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The AIA gratefully
acknowledges the
following sponsors
of our 150th Anniversary
celebration:
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Founders Circle:
$1,000,000:
McGraw-Hill
Construction,
Official Media
Sponsor
Autodesk,
Official Software
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As of the April 1 deadline for first-round
grants, the AIA received 81 completed applications. More than 50
components stated their intention to submit applications in the
second round, due September 1. The grant review process is
underway, and notification of decisions on funding will be made by
mid-May. Distribution of funds is scheduled for June.
At its March 2006 meeting, the AIA Board of Directors expressed its
overwhelming support for the Blueprint program. Although the level
of funding for initiatives still depends largely on the success of
the capital campaign, the board authorized spending up to $1.1
million for the supplemental grants in the unlikely event that the
fund-raising effort does not materialize as well as expected.
Click here to see a list of components that
submitted supplemental grant applications.
More than 175 champions and component
representatives have signed up for the preconvention workshop. The
program includes sessions on fund-raising for Blueprint
initiatives, documenting the Blueprint process, and public
relations strategies, as well as an open mic Q&A forum.
Champions will also have an opportunity to share their successes
and challenges with others, including members of the Blueprint for
America subgroup.
Workshop attendees will be reimbursed for two nights’ lodging
(actual room expenses for June 6 and 7) up to a maximum of $250 per
night. Travel expenses will not be covered, and no other funding
will be provided for attending the workshop or the convention. Send
an e-mail to aia150@aia.org to register.
Blueprint for America Consults
The Blueprint consultation sessions held at Grassroots in February
were so successful that the subgroup has decided to continue them
at convention. The 20-minute consults provide a Q&A opportunity
for champions and/or components that have not yet identified their
initiatives or not yet submitted a supplemental grant application.
The sessions should be especially helpful to those who plan to
submit their supplemental grant applications in the second round,
due September 1.
The hours are as follows: Thursday, June 8, 3:30–5:30 p.m.;
Friday, June 9, 11:30 a.m.–2:00 p.m.; Saturday, June 10, 10:30
a.m.–3:00 p.m. Early-bird consults are also available from
6:30-7:30 a.m., Thursday through Saturday. Send an e-mail to
aia150@aia.org to register.
Join a panel from the Blueprint for America
subgroup—George Miller, FAIA, moderator; Tony Costello, FAIA;
Steve Quick, AIA; and Suzanne Schwengels, Hon. AIA, AIA
Iowa—to discuss the progress to date of various Blueprint
initiatives, how to document and deliver initiatives, and the next
steps in the process. The session will provide a good opportunity
to ask questions and collect information. Look in the convention
guide for TH36 AIA150 Blueprint for America.
At the Accent on Architecture gala,
held in Washington in February, AIA President Kate Schwennsen,
FAIA, and AAF Board of Regents Chair Norbert W. Young, FAIA,
jointly announced plans to launch the American Center of
Architecture. The ACA comprises the AIA and the AAF and is designed
to enhance the existing programs of both organizations. Schwennsen
described it as the “future-looking counterpart to the
celebration of our past.”
Although the details of exactly how the ACA will function are still
a work-in-progress, a number of initiatives are underway. Two
exhibit designers have been interviewed and asked to submit
proposals for launching a major exhibition during Architecture Week
(April 9–14) in 2007, as well as other ongoing programming,
both virtual and on-site. In addition, the Conference Center
Consulting Group, of Wallingford, Conn., is studying the
feasibility of creating a conference center on the ACA campus. The
study will be completed in mid-May.
Tommy Cowan, FAIA, chair of the
subgroup charged with developing a plan for greening the AIA
building, reports that seven firms have responded to an RFP for a
facility needs assessment and plan for greening the campus. The
firms are SmithGroup, Burt Hill Kosar, Quinn Evans, Beyer Blinder
Belle, Davis Buckley, HOK/Architectural Energy Corp., and Steven
Winter Associates. The firms met at the AIA on April 3 for a
preproposal meeting and building tour. Proposals were due on April
17, and a short list of finalists will be selected by May 1.
If success can be measured by enthusiasm,
then the AIA150 Blueprint for America initiatives will surely
change the face of America’s communities. The April 1 deadline
for submitting the first round of initiatives has passed, and the
review process is underway. But I want you to know that
extraordinary things are happening around the country, not only in
large state components with thousands of members but also in small,
unstaffed chapters with fewer than 50 members.
A simple but clear message has emerged: The Blueprint for America
is about doing things with your community, not for it. While the
distinction may seem minor, indeed it can change the way the entire
community process works. Nearly every component has plans to hold a
charrette or other community visioning event, working with mayors,
city managers, and zoning and planning departments; forming
coalitions with other stakeholders; and, perhaps most important,
engaging with fellow citizens to tackle a wide range of issues. And
the issues are big, important ones: revitalizing downtowns, the
closing of inner city schools, designing a master plan to save a
historic community, dealing with homelessness, working with state
legislators to build coalitions focused on green design,
redesigning urban waterfronts, rezoning land along light-rail
systems, and much, much more.
The enthusiasm, dedication, and creativity generated by this
undertaking are testimony to the power of a vision to unite
architects in a common cause, that of creating safe, healthy,
sustainable, livable communities. Components and champions have
boldly stepped up to make the dream of a Blueprint for America a
reality, and my confidence in its success could not be
greater.
George Miller, FAIA
Chair, AIA150
For more information, please contact us.
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