Issue CXIX
Jun 13, 2008
Greetings !
In this issue, you'll read:
Cunningham Bronze Medal Recipant: Jay Anderson, Associate AIA
Cunningham Gold Medal Nominations
Missing Media Credit?
Welcome New Addition to AIA Nebraska Staff
In Memory - Ron Ericson, AIA
AIA Member News
AIA NE to Feature KidStructures - Sponsored by the Lauritzen Gardens Guild
Omaha ranked third best place to live, work, play
Exhibitor Registration Available - Sign up today
Reporting Requirement for IDP Training Units (Resolution 2008-07, 6-month rule)
Call for Presentations Sought
For our AIA Fathers
Calendar of Events - June 13
Cunningham Bronze Medal Recipant: Jay Anderson, Associate AIA Harry F. Cunningham Medal Description:AIA Nebraska and the College of Architecture award the Bronze Medal for excellence in academic and design achievement. The medal was established to commemorate Harry F. Cunningham, a fellow of the American Institute of Architects. Harry Cunningham oversaw the completion of the Nebraska State Capitol upon the death of Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, and established the school of architecture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The awarding of the medal is determined by a vote of the faculty and AIA-Nebraska after reviewing the Master of Architecture students' final projects. This award is the highest honor a student of architecture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, College of Architecture can achieve. 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. Summary: Many firms complain about the print media publishing images, both photographs and renderings of projects, without giving appropriate credit for the photos or renderings. Alerting the reporter or publisher after the fact often proves to be futile, so a better strategy is to reach an agreement up front. The matter primarily involves copyright law, which provides a direct means for an architecture firm to protect its own interests. Negotiation and agreement - Typically, an architecture firm owns the copyright in the drawings and renderings it produces for a project (although the firm could transfer ownership to the client in the owner/architect agreement). In addition, a photographer owns the copyright in any photos he or she takes. If an architecture firm’s employee takes project photos, however, the firm will generally own the copyright in those photos. When a firm provides project images (drawings or photos) to the news media, the firm could require the recipient to sign an agreement that states the terms under which the images may be used, such as a credit line and copyright notice. The agreement might also require the firm’s name be mentioned in the article itself, although reporters may not want to consent to that requirement. This is, in any event, a matter for negotiation and agreement between the firm and whoever receives the images. Some suppliers have standard contracts - The major commercial photo suppliers, such as Getty Images and Corbis, have standard contracts under which they sell the right to use their photos and establish requirements for credit and copyright notices whenever those images are published. Those photo suppliers’ standard terms and conditions are available for review on their Web sites. In some circumstances, it is the project owner or developer who provides the architecture firm’s images to the news media for publication. To ensure that those images are published with appropriate credit, the architecture firm needs to discuss the issue with the client early in the project and, where appropriate, include a provision on the subject in the owner/architect agreement. In my spare time I enjoy being with my fiance, Andy, and our cat Dauber, as well as playing sand volleyball. I also volunteer for Teammates and Big Brothers Big Sisters. I look forward to meeting you all! Make sure to place my e-mail in your address book: ejennings3@unl.edu. Brad Behne, Associate AIA, recently joined Davis Design as an architectural designer. Schemmer Associates announces the following have joined the firm - Scott Heaney, AIA, Omaha; Ben Foote, Associate AIA, Lincoln. Tom Pille, Associate AIA, joined Bruce Frasier Architects, P.C. (correction) DLR Group has named Joe Brudney, AIA, an associate. Leo A Daly has promoted Ed Vidlak, AIA, to position of vice president and named John Duensing, AIA, an associate. Congratulations recent graduates of Leadership Omaha: Jeff Monzu, AIA, Leo A Daly and Bill Stott, AIA, The Architectural Offices. The Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce recognized affiliate member Weitz for their contribution to the positive growth in the business community with the Omaha 25 Excellence in Business Awards. HDR has signed an agreement with the Omaha Public Power District to purchase 5.2 million kilowatt-hours of renewable energy to power the company's headquarters campus for a full year. Randy Brown Architects is a recipient of two New AIA Member: Dennis G. Coudriet, AIA Bahr Vermeer & Haecker Architects, Ltd., Lincoln New Associate Members: Reinstated: John D. Cameron, AIA, HDR Architecture, Inc. In Memory: Ron Ericson, AIA Firm: Frasier Architects, P.C. Design Team: Jackson B. Martis, AIA, NCARB, Thomas J. Pille, Assoc. AIA, Nathan Metz, Assoc. AIA Contractors: McDaniel Wallquist Construction Special Thanks: Grabow Hardware Co., JMS Custom Painting, Turtle Plastics Firm: Leo A. Daly Design Team: Michael P. Hamilton, AIA, Joe Eisma, Tom Martinez Contractors: Kiewit Building Group - Estimating & Construction Team, Vern Kuehn, Jason Prebyl, Don Buboltz, Jim Francois, Cauitta Robeson, AJ Waters, Kory Kyllo, Bud Morgan, Randy Kibbon, Clay Otto Donors: Millard Lumber, Ray Martin Company KEVA Planks are back on exhibit at the Lauritzen Gardens, Saturday, June 14, Each child who participates will receive an American flag and may vote for his or her favorite structure by placing a flag in the ground next to his or her choice. The KidStructure with the most flags at the end of the event will win the favorite vote. Freelon’s work has been published in national professional journals including Architecture, Progressive Architecture, Architectural Record, and Contract magazines as well as recent features in Metropolis and Metropolitan Home magazines. His furniture design has been recognized nationally including first prize in the PPG Furniture Design Competition and a design contract with Herman Miller. The Freelon Group has received twenty-six (26) AIA design awards (regional, state and local) and has also received the North Carolina AIA Outstanding Firm Award in 2001. Freelon has served as an adjunct professor at the College of Design, North Carolina State University and has been a visiting critic/lecturer at Harvard, MIT, the University of Maryland, the University of Utah, the California College of the Arts and Kent State University (Florence Italy, program) among others. In 1989, Freelon was the recipient of the Loeb Fellowship and spent a year of independent study at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Phil returns to the classroom this fall to teach a seminar on design centered practice at MIT. He is currently serving as a Peer Professional in the GSA’s Design Excellence Program and has served on the National Endowment for the Arts Design Stewardship Panel. Freelon is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and was recently appointed to the Jury for the 2007 National AIA Institute Honor Awards for Architecture. Nebraskaland Conference of Building Officials and Inspectors - Summer Conference, July 17 & 18, ICC Seminars, Hall of Justice, 575 South 10th Street, Lincoln, NE. 
Description by recipient Jay Anderson, Associate AIA, Studio 360 Architecture: Throughout southwest Iowa, prime farm land is being acquired by local real estate developers. These developers are creating housing clusters throughout the countryside, especially in the rural Loess Hills area of southwest, Iowa. These housing clusters have similar covenant restrictions imposed by the developers, but few if any address larger and more critical architectural, social, environmental and ecological issues. First, I conducted a critical investigation of this trend and discovered it is occurring across the United States. I examined many such developments and analyzed the ways in which they existed. After looking at the physical, environmental and contextual aspects of the case studies; I interviewed several occupants and asked them why they lived in the development, what they liked and disliked and how they felt conditions might be improved. Then I did several case studies on rural developments and rural dwellings that were located within the United States and abroad. I tried to interpret what the architects true intentions were when designing said precedents. Based on extensive research I made lists of what I felt were successful and unsuccessful features of each case study. Finally I combined the case study and precedent research to form an overall set of criteria, that when coupled with the site research resulted in a series of prototype dwellings which were used to develop a rural community that responds to the issues of today and those of a post-fossil era.
The link to my book. (Can be viewed or downloaded as a PDF.)
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Cunningham Gold Medal Nominations
Application / Deadline: July 31 
The Harry F. Cunningham Gold Medal for Architectural Excellence in the State of Nebraska commemorates the achievements of Harry Francis Cunningham who came to Nebraska as lead architect for Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue's office during completion of the tower phase of construction for the State Capitol following Goodhue's death in 1924. It was Goodhue's revolutionary building design which won the nationwide competition in 1920 for the creation of the state house in Lincoln. Cunningham subsequently established the first school of architecture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
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Missing Media Credit?
Negotiate an agreement before they publish your work
by Gregory Hancks, AIA, AIA Associate General Counsel
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Welcome New Addition to AIA Nebraska Staff 
Hi my name is Emily Jennings and I am your new Executive Assistant at AIA Nebraska. Some information about me, I grew up in Curtis, NE and graduated from high school at Malcolm, NE. I attended Hastings College where I received degrees in Business Administration and PR and Advertising. Go Broncos! Before AIA I was the Member Services Administrator for the Nebraska REALTORS® Association in Lincoln. Working with the REALTORS was excellent Association experience and I am eager to help AIA grow in any way possible. Associations are wonderful and unique, and I am excited to be associated with AIA. I am also a member of the Nebraska Society of Association Executives.
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In Memory - Ron Ericson, AIA
Ronald G. "Ron" Ericson, age 69. Preceded in death by his parents. Ron is survived by wife of 48 years, Delores "Dee"; children and spouses, Brent (Janet) Ericson, Kirt (Stacy) Ericson, both of Omaha, Kendra (Victor) Kelly of Des Plaines, ILL; 8 grandchildren; brother Myron Ericson, sister Jean Wrage, both of Fremont, NE; other family and friends. Celebration of Life service will be held Saturday 10:00 AM at St. Timothy's Lutheran Church (510 N. 93rd Street). Interment Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Visitation Friday beginning at 3:00 PM, and with the family from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at 72nd Street Chapel. Memorials suggested to St. Timothy's Lutheran Church. JOHN A. GENTLEMAN MORTUARIES, 72nd STREET CHAPEL, 1010 North 72nd St., 391-1664. OWH Obituary
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AIA Member News
Member News:
Congratulations to James Leach, Associate, AIA and Kris Nelson, Associate AIA, both of Leo A Daly for being selected as a 2nd place award recipients of the AIA Committee on Design "Branding the American House" Ideas Competition. Their design idea entry, "Modulation," was displayed at the 2008 AIA National Convention and Expo, in Boston. Jury Comments: " The jury believes this house expresses a simple and affordable lifestyle that is consistent with the subject family and the intent of the program statement. The house is elegantly designed and detailed with a simple palate of materials."
2nd place Modulation-Submitter: James Leach - Firm: Leo A Daly
Congratulations to the following AIA Lincoln recipients of the 40 under 40 sponsored by the Lincoln Midlands Business Journal: Kristi Nohavec, AIA, The Clark Enersen Partners and Cleve Reeves, AIA, Bahr Vermeer Haecker Architects, Lincoln.
Jay D. Anderson, Assoc. AIA Studio 360 Architecture, Omaha
Chad M. Beeson, Assoc. AIA DLR Group, Inc., Omaha
Kristin R. Miles, Assoc. AIA Bahr Vermeer & Haecker Architects, Ltd., Lincoln
Kent R. Rasmussen, Assoc. AIA Lincoln
Andrew Stephens, Assoc. AIA Visions in Architecture, Lincoln
Greg S. Stieren, Assoc. AIA Beringer, Ciaccio, Dennell, Mabrey, Inc., Omaha
Matthew T. Whaley, Assoc. AIA Omaha
Jamie L. Wietfeld, Assoc. AIA Beringer, Ciaccio, Dennell, Mabrey, Inc., Omaha
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AIA NE to Feature KidStructures - Sponsored by the Lauritzen Gardens Guild 
Flip - Flop - By opening and closing Flip-Flop's doors and windows, the space inside and out can be manipulated for whatever games children wish to play. Light is let into the space through red and white panels, and the colors spread outside the space, furthering a child's imaginative playground. 
Bale Tube - The origin of Bale Tube emerged from and was inspired by regional agriculture equipment designed for extruding hay bales. The tube is safely designed to allow kids to engage in the agricultural roots of Nebraska while having fun with hay.
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Omaha ranked third best place to live, work, play
A new Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine report says Omaha is among the nation’s top 10 places to live, work and play. Omaha was listed as the third on the Best Cities for 2008 list. Topping it was Houston, followed by Raleigh, N.C.. To rank the cities, the magazine analyzed data on population, income and job growth, and quality of jobs, giving high marks to places with many workers in technology, education, and professional and technical services. The researchers also included a “creative class” measurement, which includes the number of scientists, engineers, educators, writers, artists, entertainers and others who inject economic and cultural vitality into a city.
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Exhibitor Registration Available - Sign up today 
This year's AIA Nebraska Fall Conference, Designing Economics, is scheduled for September 11-12, 2008, at the Qwest Center Omaha. The conference is an opportunity for suppliers to showcase products and services to Nebraska architects. Deadline is August 8. You can register one of two ways: 1) On-line registration (Processing fees will be applied) 2) Download brochure: Complete and send to AIA Nebraska.
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Reporting Requirement for IDP Training Units (Resolution 2008-07, 6-month rule)
In May, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Board of Directors adopted the following position to oppose the National Council of Architectural Registration Board's (NCARB) "6-Month Rule." The 6-month rule, which addresses the time-sensitive reporting of Intern Development Program (IDP) training units, seeks to discourage submission of all training units at one time and to foster a rich intern experience.
However, the AIA Board feels that if the rule is approved in its entirety, it will serve as an impediment to licensure. The AIA Board requested that NCARB suspend any action on limitations to IDP reporting periods (through the six-month rule) until a comprehensive evaluation can be conducted of the new online recording system.
The AIA Board also requested that a collaborative effort between the AIA and NCARB be established to satisfy documentation concerns through the examination of time sensitive reporting including: the valuation of the new online system by an independent third party(ies) selected jointly by the AIA and NCARB; the appropriate review of the "timeliness" of reporting in this modern context; and the development of recommendations concerning changes to IDP training unit reporting.
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Call for Presentations Sought 
Call for Presentations for continuing education workshops and seminars for the AIA 2000 National Convention and Design Exposition (San Francisco, April 30 - May 1) is open. Review the full text of the Call and FAQs. Proposals will be accepted until 11:59 p.m. PT, July 1, 2008.
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For our AIA Fathers 
Happy Father's Day!
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Calendar of Events - June 13 
Calendar of Events Imaginative KidStructure exhibit to run May 17 through October 5, 2008 - A Project of the Lauritzen Gardens Guild.
Life Safety Code Seminar relating to Medical Facilities, Thursday, June 19, Bryan LGH Medical Center, South 48th Street, Lincoln. Sponsored by NE Fire Marshall, Health and Human Services, Bryan LGH Medical Center, and Fire Sprinkler Contractors Assoc. of Nebraska. Thursday, June 26, 6:30 PM until 8:00 PM, Museum Kaneko - 1111 Jones Street - Omaha, NE. AIA Omaha presents speaker - Phil Freelon. Following graduation from North Carolina State University’s College of Design with a Bachelor of Environmental Design (Architecture) and top design honors, he went on to earn his Master of Architecture degree from MIT in Cambridge, MA. Founded in 1990, The Freelon Group has grown to 56 total staff including 20 licensed architects and 19 LEED® Accredited Professionals. Focusing on college/university, transportation/aviation and museum/cultural center projects, Freelon’s firm has successfully delivered buildings that have had a positive impact on the communities in which they are built. The firm has recently completed major museum projects in Baltimore, MD and San Francisco, CA.
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