Events

2030 Commitment Chicago Working Group meeting

Tuesday, May 28, 5 pm-  6 pm

Everyone is welcome to join us and learn more about the 2030 Challenge.

This event is sponsored by 2030 Commitment Chicago Working Group

Learning units: Not Available

Location: AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, #250

Member price: 0   Non-member price: 0

Tour: Wright Auction House

Tuesday, June 4, 5:30 pm-  6:45 pm

AIA Chicago is invited to an exclusive auction preview and behind-the-scenes tour of Wright, an auction house specializing in modern and contemporary design, art, and architecture. Senior specialist Michael Jefferson will lead a tour of three auctions set up for preview: Important Design, Italian Glass, and Harry Bertoia: Masterworks from the Standard Oil Commission. Founded in 2000, Wright is housed in a 60,000 square-foot former printing factory and hosts over eleven auctions each year. Since its founding, Wright has sold over 40,000 lots across the spectrum of 20^th and 21^st century design, and has pioneered whole new fields of collecting.

This event is sponsored by Interior Architecture KC

Learning units: 1 LU

Location: 1440 West Hubbard Street

Member price: 0   Non-member price: 0

YAF Happy Hour - Up on the Roof!

Tuesday, June 4, 6 pm-  8 pm

This event is sponsored by Young Architects Forum

Learning units: Not Available

Location: Hotel Lincoln, 1816 North Clark Street

Member price: 0   Non-member price: 0

Common Ground in Architectural Practice: Grounds for Detroit

Tuesday, June 4, 5:30 pm-  7 pm

Grounds for Detroit is a collaborative installation by five young practices working collectively: *Alibi Studio; Ellie Abrons with Adam Fure; MILLIGRAM-office; SCHAUM/SHIEH; and Thom Moran. Their project was part of the 13th International Architecture Exhibition at the 2012 Biennale di Venezia, curated by David Chipperfield under the theme of Common Ground. In part, their installation revisits a collaborative project from 2010 in which the five practices bought the abandoned single-family house at 13178 Moran Street in Detroit, Michigan, for $500 at public auction and constructed five distinct architectural interventions in it. In this way, new futures were imagined for Detroit and for its excess stock of empty and abandoned houses.

As a model of contemporary practice, the project presents strategies of realization where, out of necessity, architecture is nimble, promiscuous, and expedient. Compelled to negotiate the ever-changing circumstances presented by Detroit, the five practices operate as a loose collective, negotiating terms that allow for action in an unpredictable environment while maintaining room for individual sensibilities. Together, the work highlights new dispositions toward practice, new models of collectivity, novel imaginings for the city’s discarded matter, and propositions for community action. Architecture is cast as a means rather than an ends: a means to finding opportunity rather than solving problems, a technique that resonates with the contemporary conditions of a city such as Detroit.

Speakers:

Thom Moran is a designer and educator based in Michigan. His work focuses on reclaiming the domestic interior for architectural speculation. Currently teaching at the University of Michigan's Taubman College, he joined the school as the 2009-2010 Muschenheim Fellow. His work has been exhibited at the Center for Architecture, Storefront for Art and Architecture, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and the Venice Biennale.

Ellie Abrons is a lecturer in architecture at the Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning at the University of Michigan, where she was the A. Alfred Taubman Fellow in 2009–2010. Ellie received her M.Arch from the University of California Los Angeles where she graduated with distinction and received the AIA Certificate of Merit. She received her B.A. in art history and gender studies from New York University and has a certificate in graphic and digital design from Parsons School of Design. She has worked in numerous offices in Los Angeles and Boston such as servo, GregLynnFORM, and Office dA.

This event is sponsored by Comunity Interface Committee

Learning units: 1.5 LU/HSW

Location: AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, #250

Member price: 0   Non-member price: 0

AIA Chicago New Member Reception

Wednesday, June 5, 5:30 pm-  7:30 pm

Join AIA Chicago and other new members of the chapter, along with the Board of Directors and the Knowledge Community chairs, as we celebrate those who joined in the past year. You will have a chance to meet members of the chapter and to learn more about AIA on chapter, state, and national levels.

This event is sponsored by

Learning units: Not Available

Location: 35 E. Wacker Dr., Ste. 250

Member price: 0   Non-member price: 0

A Fuller Legacy: Saving the Dome Home in Carbondale

Wednesday, June 5, 5:30 pm-  7 pm

Join the AIA Chicago Historic Resources KC and the Association for Preservation Technology Western Great Lakes Chapter for a special presentation on the legacy of architect R. Buckminster Fuller, FAIA (AIA Gold Medal 1970) who is best known for his geodesic dome designs. This program will explore Fuller’s life, design work and inventions, highlight his achievements in architecture, and include a presentation on the efforts to document and preserve Fuller’s dome house in Carbondale, Illinois.

• Al Gowan on Bucky’s greatest decade 
• Jon Daniel Davey on the inventions of R. Buckminster Fuller
• Thad Heckman on the Dome Home of R. Buckminster and Anne Hewlett Fuller in Carbondale

In 1959, Al Gowan was a design student at Southern Illinois University when Buckminster Fuller was appointed University Research Professor. Al teaches at Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston and is the author of Shared Vision: The Second American Bauhaus (2012).

Jon Daniel Davey, PhD, AIA, is Distinguished Professor in the SIU School of Architecture and founder of its Kid Architecture and Le Petit Grand Tour d’Architecture programs. He is president of the Fuller Dome Home preservation project.

Thad Heckman is a Senior Lecturer in the SIU School of Architecture. In 2012, he won the Leicester B. Holland Prize of the National Park Service for his measured drawing of the Dome Home. He is principal of his own firm, Design Works, and vice-president of the Fuller Dome Home preservation project.

This event is sponsored by Historic Resources KC and APT Western Great Lakes Chapter

Learning units: 1.5 LU/HSW

Location: AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, #250

Member price: 0   Non-member price: 0

ARE at AIA: Site Planning & Design

Thursday, June 6, 6 pm-  8:45 pm

ARE® at AIA is a review course for interns preparing to take the Architect Registration Examination® (ARE®).  Sign up here for the Site Planning & Design lecture class on Thursday, June 6 and the practice session on Monday, June 10.

Hand-outs for the lecture class will be e-mailed to participants on Thursday. Practice tests and answer sheets will be distributed at the Monday practice session.

Beverages and snacks will be provided at all classes (participants are welcome to bring their own refreshments).

This event is sponsored by AIA Chicago

Learning units: Not Available

Location: Conference Center at 35 East Wacker Drive, #260 (adjacent to AIA Chicago office)

Member price: $35.00   Non-member price: $35.00

NeoCon Keynote: Lauren Rottet, FAIA, FIIDA

Wednesday, June 12, 12 pm-  1 pm

AIA Chicago is please to be a presenting sponsor for a talk by Lauren Rottet at NeoCon 2013.

Lauren Rottet, FAIA, FIIDA, interior architect, designer, and founder of Rottet Studio, is equally known for her expertise and leadership in the design of office environments, hotels and now residences. In particular, she is cited for her expertise in advancing office design to reflect a current approach based on technology, contemporary methods of working and bringing a more relaxed hospitality approach to the office. Among her extraordinary record of awards, publications, juries and honors, Rottet recently became the only woman in history to be elevated to Fellow status by both the American Institute of Architects and International Interior Design Association.

Other NeoCon keynote speakers are architect Bjarke Ingels, interior and graphic designer Michael Vanderbyl , and designer and manufacturer Holly Hunt.

Pre-Register by June 3 for free access to NeoCon. After June 3 registration is $25.

This event is sponsored by Sponsored by Élan by Decca and presented by AIA Chicago

Learning units: 1 LU

Location: Merchandise Mart and Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza

Member price: 0   Non-member price: 0

A “Fireside Chat” with Wayne Ruga: New Research in Designing Environments to Improve Lives, Organizations, and Communities

Thursday, June 13, 5:30 pm-  7 pm

Wayne will be leading a Generative Space Master Class on September 30 at Lurie Children’s Hospital, as a Pre-Conference Workshop of the Healthcare Facilities Symposium and Expo on Oct. 1-3 at Navy Pier.

This event is sponsored by Healthcare KC

Learning units: 1.5 LU/HSW

Location: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP, 224 South Michigan Avenue, #1000

Member price: 0   Non-member price: $15.00

Project Work Planning (national webinar + local roundtable)

Thursday, June 13, 11:50 am-  1:15 pm

You are invited to a group viewing of the second of two Project Management Webinars organized by the national Practice Management KC of the AIA. We'll listen and then have our own conversation with local PMKC members. Lunch will be provided, but the webinar begins at 12 pm so arrive before that time.

This presentation on Project Work Planning will review the process of project work planning and the elements of a good plan. All projects, large or small, should have a project work plan, and certain characteristics will be common across project size and scope. The use of the appropriate level and number of tasks in a plan is discussed, and these may vary between Project Managers and project types. The approach is to simplify and produce project work plans that serve the project team, not to produce plans that must be served.

After participating in this webinar, you will:

1. Understand the benefits of project work planning

2. How to create the project plan and understand the roles and responsibilities of project team members

3. Understand and apply the principles of top-down, bottom-up, and combination plans and budgets

4. How to monitor the plan and what are the root causes for plan adjustments

Presenter: Stephen C. Evans, AIA (Stephen C. Evans Consulting, LLC; former HOK principal)

Moderators: Scott Kuehn, AIA, PMKC Advisory Group Member, and David Barkin, AIA, PMKC volunteer.

Local roundtable: at the conclusion of the webinar, we will continue the conversation for thirty minutes with Gaute Grindheim, director of operations at HOK Chicago, moderating a conversation.

This event is sponsored by Practice Management KC (national and local)

Learning units: 1.25

Location: AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, #250

Member price: 0   Non-member price: 0

ARE at AIA: Programming, Planning & Practice

Thursday, June 13, 6 pm-  8:45 pm

Hand-outs for the lecture class will be e-mailed to participants on Thursday. Practice tests and answer sheets will be distributed at the Monday practice session.

Beverages and snacks will be provided at all classes (participants are welcome to bring their own refreshments).

This event is sponsored by AIA Chicago

Learning units: Not Available

Location: Conference Center at 35 East Wacker Drive, #260 (adjacent to AIA Chicago office)

Member price: $35.00   Non-member price: $35.00

Designing Safe and Sustainable Buildings with Channel Glass Wall Systems

Thursday, June 20, 12 pm-  1 pm

Marc Fink of Bendheim Wall Systems examines the structural properties and design benefits of channel glass wall systems and their contributions to safer and increasingly sustainable buildings. Discussions cover the raw materials used in the production of channel glass, channel glass textures enhancing the system's daylighting capabilities, thermal performance coatings, and insulation materials that improve the building's energy efficiency. A number of LEED® project case studies demonstrate how channel glass wall systems can directly contribute to a building's sustainability goals.

Bring your lunch; beverages provided.

This event is sponsored by Technical Issues KC

Learning units: 1 LU/HSW

Location: AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, #250

Member price: 0   Non-member price: $15.00

Tour: New Offices of the Joyce Foundation

Thursday, June 27, 6 pm-  7 pm

• what is accomplished by visioning sessions with the client
• what are the quantitative outcomes for programming and interviews
• discuss how the results, both the space and its furnishing, support the client’s vision
• the value of a post-occupancy evaluation

Renae Bradshaw, Christopher Liu, and Sylvia Obiedzinski, IIDA, from HOK will be our speakers and tour leaders.

The Joyce Foundation supports the development of policies that both improve the quality of life for people in the Great Lakes region and serve as models for the rest of the country.

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This event is sponsored by Interior Architecture KC and HOK

Learning units: 1 LU/HSW

Location: 321 North Clark Street, Suite 1500 (meet in the 1st floor lobby)

Member price: 0   Non-member price: $15.00

CDH Cancer Center and CDH Proton Center, A ProCure Center (Cancer Care Environments: The Architecture of Healing and Renewal #2)

Saturday, June 29, 9 am-  12 pm

One of the challenges in contemporary health care is providing optimal service with maximum efficiency. The most dramatic recent advance in cancer care has been the arrival of Proton Beam Therapy, which offers a major increase in accuracy and effectiveness while attracting significant notoriety in the healthcare debate. This event will discuss the technology and architectural planning for Proton Beam Therapy and contemporary cancer centers, and offers participants the opportunity to tour two state-of-the-art facilities operated by Central DuPage Hospital for the treatment of cancer.

Limited to 30 participants.

Environments for the diagnosis, treatment, and care of cancer and related diseases will be the focus of AIA Chicago’s Healthcare Knowledge Community in 2013. Six events, which are open to architects, hospital administrators, facility managers, and medical professionals, will provide participants with knowledge and insights from speakers including architects, oncologists, caregivers, and planners. The series includes presentations and opportunities to see recently-constructed facilities dedicated to cancer care.

This event is sponsored by Healthcare KC; RTKL; HermanMiller Healthcare; GRAEF; Veritas; E.J. Welch; Northwestern Memorial Hospital; Gilbane; Anderson Mikos; Gensler; Vortex; SOM; Altro Floors; Gage Consulting Engineers.

Learning units: 3 LU/HSW

Location: CDH Cancer Center, 4405 Weaver Parkway, Warrenville

Member price: 0   Non-member price: 0

ARE at AIA: Structural Systems Part 1

Thursday, July 11, 6 pm-  8:45 pm

Hand-outs for the lecture class will be e-mailed to participants on Thursday. Practice tests and answer sheets will be distributed at the Monday practice session.

Beverages and snacks will be provided at all classes (participants are welcome to bring their own refreshments).

This event is sponsored by AIA Chicago

Learning units: Not Available

Location: Conference Center at 35 East Wacker Drive, #260 (adjacent to AIA Chicago office)

Member price: $35.00   Non-member price: $35.00

ARE at AIA: Structural Systems Part 2

Thursday, July 18, 6 pm-  8:45 pm

ARE® at AIA is a review course for interns preparing to take the Architect Registration Examination® (ARE®). Sign up here for the Structural Systems Part 2 lecture class on Thursday, July 18 and the practice session on Monday, July 22.

Hand-outs for the lecture class will be e-mailed to participants on Thursday. Practice tests and answer sheets will be distributed at the Monday practice session.

Beverages and snacks will be provided at all classes (participants are welcome to bring their own refreshments).

This event is sponsored by AIA Chicago

Learning units: Not Available

Location: Conference Center at 35 East Wacker Drive, #260 (adjacent to AIA Chicago office)

Member price: $35.00   Non-member price: $35.00

ARE at AIA: Structural Systems Part 3

Thursday, July 25, 6 pm-  8:45 pm

ARE® at AIA is a review course for interns preparing to take the Architect Registration Examination® (ARE®). Sign up here for the Structural Systems Part 2 lecture class on Thursday, July 25 and the practice session on Monday, July 29.

Hand-outs for the lecture class will be e-mailed to participants on Thursday. Practice tests and answer sheets will be distributed at the Monday practice session.

Beverages and snacks will be provided at all classes (participants are welcome to bring their own refreshments).

This event is sponsored by AIA Chicago

Learning units: Not Available

Location: Conference Center at 35 East Wacker Drive, #260 (adjacent to AIA Chicago office)

Member price: $35.00   Non-member price: $35.00

Canstruction's A-CAN-emy Awards party

Thursday, September 5, 5:30 pm-  8 pm

Save the date! Follow us on Twitter (@ChiCANstruction) and join our Chicago CANstruction 2013 Facebook Group.

This event is sponsored by Canstruction, Greater Chicago Food Depository, AIA Chicago

Learning units: Not Available

Location: Merchandise Mart, first floor

Member price: 0   Non-member price: 0

Greening the Heartland and BUILDINGChicago: REGISTRATION NOW OPEN

Monday, September 9, 8 am-  8 pm

In this tenth anniversary of Greening the Heartland, the U.S. Green Building Council’s Midwest regional conference, learn how the Heartland’s building industry is evolving to embed resilience into its solutions for the built environment.

BUILDINGChicago is a new trade event for the commercial building design and construction industry that will include speaker sessions and an expo. BUILDINGChicago is owned by Scranton Gillette Communications and SGC Horizon, publishers of Building Design+Construction and of Chicago Architect.

Attend one or both conferences at the Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza.

This event is sponsored by SCG, USGBC-IL, AIA Chicago, Associated General Contractors, Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce

Learning units: GBCI hours and LUs

Location: Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza, 350 West Mart Center Drive, Chicago

Member price: 0   Non-member price: 0

ARE at AIA: Building Systems Part 1

Thursday, September 12, 6 pm-  8:45 pm

ARE® at AIA is a review course for interns preparing to take the Architect Registration Examination® (ARE®). Sign up here for the Building Systems Part 1 lecture class on Thursday, September 12 and the practice session on Monday, September 16.

Hand-outs for the lecture class will be e-mailed to participants on Thursday. Practice tests and answer sheets will be distributed at the Monday practice session.

Beverages and snacks will be provided at all classes (participants are welcome to bring their own refreshments).

This event is sponsored by AIA Chicago

Learning units: Not Available

Location: Conference Center at 35 East Wacker Drive, #260 (adjacent to AIA Chicago office)

Member price: $35.00   Non-member price: $35.00

ARE at AIA: Building Systems Part 2

Thursday, September 19, 6 pm-  8:45 pm

ARE® at AIA is a review course for interns preparing to take the Architect Registration Examination® (ARE®). Sign up here for the Building Systems Part 2 lecture class on Thursday, September 19 and the practice session on Monday, September 23.

Hand-outs for the lecture class will be e-mailed to participants on Thursday. Practice tests and answer sheets will be distributed at the Monday practice session.

Beverages and snacks will be provided at all classes (participants are welcome to bring their own refreshments).
 

This event is sponsored by AIA Chicago

Learning units: Not Available

Location: Conference Center at 35 East Wacker Drive, #260 (adjacent to AIA Chicago office)

Member price: $35.00   Non-member price: $35.00

ARE at AIA: Building Design & Construction Systems Part 1

Thursday, October 10, 6 pm-  8:45 pm

Hand-outs for the lecture class will be e-mailed to participants on Thursday. Practice tests and answer sheets will be distributed at the Monday practice session.

Beverages and snacks will be provided at all classes (participants are welcome to bring their own refreshments).

This event is sponsored by AIA Chicago

Learning units: Not Available

Location: Conference Center at 35 East Wacker Drive, #260 (adjacent to AIA Chicago office)

Member price: $35.00   Non-member price: $35.00

ARE at AIA: Building Design & Construction Systems Part 2

Thursday, October 17, 6 pm-  8:45 pm

Hand-outs for the lecture class will be e-mailed to participants on Thursday. 

Beverages and snacks will be provided at all classes (participants are welcome to bring their own refreshments).

This event is sponsored by AIA Chicago

Learning units: Not Available

Location: Conference Center at 35 East Wacker Drive, #260 (adjacent to AIA Chicago office)

Member price: $35.00   Non-member price: $35.00

Designight

Friday, October 25, 

This event is sponsored by AIA Chicago

Learning units: Not Available

Location: Grand Ballroom at Navy Pier

Member price: 0   Non-member price: 0