Herman Miller Healthcare Scholarship Program for Intern Architects in Healthcare
Contributed by Academy of Architecture for Health
Herman Miller Healthcare will sponsor eight intern architects to attend HealthcareDesign.11, the fall conference of the Center for Health Design/AIA Academy of Architecture for Health. The conference is held at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel, Nashville, TN, from November 13-16, 2011. Each selected intern architect received up to a $1,500 reimbursement to cover registration fees, air travel, and hotel room costs. This scholarship program is part of Herman Miller Healthcare's continuing commitment to excellence in healthcare architecture and support of young architects. Applications due August 1, 2011. Apply today.
ATTN: Emerging Professionals – Scholarships to Cover Knowledge Fall Conferences Available
Contributed by AIA Knowledge Communities
Each 2011 AIA Knowledge Scholarship will fund a dedicated and knowledgeable person to attend a Knowledge Community fall conference in order to cover the event via social media, capture the content and deliver a variety of products to wider audiences during and after the conference. The AIA Knowledge Community conferences are forums for national dialogue, research and networking in niche professional interest areas. Applications are due August 15, 2011. Download the program overview and application today.
Liability Risk
Contributed by Clayton Rogers
I have a small (lately almost non-existent), solo practice in a small college town in the South. I have not had any liability insurance, not only because of the expense, but also because of the informal, "a la carte" nature of the way I sell my services. I usually have only a brief letter of agreement between myself and the client. I am almost never involved or, I assume, even mentioned in whatever contract the client signs with the contractor. My drawings are never followed to the letter and have become increasingly less detailed. Am I being a complete fool, and how much risk and I really exposing myself, and my family, to? Read the responses on the Small Project Practitioners Discussion Forum.
Accounting/Project Management Software for Small Firm
Contributed by David Gast, AIA
Any financial management/project management software suitable for a ten person firm that you've had success with? Ajera by Axium, ArchiOffice with Quickbooks, InFocus by Clearview, other programs? Read the responses on the Practice Management Member Conversations Discussion Forum.
Committee on Architecture for Education Article of the Month
Contributed by Linda Keane, AIA
The environment is the third teacher: culture and connection to place. Linda Keane, AIA, recently conducted a presentation for our Alternative Learning Environments Subcommittee. It is about design teaching and much of it is web based and is an interesting take on ‘Alternative’ learning environments. It is a rich resource and window to all kinds of incredible online sites. Download the presentation.
Urban Design as Humanistic Enterprise
Contributed by Gary Collins, AIA
Rather than looking principally at streets and other infrastructure as the warp and woof of a gentrified, boutique urban fabric and buildings as its tufts, perhaps it is time to take a very critical look at not only how cities have come to be and at their palimpsest traces, but also their modern raisons d'etre, the fundamentals of design for the future in both personal and environmental terms. Livability should first be approached, in my view, from four major perspectives: childrearing, economic accesibility, political integration, and active aging. This would be another step away from a mechanistic toward a humanistic view of cities, where man is the measure of all things, and the city in its totality is a machine for living first, for commerce and industry, second. Read the responses on the Regional and Urban Design Committee Discussion Forum.
Public Architects Call for Nominations
Contributed by Christine Snetter, AIA
The AIA Public Architects Knowledge Community (PAKC) is soliciting applications for nominees for appointment to the Advisory Group of the PAKC. The Advisory Group is responsible for the leadership and direction of the PAKC. Deadline to apply: September 15, 2011. Read complete call for nominations.
Investing in Education, Building Better Schools Fall Conference
Contributed by the Committee on Architecture for Education
The CAE invites you to join them and the British Council for School Environments (BCSE) in an exciting conference that will discuss current educational facility design, and the future of our schools on both sides of the Atlantic travel. Come to London November 9-11, 2011 and tour of award winning academic environments by world renowned architects. Read event description and register today.
SPP Journal Archives Now Online
Contributed by Lisa Stacholy
View the complete volumes of the Small Project Practitioners Journal on the AIA KnowledgeNet resource library. Recent issues can be found on the SPP homepage. Topics include Marketing with Social Media, Partners, Pro Bono Work, and Architect as Developer.