September 2010 - AIA Northwest Washington

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A CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS: SERVING ISLAND, SAN JUAN, SKAGIT AND WHATCOM COUNTIES
NWAIA 2010 Design Awards • Bellingham’s Sustainable Design
NWAIA Scholarship Recipients • “Soundings . . .” Cascade Joinery
NWAIA Fall Film Series • President’s Message
Rendering by Rick Mullen for Cascade Joinery
September 2010
AIA Northwest Washington
A Chapter of The American Institute of Architects
09’ Citation Award • Designs Northwest Architects
09’ Merit Award • HKP Architects
McIntyre Hall
Skagit Valley College
Mt. Vernon, WA
Monday, December 6, 2010
6 pm • Hors d’oeuvre and no host bar
7:30 to 9 pm • Design Awards Program
General Admission • $20
Student Admission • $15
09’ Merit Award • Zervas Group Architects
Tickets:
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2010 Design Awards
Monday, December 6th, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon
Celebrate Architecture
Sponsored by the Northwest
Washington Chapter of the American Institute of
Architects
Dear Members:
The Design Awards Committee is gearing up for this year’s event at McIntyre Hall and are pleased to
announce that the revised format introduced last year will be in place again this year. And as always,
this is our opportunity to come together as a Chapter, recognize our accomplishments and review the
past year’s challenges and successes.
The following is an outline of the event format as well as a few new items for this year:
• Built and Unbuilt Work can be submitted
• The “People’s Choice” Category will not be part of the Awards Program this year.
• A new, Young Architect’s Submission Category has been added in the Optional
Presentation Board Display. Interns and Architects with ten years or less experience
in the profession are invited to submit a presentation board of a project or projects on
which they were involved (may include student work and level of responsibility should
be noted on the boards for each project).
• Reduce entry fees again this year: $100 for Chapter Members; $250 for non-members.
• Improved website navigation to simplify viewing projects on-line.
• Optional Presentation Boards in the lobby of McIntyre Hall for each entry to display a 24 x
36 presentation board during the reception and dessert portion of the evening. Boards
should include your firm name, project information, contractor, etc. This was a great
success last year and we hope all will participate again.
• Jurors for consideration will be professionals who have an understanding and
appreciation for the regional context of our work.
• Jurors will be introduced by our Master of Ceremonies.
These introductions will be limited to five minutes for each juror. The jurors will not
show their own work.
• Submittals will be introduced by the Master of Ceremonies with one slide image. The
introduction will include the name of the architect, the name of the project, location,
client (if available) and the general contractor. No jury comments will be solicited for
this portion of the program. Slides may be montages or single photos.
• Winning projects will be announced after all the projects have been introduced. The jury
will comment on the merits of the projects. Winners will receive their awards on stage
and have the opportunity to say a few words.
• Reception with appetizers and no-host bar will be available before the program along with
a champagne toast and dessert following with time to network, view displays and
discuss projects.
We are eagerly looking forward to this year’s awards event – our 20th!. It will be a chance for us to
demonstrate that there is much to celebrate and anticipate as we recover from this recession. We hope
you will be motivated to submit your hard work and join us as we focus on our future, our passion for
creativity and our ability to move forward with optimism.
Let’s CELEBRATE!
Sincerely Yours,
Julie Blazek, AIA, Design Awards Committee Chair
NWAIA 3 City of Bellingham Encourages
Sustainable Design
Neil McCarthy, AIA
Back in March, the City of Bellingham
along with Sustainable Connections announced a new seven month pilot program called the “Bin Bump Up” program.
The goal is to encourage and support certified green building projects with a Green
Project Review Team and to reduce building permit review time. As
stated in their press release:
“The City is committed to promoting sustainability by supporting
projects that conserve resources and minimize impact on the environment. This pilot promotes green building projects by providing
incentives at the permitting stage,” said Jim Tinner, City Building
Official.
The pilot program - known internally as the “Bin-Bump-Up” program - will decrease standard permit review time-lines for eligible
projects by one “bump-up.” For example, a project that typically
would be eligible for 28-day review will be “bumped-up” to a sevenday review, if it meets all applicable requirements, Tinner said. He
said these projects also will be eligible to schedule one “integrated
design” meeting with the City’s new Green Project Review Team,
to identify potential code conflicts between the project’s concepts
and City building codes.
These incentives will be offered for new buildings and residences
that achieve either a Building Industry Association of Whatcom
County (BIA) Built Green 4- or 5-star standard or a U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) LEED Gold or Platinum standard. Project
registration with the BIA or the USGBC is necessary to be eligible
and third party verification will be required at the time of project
completion to ensure that the project was built to the eligibility
threshold. Other equivalent green programs may be eligible, as
determined by the City’s Planning Director or Building Official.
The pilot will conclude on October 31. Tinner said City officials will
use the experience gained through the pilot project to create permanent policies to encourage green building, and added that this
is the first of several 2010 initiatives aimed to increase conservation, energy efficiency and green building.
This week Sustainable Connections announced an event scheduled for August 31st celebrating the first project completed using
this program. The event is an open house from 4:30-6:30 at a house
constructed by local builder, John Nelson. The house is located at
2200 King Street.
Here at RMC Architects, we have also able to benefit from the program. Just last week the City issued five building permits on a project that we are doing for the Bellingham Housing Authority. Our
experience was definitely encouraging and the City lived up to its
promises to process these permits in record time. •
Thank you to
our NWAIA
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Associated General Contractors
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NWAIA 2010 Architectural Scholarship Award Recipients
The AIA Northwest Washington Chapter Scholarship is funded by interest received from an endowment that was created
by donations collected over a two-year period. Donations to the endowment are tax-deductible. For more information
on the scholarship, or to make a donation, contact the Chapter at 360-671-9555, or www.nwaia.org.
AIANW is a 501(c)3 organization. Donations are tax deductible.
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“Soundings . . .”
Cascade Joinery is currently celebrating its 20th year providing custom design-build services
throughout the Pacific Northwest. Greg Robinson AIA LEED AP has led our design department since 1996. So far in 2010 we have designed and built custom homes in Girdwood AK,
Snoqualmie Pass, and Shaw Island. Currently on the boards we have projects slated for Orcas
Island, Whatcom County, Stuart Island, and Seattle.
Cascade Joinery continues to be an active partner in our local community. We have designed
an 1100 square foot high performance permanently affordable home for Kulshan Community
Land Trust property in the Birchwood neighborhood. We hope to begin construction by the
end of the year.
2500 square foot single family residence in Whatcom County WA
2500 square foot single family residence in Whatcom County
360-527-0119 | fax 360-527-0142 | 1401 Sixth Street | Bellingham, WA 98225
www.cascadejoinery.com | [email protected]
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Japanese inspired timber frame
home on Stuart Island, WA
Japanese inspired timber frame
home on Stuart Island, WA
1100 square foot permanently affordable single family home for Kulshan
Community Land Trust
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Fall Film
Series
Production of the Northwest
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American Institute of Architects presents two
free films this fall.
Infinite Space
The Architecture of John Lautner
Thursday, October 21, 7 pm
Whatcom Museum of History & Art
Rotunda Room
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the lifelong quest of visionary genius John Lautner to
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Fall Is Coming
Whether We Are Ready or Not
Rick Benner, NWAIA President
As I begin my Fall
newsletter report, I’d like
to take the opportunity to
thank our allied member
ThyssenKrupp Elevator for
their free lunch presentation
and discussion, in July, about
vertical transportation design.
It is opportunities like this that
provide both free continuing
education credits and the
ability to share information
with other AIA members that
are important during these
challenging economic times.
I’d also like to thank Puget
Sound Energy for hosting the
presentation and our Board
meeting in their Burlington
LEED facility. While several of
us struggled with finding a way
there due to the closure of the
railroad crossing, it was an
entertaining and educational
experience for those that did
make it. For those that tried
to find an alternative direction
to the facility and eventually
gave up, I wish to apologize
for not finding out about the
closure and notifying you
ahead of time.
In July, the Chapter also
moved forward with awarding
two student scholarships.
As of this writing (August 19,
2010), we are well on our way
to another successful golf
tournament that includes four
major sponsors, a hole-in-one
sponsor, and 25 tee box and
prize sponsors. In addition, we
have over 62 golfers signed
up to play with more expected
to register on the day of the
tournament. Since this is
one of the major annual fund
raisers for the chapter, I’d like
to offer a big thank you to all of
the sponsors, players, Board
members, golf committee
members, and others who
make it a success.
For most of us, Fall means
the end of summer vacations,
having our children go back
to school, the World Series,
football, and the peak of the
political season. This year’s
elections will be critical to
our profession as the State
grapples with another year
of deficits. Regardless
of your position on
issues, or your affiliation
with a particular party,
I encourage you to get
involved. If you have been
involved, I encourage you
to stay involved. The more
legislators know us and
know about the business
of architecture the better
off we will be as they face the
difficult choices ahead.
Lastly, I’d like to send out a
friendly reminder to members,
like me, who have yet to
complete their continuing
education units for the year.
The next four months will fly
by, so you might consider
getting all of the remaining
credits you need by attending
this October’s 2010 Northwest
and Pacific Region Annual
Conference
in
Eugene,
Oregon on Oct. 13-16.
If you would like to attend the
Board’s September meeting,
it will be at 4:00 on September
9 at HKP Architects office
in Mount Vernon, WA. If you
can not make it and would
like something brought before
the Board, please email me at
[email protected]. •
Till next time,
Rick
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CONTACTS
NWAIA
CHAPTER
OFFICERS
President:
Rick Benner, AIA • 650-3550
President Elect:
Julie Blazek, AIA LEED AP
336-2155
Treasurer:
Neil McCarthy, AIA • 676-7733
Secretary:
Ed Simpson, AIA • 650-3551
NWAIA
BOARD MEMBERS
Past President:
Eric Anderson, AIA • 629-3441
Mike Smith, FAIA • 734-4744
Sarah Brown, Asso. AIA
734-4744
Terry LeDesky, AIA • 675-3936
Fred Wagner, AIA • 676-9501
NWAIA
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Thomas S. Entrikin • 671-9555
[email protected]
AIA
WASHINGTON COUNCIL
State President:
Timothy Buckley, AIA
State Executive Director:
Stan Bowman
724 Columbia St N.W. #120
Olympia, WA 98501
360/943-6012
1-800/722-0394
Regional Director:
Pat Onishi, AIA
NATIONAL OFFICE
President
Marvin Malecha, FAIA
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