"The Architecture of Transportation" design symposium PRESENTED BY PARSONS BRINCKERHOFF will serve as a forum to discuss innovative ideas about how to build transportation systems that support and strengthen healthier, more functional and more livable neighborhoods.
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We invite you to join us in a dialogue on February 23rd about “What is the Nature of LA?” and how community is built and manifested here among Angelenos living in diverse communities divided by sprawl, artifcial boundaries, geography, and race.
The conversation will take place in two parts and feature speakers from the food equity, art, and architecture communities.
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Architecture and Design Inspired by Nature - From part to whole, from local to global, from micro to macro, all aspects of life are related. Drawing inspiration from nature’s interconnectedness allows designers to consider opportunities for elegant solutions to the ecological pressure that humans place on the planet.
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The AIA|LA Design Awards Committee launches its 2013 program with a planning meeting at the AIA|LA Chapter office. Contact carlo@aialosangeles.org for more information.
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The AIA Los Angeles Chapter and its Academic Outreach Committee invite California Architecture and Design professors and architecture professionals to submit concepts for the 2014 2x8 Student Exhibition Design.
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AIA Los Angeles is pleased to announce the upcoming slate of Continuing Education Seminars in 2013. The majority of seminars are focused on ADA content and provide 5.0 HSW learning units to fulfill the mandatory accessibility continuing education requirement for architect license renewal in California.
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Friday, January 18, 2013 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM
aia
18-Jan-2013
18-Jan-2013
3780 Wilshire Boulevard, #800, Los Angeles, CA 90010
Focused on ADA content and provide 5.0 HSW learning units to fulfill the mandatory accessibility continuing education requirement for architect license renewal in California.
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Friday, February 8, 2013 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM
aia
08-Feb-2013
08-Feb-2013
3780 Wilshire Boulevard, #800, Los Angeles, CA 90010
Focused on ADA content and provide 5.0 HSW learning units to fulfill the mandatory accessibility continuing education requirement for architect licensure.
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Focused on ADA content and provide 5.0 HSW learning units to fulfill the mandatory accessibility continuing education requirement for architect license renewal in California.
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Friday, March 8, 2013 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM
aia
08-Mar-2013
08-Feb-2013
3780 Wilshire Boulevard, #800, Los Angeles, CA 90010
Focused on ADA content and provide 5.0 HSW learning units to fulfill the mandatory accessibility continuing education requirement for architect license renewal in California.
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Join the AIA|LA & Los Angeles Department of City Planning PROFESSIONAL VOLUNTEER PROGRAM (PVP) and share your design expertise to help improve how projects will impact the public realm.
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Join the AIA|LA & Los Angeles Department of City Planning PROFESSIONAL VOLUNTEER PROGRAM (PVP) and share your design expertise to help improve how projects will impact the public realm.
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For the last few years, Venice Beach has turned in it’s bohemian lifestyle for a more urban center that looks a little more like boho chic rather than street and gritty. With this new evolution comes new architecture and new construction. In our May 19th, Home Tour, “The Venetian Tour,” we are featuring newly constructed homes by four leading architects that are at the forefront of this new phase in Venice’s urban landscape.
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Christina's images are abstracted meditations on nature, from a clear reality to the dreamlike and surreal. Her different series investigates various viewpoints of bodies of water: lakes, oceans, and most recently waterfalls. Christina discovers different methods of “painting with light”; the effects in the images are achieved completely through experimentation within the camera.
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"Accessibility" may seem like a modern buzzword, but the concept of making the built environment more accommodating to persons with disabilities has been around for quite some time. This seminar will provide a brief overview of construction-related accessibility standards and their historical evolution.
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Thursday May 9th, 2013 6:00 PM
committee
09-May-2013
09-May-2013
3130 Wilshire Boulevard, 6th Floor Santa Monica, California 90043
The presentation will deal with adverse effects of some of the codes like the energy savings, the earthquake and the handicap requirements aggravated by clients preferences regarding exterior hard surfaces or by the lack of communication between the different trades
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Thursday, April 11th, 2013 6:00 PM
committee
11-Apr-2013
11-Apr-2013
DLR Group: 3130 Wilshire Blvd., Sixth Floor Santa Monica, CA, 90403
This presentation covers the basics of architectural acoustical design, providing an overview of both the physics of sound as well as the application of acoustic science as architects and designers. Acoustical design and noise mitigation following the source-path-receiver propagation model will be explained. Acoustical fundamentals will be covered to facilitate selection of appropriate methodologies, including an overview of room shaping and finish materials. An explanation of acoustical metrics and their limitations will be included, as well as clarification of acoustical building code language and a brief foray into acoustical requirements per the newest versions of LEED.
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Thursday, February 14th, 2013 6:00 PM
committee
14-Feb-2013
14-Feb-2013
DLR Group Los Angeles Office: 3130 Wilshire Blvd., Sixth Floor Los Angeles, CA, 90403
This month’s presentation of the AIA/LA Committee on Architecture in Healthcare will showcase three children’s hospitals designed by ZGF Architects - Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, The Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and Randall Children’s Hospital at Legacy Emanuel in Portland.
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013 4:30 PM to 7:30 PM
committee
16-Jan-2013
16-Jan-2013
ZGF’s Office, 515 South Flower Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071
For 2012, AIA|LA has programmed its annual Design Conference to recalibrate an architect's understanding of the potential for place and practice emerging from dramatic changes in technology and culture within a slowly recuperating economy. It is one thing for the profession to aspire to enhance social, cultural and economic value and another to take advantage of the new tools, strategies and opportunities required to achieve success. This symposium opens up discussion on how we can accelerate progress towards a healthier and more prosperous design practice.
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Come visit the AIA|LA gallery space and view, Betty Green's mixed media work. Betty Green has exhibited her work in galleries and museums throughout California.
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Saturday, March 2, 2013 to Saturday, April 20, 2013 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
This month's presentation of the AIA|LA Committee on Architecture in Healthcare will explore an idea that is leading change in the way health facilities will be designed in the future
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May 15, 2013 4:30 PM
committee
15-May-2013
15-May-2013
633 W. Fifth Street, Third Floor Los Angeles, CA 90071
AIA|LA Interior Architecture Committee brings you their 21st Annual 1:2 Student Competition, an inspired evening of competition, camaraderie, and celebration, as undergrad students from participating Southern California colleges aspire for recognition and scholarships. Join industry professionals and a distinguished panel of jurors as the competition concludes with finalists' verbal presentations, judging and awards.
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Saturday, March 23, 2013 7:00 PM
committee
23-Mar-2013
23-Mar-2013
HOK, 9530 Jefferson Boulevard Culver City, CA 90232
Join the AIA|LA Interior Architecture Committee for a special lecture with renowned Dutch textile artist Claudy Jongstra. This lecture provides 1.5 AIA learning units.
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
committee
16-Apr-2013
16-Apr-2013
707 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 3750, Los Angeles, CA 90017
Join the AIA|LA Interior Architecture Committee for their annual Spring Tour, featuring exclusive tours of the Skid Row Housing Trust (designed by Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects) and Inner City Arts (designed by Michael Maltzan Architecture), as well as coffee, food truck lunch, and socializing!
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AIA|LA is pleased to announce our first ever Monograph Tour, allowing our visitors to view four residences designed by a leading Los Angeles architect, Ehrlich Architects.
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In 2013, Los Angeles and its city leadership will undergo a vast transformation. We will elect a new Mayor, a new Controller and a new City Attorney. We will even replace the majority of our City Council members. As a city, we will also commence the vital steps necessary to reform our zoning code and, if we're politically savvy, we will even seize the chance to rethink the departmental structure for how we plan, entitle and develop projects in the City of Los Angeles.
All of this comes at a critical time for the architecture profession...
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In 2013, Los Angeles and its city leadership will undergo a vast transformation. We will elect a new Mayor, a new Controller and a new City Attorney. We will even replace the majority of our City Council members. As a city, we will also commence the vital steps necessary to reform our zoning code and, if we're politically savvy, we will even seize the chance to rethink the departmental structure for how we plan, entitle and develop projects in the City of Los Angeles.
All of this comes at a critical time for the architecture profession...
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Please join City Planners Alan Bell and Tom Rothman in a roundtable discussion about the City of Los Angeles' efforts to transform the zoning code into document that will advance health, design innovation and economic vitality for the Los Angeles region.
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AIA|LA Urban Design Committee Presents... Mayor Villaraigosa's Transit Corridors Initiative
The City of Los Angeles is currently engaging in an unprecedented investment in transit and transportation infrastructure. In order to ensure that this investment is properly leveraged with City activities, Mayor Villaraigosa has directed all City Departments to consistently work closely among themselves and with staff from the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) to make sure City resources are being appropriately directed around new and existing transit corridors.
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Wed. February, 13, 2013 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
committee
13-Feb-2013
13-Feb-2013
3780 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 800 Los Angeles, CA 90010
For the past half-century in Los Angeles residential housing has been driven by complicated interactions between design, planning and development interests operating in isolation.
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Wednesday, March 20th 2013 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
committee
20-Mar-2013
20-Mar-2013
3780 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 800 Los Angeles, CA 90010
Please join AIA|LA for a special day of speakers on Friday May 10, 2013 at Alt Build's 10th Annual Conference and Expo at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.
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In 2013, Los Angeles and its city leadership will undergo a vast transformation. We will elect a new Mayor, a new Controller and a new City Attorney. We will even replace the majority of our City Council members. As a city, we will also commence the vital steps necessary to reform our zoning code and, if we're politically savvy, we will even seize the chance to rethink the departmental structure for how we plan, entitle and develop projects in the City of Los Angeles.
All of this comes at a critical time for the architecture profession...
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Join Move LA, Senate Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, global TOD expert Professor Robert Cervero and Labor, Business, Civic, Environmental & Community Leaders to talk about Accelerating Transit & Community Building
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Friday, February 1, 2013 8:00 am to 3:30 PM
community
01-Feb-2013
01-Feb-2013
Union Station, 800 N. Alameda St., Los Angeles, Ca 90012
Transitioning to BIM has a reputation for being daunting, frustrating, time-consuming, and expensive. So when clients pressure you to adopt BIM workflows, jumping in probably isn't your first reaction. But it could be...Attend our BIM Camp and learn how easy adopting a BIM workflow can be.
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Wednesday, May 1, 2013 4:00 PM to 8:30 PM
community
01-May-2013
01-May-2013
Hyatt Regency Irvine, 17900 Jamboree Rd, Irvine, CA 92614
The 2013 AIA|LA CITY LEADERS BREAKFAST SERIES serves as an opportunity for architects & designers and other community stakeholders to meet directly with key individuals transforming Los Angeles in a roundtable setting to discuss innovative ideas that will ensure a healthy, sustainable and economically competitive future.
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Wednesday, June 12, 2013 June 12, 2013 8:00 AM to 9:30AM
Plan to attend LightShow West, the only trade show and conference specifically created for West Coast specifiers of commercial, architectural and decorative lighting products. See the latest products from leading suppliers, and take advantage of 24 FREE seminars and complimentary networking events. For more information, visit LightShowWest.com. LightShow West is a registered AIA continuing education provider.
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Please join the AIA|LA Committee on the Environment and the AIA|LA Urban Design Committee for a lively discussion and urban design review session with the principal designers and consultants working on the Century City Center.
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
committee
17-Apr-2013
17-Apr-2013
3780 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 800 Los Angeles, CA 90010
This reception will also include a tour of the recent improvements to Dodger Stadium and is being provided by the generosity of the LA Dodgers.
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Thursday May 16, 2013 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM
aia
16-May-2013
16-May-2013
DODGER STADIUM The Event Suite 1000 Elysian Park Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90012
This three-hour lecture course is a primer on the language and rationale of classical architecture. As an introduction to the classical orders, this course is an overview of the elements of classical architecture for beginners and interested laypersons.
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
community
29-Jan-2013
29-Jan-2013
KAA Design Group, 4201 Redwood Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90066
Our follow up to the 2013 Planning Meeting is scheduled for late night at Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013 at the AIA|LA Chapter Offices (3780 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90010)
We will be meeting at 8PM to brain storm ideas, review plans and assign tasks. Come get involved in the exciting (What is) The Nature of Los Angeles series!
Please drop me a line at junnaid@aialosangeles.org if you plan on coming and we look forward to seeing you on 01/122/13 at 8 PM.
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A mandatory pre-submittal meeting will be held for any interested in the City of Los Angeles' Department of Public Bureau of Engineering Request for Qualifications (RFQ) Pre-qualified on-call architectural and related professional services consultants list for various LA projects
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Nicci Solomons, Executive Director of the AIA Los Angeles, leads a discussion with architects Steven Ehrlich and Franco Vecchio and Jeffrey Herr, Curator at Hollyhock House
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Architects gain direct, frontline exposure to natural stone processors and distributors, education and networking at the largest and only dedicated stone event in North America.
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The forum will be held on Jan. 22 at Nolte Hall at 11555 National Boulevard at 7:00 p.m. There will be light refreshments afterwards. So far, Mike Bonin, Odysseus Bostick and Frederick Sutton have agreed to participate in the discussion that will be moderated by Will Wright, the Director of Government and Public Affairs for the American Institute of Architects, Los Angeles Chapter. We have reached out to all four candidates. The event is free and open to the public.
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Join us for a conversation with the SCI-Arc Director, Eric Owen Moss, FAIA. This one hour event will probe the relationship between academia and practice, investigate the interplay between theory and the production of buildings and question the evolving territories of research, design and construction.
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Transitioning to BIM has a reputation for being daunting, frustrating, time-consuming, and expensive. So when clients pressure you to adopt BIM workflows, jumping in probably isn't your first reaction. But it could be... Attend our BIM Camp and learn how easy adopting a BIM workflow can be.
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Richard Jackson, , MD, MPH, FAAP, is a pediatrician, professor, and chair of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at UCLA’s Fielding School of Public Health and former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Wednesday April 17, 2013 7:30 PM
community
17-Apr-2013
17-Apr-2013
Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90024
Join us for a unique presentation that explores the development and
rehabilitation process from beginning to end. Discussions will include
financing and market considerations, tenant needs, historic
documentation, structural and technical challenges and an
opportunity for up‐close observation and participation in the final
stages of construction at the site.
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
community
17-Apr-2013
17-Apr-2013
The Hercules Campus at Playa Vista 5865 Campus Center Dr., Bldg 15 Los Angeles, CA 90094
This must-attend event provides an intimate gathering for industry professionals to learn about upcoming projects and new trends in Design, Construction, Facilities Management, Real Estate Development, Interior Design, and Energy Management in Healthcare. Specifically, the event will address these and many more timely topics.
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Join us for a conversation with Hitoshi Abe Chair & Professor, UCLA Architecture & Urban Design . This one hour event will probe the relationship between academia and practice, investigate the interplay between theory and the production of buildings and question the evolving territories of research, design and construction.
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Thursday, August 8, 2013 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
aia
8-Aug-2013
8-Aug-2013
Johnson Fain, 1201 Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90012
This exclusive conference brings together experts, innovators, and policymakers to inform the Los Angeles area leaders on cool roof technologies and how cool roofs can help Los Angeles survive and thrive in a changing climate.
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Caravan Rug Corp. will host a gala party exclusively for members of AIA, ASID (Interior Designers) and SDSA (Set Decorators) in their Beverly Hills showroom. This event will present a unique networking opportunity for professionals who give life to space. RSVP HERE
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This edition will be more open and connected then ever, Mediars will be working on: ITALIAN CLOSE-UP 2013
Transmedia, a multifaceted experimental approach to read and communicate the beauty of a territory. Using new media tools, the workshop “Italian Close-Up” crafts an innovative interface to tell stories on the Lake Como, its richness in architecture, fashion and landscape.
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Continuing the organization’s long-standing tradition of leadership in the Los Angeles business community, BizFed, the LA County Business Federation, announced today that it will host a mayoral forum in partnership with the Daily News of Los Angeles on Thursday, Feb. 7 at California State University, Northridge. The event will feature leading candidates LA City Councilmember Eric Garcetti, LA City Controller Wendy Greuel, LA City Councilmember Jan Perry, former Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin James, and technology company executive Emanuel Pleitez.
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Don’t miss attending our Economic Forecast on February 20, 2013 as we continue our theme on innovation with the Entertainment Industry. Join us as we hear from organizations that continue to stretch the boundaries and have proven to be leaders in innovation. LAEDC Chief Economist, Dr. Robert A. Kleinhenz will close the program with a detailed forecast on what to expect with the economy for the first half of the 2013.
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The home, built in 1941, has been featured in countless architectural history books and is a prime example of the modernist legacy LA mid-century architect's have left to the world.
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Join us for a conversation with Norman Millar, AIA - Dean, Woodbury University, School of Architecture. This one hour event will probe the relationship between academia and practice, investigate the interplay between theory and the production of buildings and question the evolving territories of research, design and construction.
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Thursday, August 15, 2013 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
aia
15-Aug-2013
15-Aug-2013
Johnson Fain, 1201 Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Downtown Los Angeles residents and businesses have voted to tax themselves to fund a streetcar loop, but is the traditional streetcar really the best alternative?
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LAHQ will be hosting a breakfast meeting on Tuesday February 19, 2013. Meet with co-leaders Mr. Hassan Al Thawadi, Secretary General, Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee and U.S. Ambassador to Qatar, Dr. Susan L. Ziadeh and a delegation of Qatari business and government decision makers and leaders.
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Join us for a conversation with Qingyun Ma - Dean, Della & Harry MacDonald Chair - USC, School of Architecture. This one hour event will probe the relationship between academia and practice, investigate the interplay between theory and the production of buildings and question the evolving territories of research, design and construction.
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his month's presentation of the AIA|LA Committee on Architecture in Healthcare will feature how REAL INTEGRATED PROJECT DELIVERY is utilized for the design and construction of the new UHS TEMECULA VALLEY HOSPITAL.
Learn about a TRUE INTEGRATED FORM OF AGREEMENT, How a BIG ROOM is used amongst the Design and Construction Team, What INNOVATION is practiced, How BIM is used to promote PREFABRICATION, and Why FIELD PRODUCTIVITY is so important to all parties. Attendees will benefit from hearing from the actual representatives of the Design and Construction Team and their first hand experiences with their Lean Journey.
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Wednesday, February 20th 2013 4:30 PM
committee
20-Feb-2013
20-Feb-2013
Herman Miller Showroom, 3641 Holdrege Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90016
As an architect, are you interested in learning more about the opportunity to serve on city commissions? In effort to assemble an interest list of potential nominees, AIA|LA is coordinate a roundtable discussion about the importance of having architects serve on city commissions. We're inviting City Commissioners Annie Chu, Helena Jubany and Bill Roschen amongst many notable others.
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
aia
03-Apr-2013
03-Apr-2013
Jones Lang LaSalle 515 South Flower Street, Suite 1300 Los Angeles, CA 90071
Learn from architects that have successfully developed their own projects and brought them to market. From concept inception to entitlements, project management to financing, and construction to sales. Provides 4.0 learning units. Limited to 40 people.
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Leading practitioners will share their insight and showcase best practices on where small firms can find projects, how to differentiate its expertise, how to manage risk and much more. Provides 4.0 learning units. Limited to 40 people.
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Protect yourself, your firm, and the work you do by learning best practices when entering into contracts. Provides 4.0 learning units. Limited to 40 people
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Leading design professionals will highlight key opportunities to implement strategies that not only have lower up front costs but also provide key environmental benefits. Provides 4.0 learning units. Limited to 40 people.
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Spark is honoring the AIA | LA on June 14 at Sugar Rush for our support in connecting professional architects to students who dream of one day doing what we do. Sugar Rush is Spark’s annual dessert tasting benefit, held regionally to raise funds for its programs in the Bay Area, LA, and Chicago.
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American Institute of Architects and U.S. Green Building Council chapter members receive an additional 10% discount and the Sustainable Building Advisor Institute to Bring National Program to Los Angeles $315 early registration discount offered until February 19.
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The 2013 AIA|LA CITY LEADERS BREAKFAST SERIES serves as an opportunity for architects & designers and other community stakeholders to meet directly with key individuals transforming Los Angeles in a roundtable setting to discuss innovative ideas that will ensure a healthy, sustainable and economically competitive future.
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Friday, June 7, 2013 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
aia
07-Jun-2013
07-Jun-2013
639 N. Larchmont Blvd., Suite 100 Los Angeles, CA 90004
This month's presentation of the AIA|LA Committee on Architecture in Healthcare will feature a talk by JIM LOTT, OF THE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (HASC)
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You don’t need to go to Washington, New York or Boston to see the best and brightest speakers join more than 50 other top speakers in downtown Los Angeles on March 7, 2013 at the USC 2013 Real Estate Law and Business Forum.
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Our first series will feature the heads of Cal Poly Pomona's architecture program. This one hour event will probe the relationship between academia and practice, investigate the interplay between theory and the production of buildings and question the evolving territories of research, design and construction.
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
aia
14-May-2013
14-May-2013
Johnson Fain Studios, 1201 N Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Paul Finch, Program Director of the World Architecture Festival, would like to invite you to the Los Angeles Launch of the World Architecture Festival 2013.
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Sunday, February 24, 2013 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
community
24-Feb-2013
24-Feb-2013
A+D Museum 6032 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036
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Wed, March 21, 11am – 12 pm
Where
Wed, March 21, 11am – 12 pm
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