San Mateo County

Report from Grassroots Conference

Posted April 7, 2013 10:16 PM by Terrence Murphey

Last week Ken, Martha and I attended 'Grassroots', the AIA's annual leadership conference. Over a thousand local, state and national officers gather in Washington DC for three days to discuss best practices, successful programs, and government advocacy.

Hey - watch the video at the top of the page!

Posted March 24, 2013 09:22 PM

Tilt your eyes up. See the 'play' arrow? That's the one. It's the start of something better.

News from the CRAN Roundtable

Posted February 18, 2013 07:06 PM by John Stewart

This is the first newsletter for the CRAN (Custom Residential Architect’s Network) Committee for the San Mateo County Chapter. It is intended to inform the members about what is happening on the national, state and local level.

Let's Get America Building Again

Posted February 12, 2013 09:44 PM by Terrence Murphey

On March 20th three chapter executives: Ken Kornberg, Martha D'Amico and myself, will travel to Washington DC to for the AIA Grassroots Leadership Conference. This is a valuable chance for to us to delve into national programs and brainstorm with members. We also meet with our representatives to advocate for good design and strong firms.

Congratulations to our Design Award Winners!

Posted December 27, 2012 10:05 PM by Terrence Murphey

At our annual holiday party we were pleased to honor ten projects and two emerging professionals. View the winners here.

Download the Presentation from our October Accessibility Presentation

Posted November 26, 2012 09:24 PM by Terrence Murphey

Thanks again to presenter Jan Garrett for her excellent presentation on accessibility and California Regulations. As the request of attendees, we've posted her power point presentation.

November message from the President

Posted November 23, 2012 11:49 AM by Mark Bartos

Last month’s annual business meeting was another great success. The Chapter elected a new board that I’m sure will serve the chapter well. As part of our fall “Good Works” series, our presentation was provided by Amit C. Patel of Architects Designers and Planners for Social Responsibility. We hope to have them back in coming years and potentially do additional joint programs with ADPSR. This meeting had probably the best interaction between attendees and presenters yet this year. We hope that you will be able to attend our upcoming meeting at the Redwood Shores library provided by Architecture for Humanity.

Remembering George Avanessian

Posted November 19, 2012 10:11 PM by Robert George, FAIA
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Our chapter was well-represented at George Avanessian's memorial service Monday morning.

2013 Sustainable San Mateo County Awards and Green Building Awards

Posted October 7, 2012 10:08 AM by Adrienne Etherton

The Green Building Award recognizes sustainable design in San Mateo County and is offered by Sustainable San Mateo County, the County of San Mateo, and the American Institute of Architects San Mateo County Chapter. The Green Building Award has separate criteria and a separate application form available at sustainablesanmateo.org/awards/greenbuilding- awards.

First Fall Lecture and Bay Front Clean Up both Successes!

Posted September 16, 2012 08:50 PM by Mark Bartos

In case you didn’t make it last night, the John King lecture was a great success. We had close to 100 or more attendees. We even had about 20 from the chapter – including that we (Martha can confirm). John King gave a great lecture with about a half hour of questions and answers. This is very gratifying to me personally --- this is one of those crazy ideas that people told me in the past that “would never work and no one would be interested in…”