6-13 June 2010

Earn 18 AIA/CES Learning Units in Sustainability in 1 week, 6-13 June 2010, on the Amalfi Coast.

In this specially designed on-site program, we will focus on sustainability practices used in ancient Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Naples as possible solutions to modern architectural and design issues.

For more information please visit the Continuing Education Courses advertisement of the AIA website or see the full program description and registration information from Italy Adagio. Any questions about the program should be directed to Daniel Lesnick, Associate Professor of History, Emeritus, University of Alabama at Birmingham.

An early sign-up discount is available until 15 January.

Italy Adagio (Tour Italy, Inc.) has been operating small group cultural tours to Italy for over 25 years.

—via Daniel Lesnick
Associate Professor of History, Emeritus
(University of Alabama at Birmingham)
Italy Adagio
2021 21st Avenue, South
Birmingham, Alabama 35209
tel/fax +1-205-423-9982

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AIA members have until 3 September to register for Cityscape Dubai: World Architecture Congress, for the reduced price of $350. At least 18 CEUs will be available — 7 in sustainable design. Available hotels near the convention center have rooms starting as low as 115 euros.

Questions regarding registrations should be sent to register@iirme.com. In addition to the program of the World Architecture Congress, the AIA program includes a Continental Europe chapter meeting on Sunday afternoon, 4 October, a reception that evening, dinner on 6 October and an exclusive boat tour of the Palm Island on Wednesday afternoon.

For details and additions to the program as they become available, attendees are encouraged to consult aiaeurope.org.

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Saturday, 18 July 9:30am – 6:00pm

The AIA UK Chapter cordially invites you to the annual AIA UK Summer Biking Tour

Chichester to Littlehamptom, West SussexVictoria Station Departure

Please join members of the American Institute of Architects UK Chapter, as Benedict O’Looney M.Arch RIBA, leads a cycling tour thru Chichester and Littlehampton.

The tour will conclude with a tour of the East Beach Cafe in Littlehampton, guided by Peter Ayres, a member of the Heatherwick Studio team who designed the café.

Itinerary

9:30 AM	Meet at Victoria Station to purchase tickets
10:00AM	Depart for Chichester
11:45AM	Visit Roman/medieval town of Chichester, tour Pallant House Gallery, and lunch in town (bag lunch recommended)
2:30PM	Tagmere Aviation Museum, halfway between Chichester and Littlehampton. In between Chichester & Littlehampton, stop for sketching.
4:30PM	Arrive in Littlehampton, tour the East Beach Café, return to London at one’s leisure

Total biking distance: 25K approx, average cycling conditions

Southern Rail is offering a 90% discount on tickets purchased on Friday, 10 July; alternatively, tickets can be purchased the day of travel for a group rate.

• 5 CES Credits
• £10 (to cover the cost of group admission to the gallery and museum)
• RSVP required by Thursday, 16 July 10am — limited capacity
• Please provide AIA member number upon RSVPing to aia.uk.events@googlemail.com.

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4-6 October 2009

In association with the Cityscape Dubai: World Architecture Congress, the AIA International Region and the AIA International Committee, Dubai Conference Committee Chair Steven Miller, FAIA is pleased to announce The Survival Guide for Architects: Recession and Recovery, at the Dubai International Exhibition Centre.

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AIA UK tour
Thursday, 11 June 6:30pm
EXHIBIT Gallery
20 Goswell Road, London EC1M 7AA

Please join members of the American Institute of Architects UK Chapter, as Paul Lincoln, director of policy and communications for the Landscape Institute, leads a tour of the public spaces of the Golden Lane and Barbican Estates.

Following the destruction of the Blitz, the City of London Corporation commissioned two estates designed to bring residents back into the City. Designed by Chamberlain, Bon and Powell, Golden Lane and the Barbican estates now offer models of how to live in the City. This guided tour will examine the public spaces of these grade II listed estates.

Paul Lincoln is director of policy and communications for the Landscape Institute, an educational charity and chartered body responsible for protecting, conserving and enhancing the natural and built environment for the benefit of the public. He is a member of the City of London Guide Lecturers Association and has lived in Golden Lane Estate, one of the two estates to be viewed on this tour, for the past five years.

This tour is part of a series inspired by the exhibit ‘Le Corbusier at the Barbican’ and explores the impact Corbusier had either directly or indirectly on the Barbican and urban living in London.

1 CES Credit
Free Admission
RSVP required by Wednesday, 10 June 10am
aia.uk.events@googlemail.com

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18:30, 4 June 2009

1 AIA CES Credit
RSVP ylau@kpf.com

“We designed the underground facility to be bright, fresh and open to the elements — an apparent contradiction for a basement. Economy was paramount so we moulded the necessary concrete retaining structure into a legible hierarchy of architectural components: columns, pilasters, beams, brackets and panels. Materials were lightweight and industrial but detailed to give the impression of a highly bespoke piece of architecture.”
— Gumuchdjian Architects

Philip Gumuchdjian spent 18 years with the Richard Rogers Partnership where as Associate Director he was involved in high profile buildings, and masterplans. He co-wrote Rogers’ influential treatise on sustainability: “Cities for a small planet” which has been translated into 6 languages and sold over 30,000 copies. Gumuchdjian was Rapporteur at the UN Habitat II conference in Istanbul and was a member of the German Government’s Urban 21 panel. A visiting critic to the Architectural Association, the Royal College of Art, University College London and Harvard School of Architecture, Gumuchdjian’s work has been published and exhibited internationally.

StMaryleboneSchoolBuildingTour.pdf

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Thursday, 28 May 6:30pm

Barbican Centre
Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS

Please join members of the American Institute of Architects UK Chapter, as Peter Morris, founding partner of Allford Hall Monaghan Morris Architects, leads a private tour of his firm’s refurbishment of the Barbican.

This tour is part of a series inspired by the exhibit ‘Le Corbusier at the Barbican’ and explores the impact Corbusier had either directly or indirectly on the Barbican and urban living in London. A another private tour lead by Paul Lincoln, director of policy and communications for the Landscape Institute, discussing the impact of Corbusier’s ideas on urban living in London, will occur at the beginning of June.

2 CES Credits
Free Admission
RSVP required by Thursday, 28 May, 10am

aia.uk.events@googlemail.com

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8 May 2009

AIA UK private tour of the exhibition
Friday, 8 May 6:30pm
Barbican Centre
Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS

Please join members of the American Institute of Architects UK Chapter, as Corinna Gardner, assistant curator of the exhibition, leads a private tour of Le Corbusier at the Barbican.

The tour will conclude with drinks at the Searcys Restaurant, Level 2 of the Barbican.

2 CES Credits
Free Admission
RSVP required by Friday, 8 May 10am
aia.uk.events@googlemail.com

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