The AIBC 2010 PD/CES course schedule and registration
form are available online at www.aibc.ca/member_resources/professional_dev/index.html
Heritage Vancouver
BC
Wood
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The numerous ways wood from B.C.’s Mountain Pine Beatle-infested
forests can be utilized for cladding; trim & fascia; engineered
corners; and soffits for porch areas;
- The 25 year warranty on factory coatings on exterior products
used on the show home; and
- How wood, if finished and applied correctly, can be low
maintenance.
It takes place Thursday, July 22, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. Please r.s.v.p. to Jason
Nickel by e-mail (jasonn@woodtone.com) or telephone (604) 888-3167.
1 Non-core LU
SFU
City Program
Urban Design Certificate
The award-winning Urban Design Certificate Program is a part-time, interdisciplinary,
mid-career professional development program designed for working professionals
from diverse backgrounds. Courses are taught by leading urban design
practitioners in two- and three-day intensive courses in Vancouver as
well as Alberta. Participants will complete six core courses and two
electives.
Core courses:
1. UD: Theory and Practice
2. UD: Visual Communication
3. UD: Economic Fundamentals
4. UD: Studio I (Analytic Tools)
5. UD: Ecological Planning and Sustainable Design
6. UD: Studio II (Synthesis of Urban Form)
Electives:
1. UD: Alternative Development Approaches
2. UD: Designing Integrated Neighbourhoods
3. UD: Implementation Methods
4. UD: Planning for Transportation and Accessibility
5. UD: Public Realm
6. UD: Urban Revitalization
For details or to register, please visit http://www.sfu.ca/city/udc.htm by July 16, 2010.
Sustainable Community Development Certificate
The Sustainable Community Development Certificate is designed to give participants
the most current and practical information on sustainable development.
Courses are taught by experienced consultants and instructors in the field.
This flexible program, offered by the SFU City Program and the Centre for
Sustainable Community Development, is comprised of eight two- and three-day
intensive courses over 10-18 months.
Core courses:
1. Foundation in Sustainable Community Development
2. Applications in
Sustainable Community Development
3. Sustainable Economics for the Real World
4. Making Change Happen: Building Commitment to Create Sustainability
5. Integrating Social Dimensions into Sustainability
6. Sustainable Community Development Studio
Electives:
1. Strategic Decision-Making for Sustainable Results
2. Communicating Sustainability for Awareness, Accountability, and Action
3. Urban Transportation: Planning and Designing for Sustainability
4. Leading Edge Solutions to House Everyone
5. Tackling Climate Change - Going Carbon Neutral and Beyond
6. Green Economy Frontiers and Opportunities
For details, or to register, please visit http://www.sfu.ca/city/scd-sustain.htm.
The Urban Design Certificate and Sustainable Community Development
Certificate are part of SFU’s certification programs for md-career
professionals. All courses qualify for non-core learning units. The application
deadline
is July 16, 2010.
Canadian Wood Council
/ Wood WORKS! BC
Webinar: The Wood First Act in B.C.
Do you have questions about the new Wood First Act in B.C.? The act, which
received royal assent on October 29, 2009, requires provincially-funded
projects to use wood as the primary construction material where appropriate
and within the BC Building Code. Wood WORKS! BC has been asked to assist
communities with the Wood First Act's “build with wood” requirements,
and is pleased to present this webinar designed to provide answers and
practical information. It features Werner Hofstatter, Wood WORKS! BC
Wood First Advisor who recently served as the Director of the Ministry
of Forest & Range's Wood First Initiative, along with Wood WORKS!
BC technical advisors Peter Moonen and Bill Billups. The webinar is available
online beginning Tuesday, June 15 at 9:30 a.m. Go to www.WoodFirstAct.Info.
1 Core LU
IMAGINiT Technologies
Revit Architecture 2011 BIM Management
Revit Architecture is a powerful Building Information Modeling (BIM) program
that supports the ability to coordinate, update, and share design data
with team members throughout the design, construction, and management
phases. The objective of the Revit Architecture 2011 BIM Management course
is to enable students who have worked with Revit to expand their knowledge
in setting up office standards. Specific topics include setting up templates
with annotation styles, preset views, sheets and schedules, as well as
custom element types and families. By creating standard templates and
custom elements, a key component in the BIM process is to establish a
company foundation for different types of projects. Doing so ensures
that new projects flow smoothly and efficiently. The length of this training
session is one day. Please contact Kam Seignarack of IMAGINiT Technologies
for more information at 604-207-2114 or by e-mail kseignarack@rand.com.
6.5 Core LUs
Sustainable Design: Ecotect Analysis Fundamentals (Web-based Workshop)
Ecotect Analysis software is a comprehensive concept-to-detail sustainable
design analysis tool, providing a wide range of simulation and analysis
functionality. Users can interact with powerful 3D feedback to explore
factors such as solar energy, shadows and reflections, and day lighting.
Using Autodesk Ecotect Analysis, architects and designers can gain better
insight into building performance early in the process, helping to achieve
more sustainable designs, faster time to market, and lower project costs.
For more information or to register, please contact Kam Seignarack by e-mail
(kam.seignarack@rand.com) or phone (604-207-2114).
16 Core LUs
Royal Architectural
Institute of Canada
Renaissance Architecture and Restoring Strategies
The RAIC is offering two summer courses in Ferrara Italy on historic restoration
and 21st Century sustainable practices.
Renaissance Architecture and Restoring Strategies
This course offers a synthetic framework of the Renaissance innovations
including art, architecture and cultural changes. The Renaissance in
Italy went from the XIVth to the XVIIth century, with the climax in the
first half of the XVIth Century, when all around Europe the papacy was
a strong catalyst to the artistic production, from architecture to the
urban design, from art to literature, produced by many masters such as
Palladio, Michelangelo and Raffaello. Ferrara, Italy has been one
of the capitals of the papacy that, together with the dukedom, gave great
support to massive examples of building innovations and elegant decorations.
To safeguard and maintain this important building heritage, specific
conservation policies and methods have been developed, testing innovative
materials and techniques that will be presented during the course with
lessons and guided on-site visits of private and public buildings.
21 Core LUs
Approach to Sustainable Architecture
The sustainable approach is now firmly joined with architecture all
over the world. Italy has a growing experience of building design using
an energy efficient approach, starting many years ago with a more “European”style
coming from northern countries, resulting in a more “Mediterranean”strategy
that includes both summer and winter evaluation in the building design.
Research on sustainable architecture in Italy is following key ways:
new performances for traditional materials and components (mainly applied
to the refurbishment of buildings in the city centres); and the promotion
of renewable energies through the upgrading of building envelopes and
systems (to plan, improve and design new buildings). Italy is developing
a specific background on the sustainable refurbishment of building heritage,
merging its experience in restoration and conservation with the need
for more efficient services and materials. Working primarily to maintain
and manage their cultural real estate, Italian architects need to properly
deal with the traditional using innovative technologies, testing with
care the compatibility between energy requirements and historical matters.
This course will give an outlook of the state of the art in Europe, with
many national and international examples and showing how all issues are
linked with energy efficiency and new trends for sustainable architecture
that should be at the core of the environmental approach adopted for
planning Expo 2015 in Milan.
21 Core LUs
For more information, please
see the online PDF.
AEC Daily Online
Learning
AEC Daily offers free online courses worth core learning units. For a
list of offerings, please visit their online learning centre at http://www.aecdaily.com/en/236763?list=4.
Current Exhibit: 2010
Annual AIBC Architectural Awards
May 17 – July 9, 2010
AIBC Gallery: #100 – 440 Cambie Street, Vancouver
Winners and other submissions for the 2010 Annual AIBC Architectural Awards
are currently on display at the AIBC Gallery. This year represented
another record-breaking number of submissions across four award categories:
The Lieutenant-Governor
of British Columbia Awards in Architecture; The AIBC Innovation Award;
The AIBC Special Jury Award; and the AIBC Emerging Firm Award. The AIBC
Gallery
is free and open to the public Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Click
here to view a slideshow of project submissions.
Ellis Mortgages Canada: Client Appreciation Contest
Ellis Mortgages Canada is currently holding a client appreciation contest.
Anyone who
contacts EMC by mail, phone, email
or in person to obtain a mortgage will be automatically entered in the
contest if the mortgage transaction occurs and closes between May 18 and
July 30, 2010. The client will then be emailed a link to the complete
rules and regulations of the contest at www.emcmortgages.ca/clientappreciationdraw.htm.
There is a total of one (1) prize available to be won. The Grand Prize
will consist
of a
40” Sony Bravia 1080 LCD HDTV (approximate retail value: $850.00
CAD).All
entries must be received by July 30, 2010 at 5:00 p.m. For more information,
please visit http://www.emcmortgages.ca/clientappreciationdraw.htm.
Green Dream Home Demonstration
The Green Dream Home, an energy-efficient and environmentally-friendly
home in Kamloops, has reached the demonstration phase. The project is the
first of two Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) EQuilibrium™ Housing
Initiative demonstration homes in B.C. to be completed and opened for public
tours, and the eighth to open across Canada. The home was built by Canadian
Home Builders’ Association Central Interior and Thompson Rivers University
as part of an initiative to encourage builders and developers to build
the next generation of sustainable housing. The Green Dream Home combines
state-of-the-art energy-efficient design and construction techniques with
renewable energy production.
New RAIC ED
The Royal Architecture Institute of Canada has announced the appointment
of Jim McKee at the RAIC’s new executive director, effective July
19, 2010. McKee previously headed the Coalition for Cultural Diversity,
involved in mobilizing cultural organizations in Canada and elsewhere in
support
of the UNESCO Convention on the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. He has
also previously worked for the Writers Guild of Canada, Transport Canada,
First City Trust and Deloitte & Touche. He replaces Jon Hobbs, who
had held the position since 2001.
BC Building Code Revisions for High-efficiency
Plumbing Fixtures
Effective October 4, 2010, high-efficiency (4.8 litre) toilets or dual-flush
toilets will be required in all new residential buildings (or when major
renovations occur). In all other occupancies, the requirement for a maximum
flush cycle of 6 litres will remain unchanged. Whenever urinals are installed,
high-efficiency (1.9 litre) urinals will also be required. Information
on the new standards can be found online at http://www.housing.gov.bc.ca/building/consultation/het/index.htm.
For further information, please contact Christine Webb, Senior Policy Advisor
- Building and Safety Standards Branch - Ministry of Housing and Social
Development (phone: 250-356-8165; fax: 250-387-8164; e-mail: Christine.A.Webb@gov.bc.ca).
Urban Land Institute BC: Young Leaders Cascadia Conference
This summer, the Urban Land Institute presents a young leaders conference
featuring an opening address by Vancouver Mayor
Gregor Robertson. Titled Vancouver, Seattle and Portland: City and
Regional Identities, this conference brings together
ULI young leaders and high profile mentors for
each of these respective cities, in an effort to explore how Cascadia respective
identities differ and overlap. It takes place July 16 - 17 at the Terminal
City Club's Metropolitan Ballroom (837 West Hastings Street, Vancouver).
The cost is $85 USD for ULI Young Leader Members and $100 USD for non-members.
To register, please visit http://britishcolumbia.uli.org/.
For more information, please
contact Regional Coordinator Jeannie Bates at
e-mail jeannie.bates@uli.org or
telephone (604) 761-8060.
Hotdogs for Heritage
This summer, The Vancouver Heritage Foundation is hosting
its second annual Hotdogs for Heritage fundraiser. The event
features a unique salvage sale with items from a selection of Vancouver
buildings including the Hotel Georgia, the original downtown Woodward’s,
the Marine Building and much more. Admission
is by donation with a suggested minimum donation of $10 per person or
$25 per family. It takes place Sunday,
July 11, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at 5026 Connaught Drive, Vancouver. For
more information call (604) 264-9642.
SustainaBUILD Conference
Mark your calendar for the 2010
Vancouver SustainaBUILD Conference this fall.
The conference program features innovative content, ideas and cutting
edge technologies related to sustainable development and green design.
It takes
place November 23 at Vancouver's Westin Bayshore
Hotel.
Early bird rates of $275 + HST will available from late summer through
to November
2. For more information and to register, visit the conference web site
at http://www.sustainabuild.com/vancouver/index.htm.
Questions can be directed to Gillian Wright at
e-mail gwright@mmart.com or
telephone 604.739.2112 ext. 192058.
Edifice: Exploring Art,
Archives and Architecture
Edifice: Exploring Art, Archives and Architecture, an exhibition
that presents 10 new paintings of downtown Vancouver buildings done in
realist style by Graham Winter, will be featured at the newly refurbished
City of Vancouver Archives Gallery from June 2 - August 26, 2010. The exhibition,
the first of its kind in Vancouver, is designed as a multi-faceted exploration
of the early- to mid-20th Century downtown Vancouver buildings that represent
the “modern” of the artist’s childhood. It will also
include a video wall of digitized archival photos and records of the buildings
and the period in which they were built. The City of Vancouver Archives
Gallery is located at 1150 Chestnut Street. For more information, please
visit www.vancouver.ca/archives.
Sustainable Region Initiative
The Future of the Region Sustainability Dialogues and Sustainability
Community Breakfasts are outreach components of Metro Vancouver’s
Sustainable Region Initiative (SRI). They involve a series of high-profile
debates and discussions intended to help decision makers shape the future
of the region by presenting a range of views and stimulating fresh thought
on regional issues such as housing, industry, labour and immigration, drugs
and crime, regional economy, transportation, energy and agriculture. For
more information, visit: http://www.metrovancouver.org/region/breakfasts/Pages/default.aspx.
Public Meeting:
How Should we Manage our Waste?
Metro Vancouver is consulting on a new Draft Integrated Solid Waste
and Resource Management Plan to guide the management of solid waste in
an affordable and environmentally responsible way. A public meeting has
been scheduled; it takes place Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at Metro
Vancouver's 2nd floor Boardroom (4330 Kingsway, Burnaby). Registration
begins at 6:30 p.m. and the public meeting begins at 7:00 p.m. Those
wishing to speak
(five minutes per speaker) must register at the front desk.
Written submissions are encouraged, and will be acknowledged. Issues
raised in correspondence and at the final public meeting will be addressed
prior to submission of the final plan to the B.C. Minister of Environment
for approval.
This is the final public meeting and opportunity
to comment on the Draft Plan; the Metro Vancouver Board and
Committees
will not be accepting delegations on this matter after this date. Send
your comments by July 14, 2010 to Lois E. Jackson, Chair, Metro Vancouver
and Greg Moore, Chair, Metro Vancouver Waste Management Committee by e-mail
(icentre@metrovancouver.org), fax (604) 432-6297, or mail: Metro Vancouver,
Public Involvement Division, 4330 Kingsway, Burnaby B.C. V5H 4G8. For more
information
visit: www.metrovancouver.org.
IDSwest 2010
Mark your calendars for the next Interior Design Show West,
October 14-17, 2010 at the Vancouver Convention Centre. IDSwest is Western
Canada’s premiere annual residential design show featuring 200 exhibitors
showcasing quality products and services to an audience of architects,
designers, industry professionals, consumers and media. New program highlights
this year include Future Masters, a showcase of young design talents and
local design institutions; and Spare the Change, a design challenge with
a $2 budget. For detailed information including speakers, exhibitors and
schedule, keep an eye on the event web site at http://www.idswest.com/index.php.
Building
SustainABLE Communities Conference
The Building SustainABLE Communities Conference, hosted
by The Fresh Outlook Foundation, takes place in
Kelowna from November 16 to 18, 2010. Speakers include:
- Dr. Reginald Bibby: Sociologist at the University
of Lethbridge and Canada's premier tracker and interpreter of social
trends.
- Michael Kinsley: A senior consultant with the Rocky
Mountain Institute who has helped build sustainable economies and environments
since 1983.
- Terry Tamminen: Climate action advisor to California
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair
and BC Premier Gordon Campbell. Author of Lives Per Gallon: The True
Cost of Our Energy Addiction.
For more information, including program and registration details, please
visit www.freshoutlookfoundation.org.
Call for Papers: Heritage Challenges Conference
École de design and Institut du patrimoine of Université du
Québec à Montréal are organizing a conference entitled “Preserving
Modern Architecture in Québec, Canada, and Elsewhere: Heritage Challenges
and the Mobilization of Knowledge”. It will be held in Montréal
from October 14 - 17, 2010. Submissions are currently being accepted for
conference presenters. For detailed information, including the Call for
Papers, visit the conference web site at http://www.ip.uqam.ca/.
Greater Vancouver Commercial Building
Awards
The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver is hosting its first ever Commercial
Building Awards on September 23, 2010. The awards are meant to honour excellence
in local commercial and industrial construction within Greater Vancouver,
including recognizing the architects, designers, owners, developers, financiers,
and realtors responsible for creating some of the most exciting and innovative
projects in the region. Categories include:
- Mixed-use — Commercial/Residential;
- Community facilities including senior’s housing/church/schools/government/recreation
facilities;
- Retail/shopping centres;
- Office;
- Industrial;
- Rental housing;
- Hospitality — hotels/motels/resorts; and
- Commercial renovation/restoration.
There will also be a Judges’ Choice Award for best overall entry.
Adjudication will be performed by a select panel of judges respected for
their expertise within the real estate community. To be eligible, the institutional,
commercial or industrial building or renovation project must be located
within the REGBV area, and completed between January 1 and December 31,
2009. The deadline for nominations is July 30. For further information,
contact Commercial Coordinator Tammy Dunn by phone (604-730-3033) or e-mail
(tdunn@rebgv.org).
Archifoto: International
Awards of Architectural Photography
Submissions are now being accepted for Archifoto, an international competition
for amateur and professional photographers. The theme for this year’s
competition is “Architecture is Sustainable!” Applicants are
invited to submit up to three photographs that explore issues of sustainability
and durability surrounding architecture and urban landscapes. The competition
is organized by the gallery La Chambre in Strasbourg, France, and Les Journées
de l’Architecture, an architecture festival that takes place in Alsace,
Baden-Wuerttemberg and Basel. Submissions are due by July, 31, 2010. For
more information on the competition, visit http://www.archifoto.org/.
Call For Submissions: 2010
Design Exchange Awards
The Design Exchange Awards promote Canadian design excellence and recognize
the critical role of design in all types of organizations including commercial
entities (large and small businesses), not-for-profit organizations, and
the public sector. The awards celebrate the success stories achieved through
close partnerships between clients and designers. The DXAs are Canada’s
only award program to judge design by results, balancing function, aesthetics
and economic success. The early submission deadline is July 20, 2010, followed
by the final submission deadline of September 30, 2010. Click
here to learn
more or visit the DXA web site for complete details.
AECOM Competition
AECOM Technology Corporation, one of the world's largest engineering and
architectural design firms, is pleased to announce Urban SOS: Transformations,
a design competition offering US $20,000 in prize money for integrated
design responses to sites in select global cities. The competition is open
to students in the fields of architecture, urban and regional planning,
urban design, landscape architecture, economics, environmental science,
engineering, and related disciplines. Now in its second year, Urban SOS
gives students around the world the opportunity for real engagement with
issues facing built, natural and social environments. Last year’s
competition attracted more than 1,000 entrants from 239 colleges and universities
in 64 countries. This year, the competition will explore the topic of “Transformations”,
looking at cities that are in the midst of change that represents both
challenge and opportunity to their future. Featured cities include Beijing,
China; Istanbul, Turkey; Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Johannesburg, South Africa;
Phoenix, United States; Port au Prince, Haiti; and São Paulo, Brazil.
The competition seeks creative, viable proposals for site redevelopment.
The five semi-finalists will receive a trip to the World Architecture Festival
in Barcelona this November. Submissions will be accepted until July 31,
2010. Visit www.aecom.com/urbansos for complete submission requirements.
How to Design Cities For People Instead
of Cars
By Cliff Kuang, Fast Company
June 16, 2010
Cars set modern planning on an unsustainable path: Cars begat wide, unwalkable
roads, which begat highways, which begat suburban sprawl. But a new generation
of architects and urban planners has been laser-focused on reversing the
curse of car-oriented city planning. Ten full-blown ideas for integrating
sustainable transport into the fabric of ten different modern cities are
now on display in Our Cities, Ourselves, an exhibition at New York's Center
for Architecture from June 24-Sept 11. More …
Modern Architecture For The "American
Century"
Eero Saarinen and the Art of Corporate Image-Making
By Alice T. Friedman, Places
June 22, 2010
When Eero Saarinen died suddenly of a brain tumor on September 1, 1961,
he had already become, at the age of only fifty-one, one of the most
successful architects in the United States. The darling of corporate
America, Saarinen had risen to great heights over the course of his short
career (his father Eliel, with whom he had collaborated since the late
1930s, had died in 1950), filling a widespread yearning among American
clients for a new kind of modern architecture that would combine the
clean lines of the International Style with something of the “Americanness” and
familiar imagery of Frank Lloyd Wright. More …
Small Firm, Global Practice: An Interview
with Jim Goring and Andre Straja of Goring & Straja Architects
ArchNewsNow
June 29, 2010
Jim Goring and Andre Straja met while working at William Turnbull Associates
in San Francisco in the late 1980s/early 1990s. In 1996, they formed the
partnership of Frank, Goring & Straja Architects, which has since become
Goring & Straja Architects. Unusually for a firm whose staff has ranged
from 20 to 40 people, Goring & Straja has offices in Rome, Milan, and
the San Francisco Bay area. We interviewed Jim and Andre about how they
manage an international practice as a small firm. More …
