Montgomery Chapter AIA News

The Montgomery Chapter of the American Institute of Architects would like to offer you a personal invitation to join us at our 4^th annual CEU in August event. The event provides a great opportunity for you to attend seven AIA accredited CEU’s seminars and to view some of the latest architectural product lines for F R E E !  This is one of the Chapter’s best attended event of the year so we decided to expand on it by including an exhibit hall to accommodate a larger number of exhibitors representing some of the newest Architectural products on the market today.  
 
This year’s event will be held at the Montgomery Country Club in Montgomery on Wednesday, August 21, 2013. The day event will start at 8:30 am and conclude at 4:30 pm, however, you are free to attend at any time during the day. The event is open to non-AIA members also so please pass the word around to any fellow colleagues that may be interested in attending. To insure adequate sea
ting and lunches please drop us a line at sking@chamblessking.com if you are planning to attend for the noon lunch period. Additional information including the seminars schedule and a list of participating exhibitors will be emailed to all AIA members soon.


CADC CEU Event

The Auburn University College of Architecture, Design and Construction (CADC) CEU Event is scheduled for Thursday, August 8, 2013 from 8:00am to 5:00pm at B6 is Dudley Hall.  Eight hours of continuing education credits will be offered.  Registration for this event is now open.  To register please visit: https://auburn-csm.symplicity.com/events/aiaces13  


Montgomery Chapter AIA News

The Montgomery Chapter of the American Institute of Architects would like to offer you a personal invitation to join us at our 4^th annual CEU in August event. The event provides a great opportunity for you to attend seven AIA accredited CEU’s seminars and to view some of the latest architectural product lines for F R E E ! This is one of the Chapter’s best attended event of the year so we decided to expand on it by including an exhibit hall to accommodate a larger number of exhibitors representing some of the newest Architectural products on the market today.  


AUAIAS News

Director of Auburn University’s Urban Studio in Birmingham, Alabama, Prof. Cheryl Morgan, served as team leader for an AIA Regional/Urban Design Assistance Team (R/UDAT) in the Rockaways, New York. Cheryl has previously participated on one of R/UDAT’s Sustainable Design Assessment Team (SDAT) projects, and was instrumental to the R/UDAT project held in Birmingham, Alabama in 2011, following the devastating tornado that struck Pratt City.

Prof. David Hill’s design firm, HILLworks, was recently awarded a 2013 Watermark Grand Award honors from publications BUILDER and CUSTOM HOME for his project, “274 Bragg Kitchen” in Auburn, Alabama.  The Watermark Design Awards were created to recognize involvement in the process of innovative kitchen and bath design and construction. Hill is a Prof. in the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture’s (APLA) Master of Landscape Architecture Program.

The 2013-2014 academic year marks the 20^th Anniversary of the founding of Auburn University Rural Studio.  Founded in 1993 by Sambo Mockbee and D.K. Ruth, the Studio’s rich existence in rural West Alabama is rooted in building relationships and earning trust from neighbors and friends in the community while immersing architecture students in the culture. Living, learning and working in West Alabama has afforded School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture students the opportunity to apply their skills as designers, while also learning about the nature, history, culture, economy, architecture and community in this unique educational landscape. Rural Studio would like to celebrate and honor the place and its people, which have allowed them to thrive while maintaining rigor and passion.

Auburn's School of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture (APLA) has been gaining some recognition from some of its youngest alumnae/former students. First, Courtney Brett, and then, Rosannah Sandoval, became the AIA's youngest licensed architects, in 2012 and 2013, respectively. Ms. Brett, who transferred to Auburn University’s School of Architecture when she was 16, was a Rural Studio participant who graduated in 2007, at age 20. Ms. Brett recently started her own firm, Casburn Brett Architecture, based out of Daphne, Alabama. Ms. Sandoval has a similar story, in that she finished school at the age of 18. At Auburn, she participated in Rural Studio. When her family relocated to California, Ms. Sandoval transferred to California College of the Arts, where she completed her degree. In 2013, Ms. Sandoval became the, now, youngest active Architect member of the AIA, at 23. She works as a designer in Perkins + Will's San Francisco office.

Associate Professor Doug Burleson has retired from the architecture program faculty this May, 2013. Prof. Burleson joined the School of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture’s (APLA) faculty in 1986, and the span of his teaching roles has covered a broad spectrum of studio year-levels and lecture topics. In addition to teaching in the professional curriculum, Prof. Burleson has taught the Architecture Appreciation course to non-architecture majors for the past six years.