Please join us for the Past President's Luncheon January 16, 2013, 11:45 a.m. at the Montgomery Country Club Montogmery Room on the First Floor.
We look forward to a new exciting and successful year.
APLA News
Auburn University School of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture Professors’ Elena Bartell and Andrew Freear, along with APLA School Head David Hinson, are included in the inaugural Public Interest Design 100. This list of 100 people and teams “seeks to honor many of the diverse, passionate people at the intersection of design and service.”
A student team from the School of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture was the first place winner for the second year in a row in the National Organization of Minority Architects’ (NOMA) student design competition. This year’s student design competition team included: Damian Bolden (fifth-year Architecture), Tina Maceri (fourth-year Architecture), Valecia Wilson (first-year Community Planning), Brandon Cummings (first-year Community Planning), Taiwei Wan (fourth-year Architecture), Jack Mok (fourth-year Architecture), Cierra Heard (fourth-year Architecture), and Rachel Latham (fourth-year Architecture). Their winning proposal, “Renovate>Cultivate>Innovate” emphasized collective innovation that grows from the renovation of existing infrastructure and the cultivation of a live/make district. The team identified and strengthened a stunning diversity of activities along a walkable route from rural community to urban village to industrial corridor. The team’s holistic approach was praised by the jury of design professionals as “a catalyst for healing land, people, and economics.”
The Institute for International Education announced that Donneisha Clark, a senior in the College of Architecture Design and Construction has been awarded a Gilman Scholarship for study abroad to Turkey during the spring semester of 2013. Established in 2000, the Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship Program is a nationally competitive scholarship program sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State. The scholarship offers grants for U.S. citizen undergraduate students of limited financial means to pursue academic studies abroad.
TSACS News
The American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) elected Montgomery native Jennifer Taylor National Vice President. Jennifer will assume her one-year position representing architecture students of the accredited schools of architecture. During her 1 year tenure as a board member the young intern architect will relocate to and reside in the nation’s capital. She will serve on multiple national committees, such as the National Architectural Accrediting Board, (NAAB) School accrediting teams among other national professional organizations such as the American Institute of Architects (AIA). The Board works with the AIA national board in organizing their Annual AIA Grassroots meeting with members the US Congress.
Jennifer is a fifth year senior in the Robert R. Taylor School of Architecture and Construction Science (TSACS) with a minor in business administration. As the president of the TSACS AIAS chapter, she initiated several first time events. Realizing a certain disconnect between surrounding architects and her fellow students, she sought to invite architects to participate in studio crawls as well as portfolio and resume critiques. This "Career Focus" event displayed the work and potential of Tuskegee Students as well as gave students an opportunity to network with surrounding professionals. Along with this event, she initiated the 2011 Sponsorship Campaign in which she received chapter funding from Sherlock, Smith & Adams (Montgomery, AL); Williams-Blackstock Architects (Birmingham, AL); Goodwyn, Mills & Cawood, Inc. (Montgomery, AL); and Thomas Otis Construction (Milledgeville, GA) to allow chapter leaders and members to attend the AIAS Grassroots and Forum Conference. Other first time events Jennifer has lead last year include the first Annual Casino Night fundraising event, AIAS Annual Chapter Newsletter Founder and Editor, AIAS Design Competition participation, and the Career Paths Panel Discussions.
