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AIA Montgomery Newsletter

March 2016

In This Issue

Meeting Recap
Announcements
Upcoming Events
Next Meeting
Speaker & Sponsor
Contact Us

 



REMINDER:
MONTGOMERY CHAPTER
LUNCHEON
MARCH 16, 2016,
Noon
MONTGOMERY ROOM
MONTGOMERY COUNTRY CLUB




 


 

Contact Us
 

President  - Paul Zanglin
paul.zanglin@ssainc.com

President Elect- Simon Hurst
simon.hurst@ssainc.com
 
Secretary - Rick Wendling
rick.wendling@gmcnetwork.com

Treasurer - Jennifer Barber
jbarber@pwba-architects.com

Intern Director - David Donovan
ddonovan@sslarch.com



 
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Amy Taylor, a National Trainer for Thermador Bosch presented a CEU on Kitchen Design


Allsouth Appliance was our host for the February Luncheon. Pictured: Michael Layton with Allsouth, Casey Burns with Allsouth, Stacey Little our Chef, Amy Taylor our Speaker and Leah McIntyre with Allsouth


February Luncheon Recap

Our February luncheon was hosted by Allsouth Appliance at their beautiful showroom on the Eastern Boulevard.
Lunch was prepared by Stacey Little, a food blogger, cook book author and exceptional chef. 
Our CEU presenter was
Amy Taylor, a National Trainer from Thermador/Bosch.
 
Allsouth Appliance Group, Inc. has been a resource to area home builders, remodelers and it's clients since 1997. Tyler Hillman and his brother Josh have focused on offering a wide selection of brands for the different tastes and styles of consumers. Allsouth now provides sales, delivery, service and installation on over 40 appliance brands, from showrooms in Birmingham, Huntsville and Montgomery, Alabama.
 
In addition to beautiful, interactive showrooms, Allsouth offers an e-commerce website full of information on their appliance offerings and offering the ability to purchase online. The website also offers designers, specifiers and dreamers a great resource for products. For service issues, they offer North and Central Alabama's best, factory trained service technicians. For repair outside Allsouth's service area, service will be handled by Factory Authorized Services. Allsouth is happy to assist its customers in setting up calls.   
 
Allsouth is a participating member in area home builders aassociations, chambers of commerce and many industry related groups. Allsouth is a contributing member to the Habitat for Humanity and many other community charities.  Allsouth believes in supporting communities with time and resources.
 
For more information contact Leah McIntyre at Allsouth at 866.942.0408 or leah@myallsouth.com and Casey Burns at 334.239.3969 or  casey@myallsouth.com for inquiries on what Allsouth has to offer your project.

The Montgomery Chapter AIA would like to thank Leah McIntyre and Casey Burns with Allsouth Appliance for sponsoring the meeting. I also encourage our members, associates and affiliates to think of Allsouth next time they are planning a kitchen remodel or just shopping for a new appliance.


Announcements

 
The AIA Montgomery March Luncheon

Please join us for the March Luncheon on March 16, 2016, Noon at Montgomery Country Club.

APLA News

Auburn University’s School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture’s Urban Studio has been in the center of the action ever since moving to its new location in downtown Birmingham, Alabama. Spring semester is off to a busy start with Alex Krumdieck, interim director of Urban Studio, and John Pittari, associate professor of architecture, working with twelve students to develop urban design plans for the “innovation district” downtown, which includes part of the civil rights district. A team from the Rose Center for Public Leadership is also considering a development project in the civil rights district, and visited the Urban Studio to see the students’ work. They were so impressed that the Rose Fellowship team asked to use some of the students’ work in their presentation to the mayor. The team credited Urban Studio and the students in their presentation and publically recognized the studio as a valuable asset for the City of Birmingham. Plans were made to for the mayor to come to Urban Studio to hear more about their work this semester.

Rural Studio’s 20K House is having a moment. Rural Studio has had the opportunity to field test the 20K House plan with real world constraints of codes, financing, and construction methods. The highly successful outcome is two 20K houses that have been built as artists’ residences in Serenbe, a luxury sustainable living community outside of Atlanta, Georgia. The project is garnering a lot of attention locally and around the world:
 
APLA Third Year architecture student Sarah Curry was recently profiled as an “Auburn Youth Program Success Story.” She was first introduced to Auburn’s Architecture program in high school when she attended Auburn University’s Youth Programs Architecture Camp.  “Participating in the studio projects, typography studies, history lectures from Scott Finn and construction site visits really made me feel like I was headed in the right direction, “ said Sarah about the positive influence camp had on her career decision.

Prof. Tarik Orgen, Program Director of the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture's (APLA) International Studies Program in Istanbul, was recently inducted into Auburn University’s Global Teaching Academy, a University program that recognizes and celebrates selected members for exceptional teaching in an international context.

The Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF) has awarded Associate Professor and Chair of the Graduate in Landscape Architecture Program, Charlene LeBleu, FASLA, AICP, the designation of “LAF Research Fellow.” LeBleu is one of six faculty chosen nationally for this honor.  LeBleu will work with LAF’s Case Study Investigation (CSI) program to document and test the landscape performance of three Alabama landscapes, and record them in to the nationally case study data-base:

_Fairview Environmental Park, Montgomery, AL
Design Firm: 2D Studio, Judd Langham, Auburn, AL
_Samford Park at Toomer’s Corner Landscape, Auburn, AL
Design Firm: HNP Landscape Architecture, Tommy Holcomb, Birmingham, AL

_Railroad Park, Birmingham, AL
Design Firm: Tom Leader Studio, Emily Leader, Berkeley, CA

Auburn Alumni Al York, FAIA, BARCH ’88, and Principal of Austin, Texas-based McKinney York Architects, is now elevated to the prestigious College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects (AIA).  This is an honor bestowed selectively upon AIA members who have made significant contributions over time to the profession, to their local communities and to society on a national level.  The selection process is rigorous, and represents the highest honor the AIA can confer upon an individual licensed-architect member. The 2016 AIA Fellows from around the country will be honored at an investiture ceremony at the AIA Convention in Philadelphia in May.

APLA Associate Prof. Dr. John Pittari, Jr. recently lectured at the Commercial Real Estate Strategies Seminar and presented his talk, the "Importance of Making Cities Livable."

 
Historic Tax Rehabilitation Bill on the Move
 
On Wednesday, the House Ways and Means Committee approved HB62, as amended.
The amendment, which is still being evaluated at this point, says that in any year where
either the General Fund or the Education Fund is in proration or being level funded, that tax credits shall be suspended for that calendar year. There continues to be lots of questions about the tax credits from both sides of the aisle, Republicans and Democrats.
Meanwhile, Senator Jabo Waggoner (R) of Birmingham has introduced SB230, the companion bill in the Alabama Senate. He has 32 of 35 senators as co-sponsors. Important to note that neither Senator Arthur Orr, Chairman of the Education Budget Committee, nor Senator Tripp Pittman, Chairman of the General Fund Budget Committee, are co-sponsoring the measure.
Please continue to contact your House and Senate members to urge their support of these important measures.
 
 
Storm Shelter Bill Draws Opposition from Building Commission 
 
HB182, by Rep. Jimmy Martin (R) of Clanton, would require the Alabama Manufactured Housing Commission to inspect storm shelters located in public buildings or on public lands to ensure that the shelters are in compliance with the applicable standards as provided in the current Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) publication and International Code Council (ICC-500) Codes. 
 
The Division of Construction Management, formerly the Alabama Building Commission, is opposed to the measure as written, because it would require the Manufactured Housing Commission to do inspections on shelters which are already being inspected by them.  HB182 was scheduled to be considered by the House State Government Committee next week, but has been pulled from the agenda as of today. 
 

Upcoming Events
 
March 16 
Montgomery Chapter AIA March Luncheon
Montgomery Country Club

 
May 5
AIA Montgomery Chapter's sponsored event Draw Montgomery 
Awards Ceremony

May 19-21
AIA National Convention
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

July 8-10
Alabama Council AIA Convention
Perdido Beach Resort


Next Meeting
March 16, 2016
Noon at Montgomery Country Club

Speaker and Sponsor
The speaker for the March luncheon will be John Sorrell
 

John Sorrell currently serves as the executive director of the Alabama Concrete Industries Association.  John has worked for the industry for the past 18 years. During this time, John has been involved in providing education programs on concrete topics, diagnosing common concrete problems, and assisting designers with concrete specifications.  John is married to an engineer and has an 11 year old son and 8 year old daughter. He is a graduate of Auburn University.  

 

John will discuss "Concrete product options for your next parking area".  His program with provide 1 hour of health safety and welfare. 
 
Our sponsor for the November luncheon is the Alabama Concrete Industries Association (ACIA).  ACIA was founded in 1963 to provide a unified voice for companies in the concrete industry.  Whether it be promotion of concrete products, fighting detrimental regulations and legislation, or coming together to tackle common challenges of the industry, the ACIA is working to protect and promote the concrete industry.

ACIA's member companies produce cement, ready mix concrete, concrete blocks, pre-stress and pre-cast concrete, septic tanks, pipes, poles, admixtures and other products allied to the concrete industry.  For more information regarding ACIA and its members, go to http://alconcrete.org/about/.  Or contact John Sorrell at 334.265.0501 and jsorrell@alconcrete.org.
 
The Montgomery Chapter AIA would like to thank ACIA for sponsoring, and providing speaker and CEU for the chapters March meeting.


 







 






 

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