Lecture by Monika Wittig of LaN – Architectural Response

AIA COLORADO EMERGING PROFESSIONALS FORUM – FIND YOUR WAY WITH AIA

Thursday, November 11, 5:30-7:30pm – Barker Rinker Seacat Architecture, 3457 Ringsby Court, Unit 200, Denver
Join AIA Colorado for the Emerging Professionals Forum, an evening for yet-to-be-licensed design professionals to learn about services at their disposal. It will feature manned stations with information about AIA Denver Diversity Committee, NCARB, IDP, licensure, ARE study materials and study groups, and mentoring programs. Appointments will also be available with professional human resource managers and design principals in attendance, who will review resumes and portfolios. Also included is a panel discussion on “Demystifying the Process,”  lead by principals, HR representatives and others who are involved in the process of receiving resumes and portfolios and deciding who is invited to come in for a job interview. Cost: Free for AIA Colorado members. Attendees are encouraged to bring a non-member who can also participate at no charge. Food and drinks will be provided by the AIA Colorado Emerging Professionals Committee. RSVPs are required and must be made by Monday, November 8, at 4 pm by contacting AIA Colorado Office Administrative Assistant/Membership Coordinator Emily Ewing at emily@aiacolorado.org or at 303.446.2266, ext. 110.

FREE DAY AT DENVER ART MUSEUM

Saturday, November 6, 10:00am-5:00pm – Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave Parkway, Denver

On the first Saturday of every month, you can enjoy the DAM art collections and non-ticketed exhibitions without spending a dime! Free tickets are available on-site starting at 10:00am. Contact: 720-865-5000. Visit the website.

Exhibition and Book Review: Small Scale, Big Change

Exhibition and Book Review: Small Scale, Big Change

AIA Colorado 2010 Practice & Design Conference Blog: Axel Fridman: Open Office

AIA Colorado 2010 Practice & Design Conference Blog: Axel Fridman: Open Office: "Axel Fridman (left in photo), Dieguez Fridman Arquitectos, flew in from Buenos Aires, Argentina to speak at the 2010 Practice & Design Confe..."

Cole Design Studio at the AIA Colorado 2010 Design Conference in Keystone

Thanks to Initial AEC, Steve won a "Flash Rod"  http://ow.ly/i/4Bu4

Downtown Denver Morning in Fall

Time to wax poetic.  One of my favorite parts of the day, and year, is the morning in fall in Downtown Denver.  I would say that I am a morning person now, implying that I wasn't always so.  My walk to work (after a short light-rail ride)is from Union Station, to Writers Square, about 4 blocks.  A stop at the Tattered Cover Bookstore for a coffee, and a quiet stroll down 16th st; well, relatively quiet.  There are of course many other people on their way to work, or wherever else they may be going.  The fall chill is blowing through the downtown streets, and everyone is hustling and bustling, but mostly to themselves.  It is a calm energy, but an energy nonetheless.  Walking from Union Station eastward also implies a direction in time.  From the historic buildings in lower downtown (LoDo), to the 1980's glass and steel oil-funded skyscrapers further east.  The gradient of energy increases with the gradient in building types. The planters on the mall are being prepared for the harsher weather ahead.   The homeless are selling copies of the Voice newspaper,  the regional buses are roaring in and out of Market Street Station, and my coffee from the Tattered Cover is delightfully warming my hands.  While my walk visually continues on, my body stops short of the 1980's skyscraper wonderland.  My destination is Writers Square, a peculiar piece of Urban Design.  As a designer, we try to create and enhance experiences like these, but one must wonder if these experiences are a result of calculated environmental design, or a confluence of many other factors that, try as we might, we just can't control?

Cityscape Panorama Project

Went to a lecture/presentation recently by an architectural photographer named T. John Hughes.  He has been working on creating a visual record of Downtown Denver, every five years, since 1992.  The process, known as "rephotography", takes images from the same vantage point to illustrate changes in the urban fabric.  His work is important for designers in charting the incremental progress of architecture, as well as society.  Too often, we refer to buildings in "eras" or very large chunks of time.  Hughes brings the interval down to five years, which I believe allows us to put change in terms of our lifetime, instead of generations.  His work can be viewed on the website: http://cityscapepanorama.com/

University of Tennessee Students Build a Zero Energy House | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World

University of Tennessee Students Build a Zero Energy House Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World

AIA Colorado 2010 Practice & Design Conference Blog: Last Chance for Early-Bird, Member Rate and Online...

AIA Colorado 2010 Practice & Design Conference Blog: Last Chance for Early-Bird, Member Rate and Online...: "Friday, Oct. 8, is the last opportunity for all AIA, Associate AIA, AIAS and professional affiliate members to enjoy the early-bird, membe..."