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AIA Maine News
Regular Articles
This Quarter’s Articles Also Include
- The AIA Trust
- Build Boston 2005
- Build Boston Expands Its Professional Development Program
- Boston Architectural Center Masters Degree Coming to UMA
- Building Relationships
- A joint construction council to improve communication between the design community and the construction industry.
- Computer-Aided or Hand Drawing?
- The Maine Land Use Planning Session
- Change/Growth: Who Controls It?
- Sketches by Rob Whitten
Who Are These Masked Men?
They are AIA Maine Treasurer John Morris, AIA (left), and AIA Maine President John Gordon acting as Ed McMann clones (escapees from the Publishers Clearinghouse Sweepstakes) to present Executive Director Judith Harvie with flowers and a gift certificate in recognition of her 30 years of service to AIA Maine.
Other News
SO, GO WRITE A BOOK. WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL?
On Wednesday, December 1, 2005, at Portland’s Gulf of Maine Research Institute, AIA Maine will be celebrating its 70th anniversary with a program on writing and publishing.
The afternoon event will consist of an annual business meeting, tour of the facility and a program of presentations and discussions with the following guests:
- Peter Chapman, Books Editor for The Taunton Press;
- Dale Kuhnert, Former Editor of Down East The Magazine of Maine;
- Brian Vanden Brink, Prominent Architectural Photographer and Producer with Chris Glass of At Home in Maine: Houses Designed To Fit The Land; and
- Robert Knight, AIA, Author of A House on the Water.
Program notice with details will follow, but mark your calendars today for this event that should deliver a degree of enlightenment to the world of architectural publishing. Many thanks go to Robert Knight for his time and effort in securing this terrific panel of speakers.
AIA Maine President John Gordon and ACM President John Sturgeon review a list of future topics for the Joint Industry Council at the September meeting.
Looking for a Few Good...
AIA Maine wants to expand. Many important issues continue to be topical in our changing world. Some think we could do more. At the August 2005 Executive Committee Retreat, it was agreed that an issue-based committee approach be adopted. As issues come and go, so may committees. It has also been suggested that each committee be responsible for providing one program per year for the membership. In addition to existing committees currently working on 2006 Design Awards, Continuing Education, Grassroots Leadership Network and Bylaws Update, other possible committees include Maine’s own Committee on the Environment (COTE), design, building codes and government agency (i.e. BGS, DOE, local, etc.). Might there be interest to form regional committees to address common concerns depending upon location (north, downeast/coastal, south/Portland, etc.)? Maybe you’ve got an issue that warrants an AIA Maine committee? Now is the time. If interested, please contact Judith Harvie, Executive Director at jharvie@adelphia.net.
AIA’s Displaced Architects Fund
On behalf of the AIA Maine membership, the Chapter donated $750 to the Displaced Architects Fund in September. The money is a donation through the American Architectural Foundation to assist architects and their firms in need.
If you would like to contribute to this relief effort, visit www.aia.org and click on to the Hurricane Katrina Response section. There are several ways you can help your colleagues get back on their feet.
2nd Call for Submissions Remodeling Not So Big
Sarah Susanka, FAIA, award-winning architect and author of the best selling Not So Big House books and Home By Design, will be collaborating with architectural design writer Marc Vassallo on a new book about Remodeling Not So Big. This latest addition to the Not So Big House series, published by The Taunton Press, will show homeowners how to use a wide range of design ideas and details to transform the space in their homes.
Susanka Studios is seeking submissions of architecturally designed models for this book. The original submissions deadline has been extended to December 16, 2005.
For submission requirements visit www.notsobighouse.com/submissions/index.asp. If you have any questions, email submissions@notsobighouse.com.
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Photos courtesy of John Gordon.
AIA Maine Welcomes...
Timothy J. Carson, AIA
WBRC Architects/Engineers
Bangor
(Reinstatement)
Darren R. Commerford, AIA
Stephen Blatt Architects
Portland
(Transferred from AIA Rhode Island)
Harry W. Hepburn IV, AIA
Scott Simons Architects
Portland
Arthur P. Thompson, AIA
SMRT
Portland
(Transferred from AIA Gulf Coast Florida)
The views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the AIA Maine Executive Committee.
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