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As one of the recipients of the 2013 Committee on Design Knowledge Scholarship, I've just recently returned from an amazing experience in Palm Springs, CA. As a native of Los Angeles, this desert oasis (both literally and figuratively) is only a 2 hour drive away, yet seemingly a world apart. The scenic tranquility of the desert, the presence of the mountains, and a rich and unique modernist legacy made this the perfect place for the spring conference "Regional Modernism".
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Member Slideshows are created each year for the Spring Conference to
illustrate the recent work of the attendee’s firms. All COD members are
welcome to participate. Attendees have 6 slides and 60 seconds to
present their projects, or whatever is on their mind. Many of the 2012
Member Slideshow slides are posted on
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By: Melissa Daniel
Meet Elizabeth Chu Richter, born in
Nanjing, China, raised in Hong Kong and Dallas Texas, Richter is CEO of
award winning firm Richter Architects. Named as the “Newsmaker of the
Year” by the Corpus Christi Caller-Times in 2002, the newspaper
recognized that “… [Richter] has done award-winning work to educate the
public as to why architecture matters.” Elevated to College of Fellows
in 2005 and elected as President of the Texas Society of Architects in
2007, Richter recently declared
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I apologize for the arbitrary font type and sizes but have not been able to control them in several recent submissions. The following also contains a number of edits since its first placement.
Architecture
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Robert Ivy, FAIA AIA EVP/Chief Executive Officer
Link:
http://www.aia.org/practicing/AIAB098832
On April 19-21, in Lyon, France, AIA Continental Europe provided a rich offering of architectural inspiration that drew an audience of devotees, who gathered to enjoy each other’s company from as far afield as Hawaii and Istanbul. Francoise Vonier, who happens to be the wife of International regional director Thomas Vonier, FAIA, organized a Gallic tour and tour-de-force, allowing us to encounter several of the continent’s most substantive and enriching projects together with the architects responsible for them. These living classrooms (because that’s what they were) also counted for continuing education credit. President Mickey Jacob, FAIA, and I, racked them up.
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