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tracingsDecember 2011
AIA Santa Clara Valley
In this Issue:
Palo Alto Holiday House Tour
in College Terrace
Emerging Professionals &
Young Architects
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TRACINGS CORPORATE PARTNERS & SPONSORS
AIASCV CORPORATE PARTNERSAlfa Tech
Blach Construction CompanyGraniterock
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AIASCV Major SponsorsAEDIS Architecture and Planning
Biggs Cardosa AssociatesBlach Construction Company
Barry Swenson Builder/studioCURRENTBranagh, Inc.
Devcon ConstructionGensler
Hawley Peterson SnyderRudolph & SlettenRosendin Electric
San Jose BlueSteinberg Architects
Walters & WolfXL Construction
DECEMBER
AIA SCV BOARD OF DIRECTORSPresident Linder Jones, AIAVice President/President Elect Jeff Current, AIASecretary Walter Rask, AIATreasurer Samuel Sanderson, AIAAssociates Director Stephanie Silkwood, Associate AIAExecutive Director Gail A. Price, AICPDirector Ed Janke, AIADirector Hari Sripadanna, AIADirector Thang Do, AIADirector Steve Sowa, AIADirector Britt Lindberg, AIAStudent Liaison Marcel BarbozaPast President Mary Follenweider, AIA
IN THIS ISSUE
AIASCV Calendar of Events 5
Executive Director’s Report 6
Cover Story: Rebuilding Together Silicon Valley 8
Palo Alto Holiday House Tour 9
AIA National News 10
Emerging Professionals & Young Architects 11
News, Events & New Members 12
Chapter Information 13
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ON THE COVER6 Homes on the 24th Annual Holiday House Tour in Palo Alto
Photo by PAST Heritage (Carolyn George)
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Tracings editor: Scott Smithwick, AIA
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Dear fellow AIA members,
Today I received a request for an ArchiPAC contribution from James Rains, Jr., AIA, the chair of the national ArchiPAC steering committee. The letter included a link to a chart showing the amount of contributions by region; our region was at a measly 50% of its goal, and only 99 members from California had contributed.
This is shameful, appalling and embarrassing. The ArchiPAC is not funded out of our dues, and is our only organized voice in government. Please pony up! There’s an election coming; we should be supporting candidates who support us, and the PAC is how it’s done.
Politically yours, Judith Wasserman, [email protected]
For more information, please visit www.archipac.org
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AIA SCV CALENDAR OF EVENTS
December 2011
8 AIASCV Board Luncheon
8 Los Altos Neutra House Architecture Speaker Series - “Speaker: Steve Glenn” 6 to 7pm at The Los Altos Neutra House, Los Altos, www.neutrahouse.org
9 2012 Business Environmental Awards (BEA) Program - Applications Due Today For more information, please visit http://www.acterra.org/programs/bea/index.html
10 Artists Reception for Art by Architects - RSVP to [email protected] by December 5th 4 to 7pm at Graniterock Design Center, Cupertino
13 CES Noontime Seminar - “Air, Water and Moisture Management in Commercial Building Envelopes”, 12 to 1pm at HMC Group, San Jose
14 CES Noontime Seminar - “Air, Water and Moisture Management in Commercial Building Envelopes”, 12 to 1pm at Hawley Peterson Synder, Mountain View
15 AIASCV Holiday Party and Art by Architects Plus 6 to 9pm at Graniterock Design Center, Cupertino
23-30 Winter Holiday - AIASCV Office Closed
January 2012
2 New Year’s Holiday - AIASCV Office Closed
10 CES Noontime Seminar - 12 to 1pm at HMC Group, San Jose
11 CES Noontime Seminar - 12 to 1pm at Hawley Peterson Synder, Mountain View
12 Los Altos Neutra House Architecture Speaker Series - “Speaker: Robert Steinberg” 6 to 7pm at The Los Altos Neutra House, Los Altos, www.neutrahouse.org
17 Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday - AIASCV Office Closed
19 AIASCV Monthly Chapter Meeting - 6 to 9pm, Location to be determined
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT
As I complete my tenure with AIA Santa Clara Valley, I want to express my deep appreciation for the opportunity to serve as your Executive Director between 2008 and 2011. I will be the AIASCV Executive Director until mid-January 2012.
This has been an important and meaningful experience for me. During the course of my journey, I have met many wonderful people who are architects, associate architects, emerging professionals, students, and professionals in all aspects of design and construction. Each has taught me in their own way what the field of architecture means and the challenges and opportunities faced during this particularly difficult economic period.
I do believe I am much more aware of the business aspects of architecture, the many specialties and the many factors impacting the practice of architecture, including BIM, evolving project management, the economics of building design and performance and the fiercely competitive bidding environment. Mind you, as a non-architect, I am in awe of what you do. Thank you.
Additionally, I am aware of what it takes to manage a professional trade association with the help and support of my staff, and the AIASCV Board of Directors, AIA California Council, National AIA and my colleagues, Chapter Executives, throughout the country. I have developed many strong ties and friendships.
Thank you AIA SCV!
DECEMBER
Ghost Ranch, New Mexico, 2007Gail A. Price
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Although familiar with the non-profit organization, a professional trade association with local, state and National levels in a different animal. The on-going and personal commitment of members, Board and committee members and special event volunteers is strong and I encourage all of you to examine what you can do to
make this organization even better. There are many opportunities.
I will miss AIA Santa Clara Valley and its staff and members. I can be reached via my email at: [email protected] or you
can always find me through the City of Palo Alto at [email protected]. I will continue to promote design excellence and innovative and creative approaches to planning and urban design. You have made me a stronger and more sensitized architectural and design advocate. Thank you.
Gail A. Price, AICP
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Chimney Rock, Ghost Ranch, New Mexico, 2007Gail A. Price
Matilija Popper, Palo Alto, CA, 2009Gail A. Price
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COVER STORY
DECEMBER
For the past 20 years Rebuilding Together Silicon Valley has been helping deserving homeowners with improvements to their homes. The AIASCV has
participated for the last 5 years, providing volunteers on 8 projects. This year the AIASCV chapter and Steinberg Architects provided financial sponsorship for one of the 39 projects undertaken on the 22nd of October. In addition to the financial support, 29 volunteers from the chapter turned out for the day.
The AIA‐sponsored project site is the home of a 73 year‐old widow. Because of knee, back, and COPD, she uses a walker part time. She and her late husband purchased the newly built house in 1961. A diverse set of projects were accomplished at her home. Some of which included: handrails installed at all steps and along the ramp leading to the front door; replacement and repair of interior doors; repair and painting of interior walls; the replacement of the hot water heater; replacement of outdoor lighting; and making an external closet‐ addition water‐tight with replacement of the roof and stucco work.
The volunteers were led by Project Captain Terry Martin, AIA; Volunteer Coordinator Marcel Barboza, AIAS; and Resource Coordinator, Allan Diaz. The day was a great opportunity for some of the younger volunteers from West
Valley’s AIAS and the chapter’s Emerging Professionals group to try their hand at manual labor and work with power tools. Volunteer activities such as this one provide hands‐on experience helping students and interns transition from the classroom while giving back to the community.
For more information on this organization, please visit www.rebuildingtogether-sv.org
Rebuilding Together Silicon Valley
Chuck Campanella, Associate AIA
Chuck Campanella is AIASCV’s incoming Associates Director for 2012. Chuck is a LEED Green Associate and has a Master’s Degree from Cal Poly Pomona with a concentration in Sustainable Architecture. Chuck works at Niles Bolton Associates and can be reached by email at [email protected]
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The 24th Holiday House Tour will be Sunday, December 11, 2011 in College Terrace. Seven College Terrace houses plus the newly restored Library will be featured. The tour runs from 1 to 4 p.m.
College Terrace is a neighborhood which features a wide variety of architectural styles—from high-style to humble. The atmosphere of the Terrace is that of a small community in which student and professor, grandmother and child, working class and professional, live together and feel closely identified with their environment and with each other.
• The eight buildings range in age from 1893 to 1936 and from 4,000 to 625 square feet.
• An 1893 Queen Anne listed on the Historic Resources Inventory and referred to in 19th century advertisements as a "Handsome Residence."
• A charming yellow cottage, built in 1935, with a white picket fence. Several skillful additions have tripled the size of this house without disturbing its charm or the historical character of the neighborhood.
• A house built in 1904 by a Stanford student that stands at one of the highest points of the Terrace.
• A log cabin which was originally a piano studio. The garden of this quaint house is home to a 250 year old oak tree.
• Three of the houses are part of a five-house Homeowners' Association that share a large "Commons" area in the rear, dominated by another notable oak tree.
• The final building on our tour is the much loved College Terrace Library. Built in 1936 by noted architect Charles Sumner, it was restored by the City in 2010, under the supervision of PAST.
For ticket information, please visit www.pastheritage.org or email at [email protected]
HOLIDAY HOUSE TOUR IN PALO ALTO
Handsome Residences, Neat Cottages and Notable Trees!
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AIA NATIONAL
DECEMBER
Practicing Architecture - Articles
New School: Emerging Professionals are Leading the Way with BIM In many cases, as soon as architecture students graduate, they have something to teach about digital design tools
With a Domestic Economy in the Tank, Emerging Professionals Find Work in China China’s rapidly expanding economy is giving recent architecture grads a place to flex their design muscles
Take Five: Today’s Intern, Tomorrow’s Architect The AIA’s EVP/Chief Executive Officer recalls his early experiences as an architect and the people and institutions that helped shape his career.
The First Step on the Road to Success Emerging professionals no more, AIA members describe what they learned on their first project - YouTube video link
Latest Issue - online
AIA Guide for Sustainable Projects
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EMERGING PROFESSIONALS & YOUNG ARCHITECTS
AIA SCV Emerging Professionals - LinkedIn GroupAIA SCV Emerging Professionals - Facebook Group
AIA Young Architects Forum - LinkedIn Group
2011 AIA Award Winners
Young Architects Recipients Gallery
Associates Recipients Gallery
Interactive list of all Winners
Investing in Emerging Professionals
AIA Emerging Professionals: One Word for 2012
AIA emerging professionals from around California share their one-word predictions for 2012 at the
October Monterey Design Conference. Their answers revealed an appreciation for new ways to practice--and at least
one new word to describe it all.
Annual Emerging Professionals Exhibition
Jennifer T. Knudsen, AIAPhoto Credit: © CO Architects; Rafael Vinoly Architects, PC
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NEWS & EVENTS
ANNOUNCEMENT FOR GREEN BUILDING NETWORKS
Call for Applications: 2012 Business Environmental Awards
Applications for Acterra’s 2012 Business Environmental Awards are now available at www.acterra.org/bea.
The Sustainable Built Environment category rewards a building project that conserves natural resources and promotes the health and well-being of its occupants.Recent recipients have included: Adobe Systems Incorporated, Humane Society Silicon Valley Animal Community Center, Metro Lighting, and the Town of Portola Valley.Any private or public business entity, division or facility located in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara or Santa Cruz County is eligible to apply.
Applications are due by 11:59 pm on December 9, 2011.
DECEMBER
New Members
Chris Beaumont, Assoc. AIA
Prashilla N. Patel , Intl. Assoc. AIA
Deepika Sangoi, Assoc. AIA
Caleb T. Wong, Assoc. AIA
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CHAPTER INFORMATION
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www.aiascv.org
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> AIA SCV CONTACT INFORMATION < Office Location: 325 S. First Street, Suite 100 San Jose, CA 95113
Phone: 408.298.0611Fax: 408.298.0619Email: [email protected]
Office Hours: Monday through Friday, 9am to 4pm
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AIA Santa Clara Valley A Chapter of The American Institute of Architects
CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAM-2011 December 2011
“Air, Water and Moisture Management in Commercial Building Envelopes” Presented by: Lisa Podesto, PE Technical Director, WoodWorks-California
This highly informative program provides an overview of how air and moisture infiltrate commercial wall systems and the ramifications of improper design. In this 1-hour CES approved program, participants will learn the following:
• Review the mechanics of moisture movement to understand how moisture impacts building performance.
• How to identify common design defects that lead to moisture problems. • How to identify common construction defects that lead to mold and decay. • How to properly flash envelope penetrations.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 Wednesday, December 14, 2011 Noon-1:00 pm Noon-1:00 pm HMC GROUP Hawley Peterson & Snyder 1570 The Alameda, Suite 330 444 Castro Street, Suite 1000 San Jose Mountain View Program qualifies for 1 LU/HSW credit. Bring your AIA number and your credits will be registered automatically. Programs are free. Lunch is not provided, so please plan accordingly. S P O N S O R E D B Y :
thomasHINES
steveGLENN
robertSTEINBERG
craigHARTMAN
rayKAPPE
Goody Steinberg (1922-2010) was a long time resident of Los Altos Hills and designer of the Los Altos Chamber of Commerce, Los Altos History Museum, and the Tech Museum in San Jose. Goody established the Steinberg Group in 1953. Over his 50-year career, Goody designed hundreds of buildings, including homes, corporate campuses and houses of worship, most nota-bly Congregation Beth Am in Los Altos Hills and Temple Isaiah in Lafayette. Goody’s son, Rob Steinberg, principal of Steinberg Architects, will talk about his father’s legacy.
Craig W. Hartman, FAIA, is the Design Partner for SOM San Francisco. His work ranges from en-tire urban districts to singular works of architecture, addressing issues of contemporary place and time, the poetics of light, and the sustainability of urban and natural ecologies. His work has been recognized with over 100 interdisciplinary design awards, which, in addition to 8 national AIA Honor Awards for Architecture, Interior Design and Urban Design, includes California’s Maybeck Award for an individual oeuvre, of which he is the youngest recipient.
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Lectures: 6-7 PM at the Hillview Community Center
97 Hillview Avenue, Los Altos
Receptions: 7-8 PM at The Los Altos Neutra House
181 Hillview Avenue, Los Altos
Tickets: $20 single lecture/$100 series pass
$40 single lecture + reception$10 single lecture student pass
$200 series and receptions pass
For ticket information and directions, please visit www.neutrahouse.org
charlesDAVIS
Steve Glenn is an entrepreneur committed to social change through both for-profit and non-profit organizations. He is currently the founder and CEO of LivingHomes, a developer and builder of modern, prefabricated homes, designed by world-class architects such as Ray Kappe, FAIA, and KieranTimberlake. The first LivingHome, designed by Kappe and assembled in eight hours was the first home ever to be certified LEED Platinum. Eight other LivingHomes have been certified Platinum since. LivingHomes recently completed a prefab triplex in Los Altos on Lassen Street which is expected to be certified LEED Platinum.
Thomas Hines is a professor emeritus of history and architecture at UCLA, where he taught cultural, urban and architectural history for many years. A prolific writer, Hines is the author Burnham of Chicago: Architect and Planner, Richard Neutra and the Search for Modern Architecture, Irving Gill and the Architecture of Reform, and Architecture of the Sun: Los Angeles Modernism, 1900-1970. Hines is a premiere scholar on Richard Neutra’s architectural legacy.
Chuck Davis is the senior partner of the San Francisco architecture firm, EHDD. Among his many projects are the restoration of History Corner on Stanford Quad and the Monterrey Bay Aquarium for clients David and Lucile Packard. EHDD is now recognized for its expertise in aquarium design and Chuck has designed aquariums all around the world. EHDD is also known for its expertise in sustainable design with the latest example being the new Packard Foundation building now under construction in downtown Los Altos.
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Ray Kappe is a well published, internationally recognized architect, urban planner and educator. His work is considered to be an extension of the early Southern California modern masters: Wright, Schindler, Neutra and Harris. Among the many design and lifetime achievement awards he has received are the AIA/Los Angeles Gold Medal and the AIA/California Council Maybeck Award. National AIA and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture have honored him with the Topaz Medalian for having founded and directed the Southern Califonia Institute of Architecture SCI-ARC.
SUSTA INAB IL ITYLos A l to s Neu t r a House Arch i t e c tu re Speaker Se r i e s
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Charlene Geerscoldwell banker
October 18, 2011 AIA of Santa Clara Valley and AIAS West Valley Gail Price, Executive Director 325 S. 1st St. No. 100 San Jose, CA 95113 Dear Gail, Safe, warm and healthy at home. To low-income and disabled homeowners, it means peace and comfort….and it’s all because of you. On behalf of the low-income homeowners whom we serve, thank you for your sponsorship of $2,800.00 in support of 2011 Fall Rebuilding Day. Your contribution brings hope and security to the low-income, elderly and disabled in our community. Just after our last Rebuilding Day, one homeowner called first thing Monday morning and said, "They repaired things we had long given up hope on." Renewed hope is a gift not easily given. Thank you. Rebuilding Together brings communities and volunteers together to rehabilitate the homes of low-income homeowners, particularly the elderly and disabled, so that they may live in warmth, safety and independence. Your gift helps make it possible to provide this important work at no cost to the homeowner. In the last year, through our Rebuilding Day projects in October and April and our Safe at
Home projects, we have completed over 220 projects—reaching over 300 low-income homeowners. These homeowners have no other way of keeping up with these repairs so that they can remain independent in their homes. Again, your generous support helps make it all possible. We look forward to working with your enthusiastic team as we partner with you to rebuild our community—one homeowner at a time! Warm regards and best wishes,
Beverley Jackson Executive Director
This letter is official acknowledgment of your gift. As accorded by the IRS, we must inform you that you have received no goods or services as a result of your contribution. Please retain this receipt as proof of your gift. Rebuilding Together Silicon Valley
Tax I.D 77-0289381
Palo Alto Stanford Heritage presents:
The 24th Annual Holiday House Tour featuring
College Terrace
December 11th 1-4pm
Tour Highlights
“Handsome Residences“ ”Neat Cottages” Notable OaksCollege Terrace is a neighborhood which contains a wide variety of architectural styles and features – from aristocratic to humble. The atmosphere of the Terrace is that of a small community in which student and professor, great grandmother and child, working class and professional, live next to each other and feel closely identified with their environment and with each other.
• Tickets may be purchased by enclosing a self addressed, stamped envelope
Mail to: PAST Heritage (Holiday House Tour)
P.O.Box, 308
Palo Alto, California 94302Tickets are $25 before December 1st and $30 thereafter.
Please make check payable to P.A.S.T. Heritage www.pastheritage.org
Tickets will be also be available the day of the event
REVOLUTION OF FORMS Cuba’s Forgotten Art SchoolsPrinceton Architectural Press 2011
Thursday November 10, 7pmMACLA/Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana
510 South First StreetSan Jose, CA 95113
Lecture and book-signing with the author John Loomis
The National Schools of Art in Havana are works of extraordinary imagination thatspeak eloquently of their moment of creation. When John Loomis publishedRevolution of Forms in 1999, the schools stood unfinished and derelict, virtuallyforgotten in Cuba and unknown to the rest of the world. This influential booktransformed their situation and brought them deserved national and internationalattention. The book has played its own revolutionary role in the history of thebuildings, inspiring among other things an opera, and a documentary film.
Bonnie Burnham, President, World Monuments Fund
John Loomis with Fidel Castro
REVOLUTION OF FORMS Cuba’s Forgotten Art SchoolsPrinceton Architectural Press 2011
Thursday November 10, 7pmMACLA/Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana
510 South First StreetSan Jose, CA 95113
Lecture and book-signing with the author John Loomis
Prior to the publication of Revolution of Forms, few were aware that the mostoutstanding architectural achievement of the Cuban Revolution stood neglectedoutside Havana. It was conceived by three architects who were reinventingarchitecture just as the Revolution hoped to reinvent society. However, beforeconstruction was completed, the schools were subjected to ideological attacks. Theorganic complex of terra-cotta Catalan-vaulted structures was abandoned, until theoriginal publication of Revolution of Forms brought them to the attention of the worldand the Cuban government.
John Loomis with Fidel Castro
