AIACNY
November 2008
A Chapter of The American
Institute of Architects
AIA Central New York
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NEWSLETTER STAFF
Editor.................Richard
T.Lafferty
Coordinating Editor....NeelGarofano
Publisher..................Scott Soules
Electronic Newsletter .. Scott Soules
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This month in The Leading Edge
The President's Message
Joseph Piraino, AIA
This
past Saturday we had our 2008 Celebration of Architecture and Design Awards.
This year’s event was the largest ever with 154 attendees and 17 corporate
sponsors. If you missed this event then you missed the best event of the
year. I will try to give you a brief summary of what you missed. First there
was a cocktail hour from 6 – 7 pm where we had our entertainer Cris
Johnson delight small groups with card tricks and other feats of magic. Cris
really set the tone that this was not our typical AIA event.
From
7:10 to 7:30 we had to have our Annual Meeting to elect our officers and the
annual report by the Treasurer
and President. We decided to have the annual meeting at the Awards
Celebration because we still have not figured out a way to get a quorum at a
separate Annual Meeting. We tried to keep this chapter business short but
with enough substance to fulfill our Bylaws. The President’s Report was an
exciting brief synopsis of our past year given by myself, highlighting some
of our successes. First I mentioned our continuing effort to engage our
Associate Members or Emerging Professionals; we sent out a survey and found
out that we needed to reduce the cost of events such as this. We listened
and reduced the price of this event from $50 to $30 for associate Members.
We revised our Website, thanks to Bob Haley and created a new sponsorship
committee of Jim Miller and Carlton Holmes. The success of this new
committee was apparent with the logos of 17 sponsors shown all around the
podium. We renewed our continuing education programs and Lunch and Learns,
thanks to Claude Louis Boisnier. I also mentioned our Golf Outing which is
always successful thanks to Mr. Goodman and our Lobby Day efforts where we
actually saw the Wicks Law have the threshold increase.
Robert
Johnson then presented his treasurers report which was short and not so
exciting given the topic, but Robert did provide us with a financial
statement and budget for next year that was very colorful and even had pie
charts. After that John Goodman came to the podium and presented me with my
President’s Medal and gave chocolates, from I can’t say where, to the
ladies on our new Board, Julia Marshall, Stephanie Wright and Brenda Law.
Thanks John for that thoughtful surprise.
After
the Annual meeting was completed dinner started and Cris Johnson came back
on to entertain us with some incredible illusions until 8:45. At 9pm the
Design Awards started with the two President’s Awards. In the spirit of
AIA National‘s new Integrated Project Delivery Method, I choose an Owner
and a Contractor to receive this award. The President’s Award and Design
Awards winners are listed here in this letter so please review and
congratulate the winners if you see them. After the awards the bar stayed
open until 10pm and many of us stayed and danced until they kicked us out.
I
was so happy to see so many come out on Saturday it was such a great event.
As I stated in many of my past messages this event is typically our best of
the year and as well it should be. The Design Awards is the one time where
we all can get dressed up and have a social evening out to honor our own.
Design is after all why most of us became Architects. So thank you to all of
the firms who submitted but did not win an award and congratulations to all
the winners. I would also like to thank Lisa Maynard from King and King
Architects for all her hard work she put in to make this years event the
best ever. And to all of you who could not make it, sorry but you really
missed out; maybe we will see you there next year.
Well
it is November 10th and Neel has been hounding me for this
month’s message. I am sorry I held up the newsletter but I really wanted
to talk about the Design Awards. I can’t believe how fast the year went
by, I have only one more of these messages to write. I hope you all have a
Happy and Safe Thanksgiving.
Take
Care,
Joseph Piraino, AIA
President, AIACNY
AIA CNY Chapter 2008 Awards Dinner
The
Design Award to King
& King Architects LLP for
Merit Award to Woolley Morris Architects for the Deboni
Residence, DeWitt.
Citation Award to Ashley McGraw Architects for the Syracuse
University School of Information Studies Hinds Hall renovations,
Citation Award to Dustin Erhlich of King & King Architects for
the House on Wild Creek, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Citation Award to
Free Library, Marcellus.
Citation Award to QPK Design for the Keuka College Ball Hall
Renovation,
Honorable Mention to Holmes King Kallquist & Associates for the
Bayview Country Estate, Skaneateles.
Also honored was developer
Robert Congel for his work with
an integrated project delivery method and
for promoting the
development of innovative sustainable solutions.
Kevin Stack of Northeast
Green Building Consulting was also
honored for his work with green building
practices.
A VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS.....
by Dick Lafferty
Paul Malo, Professor Emeritus of Syracuse University
School of Architecture was honored at a memorial service on October 11 in
Hendricks Chapel. This unique experience left a lasting impression on the
attendees. It was a deep emotional outpouring of love and it revealed many
facets of the man, Paul Malo.
All there knew either Paul the student or scholar or
neighbor or musician or preservationist or artist or family man and all
viewed him as a friend. No, much more then that, the term used by all
implied or stated was mentor. Each person who spoke implied Paul was a wise
and trusted counselor or teacher. It would be impossible to view his 78
years as segments. His life obvious became a constant exploration and ever
expanding judgments of the merits, faults, value or truth of all maters that
he discovered most important and significant.
It was said that Paul wrote and investigated more
subjects in retirement than most tenured professorial candidates provide
today. His prolific writing was noted by one asking a single question with a
treasured enlightened five-page letter resonance. His caring manner was
noted by the way in which he expressed his view of delicate situations. His
love of music was remembered by his playing the piano at dusk and the melody
floating as a breeze over head to the beloved river. His willingness to give
credit when it was due was exemplified by the Great Camp owner who Paul felt
needed a picture of the millionaire who had it built and sent the owner a
framed picture of the millionaire for hanging if only in the heater room.
These are only a very few examples, from a listener’s memory, presented
and each participant clearly treasures the one they felt was Paul.
We knew Paul as an architect. He had his mentors and in
the early formative years it was Harley McKee who provided a strong historic
pride that Paul carried through his life. This is noted in this month “You
came along way Arch!” with a young Paul and a history sketch from the 1955
MODULE (The School of Architecture Year Book). I shall end this with a
quotation from the newspaper and memorial service:
“Death is not extinguishing the light. It is only
putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.”’ Rabindranath Tagore.
It is time to become a mentor.
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MEETING
MINUTES OF THE AIACNY CHAPTER BOARD MEETING:
September 11, 2008.
Opening of the Meeting:
This meeting of the Board of Directors of the American Institute of
Architects Central
FUTURE
SHOCK (Electric that is)
The following is an excerpt from the new book by Tom Freidman, Hot, Flat and Crowded. Friedman’s new book has some important discussions of what we could do in the future about energy, global warming and, yes, architecture. Below is the excerpt from the book about some of our future with smart grids, electric cars and other exciting future elements:
Director of Environmental Design
Ashley McGraw Architects, P.C.
email- ashley@ashleymcgraw.com
GLOBAL
WARMING AND THE ARCHITECT
By Dean A. Biancavilla, AIA, LEED AP, Holmes King Kallquist & Associates,
Architects, Syracuse, NY dab@hkkarchitects.com|
Last month we were ‘pummeled’ by the presidential campaigns talking about “Joe the Plumber” to the point we were all becoming tired of the simplified version of middle-class America he was made to represent. But I am using him as a lead-in to a better story. I want to talk to you about another Joe. Joe Lstiburek. Actually Dr. Joe. And he is a ‘different’ kind of plumber if I can stretch the analogy.
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THE NEW CNY CHAPTER WEB SITE
We are please to announce that the Central New York
Chapter has posted a new web site at www.aiacny.org.
In an effort to better serve and inform our membership,
we have included information about the Chapter, the Officers and Committees,
and contacts for Membership, Committee interests and new Chapter events.
Many related links are also provided included the
National and New York State AIA organizations, links to “Green or
Sustainable” organizations and information, and links to Architectural
education in the area and licensing.
This newsletter will also be posted monthly on the
website, and is accessible by clicking the “Newsletter” box on at the
bottom of the page. We hope this website will provide another way of
informing, serving and involving all those interested in the broad and
important role of Architecture and Design in our world today.
Please give it a try.
Election of Officers and Directors
To
All,
This
year’s election of the 2009 Board of Officers and Directors was held
during the November 8th Design Awards. Four positions were filled;
President Elect, Secretary, Director of Practice and Director at Large.
Practice will have two Co-Directors.
Attached
is the Slate of Officers and Directors for the 2009 AIA CNY Board. A
director may serve a maximum of two consecutive two year terms. If a
member is appointed to fill a vacancy, that term does not count towards
the two-term limit. New Directors and Officers assume office as of the
first board meeting in January. Secretary and Treasurer are one-year
appointments.
Sincerely,
Thank You
Neel C Garofano, AIA Architect
PAUL CATALDO
PRESENTS MITIGATING
Paul Cataldo, LEED
With
offices in Syracuse and on Long Island, Ashley McGraw Architects, P.C. is an
award winning architectural firm specializing in institutional and
educational design, with a commitment to green and sustainable architecture.
CMHC-SCHL International Seminar
mark
your calendars!
for
the 4th annual award-winning
Reshaping
Lecture
Series
This year’s theme is SUSTAINABLE URBANISM in which we will explore issues with renowned experts ranging from smart growth & regional planning to community & economic development to transportation and green initiatives.
UPCOMING EVENTS FOR THE AIACNY CHAPTER
Your
local AIA chapter is hard at work rounding up product representatives for
luncheons and organizing educational events and seminars. Currently we
are holding review seminars in preparation for the ARE structures exams.
Anyone who missed the registration deadline can count on another series of
seminars next year.
AIA
volunteers and architectural interns have met to kick-off this year’s AIA
Architectural Explorer Post that will run from October 13th until December
1st. Architects and Interns are welcome to join anytime and you may
contact me for the schedule of workshops or for more information.
In
the month of October, we will be offering a 4-hour class on Basic Commercial
HVAC Systems. An announcement and registration form have been sent.
In
November, Eileen Clinton and a guest speaker will introduce risk management
to LEED design from the insurance point of view, Wednesday, November 5th.
The AIA is also hosting the all encompassing Design Awards on
Saturday, November 8th. On November 15 and 16 Rochester is offering an
ARE 4.0 format Building Systems Exam workshop. Registration deadline
is October 31st. Keep an eye out for the registration form to be
e-mailed soon.
For
the month of December, you can look forward to another all day event of
continuing education credits from our friends up North. The Canadian
Consulate General will be introducing a new slate of presentations. We
plan to meet in the same location and provide lunch.
In
the hopper for next year, we are coordinating with CSI to bring to you a
special educational presentation on masonry, presented by Michael Gurevich.
We are also coordinating with Robinson Concrete for a plant tour and
possible social event. And keep an eye out for another learning
seminar to unravel the complexities of Doors, Frames and Hardware.
AIA CNY is working to fulfill the requests of its members, and we are always happy to hear from you to influence what programs are made available. Volunteers will always help to make any program better. If you are interested, please contact me, and we can find a way that can help both you and the AIA.
Thank
you,
Louis
Boisnier, AIA
Architect
AIA
The
link to the AIA New York Chapter’s newsletter is:
http://www.aiany.org/eOCULUS/newsletter/.
eOculus
is
issued through email every two weeks.
You
may also search the archived issues of eOculus
at: http://www.aiany.org/eOCULUS/pastissues.php
AIA
New York Chapter’s public calendar is also a great place to promote both
this Chapter’s events and other outside events: http://www.aiany.org/calendar/index.php
You
may also self-list a program by submitting a form online at: http://www.aiany.org/calendar/submit.php.