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2023 RUDC Symposium, Cities in Transition: Designing for a World in Flux – Call for Speakers

By Steven Wilson AIA posted 3 days ago
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Are you interested in speaking about the future of city design ? Join us October 19-20 in Washington DC for 2023 RUDC Symposium, Cities in Transition: Designing for a World in Flux in partnership with AIA, APA, ASLA and Virginia Tech! We are excited to get together in-person with experts from across North America to learn about how emerging trends, theories, and technologies that are shaping the future of urban design. Convening in Washington, DC, the symposium’s first day will expand on this ambition and explore a variety of themes through various fast-paced presentations and panel discussions. The conversation will continue the symposium’s second day ...
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Articles of Interest

By Alison Karfeld posted 03-10-2023
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Articles of Interest Interact with RUDC member on LinkedIn. Here are some highlights from the LinkedIn group : Potential Impacts of Autonomous Vehicle Deployment on Parking (Urbanism Next) To Build a Healthier City, Begin at the Sidewalk (Bloomberg) 20-minute Neighbourhoods Are About More Than Proximity (The Fifth State) The Economic Resilience of the Most Walkable Us Neighborhoods (Bloomberg) 10 Ways to Make Struggling Downtowns Thrive ( Archdaily ...
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Register for the 2023 Urbanism Next Conference!

By Alison Karfeld posted 03-10-2023
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Register for the 2023 Urbanism Next Conference! Registration for the 2023 Urbanism Next Conference is now open!! Please join us April 26-28 for the 2023 in Portland! We are excited to get together in-person with experts from around the world to learn about how emerging technologies are impacting land use, urban design, building design, transportation, and real estate and what these changes mean for equity, health and safety, the economy, and the environment. Early bird rates are available until March 17. Learn more and Register > https://www.urbanismnext.or ...
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Upcoming RUDC AIAU Courses

By Alison Karfeld posted 03-10-2023
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Upcoming RUDC AIAU Courses AIA RUDC will bring four online panels with continuing education learning units in 2023. Details continue to be developed and we will share details next month. More details are coming soon!
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RUDC at A'23

By Alison Karfeld posted 03-10-2023
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RUDC at A’23 The RUDC Knowledge Community will gather at the upcoming Conference on Architecture in San Francisco. There will be two opportunities to meet and engage with other regional and urban design-minded architects. Register for both events through the A’23 Conference registration website. Regional & Urban Design Forum: Resilient California Topic: California Urbanism Past Present Future | A Resilient Journey Date: Friday, June 9, 2023 (10-11:30 am) Location: Moscone Center Program Code: EV311 Register > https://conferenceonarchitecture.com/schedule/#poster-2332280 ...
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New RUDC Knowledge Community Member - Rex Cabaniss

By Alison Karfeld posted 03-10-2023
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As Planning & Design Director of WHLC Architecture, Rex oversees a broad range of projects throughout the southeast. His career spans over 40 years of professional practice across the United States and England. This experience in a variety of urban centers formed his interest in the planning and design of vibrant urban environments with an engaging, resilient, and human-scale character. Recent projects include planning studies for urban districts, main street corridors, traditional neighborhood developments, and a regional health district . Rex’s community involvement includes the Chamber of Commerce, Historic Preservation Commission, Mid City Redevelopment ...
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New RUDC Knowledge Community Member - Peter Darby

By Alison Karfeld posted 03-10-2023
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Peter Darby leads a consultant-based transportation architecture practice in Dallas focused on aviation, transit, and urban design mixed-use projects. Peter is originally from the Chicago area and attended Lake Forest College studying Urban Studies, has an undergraduate professional architectural degree from Virginia Tech and a master's degree from Harvard Graduate School of Design. Before relocating to Dallas in 2013, Peter practiced in the Northeast, including Boston, New York City, and Washington, DC. Peter serves as President-Elect for AIA Dallas after serving as Vice President of Programs in 2022 and Director of Education ...
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New RUDC Knowledge Community Member Ashlee Dingler-Marshall

By Alison Karfeld posted 03-10-2023
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Ashlee is a certified planner, currently working as the Programming and Communications Coordinator for American Institute of Architects (AIA) Cincinnati Chapter in Cincinnati, Ohio, and served as a 2022 Urban Sustainability Directors Network’s Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Fellow in Tucson, Arizona. She applies her broad experience in the fields of program management, community engagement, education, graphic communications, and strategy planning to focus on communicating the value of AIA membership to members and the public, supporting the work of local chapter committees, facilitating the AIA Continuing Education System process for local participation, ...
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New RUDC Knowledge Community Member - Kuleya Bruce

By Alison Karfeld posted 03-10-2023
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Kuleya Bruce is a Professional Facilitator with a background in business, design, and construction. Academically trained as an Architect currently working in the role of Project Manager at Great Rivers Greenway. Where their work centers around the economic, environmental, social, emotional, and equitable advancement of St. Louis City, St. Louis County, and St. Charles County residents. Kuleya has also served as a project lead in civic, federal, higher education, and commercial retail design, as Executive Director for Rebuilding Together Southwest Illinois, and as Executive Assistant for the Hazelwood School District. ...
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A message from 2023 RUDC Chair Nathan Ogle, AIA

By Alison Karfeld posted 03-10-2023
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Dear RUDC members and friends, Welcome to the New Year! The Regional & Urban Design Committee has a stronger voice in our built environment after a full year of programming activities, strategic alignments, and strong engagement with membership. Our vision and commitment moving into 2023 are to consolidate gains by building greater urban design awareness in communities, our livable cities, state and local AIA member groups, and partnerships with allied professional organizations. Join us this year as we host a variety of AIAU-moderated education panels, greet each other in person at the National A’23 Conference, and come together for ...
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Call for Nominations for RUDC Leadership Group

By Brian D. McLaren AIA posted 07-31-2018
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Information and Expectations The AIA Knowledge Communities are volunteer member-led special interest groups of the AIA national organization. They help members connect with others who share the same passions and commitment, with the goal of advancing the profession and the collective work of the AIA. Traditionally each group is led by five leaders and supported by project-based committees along with AIA staff support. As an AIA Knowledge Community, Regional and Urban Design Committee is a group of architects and allied professionals that focus on the quality and design of regional and urban systems. Our members practice architecture, urban design or planning ...
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50 Years Later: Reflections on Whitney Young Jr.'s Speech to the AIA

By Emma Tucker posted 04-20-2018
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In 1968, civil rights leader Whitney M. Young, Jr. delivered an historic address to the American Institute of Architects. He challenged the profession to enfranchise all citizens in the conversations about cities and work toward a more inclusive professional ethic. A half-century later, these powerful reflections on the meaning and importance of the speech call us again to a collective commitment. We must all re-dedicate ourselves toward the fulfillment of democratic ideals in the way we build our cities and work to enfranchise all voices and contributions in the American dream. Take the Whitney Young challenge by re-dedicating your own professional work to represent ...
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Architects working with Mayors at Civic I/O

By Emma Tucker posted 04-19-2018
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How can architects and mayors work together to plan for stronger communities? View these short clips below to hear from some of the participants at Civic I/O, a meeting of mayors at SXSW that invited architects to join their conversations. Stephen Luoni, Assoc. AIA Stephen Luoni, Assoc. AIA, explains the role that design-thinking plays in creating the built environment of the future. Julie Snow, FAIA Julie Snow, FAIA, explains the importance of becoming civically engaged. Mayor Nan Whaley Mayor Nan Whaley explains how architects are helping her look to the future. José Alvarez, AIA José Alvarez, AIA, ...
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Audiocasts for Urbanists

By Brian D. McLaren AIA posted 12-31-2017
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Radio isn't dead... it's just moved to the internet! Check out some of these audiocasts episodes that many of our members have found interesting. Do you know someone producing quality media we can share? Let us know ! The 21st Century School The Maryland legislature approved $1.1 billion in funding for the revitalization of Baltimore city public schools, including the renovation or replacement of dozens of buildings. Construction on these projects is slated to begin in 2015. We look at best designs for the “21st century school,” and the creation of buildings that elevate learning while fostering a collaborative and technologically-driven environment. ...
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AIA Center for Communities by Design

By Brian D. McLaren AIA posted 12-31-2017
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There’s a reason you became an architect. It wasn’t just about buildings. It was about people; it was about making communities more livable. We welcome members who are committed to healthy, safe, and sustainable communities. Share your vision with like-minded AIA members Assist citizens and community leaders to improve their community's quality of life through design Access resources and form relationships to build your career Center for Communities by Design Regional/Urban Design Assistance Teams (R/UDATs) Sustainable Design Assessment Teams (SDATs)
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Dubuque Celebrates Opening of Bee Branch Creek Greenway

By Emma Tucker posted 07-21-2017
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In 2007, Dubuque, Iowa hosted a Sustainable Design Assessmyent Team (SDAT) to look at a number of issues ranging from smart growth and sustainable development to stormwater management and flood mitigation. Ten years later, the city is seeing the outcomes of its implementation work. Between 1999 and 2011, the city was subject to six presidential disaster declarations as repeated flooding events occurred in the Bee Branch Creek Watershed. Today, the city is celebrating the opening of the Bee Branch Creek Greenway, “one of several infrastructure improvements Dubuque is making as part of the multi-phased Bee Branch Watershed Flood Mitigation Project to address ...
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AIA International Design Team Focuses on Dublin

By Emma Tucker posted 04-17-2017
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From March 9-13th, the Center for Communities by Design conducted "Reimagine Dublin One," a design assistance project with a joint European and American team. The 4-day process involved over 200 people and produced an 80-page final report with a series of key recommendations to revitalize the neighborhood. The project was a part of Framework, a broader initiative to adapt the design assistance process to Irish communities. The Lord Mayor gave remarks at the final presentation , thanking the AIA for "it's incredible contribution to our city." Background on the project, including the final report, can be found here . Learn more about the Sustainable ...
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John F. Kennedy and Urban Policy

By Nikolaus H. Philipsen FAIA posted 11-29-2013
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Thursday, November 21, 2013 John F. Kennedy And Urban Policies From our current 21st century vatage point with euphoria about millennials flocking back to cities, streetcars, bicycling, walkability and everything else that fits the image of a renaissance of cities, we tend to be nostalgic about postwar times when American cities were at their peak, By contrast, and in some type of simplified black and white thinking we consider the period between 1960 to 1990 "the dark ages" for cities. Dark because wrong policies aided white middle class families to flee to the suburbs in their cars so that the suburbs swelled and the cities emptied ...
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A Streetcar Trip Down Memory Lane

By Nikolaus H. Philipsen FAIA posted 11-29-2013
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A Streetcar Trip Down Memory Lane Baltimore Streetcar Network 1954 Even on a freezing day it is elating to board a vintage 1900 streetcar with reversible wicker seats that was designed to run without glass windows in the summer (with pull down shades in case of driving rain) and with the glass up in winter. There are electric heating coils under the seats and the rest of the warmth comes from nostalgia: Streetcar Museum Baltimore See the rest of the vehicles here ...
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