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State & National News
AIA South Atlantic Region welcomed over 900 people during the Re:Inventing Architecture Conference held September 19-22 at Loews Atlanta Hotel. The SAR Conference was a tremendous success and helped set the stage for the National Convention in 2015. Thank you to all those that attended the series of events that explored the practice of architecture and celebrated good design.
Learn More... In honor of the 2012 Political Action Committee (PAC) donors, a cocktail reception with Attorney General Sam Olens was held on Friday evening at the South Atlantic Regional Conference.
Learn More... AIA Georgia is committed to, and we believe has been delivering, a more valuable membership experience. Your 2013 Dues Invoice will be coming from AIA National in the coming weeks. We hope you will take advantage of the variety of options for providing your continued support at all levels of your membership: National, State and Local.
Learn More... Saturday, December 1, 2012. Join us as we celebrate the 2012 AIA Georgia Design Awards winners and honor those that have served AIA Georgia and the architecture community. Reception will be held 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm followed by the Awards Presentation from 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm.
Learn More... The AIA is developing a clearer vision of how to communicate that architects and architecture play an essential role in everyone’s lives.
Learn More... For the second time this year, NCARB is taking steps to provide our customers with some financial relief in this challenging economic climate. From October 1 through November 30, we are reopening our "Welcome Back to NCARB" offer of reduced fees for reactivating lapsed architect or intern records.
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ARE & Continuing Education
October 15-18, 2012. BPI Envelope Professional Training is a four-day course designed to prepare students for BPI Envelope Professional Certification. You will learn how to perform whole home energy assessments with focus on improving the building envelope, learn both basic and advanced diagnostic techniques (blower door, duct pressurization equipment, pressure pan), pressure differential testing, combustion safety testing, focused instruction on developing improvement plans, introduction into cost analysis of implementing improvement plan.
Learn More... October 16, 2012. Join the EPA and the Georgia Chapter of the USGBC in Atlanta for an inaugural conference focusing on southern initiatives that combine sustainability and historic preservation, preserve tradition and ecology, while achieving high standards of sustainability. This conference will help us merge our conversations and actions to restore and revitalize our cities, communities, economy and enhance our quality of life. We hope you will join us and share with your networks!
Learn More... This unique educational event will provide an in-depth look at Southern Yellow Pine timber used in construction, with an emphasis on timber management, lumber manufacturing, specification that meets International Building Code requirements, and application under high wind and uplift forces. Eligible attendees can earn 5 AIA/CES HSW credits.
Learn More... Public screening of Professor Norman Dorf's Insight Video Series. Watch this celebrated taped lecture series on taking and passing the ARE graphic vignettes.
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Events, Exhibits, Etc.
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Learn More... The Office of Facilities will be hosting the annual Facilities Officers Conference (FOC) at the Savannah Marriott Riverfront. You are invited to a casual evening of networking with the facilities officers and campus police officials from the University System of Georgia Colleges and Universities. Please join us for a Caribbean themed dinner and music on Thursday, October 25, from 6-9 p.m.
Learn More... Friday, October 26, 2012, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., AT&T Midtown Two Auditorium. Join us for a fascinating presentation by Charles Fishman, award-winning journalist and author of "The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water." Using stories from around the globe and here at home, Mr. Fishman will examine our relationship with our most precious resource: water.
Learn More... AIA Atlanta has an open submissions call for articles for its first annual publication, "Design Equilibrium," to educate, inform and stimulate design discussions on the built environment. The publication will highlight programs that AIA Atlanta has produced throughout the year, and it will also introduce a visually stimulating publication that collaborates articles written by the design community.
Learn More... The BERKELEY PRIZE supports the study and teaching of the social art of architecture. The online, two-stage Essay Competition (in English) is open to undergraduate architecture majors in accredited schools of architecture throughout the world. The Travel Fellowship Competition and the Architectural Design Fellowship Competition are open to the Essay Competition seminalists.
Learn More... Southface officially announces the 16th Greenprints Conference taking place Wednesday, March 13, and Thursday, March 14, 2013 at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI).
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Chapter Highlights
Thursday, October 18, 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. Join AIA Atlanta for Build Something Great at the Academy of Medicine.
Learn More... Friday, October 12, 12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m., tvsdesign - 2700 Promenade Two; 1230 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA 30309 - ASHRAE Standard 189.1-2011 for High Performance Green Buildings.
Learn More... Thursday, October 18, 11:30 a.m., Bonefish Grille, sponsored by Grayco Window and Door Center.
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