Colorado Architecture News | 04.03.24


News from the Colorado Chapter of The American Institute of Architects | 04.03.24

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The Week in Words

Thank You for making 2023 such a great year, as well as for your continued involvement into this year. We had a record number of members, allied members, and premier partners last year and we’re grateful for your commitment to AIA Colorado’s mission: Elevating the architecture profession to design a more equitable, sustainable, and beautiful Colorado.

AIA COLORADO NEWS

Update on HB24-1329: Sunset Architects Engineers & Land Surveyors

We’re pleased to announce that our sunset bill has passed in the House where it was introduced. During the bill’s committee hearing, 2024 president Julianne Scherer, AIA, offered testimony in support of the bill from the perspective of a firm principal. Past AIA Colorado board member and current National Associates Committee representative, Kari Lawson, AIA, spoke to her experience as a recently licensed architect. Government Affairs Committee secretary Brittany Goldsmith, Assoc. AIA, spoke to how one qualifies to begin taking the licensing exams. This strong team of members effectively covered all the points we wanted to make on the importance of licensing architects. Now, we have to repeat the same process in the Senate where the next committee hearing is scheduled later this month.

Seeking applicants for new Housing Committee

A new AIA Colorado Housing Committee is launching this Spring that will focus on Colorado’s unprecedented and complex housing crisis. This new committee will meet regularly and seek to lay the groundwork so our association can lead and be responsive to equitable housing solutions. The deadline to apply is April 14th. Read more about the committee, its goals for 2024, and apply today!

AAH/ACHA Summer Leadership Summit – call for project tour nominations

The AIA Academy of Architecture for Health is pleased to announce that for the first time, the annual Summer Leadership Summit (SLS) will be held in Denver this year from July 26-28th. This conference, jointly hosted by the AAH and ACHA (American College of Healthcare Architects), brings together approximately 200 leaders in healthcare design from the U.S. and around the world for two days of presentations and panel discussions addressing the forces that shape the future of healthcare. Each year, the final day of the conference (Sunday, July 28th) is reserved for project tours of healthcare facilities in the area. If your firm would like to submit a project for consideration, please follow the link to learn more and submit an application. The deadline to apply is Friday, April 12th, at 5pm.

Meet the Jurors for the 2024 Design Awards

The Awards Committee is thrilled to introduce our esteemed 2024 Design Awards jury lineup and we anticipate their review of your exceptional work during AIA24 in Washington, D.C. this June. We’ve assembled a dynamic group of industry leaders renowned for their expertise, diversity of practices, and global perspectives. Their unwavering commitment to excellence and shared values sets a remarkable standard.

AIA Colorado Events

Code Class: 2021 Accessibility Update

Friday, April 5th, join this seminar that will discuss the changes to Chapter 11 of the 2021 IBC and the 2017 ICC A117.1 Accessibility Standard. Class will meet at Galvanize Boulder and please sign up through Eventbrite in advance.

RSVP here

Louie’s Louie’s Piano Bar tour

Thursday, April 11th, join members in the South for a tour in the “Trolley Block”, a recent rehabilitation of the historic trolley maintenance facility located on South Tejon between Cimmaron and Moreno. Tour led by Echo Architecture.

RSVP here

A Roadmap for Decarbonizing Building Assets in Denver and Colorado

Thursday, April 18th, attend an overview of the process of decarbonizing buildings, with a focus on meeting benchmarking and building performance standards requirements for Denver and Colorado. Discussion will include the workflow needed to provide the planning, analysis, funding, and scheduling required to meet 2030 targets for energy-use and/or greenhouse gas emissions reductions.

RSVP here

Farm and Market tour

Thursday, April 25th, join Denver AIA members, OZ Architecture, and Farm and Market owners for a tour of the unique neighborhood farm, restaurant, and market.

RSVP here

Code Class: IECC Overview – Commercial Provisions

May 3rd, this free webinar, sponsored by the Colorado Energy Office, will take a high level overview of the commercial provisions of the latest edition of the International Energy Conservation Code. We will focus on those provisions that have the highest impact on a building’s energy efficiency as we look at what has changed in the code. Course submitted for 1.5 AIA CES Health, Safety, and Welfare (HSW) learning unit hour.

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Code Class: IECC Overview – Residential Provisions

May 3rd, this free webinar, sponsored by the Colorado Energy Office, will take a high level overview of the residential provisions of the latest edition of the International Energy Conservation Code. We will look at the different ways to navigate through the code, highlighting all of the flexibility built in so that designers, builders, and homeowners have more options of how to meet the end goal of an energy efficient and resilient building.Course submitted for 1.5 AIA CES Health, Safety, and Welfare (HSW) learning unit hour.

RSVP here

PARTNER NEWS AND EVENTS

Upcoming CAP Spring lecture series

Lectures are held at the Second Floor Gallery, CU Denver. More info and RSVP here.

NEWS AT NATIONAL

AIA’s Year in Review 2023

Explore important AIA firsts, expanded membership demographics, community developments, advocacy wins, key organization milestones, awards given and received, and more in AIA’s annual review. See at AIA

ABI February 2024: Pace of billings decline continues to slow

Although architecture firm billings declined for the thirteenth consecutive month in February, the AIA/Deltek Architecture Billings Index (ABI) score of 49.5 for the month means that the share of firms reporting a decline in billings was nearly equal to the share of firms that reported an increase in billings. Read more at AIA

2024 AIA Future Forward grant

Presented by the Large Firm Roundtable (LFRT) and the AIA Young Architects Forum (YAF), this grant supports students, emerging professionals, and early career architects in the testing of new ideas that disrupt the traditional conception of practice, process, and product in the field of architecture. Application deadline is April 19th. Learn more

AIA announces winners of the 2024 Associates Award

AIA has selected five recipients for the AIA Associates Award. The Associates Award is given to individual Associate AIA members to recognize outstanding leaders and creative thinkers for significant contributions to their communities and the architecture profession. Read more at AIA

AIA announces recipients for the Young Architects Award 2024

AIA has selected 30 recipients for the AIA Young Architects Award. The AIA Young Architects Award honors individuals who have demonstrated exceptional leadership and made significant contributions to the architecture profession early in their careers.  Complete details for each recipient are available online. Read more at AIA

AIA24

Early registration is available through April 10th for this year’s AIA Conference on Architecture Design, taking place June 5–8. AIA24 will bring together the often-siloed AEC industry in Washington, D.C. to network, share knowledge, gain exposure, and find multidisciplinary solutions to today’s most pressing issues. View conference website

Colorado Night at AIA24

Enjoy connecting with fellow AIA Colorado members and University of Colorado alumni at Colorado Night at AIA24. Join us!

Premier Partner Spotlight

We’re proud to highlight one of AIA Colorado’s Premier Partners, The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), and look forward to their ongoing support and involvement serving Colorado’s architecture community.

The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), headquartered in Chicago, is a non-partisan, not-for-profit technical institute and trade association established in 1921 to serve the structural steel design community and construction industry in the United States. AISC’s mission is to make structural steel the material of choice by being the leader in structural-steel-related technical and market-building activities, including specification and code development, research, education, technical assistance, quality certification, standardization, market development, and advocacy. AISC has a long tradition of service to the steel construction industry providing timely and reliable information.

Learn More about The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC).

Premier Partner Events

Active shooter tabletop exercise

Wednesday, April 24th from 1 – 5pm, join IMEG for an Active Shooter Tabletop Exercise, where you’ll collaborate with colleagues to navigate through a scenario, identifying roles, evaluating response plans, and creating personalized crisis management roadmaps. This AIA-approved event aims to enhance safety and preparedness in emergent situations, offering 3.5 LU/HSWs credits.

RSVP here

Looking for Additional Resources?

View AIA Colorado’s Allied Member Directory.


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