The 2012 AIA National Convention will be held in Washington D.C. from May 17th through May 19th, 2012. This year’s theme is “Design Connects”. Go to the convention website for more information.
Hotel Registration is now open. You can view the National Convention housing & travel page or view a hotel map with hotels in close proximity to the convention center.
Registration is now open at the convention website.
You can view a daily schedule of the events by clicking here.
For those who can’t make it to the National Convention, AIA National is offering a Virtual Convention of the seminars. Click here to view the virtual expo and options for viewing the seminars.
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The May AIA Spokane Chapter meeting will be at 5:30pm on Tuesday, May 22nd and will feature a tour of the Convent of the Holy Names (2911 W. Fort George Wright Drive, Spokane) near Spokane Falls Community College. You must RSVP to Katherine(747-5498) to take the tour. For more information, see your May issue of your inland Architect when its released.
AIA Spokane will be hosting the AIA Post-Disaster Safety Assessment Program Training (SAP) this year. The date of the training is scheduled for Friday, June 8th, 2012. Architects, Engineers and Building officials are encouraged to attend. The Safety Assessment Program utilizes volunteers and mutual aid resources to provide professional engineers, architects and certified building inspectors to assist local governments in safety evaluation of their built environment in the aftermath of a disaster. Rachel Minnery, AIA, is the chair of the National AIA’s Disaster Assistance Task Force and will be the instructor for this program. Rachel has led groups of volunteer architects to disaster-stricken places including Haiti and Mississippi and co-founded Architects Without Borders Seattle in 2005.
For more information, see the flyer on the AIA Spokane website. If you have any questions, please email Matt Jacoby or Trish Buzan. The program runs from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm and the cost to attend is $55 for AIA or CSI members, $70 for non-members. To pay by credit card, please use the PayPal link below.
REGISTER FOR POST-DISASTER SAP TRAINING NOW
This year’s annual CSI/AIA Golf Tournament will be on Thursday, August 30th, at The Creek at Qualchan Golf Course. Proceeds from the tournament will benefit the Inland Northwest Architectural Foundation and the CSI Spokane Chapter Education Fund. The event will be a shotgun start beginning at 1:00 pm. The cost is $70 per person which includes golf, power cart, and dinner. Click here to download the player registration form.
Sponsorship opportunities are still available! Click here if you would like to promote your business at this event.
Contact David Birdsall (509-535-0301) or John Eckert (509-838-8240) for more information.
SAVE THE DATE! The 2012 joint Western Mountain Region & Northwest & Pacific Region Conference will start on October 10th and run through October 13th in Tucson, Arizona. This year’s theme is “Transformation 2012: Design and Practice in a Global Age”.
Look back as more information becomes available.
