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AIA NEBRASKA | DESIGN AWARDS | CONFERENCE | EXHIBITIONClick links below for select presentations at the conference. Click here for the Nebraska Energy Office's Programs and Recovery Act Opportunities PowerPoint Click here for the University of Nebraska Outlook PowerPoint Presentation Click here for the PowerPoint on LB632- Nebraska Green Building Advantage Click here for the Nebraska Board of Engineers & Architects Update Presentation
To download this year's conference program click here. Click here for the 2009 AIA NE Fall Conference C-1 Education Form. If you were in attendence and returned your C-1 Education form, your CE should be listed on your transcript. To view your transcript visit the Education page at www.aia.org. _____________________________________________________________________________ Programs
Conference Partners Hyde Speakers Series, UNL College of Architecture, Nebraska Masonry Institute
Thursday, September 24, 2009
USGBC’s new LEED v3 – Provided by USGBC Flatwater Chapter
8:30 – 10:00 am The session will review how LEED v3 addresses regional issues, specifically Nebraska Regional credits. Learn about the new LEED AP Credentialing Program, changes to the point system and how LEED v3 places greater emphasis on reducing climate impacts and resource depletions, and improves indoor air quality. Speakers: Kristi Wamstad-Evans, LEED AP, Sustainability Coordinator, City of Omaha, USGBC Chapter Treasurer and Mike Kros, AIA, DLR Group, USGBC Committee Member.
Jackie D. Gaughan Multicultural Center Tour
1505 S Street The Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center, located immediately east of the UNL Union on City Campus, is approximately 100,000 sf and 3 stories tall. The intent of the design was to metaphorically represent experiences students of color may encounter and simultaneously tie back to the Nebraska Union building. Through its use of window treatments, brick and limestone materials and the rhythm of vertical columnar elements the multicultural center links to the Nebraska Union. The building is punctuated with a circular clerestory window which is above a three-story atrium providing a connection throughout the entire vertical height. The circular atrium is strategically aligned with the atrium of the existing Nebraska Union. Meeting rooms and spaces along the southern portion of the building have a clear view of the State Capitol. A serpentine wall is the strongest architectural statement creating the main entry curtain wall. This curvature is intentionally oriented towards the center of campus to create the strongest possible visible connection to and from the interior of the Multicultural Center. The Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center is on track to receive a LEED Silver rating. (Metered parking on “R” street or paid surface parking on the north side of 14th and Q.) Limited to 45. Guided by Ed Leach, AIA, DLR Group.
Whittier Tour
2:00 – 3:30 pm In 2007, the University of Nebraska Regents approved plans to convert former Whittier Junior High School into a research and child care facility. At least two programs will be moved to Whittier, including the Nebraska Center for Energy Sciences Research; and the Nebraska Transportation Center. An additional 28,000 square feet will be renovated for research space. In addition to the extensive interior remodeling, the exterior skin (roof, stone and windows) will undergo a complete refurbishing, historically sympathetic in its approach & content. Renovation is expected to cost $23.75 million and finished in February 2010. Limited to 45.
Hyde Lecture Series Presentation: AIA NE Excellence in Design Jury Chair
4:00 – 5:00 pm Peter Kuttner, FAIA¸ President, Cambridge Seven Associates (C7A), www.c7a.com
Architectural Details of a Nebraska Landmark
4:00 – 5:30 pm A refresher for those who have not played tourist in their own State Capitol for a few years, the tour will consist of little-discussed architectural details in the public areas and visits to the out of the way places few have a chance to see. Discussion will also center on recently conserved and restored areas of this landmark which have been completed in recent years…along with discussion of any architectural points of interests of which individuals may wish to inquire. Guided by Robert C. Ripley AIA, Capitol Administrator, Office of the Capitol Commission. Limited to 45.
Excellence in Design Banquet
6:30 pm Social Hour Complimentary Wine Tasting by Superior Estates Winery Dinner / Presentation of Excellence in Design Award
7:30 pm Winners will be presented by Peter Kuttner, FAIA, Cambridge Seven Associates. Bowen to Receive Gold Medal
Click here for more information on this year's recipient. Interested in purchasing a table at the Excellence in Design banquet for your firm, please contact Emily at ejennings3@unl.edu or 402-472-1456. Tables seat 6.
Friday, September 25, 2009
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Gary Bowen, FAIA, will be awarded the Harry F. Cunningham Gold Medal for Architectural Excellence in the State of Nebraska. The Gold Medal is the highest honor that AIA Nebraska can bestow and is awarded in recognition of the most distinguished achievement in architecture or service to the profession of architecture in the State of Nebraska. Bowen, a Principal of Bahr Vermeer Haecker Architects, has been practicing architecture since 1964. The award will be presented at the AIA Nebraska Excellence in Design Awards Banquet on September 24, at The Nebraska Club, Lincoln.   |
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Peter Kuttner is president of Cambridge Seven Associates, a Boston-based firm of architects, planners, urban designers, exhibit designers, and graphic artists. In 1993 the firm received the AIA Architecture Firm Award. Peter focuses on the design of spaces for informal and formal learning in aquariums, museums, and colleges, with a particular focus on exhibits and interactive and participatory experiences in the sciences.
He recently completed architecture and exhibits for Boston’s first green museum, the LEED Gold Boston Children’s Museum, and is working on the master plan for the Museum of Science in Boston, expansion for the New England Aquarium; Heifer International’s Global Village in Little Rock; the renovation of Discovery Place in Charlotte; and the expansion of the Museum of Discovery & Science in Fort Lauderdale. He is now Principle-in-Charge for the Boston Museum, a major new history museum on the Rose Kennedy Greenway.
Peter is the incoming AIA Vice President for Strategic Initiatives on the National AIA Board, and will be focusing on all aspects of Communication. He has the dubious distinction of being this year’s Chancellor of the College of Drawers, a fictitious AIA organization that has him drawing cartoons on the inner workings of the AIA Board. He has been attempting to diagram the AIA and its many moving parts for several years now, and looks forward to using this day exploiting the visual prowess of the Nebraska architectural community to do his work for him. He hopes to share some of his observations about the AIA, talk about the strategic planning process underway, and then put you all to work.
Educational Session 1
10:00 – 11:30 am
University of Nebraska Outlook
1.5 LU
Session will focus on an overview of capital projects at the University of Nebraska. The presentation will include an overview of new policies and procedures as well as an update of construction occurring on the four campuses and NCTA. Rebecca H Koller, Assistant Vice President for Business and Finance, Director of Facilities Planning and Management, University of Nebraska.
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2030 Commitment: Sustainability and Renewable Energy Initiatives in Nebraska
1.5 HSW/SD
The Nebraska Unicameral has introduced legislation exploring sustainability and renewal energy. How can architects be involved in the process and what can we expect to be introduced in 2010 and beyond. Participates will also be updated on wind energy, energy building codes and stimulus funding, as well as loan program and weatherization assistance program offered by the NE Energy Office. Speakers: Senator Ken Haar, District 21, Malcom; Senator Heath Mello, District 5, Omaha and Bonnie Ziemann, Assistant Director for Operations, Nebraska Energy Office.
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Downtown Omaha Master Plan
1.5 LU
In the early 1970’s, the City of Omaha commissioned a master plan for Downtown in an attempt to stop disinvestment and abandonment. In 2009, the City and Heritage Services commissioned a new plan, whose primary goal was to help the Downtown thrive well into the 21st Century. Funded by both the private and public sectors, the plan evolved around an intensive public involvement process that included hundreds of residents, stakeholders, and citizens, who helped define ten consensus principles for successful urban development. Completed in just over six months, and lauded by both the outgoing and incoming mayoral administrations, the plan includes a twenty-year program that addresses a full range of elements from infrastructure and mobility, to parks and open space, to new development and infill, and addresses economic and programmatic needs and requirements. An overview of the plan will be given, and perspectives from the City and development community will be provided. Speakers: Douglas Bisson, AICP, HDR Engineering, Inc., (Downtown Master Plan Project Manager), Steve Jensen, Planning Director, City of Omaha (Client); Mike Moylan, Shamrock Development (Downtown Developer).
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Luncheon Presentation:
Homeland Security in Nebraska
Lt. Governor Sheehy will provide a summary of a multitude of issues ranging from Homeland Security to economic development and fiscal outlook in Nebraska.
Educational Session 2
2:15 – 3:45 pm
Five Guidelines for Green Construction Administration
1.5 HSW/SD
How green are your submittal and RFI processes? In a time of increasing concern about the environmental impact of commercial buildings, the construction administration process offers a significant opportunity for green innovation—with time and cost savings benefits for all the parties. By switching to green construction administration processes, the industry can save over 1 million trees each year and eliminate 800 million pounds of CO2, the equivalent of removing nearly 50,000 cars from the road. Matt Ostanik, AIA, CSI, LEED® AP, Submittal Exchange™, Des Moines, IA.
NBEA Update on Unlicensed Practice
1.5 HSW
Find out what is the Nebraska Board of Engineers and Architect’s agenda for future work, particularly in their endeavor to reduce unlicensed practice. Topics include the responsibilities of code officials in enforcement and who are “certified trade professionals” and what can they do? Time for Q & A will allow you to get answers to those burning questions on the exam, IDP and licensing. Melinda Pearson, FAIA, Executive Director, Nebraska Board of Engineers and Architects
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Marketing and Social networking in a down economy
1.5 LU
This engaging session will focus on the value of firm branding and cutting edge marketing techniques implemented by Helix Architecture and Design of Kansas City. In addition, the power of social networking will be explored, its strategy, tactics and best practices of social media marketing for architectural firms. Kathy Kelly, Principal, Helix Architecture and Design, Kansas City, MO, http://www.helixkc.com/, Dan Parsons, Parsons Marketing | PR | Design, www.parsonsinc.net
Educational Session 3
4:00 – 5:30 pm
Zero-Net Energy Strategies for Green Buildings
1.5 HSW/SD
Presentation by the first multidisciplinary team in Nebraska charged with the development and testing of zero-net energy strategies for green building will discuss their progress on research objectives. This team has expertise in architecture, chemistry, social and behavior health sciences, and engineering and unite researchers across three campuses (University of Nebraska- Lincoln, University of Nebraska at Omaha, and University of Nebraska Medical Center). Tim Hemsath, AIA, LEED AP, Assistant Professor, College of Architecture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Peter Hind, AIA, Assistant Professor, College of Architecture University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Lending in today’s economy
1.5 LU
A panel discussion by local bankers, title / escrow company as well as a developer’s perspective. We bring together bank leaders, a title Companies, and a commercial developer to discuss the lending climate in today’s economy. With perspectives from all sides for this discussion we will look at the economic current trends and hope to get a forecast as to what they see as the future given our current state of economy. Speakers: West Gate Bank, Mark Hansen – Executive Vice-President; Pinnacle Bank, Don Kucera – Vice-President; Nebraska Title Company; Patrick Lutz – CEO, General Counsel; Hampton Robert Caldwell - President
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Antelope Valley Projects
1.5 LU
Scholarship Opportunities for Emerging Professionals
A limited number of conference registrations will be available to AIA Nebraska Associate members and University of Nebraska College of Architecture students. Consider taking part in this year’s conference by networking and learning from design industry professionals. Click here for the scholarship form. Deadline is September 4, 2009. You will be notified if you have been accepted on September 7.
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