Spring is finally here and along with that competitions, awards, and more! Just a few things in news, resources, webinars, and funding that crossed my desk, which may be of value to you. No warranties or endorsement, just information!
Invest in America Act – Contact your Congressperson to support!
Two weeks ago, the AIA successfully worked with senior legislators in the U.S. House of Representatives to introduce the Invest in America Act. This federal legislation would create project opportunities for architecture firms by increasing local leaders' ability to attract investment to improve buildings and infrastructure in their communities. Visit the Architects Action Center to show your support via email and/or tweet your member of Congress and urge them to co-sponsor the Invest in America Act, H.R. 2210. Don't forget to share this call to action with your colleagues and sign up for Architect Action Alerts by texting "AIA" to 40649. Act now!
Guides for Equitable Practice
The American Institute of Architects recently released their Guides for Equitable Practice, designed to provide an educational resource to architects and firms on equity, diversity and inclusion issues. Topics included in the first three chapters of the guides explore intercultural competence, workplace culture and compensation within firms. Subsequent sets-due out later this year-will address career progression, talent recruitment, leadership development and community engagement.
ACSA Institutional Data Report 2019
The ACSA Institutional Data Report combined data collected by ACSA with data reported to the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB), the Integrated Postsecondary Educational Data System (IPEDS), the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education and other architecture organizations to investigate current and historical metrics of institutional effectiveness and begin to allow for peer institution comparisons. The report details more than 530 architecture degree programs at 148 institutions including trends in student enrollment, an index of schools by program size, statistics on college entrance examinations, and regional reporting on student faculty ratios and on-time graduation rates. For questions and comments about this report, contact Kendall Nicholson, ACSA Director of Research + Information.
International Competition Announced
From ArchDaily, see announcement for China competition.
Awards and Announcements! -------------------------------------------------------
2019 AIA COTE Top Ten Awards Announced
A display just went up in the AIA HQ Building of these beautiful examples of energy efficiency. Learn more here.
The 2019 COTE Top Ten Student Winners were also announced. More than 500 competed. Check them out here.
The American Planning Association (APA) is recognizing the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Sustainable Design Assessment Team (SDAT) program with its 2019 Excellence in Sustainability Awards for its dedication to supporting and growing sustainable communities
The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) recently announced their Outcome of Design awards. The new awards program, created in collaboration by representatives from ASID, Herman Miller, and NeoCon, recognizes designers' strategic work, rigorous evaluation, and groundbreaking research through the lens of the human experience. See the winning projects and firms.
The Landscape Architecture Foundation has produced Evaluating Landscape Performance: A Guidebook for Metrics and Methods Selection. The guidebook provides an introduction to evaluation best practices, with over 100 metrics in 33 categories that help practitioners and others customize their performance criteria to each individual landscape project and its particular goals.
Virginia Tech is Grand Prize Winner!
The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon® Design Challenge Weekend was held on April 12–14, 2019, at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colorado, and included 45 finalist teams, representing 37 collegiate institutions, across the United States and other countries. The Solar Decathlon continues to "push the envelope" on the design of the most high-performance, efficient, affordable, innovative buildings while leveraging opportunities to showcase student innovation and STEM education, as well as to foster workforce development opportunities. Check out the winners and congrats to them all!
Call for Papers --------------------------------------------------------------------------
TECHNOLOGY | ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN (TAD)
Submissions due June 15
For its upcoming issue, TAD seeks scholarly submissions, creative design, and primary research that investigate the means by which the design concept becomes translated into the built environment. Learn more >
Better World by Design is a student-led initiative at Brown University and Rhode Island School of Design that celebrates interdisciplinary collaboration between designers, educators, innovators, and learners. Better World by Design is holding an open call for speakers. Speakers will be selected based on the merit of their work and how it relates to the conference theme NOISE. It will be held on Sept. 28-30 in Providence, RI.
Upcoming Conferences & Events -------------------------------------------------
AIA Conference – June 6-8, 2019
If you are planning to be at the AIA Conference on Architecture in Las Vegas in June, consider registering for these workshops and events...
BTES Conference – June 19-22, 2019 – Amherst, MA, Building Technology Educators Society
ARCC – May 29-June 1, Toronto, Canada, Architecture Research Centers Consortium International Conference
NEA Grants Workshop, May 6, Providence, RI, hosted by the Rhode Island School of Design, following a morning conversation between NEA acting chairman Mary Anne Carter and NEH chairman John Peede.
AIAU Live: Behind the Resource: The Modular & Offsite Construction Guide
May 8 at 3pm ET | 1.00 LU/RIBA
We will take a deeper look into AIA's new Modular and Off-Site Construction Guide, including the benefits and challenges of modular construction and strategies for successfully designing a modular building. Learn more >
Free Webinar on Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis - DesignBuilder will be presenting a free webinar on Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis (UA/SA) on May 1. The webinar is based on an office building that was subject to an energy performance contract to achieve a target operational performance rating. It will show how DesignBuilder's UA/SA tools can help project teams create quantified risk assessment reports that help them to measure and manage the risks associated with achieving performance targets for improved design and decision-making.
How do Public Interest Design firms make it work? This spring, the researchers behind Proactive Practices, the collaborative that investigated business models of social impact design, will be sharing a look under the hood of their own effort-sharing each of their findings from across the case studies of practices from MASS Design Group to IDEO.org. Each researcher will present their high-level findings and share how the research influenced their own trajectories as public interest designers. The first of three free webinars is on May 1.
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Scholarships
The Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) is offering two scholarships for graduate and undergraduate student members. The Gianninoto Industrial Design Graduate Scholarship and the Design Foundation Industrial Design Undergraduate Scholarship each offer $1,500 scholarships judged on overall design excellence. Deadline is May 20.
DOE Announces up to $47 Million for Early-Stage R&D in Flexible Building Technologies | Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning |Solid-State Lighting
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Building Technologies Office (BTO) has announced the availability of up to $47 million for DE-FOA-0002090, "Buildings Energy Efficiency Frontiers & Innovation Technologies (BENEFIT) - 2019." The BENEFIT FOA intends to fund high-impact, early-stage research to enable innovations that will improve energy productivity, improve flexibility, security and resiliency, and lower energy costs. BTO will select projects from three topic areas:
- Flexible Building Technologies
- Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Technologies
- Solid-state Lighting (SSL) Technologies
To be eligible for consideration, a concept paper must be submitted no later than 5/21/2019 5:00 PM ET. Submission Deadline for Full Applications: 07/15/2019 5:00 PM ET
Grants of up to $10,000 will be awarded in support of projects designed to increase civic dialogue and participation, inspire community pride and revitalization, and improve quality of life in Rancho Bernardo, California....
Vermont Community Foundation Invites Application to Walter Cerf Community Fund DEADLINE: June 7, 2019
In 2019, the fund's advisors will award multiple grants of up to $5,000 and one grant of up to $25,000 in support of projects or organizations that benefit the community of Brandon and Addison County in Vermont....
A single grant of $100,000 will be awarded to a project focused on reversing global warming, whether through direct carbon avoidance, climate communication, climate education, industry engagement, or other means
Grants ranging from $10,000 to $125,000 will be awarded to institutions of higher education in the Cleveland area that connect faculty members, students, and businesses to sustainable, cooperative education and/or provide internship programs that couple classroom learning with hands-on, real-world experience....
Grants of up to $200,000 over twenty-four months will be awarded to nonprofits prepared to partner with artists in the Bay Area to create temporary, place-based art projects that are responsive to issues relevant to local communities.
Grants ranging from $10,000 to $125,000 will be awarded to institutions of higher education in the Cleveland area that connect faculty members, students, and businesses to sustainable, cooperative education and/or provide internship programs that couple classroom learning with hands-on, real-world experience....
The Historic Preservation Education Foundation (HPEF) is currently accepting proposals for the Spring 2019 round of its Partners in Training program. HPEF invites educational institutions and nonprofit organizations based in the United States to submit training proposals that address specialized topics associated with the technical aspects of preservation. The deadline for submissions is June 15, 2019. Award decisions will be announced in mid-July 2019.
Architecture Organizations and Resources ----------------------------------
A2ru Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities
What Design Can Do
Common Edge
Arch Daily
The Architect's Newspaper
ARCHITEXX is a 501c3 non-profit organization for GENDER EQUITY in architecture transforming the profession by bridging the academy and practice. Promoting leadership and retention, diversity and more.
Bass Center @ Brookings - Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Center for Transformative Placemaking inspires public, private, and civic sector leaders to make transformative place investments that generate widespread social and economic benefits. In collaboration with other national organizations like Project for Public Spaces and the National Main Street Center, the Bass Center documents and develops new approaches to creating economic districts within cities, towns, and regions that meet the evolving place needs of people and businesses.
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Dr. Nissa Dahlin-Brown, Assoc. AIA
Director, Higher Education
The American Institute of Architects
Washington, DC
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