Island Architect Weekly

Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Happy Labor Day - Monday, Sep. 2

Have a Safe and Happy Labor Day Weekend!

HOLIDAY OFFICE HOURS: Both AIA Honolulu and AIA National offices will be closing at 3pm Friday, Aug. 30 (national closes 9am HI). The offices will remain closed on Monday and re-open for normal business hours on Tuesday, Sept. 3 at 9am. Have a great 3-day weekend!

For information during this period please visit the AIA Honolulu website or the AIA National's FAQ's page.

AIA Honolulu "Member Spotlight"

Nicholas Haigler, Allied Member, Business Development Manager at Kieselbach Woodworks

Welcome to "Member Spotlight" where we feature AIA Honolulu members, ask them 5 random questions, get to know each other and learn a thing or two.

Welcome Nicholas Haigler, Allied Member!

The questions we asked Nicholas were......

What's the most inspiring part of your job?
What are three top things on your bucket list?
What is the 1 thing in this world you are most proud of?
What’s the best meal you’ve ever had?
Beer or wine? Favorite?

Want to know the answers? Click here

Want to Suggest a Member or Participate? Email Jacy L. Youn, EVP and give her your suggestions.

Upcoming AIA Honolulu Programs

AIA Honolulu Professional Development Committee Presents...
Sep. 11: Economic Forecast: Is a Downturn Coming? (1 AIA/CES LU)

Join AIA Honolulu for a very special economic forecast with leading local economist and master number cruncher, Paul Brewbaker. Paul joins AHL’s Bettina Mehnert, FAIA, in a lively discussion about economic trends in building and design and when firms can expect to see the long-anticipated economic downturn. The discussion promises to be a lively one, as the panel moderator is none other than Hawaii News Now Sunrise’s expert chart-maker, Howard Dicus. View Event Flyer.

Cost: $35 AIA Members, $40 Non-Members & $20 Students. Cost includes lunch

General Membership Meeting (1 AIA/CES LU)
Sep 19: Talk Story with Mayor Kirk Caldwell

Topic: Talk Story with the Mayor: An Update on the City and County of Honolulu. Mayor Caldwell has prioritized investing in Honolulu’s core infrastructure, with a focus on roads, sewers, bus and rail transportation, parks, and homelessness. View Event Flyer.

Speaker: The Honorable Kirk Caldwell, Mayor City and County of Honolulu. Moderated by Robbie Dingeman, Honolulu Magazine.

Cost: $20 AIA Honolulu Members | $30 Non-Members (Lunch Included)

Sep. 14: Join Us for the 2019 AIA Honolulu Design Awards Gala, 5-9pm

Live Music | Heavy Pupus | Drinks | Networking

Register Online! Saturday, Sep. 14, 5pm -9pm, Jefferson Hall, East-West Center, UH.
There is a 280 person MAX capacity for this venue. We anticipate selling out. RSVP early.

Join us for a night of fun and design excellence! The event begins at 5pm, when you can join us for cocktails, heavy pupu’s, live music and socializing with friends and colleagues. We will close the evening with our Awards Program featuring the AIA Honolulu 2019 award winners!

Cost: $100 for AIA Honolulu Members & Guests / $30 for Students

MAHALO DESIGN AWARDS SPONSORS!

Pacific Building Trade Expo Celebrates 20 Years!

Oct. 1: Attend our 20th Pacific Building Trade Expo

FREE event for industry professionals!

When/Where: Tuesday, October 1, 8am-5:30pm, Hawaii Convention Center

Pacific Building Trade Expo is the largest trade venue serving Hawaii’s building design professionals and contractors. It is presented by HONBLUE and is produced by AIA Honolulu and CSI Honolulu.

Here's why you should attend:

27 Free and Timely Seminars, in Seven Tracks (8am-4:30pm) Earn up to 4 HSW
incl. the new HONBLUE Center Stage venue
Exhibition Hall with Products & Services (9am-5:30pm) - Over 250 Vendors
Free Buffet Lunch, Aloha Reception + Great Prize Giveaways

Get a sneak peak! We just posted the seminar tracks and titles for this year's AIA CES program. The details will be posted in the next few weeks.

Booths Still Available! Want to Exhibit? Go to the Pacific Building Trade Expo website for information OR email Barbie Rosario of BK Corporate Coordinators or call her at (808) 864-7983 (Oahu).

SAVE THE DATE! AIA Honolulu Annual Business Meeting - Tuesday, Oct. 1, 11:30am-1pm! The AIA Honolulu Annual Business Meeting and lunch takes place, in conjunction with the Expo from 11:30am-1:00pm. Come hear what is new with the chapter and vote for our 2020 AIA Honolulu Board Nominees. The Annual business meeting information packages will be mailed out mid-September.

AIA Honolulu Event Update

AIA Honolulu Film Night - I.M. Pei: Building China Modern

There was a full house at the CFA on Thursday evening for the Film Committee's screening of "I.M. Pei: Building China Modern"; a film chronicling Pei's design of the Suzhou Museum and the challenges of juxtaposing China's ancient culture and modern progress. View images on Facebook.

Special thanks to our panelists: William Chapman (Interim Dean, UH-SOA), Tonia Moy, AIA (Fung Associates, Inc.) and Raymond Yeh (former Dean, UH-SOA) for their insightful responses and stories about Pei's career, modernist architecture in the context of their times, and Pei's only project in Hawaii: the East-West Center.

In attendance were members of the Friends of the East-West Center (who sponsored this event) and special guest, Dr. Richard Vuylsteke, President of the East-West Center.

Of particular note, the panelists challenged the audience to find out more about local architect Clifford Young, of Young & Henderson, who was integral in working with Pei and getting the East-West Center built.

AIA National Information

Two Hawaii Produced Films Entered into the 2019 AIA Film Challenge

Vote! Vote! Vote! Watch all 2019 submissions and vote for your favorite. You can vote once every hour. The film that receives the most votes wins the People’s Choice Award. Voting ends September 27.

The Living Building Challenge - This film is submitted by AIA Honolulu member Aaron Ackerman, Assoc. AIA with Bowers + Kubota who is on a mission to accomplish the Living Building Challenge as well as to inspire others to be environmentally proactive.

LifeEdited Maui: Small Wonder - This is a model for how we can innovate to live in the future. It allows a family to live a big, happy, modern, convenient off-grid life in a 1,000 square foot home that functions like one twice its size.

View all 2019 Film Challenge videos - The 2019 AIA Film Challenge invited architects and film makers to collaborate in telling stories of architects, civic leaders and their communities working together toward positive community impact, creating a Blueprint for Better.

ABI Sees Decline in New Design Contracts

AIA released the latest Architecture Billings Index (ABI). In July, the design contracts score dipped into negative territory for the first time in almost a year. Additionally, July billings softened in all regions except the West, and at firms of all specializations except multifamily residential.

“The data is not the same as what we saw leading up to the last economic downturn but the continued, slowing across the board will undoubtedly impact architecture firms and the broader construction industry in the coming months,” said AIA Chief Economist Kermit Baker, Ph.D., Hon. AIA.

“A growing number of architecture firms are reporting that the ongoing volatility in the trade situation, the stock market, and interest rates are causing some of their clients to proceed more cautiously on current projects.” Click here for the full AIA National press release.

NCARB Releases Latest Data on Licensure, Diversity and Attrition

NCARB by the Numbers gives new insight into those pursuing their architectural license.

The data looks at the number of US architects, how long it takes to earn a license, diversity, attrition, and for the first time, the public perception of licensure and regulation.

Read more about NCARB’s key findings.

Three Techniques to Set Your Project up for Success

Comprehensive project management is vital for success, and its key elements include careful planning, clear definition of goals and timetables, and constant communication. Learn more >

Free Webinar Sep. 5: How is your multi-family practice at risk?

Multi-family residential is a hot market and offers attractive design opportunities for architects but carries significant risks. Join the webinar to understand if a multi-family project is right for your firm and the best ways to manage project risk. Thursday, September 5, 2-3pm ET. Register.

Two Departures! New 2020 Tour - Explore Egypt's Evolution (20 LU's)

Trace the evolution of Egypt's built environment, from the ancient wonders of pyramids and tombs to the recent innovation behind planning of a new city within Cairo. On this fully-planned tour, become immersed in the texture, history, and marvels both grand and quotidian which span millennia. Earn 20 LUs. Two 2020 departures: Mar. 15 - 27 and Nov. 8 - 20. Learn more.

AIA Honolulu Job Board

6 New Jobs Listed Positions and 15 Total on our Job Board

Post a job with AIA Honolulu!
Jobs are posted for 1 month. Posting fee: $25/members, $40/non-members.

NEW! Project Coordinator - WATG
NEW! Project Coordinator - Mandarin Speaking - WATG
NEW! Intermediate Architectural Designer - WATG
NEW! Intermediate Architectural Designer - Mandarin Speaking - WATG
NEW! Project Architect - AECOM
NEW! Architectural Designer - AECOM

.....go to the AIA Honolulu Job Board to view all jobs listed.

AIA National Career Center

The AIA National Career Center is also a great place to look for your next career or post a job. Check back frequently as new jobs are posted every day.

Sister Organization Event

Sep 20-21: Attend the Build + Buy Green Conference on Kauai

Register Online! Attend the 19th Annual Build + Buy Green Conference, September 20-21, on Kauai! Hosted by USGBC Hawaii and its partners, Hawaii State Energy Office, and DBEDT, this conference is a can’t miss event.

Highlights include an inspirational keynote session by Mary Ann Lazarus FAIA, LEED Fellow on the topic of Resilient Design in the Transformative Age; educational site tours of Kauai Island Utility Cooperative renewable energy portfolio, the State’s first resilient designed building – LEED Gold Laboratory at the National Tropical Botanical Garden, our State’s first LEED Platinum affordable housing projects, and rebuilding of Limahuli Garden and Preserve after the 2018 floods. Conference will be eligible for AIA and GBCI CEUs.

Click here for more information or email Melanie Islam at melanie@masonarch.com.

2019 Building Voices: Housing for All Symposium

Sep 30 + Oct. 1: 2019 Building Voices: Housing for All Symposium

Monday September 30 @ UHM School of Architecture Auditorium
6pm: Opening Keynote Lecture & Panel: Christopher Hawthorne, Chief Design Officer, City of Los Angeles with panelists Marc Alexander, Executive Director, C&C of Honolulu Office of Housing and Councilmember Carol Fukunaga
Tuesday October 1 @ the Hawai'i Convention Center Room 314
8am: Keynote: Better Living through Density: David Baker FAIA, David Baker Architects
10am: Keynote: Architecture as a Catalyst for Change: Marsha Maytum FAIA, Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects
2:15pm: The Future of Hawaii'is Housing: A Toolkit for Design: Hakim Ouansafi, Executive Director HPHA, Kevin Auger, Redevelopment Officer, HPHA, Karla Sierralta, Assistant Professor, UHM SoA, Brian Strawn, Senior Researcher, UHCDC, Jonathan Lee, Project Architect, WCIT Architecture, Kevin Miyamura, Partner, AMA-A/E, Andrew Neuman, Partner, AMA-A/E, and Victoria Takamine, Founder, PA'I Foundation.

Click here for additional information. All sessions are free and open to the public and qualify for AIA/CES credit. Presented by University of Hawai'i Community Design Center.

Upcoming Community Events

Aug. 30: SMPS Hawaii Pau Hana: Ko Hana Rum Tour & Tasting
Annual summer sipping event with a tour of the distillery and native Hawaiian sugar cane garden. Gelato tasting by La Gelateria for those who do not drink alcohol. Arrive at 3:45 PM.
When/Where: Friday, Aug. 30, 3:45-6pm, Ko Hana Distillers
Cost: $30 SMPS Members, $40 Non-Members
Register: Click here to register online

Sep 9: The Walkable City (Free & Open to the Public)
Listen to city planner and urban designer Jeff Speck, author of the best-selling Walkable City and the new Walkable City Rules, for a quick riff on making transit and development truly work.
When: Monday, Sep. 9. 5:30pm Doors Open, 6pm Presentation Begins
Where: Pikake Room, Blaisdell Center, 777 Ward Avenue
RSVP: Click here to RSVP online.

2019 AIA Honolulu Annual Sponsorship Opportunities

Become a Sponsor of AIA Honolulu and Pick Your Programs

In 2019 you will see lots of exciting sponsorship and networking opportunities. Support your profession and become an AIA Honolulu Annual Sponsor Today!

Pick which program-specific sponsorship opportunities your firm would like to align with and at what levels. Your options are limitless!

Email or call us at (808) 628-7245 for questions.