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SUMMARY:AIA|LA Small Firms: Architecting the Future
DESCRIPTION:*Note to all registrants: When purchasing a ticket\, please double check that the address + zip code that you provide matches the billing information on the card you are using. Also\, please see the parking instructions below. DO NOT park at RLA Church. Thank you!* \n  \nEVENT DETAILS \nAIA|LA: Architecting the Future is an incredible series of professional development workshops that will serve as a forum to give architects and designers insight and access to tools and resources. This year’s fall series will focus on FINANCE & MARKETING. These hands-on development workshops will help attendees organize and operate a successful architectural & design practice. \n  \nWe will have THREE presentations (50-minute talks + 20-minute interactive Q&As). Please see below for more details on our workshops! \n  \nAttendees will receive 4.0 Approved AIA CES Learning Units \n  \nCash Flow Strategies to Support Sustainable Growth for A&E Firms\nCLICK HERE FOR ANGEL’S PRESENTATION \nIn this session\, we’ll explore practical cash flow strategies tailored for architecture firms\, with a focus on supporting long-term\, sustainable growth. You’ll gain a clear understanding of how cash flows through a project-based business like yours\, why it often feels unpredictable\, and what you can do about it. We’ll look at common cash flow pitfalls that architecture firms face – from delayed client payments to uneven project timelines – and introduce simple forecasting tools that can help you plan ahead with more confidence. Finally\, we’ll cover actionable strategies to improve liquidity\, reduce financial stress\, and make better-informed decisions that align with your firm’s goals. \nSpeaker \n \nAngel Naval\, Partner at MGO CPAs \nAngel Naval\, CPA\, CIA\, is a Consulting Partner at MGO CPAs with more than 20 years of experience guiding Professional Services organizations\, especially Architecture & Engineering (A&E) firms\, through complex financial challenges and transformational growth. Recognized as a Women of Influence in Accounting by the Los Angeles Business Journal\, Angel delivers outsourced accounting solutions and strategic CFO support\, bringing the full spectrum of CFO and Controller capabilities to A&E firms—including cash flow forecasting\, financial planning and analysis\, project-based budgeting\, KPI development\, internal controls design\, and ERP optimization. Combining technical accounting depth\, operational acumen\, and strategic insight\, she equips firm leaders to gain financial clarity\, align finance with project delivery\, and build scalable\, resilient operations that drive sustainable profitability. \nLearning objectives \n1.Understand the fundamentals of cash flow for Architecture & Engineering (A&E) firms\n2.Identify common cash flow challenges specific to project-based professional services\n3.Use forecasting tools to improve visibility into cash inflows and outflows\n4.Implement strategies to enhance liquidity\, reduce risk\, and support strategic decisions \n  \nCreating Proposals That Set Your Firm Apart from the Competition\nCLICK HERE FOR JULIE’S PRESENTATION \nThe inclination to use boilerplate information when creating proposals is powerful. Particularly with firms that have limited to no marketing support. Principals\, architects\, and staff struggle to find ways to set themselves apart from the competition in the often-limited time it takes to meet proposal deadlines. In this workshop\, you will learn what to avoid when writing cover letters\, resumes\, and project descriptions in favor of strategies that tell the stories selection committees want to hear. You will also learn tips and tricks for making the entire process more efficient\, how to deconstruct the RFP/Q\, and what resources are available to assist you with this process. The workshop will address using targeted photography and how to be innovative when you don’t have the right photos for the project you’re going after. The presentation is based on Julie’s experience both in-house at Middle of Six and as the marketing director for several large architecture firms over 40 years. Her workshops are targeted to extensive interviewing of selection committee members for several articles and panel discussions about what they look for in proposals.  \nSpeaker \n \n Julie Flattery\, Associate Principal\, Middle of Six \nJulie’s architect father taught her that the spaces we spend time in have a profound impact on how we feel. Thus began her love of architecture\, which she has combined with her love of words for over 40 years. As Associate Principal\, Julie brings deep proposal expertise to the Middle of Six (MOS) team. She worked as Marketing Director for several large architecture firms before joining MOS and has presented on the art of proposal creation and marketing to multiple audiences throughout her career. Her love for teaching\, writing\, and building design shines through every project she takes on. \nLearning Objectives \n1.Learn what clients and selection committees are looking for when reviewing proposals.\n2.Learn how to write strategically to set your firm apart from the competition.\n3.Learn tips and tricks for streamlining the process to make it more efficient.\n4.Learn how to use photography and graphics to help tell your stories. \n  \nThird Presentation – Practice Plus…\nCLICK HERE FOR NERIN’S PRESENTATION \nThe old architecture business model is broken. \nHow can a small practice thrive in the world of under appreciating clients\, ever-changing regulations\, shrinking profits and AI? \nLet’s capitalize on our incredible creative education and turn the tables in favor of positive community impact\, advocacy\, design value and profitability! \n  \nSpeaker \nNerin Kadribegovic\, FAIA – Kadre Architects\, Principal and Founder \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nNerin Kadribegovic is an award-winning architect whose passion for navigating complex design problems—especially those driven by social cause and economy—results in unconventional solutions. He artfully directs natural light to usher a spirit of dignity into places\, where it is least expected\, through aesthetic design. \nA third-generation architect and a refugee of the wars in Yugoslavia and Bosnia\, Nerin’s direct experience with social disruption evokes a deep empathic connection to critical issues facing metropolitan centers\, particularly those gripped by socio-economic crises. \nPrior to launching Kadre\, Nerin was a partner at Lehrer Architects. When the pandemic necessitated urgent action\, Nerin passionately led in creating a template to ameliorate Los Angeles’s homelessness issue. His accelerated designs\, including the AETNA Bridge Home and Tiny Home Villages\, now serve as the lodestar for the City of Los Angeles\, setting new design standards for sheltering the homeless. \nLearning Objectives\n\nOverview of business of architecture essentials\, including design\, financials\, marketing and business development.  \nOverview of architecture business model and ways to improve it.\nBusiness opportunities available beyond traditional practice.  \nMaintaining a strong studio culture\, advocacy and community engagement.\n\n  \nParking \nStreet parking is available. Please be mindful of the signs.
URL:https://www.aialosangeles.org/event/aiala-small-firms-architecting-the-future/
LOCATION:Center for Communities\, 4450 West Adams\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90016
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SUMMARY:TOUR: UCLA Outpatient Surgery & Oncology Center
DESCRIPTION:Photo Credit: Tom Bonner\, Art Gray\, Undine Prohl \nTour: UCLA Outpatient Surgery & Oncology Center\nInformation regarding the tour will be emailed directly to registrants 24 hours before the event. \n \nPlease Note:\nThe tour will begin with a presentation across the street from the UCLA Outpatient Surgery and Oncology Center on the First Floor AUDITORIUM:  1250 16TH STREET\, SANTA MONICA\, CA 90404\nTour Organizer: Michael Folonis\, FAIA\nTours led by: Michael Folonis\, FAIA & Rudy Gonzalez\nThe Outpatient Surgery and Oncology Center in Santa Monica expresses the continuation of early California Modernist sensibilities and incorporates extensive sustainable\, green-building strategies. The design concept asserts that a more natural and less clinical environment promotes healing in patients and alert\, productive behavior in doctors\, staff\, and students. \nPrimary design considerations include the creation of a distinctive and articulated massing\, the maximal inclusion of natural day lighting and ventilation throughout the building\, and a strong indoor-outdoor connection. The project achieves LEED Gold Certification for New Construction and is the first Outpatient Surgery and Oncology Center in the nation to achieve this rating. \nTo promote patient healing and staff productivity\, the design is infused with features to accomplish a natural\, light-filled environment with a strong indoor-outdoor connection. Every opportunity to bring sunlight deep into the building core is explored. This design strategy is enhanced by providing access to landscaping visually through sight lines from the building common areas and waiting rooms. Accessible entryways to exterior landscaping and the landscaping elements brought into the building physically connect the spaces with the outdoors. The vertical massing of the building allows an increased setback from the street to incorporate more landscaping on the streetscape. \nThe 3-story building links two distinct wings via a central full-height\, expansive lobby filled with light. The lobby is enclosed with a full–height\, mullion-free glazing system and covered in a fritted glass skylight\, allows light to flood the central common area of the building. Patient and guest waiting rooms along the first floor of the building connect to ground-level exterior patio gardens\, allowing visitors and guests to sit indoors or outdoors. These landscape and seating areas help accentuate the front plaza. \n  \n \nMichael Folonis\, FAIA \nMichael W. Folonis\, FAIA\, is known for his thoughtful\, dedicated approach to regional modernist design. His clients select him because they want a signature building design that is simultaneously efficient\, elegant\, sustainable and responsive to our Southern California landscape. He approaches his work with a generous spirit of inquiry\, infusing each project with an awareness of environmental responsibility\, context\, theory\, function\, and the maximal use of form\, materials and natural light. \nMr. Folonis has over 30 years of experience in design\, programming\, construction and management and founded his own firm\, Michael W. Folonis Architects\, in 1983. Mr. Folonis leads every project from conceptual design through full realization. His broad base of experience ranges from mixed-use\, multi-family residential\, medical\, commercial\, and single-family projects. He also has extensive experience in the restoration of historically significant Modernist architecture. His office establishes itself as one of the leading innovative architectural firms in Los Angeles. His work received more than 50 design awards from the National\, State and Los Angeles chapters of the AIA\, the Society of American Registered Architects\, the Westside Urban Forum\, the Southern California Development Forum\, the Los Angeles Business Council. His architectural work is published nationally and internationally\, and exhibited in Japan\, France\, Italy\, and Germany. \n\nRudy Gonzalez \nWith nearly two decades at Michael W. Folonis Architects\, Rudy brings a thoughtful\, people-centered approach to every project\, blending design sensitivity with technical expertise. His work spans residential\, mixed-use\, and healthcare projects\, where he guides teams from concept through construction with an emphasis on collaboration and craft. \nRudy contributed to the design and development of the UCLA Outpatient Surgery and Oncology Center\, working closely with the client and design team to create a facility that prioritizes comfort\, clarity\, and the user experience. A long-standing member of the firm\, he continues to mentor younger designers and help shape MW.FA’s culture of design excellence. \n  \nBuilding Credits:\nArchitect: Michael Folonis Architects \nRestrictions:\nNo photos allowed! \n\n\n\nAIA CES: 2.0 LU|HSW Approved\nLearning Objectives:\n\n\nEvaluate how the project’s design extends early California Modernist principles through adaptive reuse concepts\, balancing contemporary healthcare needs with sustainable and contextual design responses. \nIdentify design and building system strategies that maximize natural daylighting to improve patient healing\, enhance staff productivity\, and reduce energy use while maintaining visual comfort and thermal performance. \nExamine how integrated mechanical\, electrical\, and envelope systems support LEED Gold certification by enhancing indoor air quality\, energy efficiency\, and occupant comfort in a healthcare environment. \nDemonstrate how thoughtful building design—including massing\, spatial organization\, and material selection—creates a less clinical\, more natural environment that promotes physical and psychological well-being. \nExplore how site design and landscaping establish seamless indoor-outdoor connections\, encourage user interaction with nature\, and contribute to the overall environmental and social sustainability of the facility. \nParking:\nThere is metered parking on Wilshire Blvd. \nRide-share or Public Transportation is also encouraged.
URL:https://www.aialosangeles.org/event/spring-arch-tour-fest-ucla-outpatient-surgery-oncology-center/
LOCATION:UCLA Outpatient Surgery & Oncology Center\, 1223 16th St\, Santa Monica\, CA\, 90404
CATEGORIES:Healthcare,Tours
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