Awards: 2005 Institute Honor Award for Regional and Urban Design Recipient: Frank Schlesinger Associates Architects--Frank and Christy Schlesinger (left to right) Representative Work: 3336 Cady’s Alley; Washington, D.C. Project: Cady's Alley; Washington, D.C. Firm: Sorg & Associates PC, with Frank Schlesinger Associates Architects; McInturff Architects; Martinez & Johnson Architecture PC; Shalom Baranes Associates Architects; and Landscape Architect The Fitch Studio Client: Eastbanc Inc.; Washington, D.C. Photo: Julia Heine
 

   
 
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P R O G R A M S P O T L I G H T...AIA New Jersey – Laying the Foundation and More
By John A. Cwikla, Associate AIA, AIA New Jersey Regional Associate Director
 

AIA New Jersey is creatively pursuing ways to reach out and provide resources for new and existing associate members. The current initiatives for the region include:

New Associate Member “Welcome Packet”
AIA New Jersey’s (AIANJ) Emerging Professionals Committee has developed a “Welcome Packet” that will be sent to all new Associate members. The packet will be loaded onto a USB drive emblazoned with the AIA logo. Some of the items that will be sent include a welcome letter from the Regional Associate Director and Regional IDP Coordinator, a listing of AIANJ committees and board members, IDP/ARE information, as well as an option to receive an embossed membership certificate.

AIANJ Emerging Professionals Web Page
AIA New Jersey’s Emerging Professionals Committee, in conjunction with AIANJ’s Communications Committee, has developed an emerging professionals webpage that is in the final testing stages and should be launched in the upcoming months. The purpose of the page is to give associates and young architects “one-stop shopping” for issues pertaining to them, especially the new and hopefully ever expanding mentor/protégé database.

IDP/ARE Seminar
AIA New Jersey’s Emerging Professionals Committee, in conjunction with New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Career Center, hosted an IDP/ARE seminar for students and recent graduates to discuss the ins and outs of the IDP process, specific to New Jersey, as well as the upcoming changes to the ARE.

IDP/ARE Concurrence
As Regional Associate Director, I will be meeting with AIANJ’s Executive Committee to discuss NCARB’s vote in favor of allowing graduates to begin taking the ARE once they have established an IDP record. The goal of the meeting is to develop a strategy of how to best bring out this change to the statutes of New Jersey.

ARE Review Seminar
AIA Central New Jersey hosted an ARE review seminar in early April. The seminar was an all day event which reviewed the General Structures and Lateral Forces sections of the exam.

“Live the Box”
AIA Newark & Suburban Architects Emerging Professionals Committee is sponsoring a competition titled, “Live the Box”. The idea is to reuse the shipping containers that are piling up by the thousands as the main component in developing a multi-family mixed-use building set in an urban environment. For more information and updates, please check their website at www.aians.org.