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Members of ACEC Colorado, AIA Colorado, & Other AES Organizations are invited to join your colleagues for appetizers and beverages while meeting with state legislators and key policymakers. Lobbyists for both organizations are inviting legislators and identifying to them who from their districts will be attending the reception.
AIA Colorado is covering the registration fee for AIA Colorado members who RSVP through Eventbrite. We encourage members taking advantage of this offer to consider a contribution to The Architects of Colorado Political Action Committee.
Joining AIA Colorado as an Allied member gives businesses access to an extensive professional network, AIA Colorado member event pricing, discounted job board rates for members, insider industry information, and more. The Allied membership is designed for people who work in a field related to architecture but do not have an architecture license or degree, including engineers, planners, landscape architects, consultants, manufacturers, and other fields related to architecture. View the benefits of membership and join or renew today!
Congratulations to Tana Lane, AIA on being named Colorado State Architect! She brings a wealth of expertise from her previous role as Manager of the State Buildings Program within the Office of the State Architect (OSA), including an expert eye for how bills introduced every legislative session impact OSA, other state agencies, and the architecture profession at large. Tana has also been a valuable contributor to our Government Affairs Committee and its legislative subcommittee.
The OSA is charged with administration of state-owned buildings and these responsibilities include working with state agencies and the legislature, design and construction processes, real estate transactions, energy and environmental standards, and state planning programs. AIA Colorado looks forward to working with Tana Lane in her new role and building on our strong relationship with the OSA and previous state architects Larry Friedberg, FAIA and Cheri Gerou, FAIA.
Carol has a remarkable portfolio, winning over 200 prestigious design awards including the 2023 AIA National Gold Medal. After her keynote at the Practice + Design Conference, she discussed with Colorado Architect Adam Wagoner, AIA, her passion and deep understanding of architecture’s impact on society.
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Dave Goldberg, FAIA, President of Mithun, the 2023 AIA National Firm of the Year, joined Colorado Architect Adam Wagoner, AIA to talk about the interdisciplinary collaboration that has powered Mithun’s firm model. Dave shares his insights on the benefits of open-source design practices for architecture and highlights the firm’s commitment to sustainability and social equity work.
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Dean Maltz, AIA and Laura Britton, AIA of Shigeru Ban Architects join Colorado Architect Adam Wagoner, AIA to talk about Shigeru’s innovative approaches to timber architecture and the new possibilities for sustainable designs.
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Join Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) in Denver, February 8th, for a 5-hour
seminar that will illuminate the capabilities and possibilities for using precast, prestressed
concrete building components and systems on projects of many kinds. The presentations
will demonstrate the attributes and considerations of precast for owners and design
professionals. The program will cover the basics of the material itself, as well as dive into its
benefits for versatility, durability, efficiency, resilience, and sustainability.
Lectures are held at the Second Floor Gallery, CU Denver. More info and RSVP here.
Denver’s Office of Climate Action Sustainability and Resiliency (CASR) and Community Planning and Development (CPD) are conducting a local market assessment of electrified water and space heating equipment. They are requesting your input to better understand the industry’s experience of the current market as they design and implement building code provisions. The survey will close at 11:59 PM on Sunday, January 28rd.
Denver’s Landmark Preservation Commission is seeking a new commissioner to fill an upcoming vacancy this spring. Commissioners shall attend twice-monthly meetings and periodic special meetings to hear and decide requests for:
If you’re interested in this position, please review the full list of duties and qualifications, then submit a resume or professional biography to Nikolaus Remus. Nominations will be accepted by AIA Colorado through noon on Friday, February 9th. AIA Colorado will send a list of interested members in good standing to Landmark Preservation staff but does not internally evaluate nominations.
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Denver’s Lower Downtown Design Review Commission is seeking new commissioners to fill the following vacancies this spring:
If you’re interested in this position, please review the full list of duties and qualifications, then submit a resume or professional biography to Nikolaus Remus. Nominations will be accepted by AIA Colorado through noon on Friday, February 9th. AIA Colorado will send a list of interested members in good standing to the commission but staff does not internally evaluate nominations.
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The AIA/Deltek Architecture Billings Index (ABI) remained below 50 for December, indicating soft business conditions to close out 2023. The score of 45.4 remained essentially flat from November. Read at AIA.
Spending on nonresidential buildings will see a modest 4% increase in 2024, after increasing by more than 20% last year according to AIA’s latest Consensus Construction Forecast. Read at AIA
We’re proud to highlight one of AIA Colorado’s Premier Partners, Humboldt Sawmill and Allweather Wood, and look forward to their ongoing support and involvement serving Colorado’s architecture community.
Humboldt Sawmill Company, LLC manufactures redwood and Douglas-fir dimensional lumber, timbers, and uppers at the company’s sawmill in Scotia, California. Allweather Wood, LLC is the largest waterborne preservative treated lumber and plywood manufacturer in the western United States with five manufacturing facilities, including a facility in Loveland, Colorado. View company website.
Visit Humbolt Sawmill and Allweather Wood website.