The Housing Endowment and Regional Trust of San Mateo County (HEART) is seeking proposals from qualified architects and designers interested in contracting with HEART to prepare one or more sets of plans for the development of green accessory dwelling units as part of HEART’s Green and Livable Accessory Dwelling Unit Resource (GLADUR) program. The goal of the …
This week, AIA California shared updated CALGreen checklists for our members to use. The Residential and Nonresidential Mandatory Measures Checklists now reflect the July 1, 2018, intervening code changes and can be found here. Each zip file contains both an editable CAD and PDF version of our sheet sized checklists.
On March 21st, 2019, AIASF will be hosting the 16th annual Water Conservation Showcase. The attendance typically range between 600 to 700 people, representing a wide range of stakeholders including water utility employees, civil engineers, architects, landscape architects, facility managers, building operators, sustainability advocates and homeowners. Featuring 12 presentations with three simultaneous sessions occurring at …
AIA members are invited to join the Grassroots leadership conference in DC tomorrow by participating in a Virtual Capitol Hill Day. The AIA San Mateo County 2019 President Juliet Hsu, 2019 President-Elect Zeden Jones, and Executive Director, Jackie Tanner will be in Washington, DC visiting members of Congress and sharing the AIA National message on …
The AIASMC is pleased to announce the 2019 Academic Scholarship Awards and Architecture Education Grant. The awards program is intended to encourage and assist students graduating from high school as well as students already enrolled in college in their pursuit of a degree in architecture at a college or university level in an accredited architecture program. This expresses …
Are you a Citizen Architect? Do you participate in civic engagement or play a role in advancing public policy? If so, we want to know! Email exec@aiasmc.org and share your civic work in public roles at the local, state, or national level. “Citizen Architect” has been used to describe architects who have given back in …
AIACA Technical Network is searching for interested parties to join in developing Plus1House. This will be a public facing website for California homeowners to use as they consider adding an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) to their home. Plus1House | Your Accessory Unit Resource Center Technical Network Participation The development of the Plus1House website will be …
2019 Conference Theme: “The innovators and maintainers” Innovation in Architecture, Infrastructure, & Technology Registration Open! Read more at AIA Committee on Design! SAN FRANCISCO Spring Conference | April 4-7, 2019 Preliminary agenda: Pre-conference Symposium on Innovation: The Academy of Art University, San Francisco San Francisco, Downtown: Pelli, Snohetta, Botta, Gang, Autodesk, Swiss Consul General, Pier …
What is the real “crisis” in housing today? What type of design thinking might inform policy, regulations and advocacy efforts and influence decision making? We believe the power of architectural ideation, innovation and implementation can and will address housing attainability for all in California. This one-day conference will be jam-packed with design-driven conversations and …