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State & National News
 AIA Georgia will celebrate Excellence in Design to kick off National Architecture Week, April 12-18, 2015. The Design and Honor Awards presentation will be held on April 11, 2015. Join us in celebrating excellence in design and honoring members for their contributions to the community and the profession. Please take the time to nominate someone for an AIA Georgia Honor Award!
Learn More... On Feb. 11, AIA Georgia hosted the Annual AIA Georgia Grassroots Day at the Georgia Capitol. AIA Georgia members, as well as students from SCAD and Kennesaw State University, were present to hear comments from Commissioner Knowles with the Department of Community Affairs and Marvin Woodward, Deputy State Property Officer with Georgia Building Authority.
Learn More...  2015: The Year of the Advocate begins with your participation in the AIA National Grassroots Conference, March 4-6, 2015 at the Hyatt Regency Washington at Capitol Hill. Guided by a vision for the future of the profession, the conference provides AIA leaders with tools to influence and pursue action that will strengthen their components, firms, communities and society at large. Leaders exchange information and ideas, provide input on AIA initiatives and advocate the AIA's federal agenda to members of Congress, working collectively toward a better future for architects.
Learn More... The American Institute of Architects (AIA) elevated 147 architects to its prestigious College of Fellows, an honor awarded to members who have made contributions of national significance to the profession. We are pleased to announce three architects from Georgia were among the 147 elevated to fellowship: Anne Smith, FAIA, Gary Coursey, FAIA, and Jerry Lominack, FAIA.
Learn More...  AIA Atlanta is offering numerous volunteer opportunities at the AIA Convention 2015. This is a great way to support your association and receive free access to the convention.
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ARE & Continuing Education
Our industry changes every day. New ideas, technology, materials, business opportunities and more are constantly emerging. AIAU makes it easy to keep up — offering learning units (LUs) on the topics you need to stay current, the tactics and trending issues that affect your practice and the ideas you crave for inspiration.
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Events, Exhibits, Etc.
The Young Architects Forum of Atlanta (YAF Atlanta), a program of the American Institute of Architects Atlanta, is pleased to announce the sixth annual competition titled 10UP. The goal of this project is to create a unique spatial experience that complements the AIA Convention with a large scale design element accessible to thousands of architects and designers from across the country. With the relocation to the secondary installation site, the structure will help create public awareness and appreciation of built design, and the influence it can have on the way we live.
Learn More... The Atlanta Bridgescape Competition is an urban design challenge seeking creative strategies to enhance existing freeway infrastructure in Midtown and Downtown Atlanta, Ga. The competition seeks broad participation from multi-disciplinary design teams to develop innovative approaches for enhancing existing infrastructure in a manner that will elevate the experience of travelers along the Connector and improve the environment for pedestrians and cyclists on the bridge surfaces.
Learn More... This year the Architectural Design Center in partnership with AIA Georgia, AIA Atlanta and Georgia Tech Archive will host an exhibit centered around the ever-expanding palimpsest of history that is Peachtree Street. The idea of "usable history" is very much at play here as hopes of an expanded archive of significant architecture and other design documents and objects recording the culture and history of architecture and related fields in Georgia will grow.
Learn More... Please plan to join Southface for the next Sustainable Atlanta Roundtable, March 6, 7:30 a.m. Session details will be available shortly.
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Chapter Highlights
Friday, March 13, 2015, 12-1:15 p.m., tvsdesign at 2700 Promenade Two, 1230 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta, GA 30309-3591
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