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Advance registration for educational events is strongly recommended. For events with limited capacity, as indicated by an asterisk (*), preference will be given to AIA Chicago members.

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September

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First Tuesday Happy Hour at PechaKucha

Tuesday, September 7, 7:00 pm-  8:00 pm

We are again holding our happy hour right before PechaKucha starts at Martyrs. For PechaKucha newbies, this event brings together well-known and emerging creative minds (architects and others) for an evening of lightning-fast presentations, networking, and fun. Tickets for PechaKucha are $10 at the door or reserve your spot in advance.

This event is sponsored by Young Architects Forum

Learning units: Not Available

Location: Martyrs, 3855 N. Lincoln Ave.

Member price: $10.00   Non-member price: $10.00

Small Project Practitioners Socializing!

Tuesday, September 7, 6:00 pm-  8:00 pm

All small project practitioners and sole proprietors are invited to attend. Meet others who are working on their own or in a small firm to exchange experiences, share stories, and network now!

This event is sponsored by Small Project Practitioners Roundtable (SPPR)

Learning units: Not Available

Location: The Benchmark, 1510 North Wells Street

Member price: 0   Non-member price: 0

No Registration

ARE Study Hall

Wednesday, September 8, 5:30 pm-  9:00 pm

Study materials are available in an informal setting. You're also welcome to study any time the office is open. Note: if no one shows up to study by 6:30 p.m., the office will be closed.   

This event is sponsored by Young Architects Forum

Learning units: Not Available

Location: AIA Chicago

Member price: 0   Non-member price: 0

Visiting Schools - Session 2

Monday, September 13, 6:00 pm-  7:30 pm

What buildings, ideas, people, or activities first made you excited about architecture as a kid? AIA Illinois president Mike Rogers has challenged every AIA member in the state to visit a school during 2010 in order to help students of all ages discover architecture and better understand the profession. (President Roger’s letter is here).

The Community Interface Committee (CIC) of AIA Chicago is partnering with the Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF) during the 2010 – 2011 school year for a series of ‘Architects in the Schools’ visits to Chicago area 3rd – 8th grade classrooms. (Visits scheduled to begin in fall 2010; the number of visits is up to you.)

Wondering how to help a 3rd grader understand how buildings stand up? Puzzled about what vocabulary and materials are needed to explain scale to a 5th grader? Curious about how to get an 8th grader excited about sketching? CAF and the CIC are hosting a hands-on training session over two evenings designed to help AIA members prepare to work with local elementary school students and teachers.

Workshop Session 1 covers what to expect at the school, how to work with various age groups, and introduces the classroom-ready lessons. Session 2 includes hands-on training in specific activities requested by local teachers to help integrate architecture into their math, science, history, and art lessons.

For over ten years, CAF has been at the forefront of K-12 architectural education in the US. Youth Education staff Jennifer Masengarb and Jean Linsner will share activities from CAF’s publications Schoolyards to Skylines: Teaching with Chicago’s Amazing Architecture and The Architecture Handbook: A Student Guide to Understanding Buildings. Both books have received a national AIA Honor Award for Collaborative Achievement and are used across the country.

 

This event is sponsored by Community Interface Committee

Learning units: Not Available

Location: Chicago Architecture Foundation, 224 S. Michigan Ave., John Buck Lecture Hall

Member price: 0   Non-member price: 0

No Registration

ARE Study Hall

Wednesday, September 15, 5:30 pm-  9:00 pm

Study materials are available in an informal setting. You're also welcome to study any time the office is open. Note: if no one shows up to study by 6:30 p.m., the office will be closed.   

This event is sponsored by Young Architects Forum

Learning units: Not Available

Location: AIA Chicago

Member price: 0   Non-member price: 0

No Registration

Professional Development Conference

Thursday, September 16, 8:00 am-  7:30 pm

Registration is now open! Click for more information. 

 

This event is sponsored by AIA Chicago

Learning units: 9

Location: Renaissance Chicago Downtown Hotel, One West Wacker Drive

Member price: 0   Non-member price: 0

Urban Trees, Urban Soils, and Stormwater Management

Tuesday, September 21, 5:30 pm-  7:30 pm

After several hundred years of planting trees in cities under pavements, the typical US street tree still only averages 13 years before dying. In dense urban areas, green infrastructure options are limited to green roofs, green walls, and urban trees. Recent groundbreaking research has shown a direct cause and effect between soil volumes and tree size. Large trees are orders of magnitude more effective than small trees at providing ecological services such as stormwater management, pollution abatement, heat island temperature reduction; and economic services such as prolonging material lifecycles, increasing real estate values and reducing traffic speeds and street crime. Peter MacDonagh, ASLA (The Kestrel Design Group, Minneapolis), will focus on the need for greater soil volumes under pavement to grow large trees and fulfill regulatory stormwater requirements in urban environments. The MARQ2 project in Minneapolis (the North and South Transit streets for the City) and the Olympic Village for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, will be presented as case studies. 

This event is sponsored by Environment KC

Learning units: 2 LU/HSW/SD

Location: AIA Chicago

Member price: 0   Non-member price: $15.00

Fellowship Mentoring Session

Wednesday, September 22, 5:30 pm-  7:30 pm

AIA Chicago will host a mentoring session for Fellowship candidates. Potential Fellows can meet one-on-one with recently elevated Fellows to review their progress on the Fellowship applications, answer questions and give constructive feedback on their submittals. This review session is also open to people assisting candidates with their submissions (e.g. marketing staff); however, it is highly recommended that the candidate attends the session.

The deadline for Fellowship submissions to AIA National is October 15, 2010 before 5:00 pm, Eastern Time.

This event is sponsored by

Learning units: Not Available

Location: AIA Chicago

Member price: 0   Non-member price: 0

No Registration

ARE Study Hall

Wednesday, September 22, 5:30 pm-  9:00 pm

Study materials are available in an informal setting. You're also welcome to study any time the office is open. Note: if no one shows up to study by 6:30 p.m., the office will be closed.    

This event is sponsored by Young Architect Forum

Learning units: Not Available

Location: AIA Chicago

Member price: 0   Non-member price: 0

Specification Writing: A Critical Element in Project Success

Thursday, September 23, 12:00 pm-  1:00 pm

Well written, project coordinated specifications are critical to the success of communicating a project’s design intent. Renee Doktorczyk, AIA, CCS SCIP (ArchiTech Consulting Inc.), and Dean Walker, AIA, CCS, SCIP (Dean Walker – Specifications), two of Chicago’s top independent specifiers, will discuss current specification practices and the role of the specifier in the integrated project process. You will leave the seminar with a better understanding of what makes a good specification and how drawings and specs go hand in hand. Bring your lunch or purchase a cafeteria ticket in the first-floor store.

 

This event is sponsored by Technical Issues KC

Learning units: 1 LU

Location: Chicago Bar Association, 321 S. Plymouth Court

Member price: 0   Non-member price: $15.00

No Registration

ARE Study Hall

Wednesday, September 29, 5:30 pm-  9:00 pm

Study materials are available in an informal setting. You're also welcome to study any time the office is open. Note: if no one shows up to study by 6:30 p.m., the office will be closed.    

This event is sponsored by Young Architect Forum

Learning units: Not Available

Location: AIA Chicago

Member price: 0   Non-member price: 0

Working with an Architect

Wednesday, September 29, 6:00 pm-  8:00 pm

Presented by three licensed AIA Architects that own their own residential housing focused firms who will speak on how to prepare for a project on your home, the special considerations that doing a Green project creates in the process, how to select the right architect and other team members, and how to optimize the project for the minimum problems and the maximum value.  

If available, please bring drawings or ideas pertinent to your project.

This event is sponsored by AIA Chicago, SPPR

Learning units: Not Available

Location: AIA Chicago 35 E. Wacker Drive, Suite 250

Member price: $0.00   Non-member price: $0.00

October

Working with an Architect

Saturday, October 16, 10:00 am-  12:00 pm

Presented by three licensed AIA Architects that own their own residential housing focused firms who will speak on how to prepare for a project on your home, the special considerations that doing a Green project creates in the process, how to select the right architect and other team members, and how to optimize the project for the minimum problems and the maximum value.  

If available, please bring drawings or ideas pertinent to your project.

This event is sponsored by AIA Chicago, SPPR

Learning units: Not Available

Location: Sulzer Regional Library 4455 N. Lincoln Ave.

Member price: 0   Non-member price: 0

November

Tour of Studio Gang's Office

Tuesday, November 16, 6:30 pm-  7:30 pm

Please join us as we tour the office of Studio Gang and learn about what ensures the rising success of Jeanne Gang as one of the most notorious woman-owned architecture studio in Chicago. Find out more about the studio’s completed and on-going work and experience their unique work-environment.
After the tour we will head over to Tocco for drinks and socializing.

Please note that participation will be limited to 25 people. 

 

This event is sponsored by Young Architects Forum

Learning units: 1 LU

Location: 1212 N. Ashland Avenue

Member price: 0   Non-member price: $15.00