK-12 Subcommittee In early July, the subcommittee conducted a conference call with a core group of members participating. This call will now be held on a monthly basis with 20-25 call-in spaces allocated. We have 110 members with 49 registered in our LinkedIn group. Also, the subcommittee has further defined four main ongoing topics that will be tackled at this time. We encourage you to visit our LinkedIn group to review all of the topics posted to date and hope you will post your thoughts there. Continue reading. Higher Education Subcommittee The AIA Committee on Architecture for Education Higher Education Subcommittee currently has on the roster nearly 70 licensed architects, planners, and designers from private practice and from inside higher educational institutions who are interested in pursuing best practices and trends in higher education design. Continue reading. FROM OUR PARTNERS CEFPI 86th Annual World Conference and Expo Don't forget to check out the Council of Educational Facility Planners International (CEFPI) fall meeting September 27-29 in Washington DC. CEFPI is one of our business partners and we share many of the same members and goals. We appreciate any support you can give them. Great Schools By Design—American Architectural Foundation Our partnership with the American Architectural Foundation (AAF) continues to be strong. As one of the primary partners with AAF in this program, and as the primary provider of architectural resource team members, CAE is demonstrating its leadership in school design. We are always looking for volunteers to serve as resource teams at design charrettes, discussion forums and educational summits. If you are interested in volunteering, please send an email to Kerry Leonard at kleonard@owpp.com along with some background information on your qualifications. If selected by AAF, your travel expenses will be reimbursed, but you will be donating your time. 2010 Shirley Cooper & Walter Taylor Awards Celebrating the Importance of School Architecture Since 1949 Submission Deadline: October 30, 2009 The American Association of School Administrators (AASA), in partnership with the AIA, and the Council of Educational Facility Planners (CEFPI), invites you to participate in the 2010 Shirley Cooper and Walter Taylor juried award program and 61st Annual Exhibition of School Architecture, showcasing well-designed school facilities and how they promote student growth and achievement. Visit the aasa.org Web site for more information about this program. Finally, I received a couple of comments to last month's email blast regarding my rather overtly optimistic outlook on the economy and the turnaround in our profession. There is no question; this downturn has had a brutal impact on our profession. Nationally, we have lost more than 10% of our workforce, with local impacts as high as 40-50%. This struggle is not one we take lightly and my comments were not intended to make light of what has happened. As we move forward, it is important to look for ways to be more successful, more influential and more committed to improving our communities and schools. As a thought leader in educational design, CAE is committed to look for and communicate to you as many ways as we can to add value to your practice so you can be successful in creating the learning environments for the next century. Besides, I'm an optimist! Thanks to those who commented as I really appreciate the feedback. Feel free to comment at any time by sending an email to cae@aia.org. Be sure to check CAE out on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. Best regards, Tim Dufault 2009 Chair, Committee on Architecture for Education

Dear Members of the AIA Committee on Architecture for Education (CAE):

The pace of work for the committee continues to move quickly. The summer is now past its midpoint and we are rapidly approaching our fall events. In addition, we have been very active at the subcommittee level to establish research, content agendas and building communication links to everyone involved. We are always looking for new volunteers to participate in the subcommittees and we encourage all of you to make a contact with one of the chairs or send an email to cae@aia.org to get involved.

CAE Fall Conference: Designing Learning Environments to Rebuild Urban America
New York City | October 23–25, 2009
Register Today! Early Registration Rates Expire This Friday, July 31, 2009
This conference will bring together design professionals, researchers, and educators to examine strategies for creating inspiring learning environments. For more information or to register, visit the Conference Web site.

We are pleased to present a networking site in conjunction with this event. Don't miss this opportunity to interact with other practitioners through blogs and discussion groups, post your own comments, and react to the knowledge that is being shared.

CAE Call for Advisory Group Member
Application Deadline: August 14, 2009
With fall approaching, it is time for the Leadership Group to bring on a new member. The call for the new Advisory Group member is attached to this update and we strongly encourage members to consider applying. Read the complete Call for Volunteer Leadership.

CAE Meets with Secretary of Education
AIA and the CAE had a great opportunity on July 22, 2009 to meet with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and several of his staff members. We spent almost 30 minutes with the secretary talking through ways we can serve as a resource to the department and answering their questions as they look to implement the administrations initiatives in green design and educational reform/innovation. Continue reading.

Why Now is the Worst Time to Reduce Professional Design Fees
By Steven M. Shiver, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP
With the continuing downturn in the construction market, contractors bidding on public work are cutting their overhead and markup in order to win contracts and keep their doors open. In the Puget Sound area, we have seen bids come in as much as forty percent below the estimates. What does this mean for design professionals? Continue reading.

The Third Teacher
Review by Trung Le, AIA
In the Education Studio at OWP/P, designing the learning and teaching environment is much more personal to us than just our day job. It is our mission—as parents, as designers, as business leaders, as human beings. Continue reading.

2009 Knowledge Community Participation Survey
We recently received the results of the 2009 survey of KC membership. 85 people answered the survey as members of the CAE. Continue reading to view the results.

CAE contributes to the AIA Knowledge Strategy at Leadership Assembly
Each year, AIA brings the leaders of all the knowledge communities together for strategic planning and development of our volunteer leaders. Three key issues will dominate AIA's agenda in 2010: Design for Livable Communities, Design for High Performing Buildings and Design for Education. As the key resource for the Institute on design for education, we are excited to see this emphasis. These are interesting times for the Institute and having the opportunity to participate in discussions about the strategic direction is always a positive.

CAE NATIONAL SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS

PreK-12 Subcommittee
In early July, the subcommittee conducted a conference call with a core group of members participating. This call will now be held on a monthly basis with 20-25 call-in spaces allocated. We have 110 members with 49 registered in our LinkedIn group. Also, the subcommittee has further defined four main ongoing topics that will be tackled at this time. We encourage you to visit our LinkedIn group to review all of the topics posted to date and hope you will post your thoughts there. Continue reading.

Higher Education Subcommittee
The AIA Committee on Architecture for Education Higher Education Subcommittee currently has on the roster nearly 70 licensed architects, planners, and designers from private practice and from inside higher educational institutions who are interested in pursuing best practices and trends in higher education design. Continue reading.

FROM OUR PARTNERS

CEFPI 86th Annual World Conference and Expo
Don't forget to check out the Council of Educational Facility Planners International (CEFPI) fall meeting September 27-29 in Washington DC. CEFPI is one of our business partners and we share many of the same members and goals. We appreciate any support you can give them.

Great Schools By Design—American Architectural Foundation
Our partnership with the American Architectural Foundation (AAF) continues to be strong. As one of the primary partners with AAF in this program, and as the primary provider of architectural resource team members, CAE is demonstrating its leadership in school design. We are always looking for volunteers to serve as resource teams at design charrettes, discussion forums and educational summits. If you are interested in volunteering, please send an email to Kerry Leonard at kleonard@owpp.com along with some background information on your qualifications. If selected by AAF, your travel expenses will be reimbursed, but you will be donating your time.

2010 Shirley Cooper & Walter Taylor Awards
Celebrating the Importance of School Architecture Since 1949
Submission Deadline: October 30, 2009
The American Association of School Administrators (AASA), in partnership with the AIA, and the Council of Educational Facility Planners (CEFPI), invites you to participate in the 2010 Shirley Cooper and Walter Taylor juried award program and 61st Annual Exhibition of School Architecture, showcasing well-designed school facilities and how they promote student growth and achievement. Visit the aasa.org Web site for more information about this program.

Finally, I received a couple of comments to last month's email blast regarding my rather overtly optimistic outlook on the economy and the turnaround in our profession. There is no question; this downturn has had a brutal impact on our profession. Nationally, we have lost more than 10% of our workforce, with local impacts as high as 40-50%. This struggle is not one we take lightly and my comments were not intended to make light of what has happened. As we move forward, it is important to look for ways to be more successful, more influential and more committed to improving our communities and schools. As a thought leader in educational design, CAE is committed to look for and communicate to you as many ways as we can to add value to your practice so you can be successful in creating the learning environments for the next century. Besides, I'm an optimist! Thanks to those who commented as I really appreciate the feedback. Feel free to comment at any time by sending an email to cae@aia.org. Be sure to check CAE out on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.

Best regards,

Tim Dufault
2009 Chair, Committee on Architecture for Education

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