January 1997

News Index

| Design Awards Submission Due |

| Design Awards Announcement and Design Dialogue |

| Young Architect Award Nominations Sought |

| AIA Works for You |

| Architects in Public Service |

| Members in the News |

| New Members |

| Annoucements |

| Committee Bulletin Board |

Design Awards Submission Due

Entries for the 1997 Design Awards are due in the Chapter office by 5 pm on Friday, January 17. Categories include Architecture, Interior Architecture, Historic Preservation/Renovation, Urban Design, Unbuilt Work, and the 25 Year Award. For rules and eligibility see the Call for Entry published in the November/December Perspective or call the Chapter office, 622-6261.

 

The jury for the competition includes James Baird, AIA, Holabird & Root, Chicago; Jane Weinzapfel, FAIA, Leers Weinzapfel Associaters, Boston; and Barton Phelps, FAIA, Barton Phelps & Associates, Los Angeles.

Design Awards Announcement and Design Dialogue

Monday, January 27, 1997
6 pm
Innova, Room 2
$10, members; $5 interns; $20 members.
Reservations: 622-6261.

Join the jury of James Baird, AIA, Holabird & Root, Chicago; Jane Weinzapfel, FAIA, Leers Weinzapfel Associates, Boston; and Barton Phelps, FAIA, Barton Phelps & Associates, Los Angeles, for a cocktail reception and discussion of the state of Houston architecture. Winners of the 1997 Design Awards Competition will be announced during the evening.

 

Young Architect Award Nominations Sought

Look for an insert in this Perspective with the Call for Nominations for the 1997 Young Architect Award. The nominee must be under 40 years old or in the first 10 years of practice as of February 15, 1997. The winner of this distinction will announced at Celebrate Architecture on April 19, 1997. He or she then becomes the Chapter's nominee for similar awards at the state and national levels.

The award is given for accomplishment in the full range of architectural achievements. The jury is composed of Bruce Webb, dean of the College of Architecture at the University of Houston; Suzanne Labarthe, AIA, past president of the Chapter and former recipient of the award; and Tim Conroy, AIA, 1996 recipient of the Young Architect Award.

AIA Works for You

 

If all has gone as planned, when you receive this Perspective a new feature will have been added to the Chapter Web Site, a search mechanism that will enable any visitor to the site to call up firms by building type. For example, a prospective client can ask for firms with more than 25% of their work in educational facilities-or any of the categories in the profile. The information you sent in for the Directory will come up for the prospect to examine. If you have your own site linked to ours, that prospective client can then go to your site to review whatever you have chosen to post-resumes of principals, photographs of projects, statement of firm philosophy, you name it.

Already the Chapter site has received inquiries about particular firms. This new search feature will add value to your position on our page.

The Institute's national advertising campaign is another way that AIA brings architects and clients together. Every couple of weeks the Chapter office gets a list of people in our area that have responded to the ads on residential architecture running in a variety of consumer magazines-from Family Circle to Architectural Digest. We have written to more than 200 of these prospects informing them of the Chapter's referral service and offering to send them Architecture for the Home when they call for referrals. Now we are responding to those calls.

Soon, some of you out there will get a commission from this service. Let us know when you do.

Architects in Public Service

During the past several months, this space has featured the activity of several Chapter members-members who have given their time to serving the public in other ways besides designing buildings and other spaces for public use. You have read about the work of public boards, the activity of charitable organizations, the creation of volunteer organizations.

Part of the Chapter's mission for 1997 is to capitalize on the power of architects working in such capacities. As representatives (official or otherwise) of the profession, you have considerable power to affect the public understanding of the ways cities work, the importance of the public realm, the contribution that architects and architecture make to civic life.

We know some of you, but we don't have anything like a comprehensive list. If you serve on a neighborhood association board, the board of a charitable organization, one of the city's boards or commissions, a Chamber of Commerce committee, or any such position, please let us know.

Send your name, the name of the position, and the nature of the organization or group to the Chapter office. Include in your message your e-mail or fax address. You may appear in this column in the future. You will be added to a communications network. As public issues arise, the Chapter Board will want to find out what you think, to involve you in their decisions about public statements of support, opposition, or neutrality.

Members in the News

Stephen K. Hann, President of Stephen K. Hann Custom Builders, received two statewide awards for excellence in remodeling at the Lone Star Awards in Dallas. They were for Best Whole House Renovation and Best Management Program for a Company with Annual Volume Exceeding One Million.

Four school projects designed by PBK Architects were named award winners the 1996 TASA/TASB Joint Annual Convention Exhibit of School Architecture. The schools were I. W. and Eleanor Hyde Elementary School and Brookside Intermediate School, Clear Creek ISD; John V. Peet Junior High School, Conroe ISD; and Opal Hamilton Junior High School, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD.

M/MA Partners, Inc., Foodservice Planners & Designers, were chosen to be a part of the following project teams, with Rodney A Worrell, Principal-in-charge and Robert A. Pursell as Project Planner: Burnett-Bayland Secure Post Adjudication Residential Facility, Houston, under the direction of PGAL Architects; and Methodist Hospital Community Health Center, Sugar Land, under the direction of HKS Architects.

FKP Architects, Inc. announces the following promotions to Vice President: Richard Palumbo, AIA, Mike Rader, AIA, Cynthia Walston, AIA; and to Associate: Paul Saphos, AIA.

Carl A. Joiner, AIA and Colene S. Joiner, ASID, IIDA, announce that Joiner Partnership, Inc. has been selected to provide architectural and interior design services for a new elementary school for Humble ISD and a new senior high school for Shepherd ISD.

Irvine Associates Architects announces the following additions to its staff: Russ Clark as Project Architect and Kelly Voehringer as Project specialist. Recently completed projects include Citation Oil & Gas; Monroe & Vos; Alexander & Alexander, located in San Antonio, and Legg Mason Wood Walker, located in Westfield, New Jersey, and Washington, D.C.

Turner & Bair Architects, LLP, announces the following additions to its staff: Beth Lustig, Project Designer and Colleen Dealy, Administrative Assistant The firm is located at 303 Stafford Avenue, First Floor, in the heart of the energy corridor section of West Houston. For more information contact Ellen Lindsay at 4978-1040.

Trisha Laird, with Lone Star Plywood & Door Corp, announces the opening of a new window and cabinet showroom at 8303 Kempwood near Bingle; 713/467-9890. Call Trisha for additional information or brochures.

AmericanConstruction Investigations, Inc., announces its website at http://www.io.com/aci.

Ambrose and McEnany, Architects announces the promotion of James D. Hill, AIA, to Senior Associate and Peter Hoffman, AIA to Associate.

Clark Condon Associates, Landscape Architects, and MCCM Architects teamed to provide the design expertise for the $5 million renovation of this 39-acre Moody Park .

New Members

NEW MEMBERS	FIRM NAME
ARCHITECT
Heriberto S. Delgado	Miami Dade Water/Sewer
David W. Essinger	David W. Essinger, AIA
Carlton L. Fuqua	Carlton L. Fuqua, AIA
Louis A. Gutierrez	Gutierrez & Associates
Christopher O'Dell Heikkila	Kendall/Heaton Associates
Gary Johnson	J G Johnson Construction
Gerardo E. Mercado	KBA, Inc.
Tami Merrick	Kendall/Heaton Associates
Howard E. Merrill, III	Rey de la Reza Architects
Louis D. Muniza	Center America Property Trust, L.P.
Richard A. Popham	Popham Walter Architects
Stephen Rice	Pasadena Independent School District
Kenneth O. Shanks	Galen May, AIA/Architects
Roy J. Sprague	Spring Independent School District
Don D. Walter	Popham Walter Architects
Gordon N. Yeatts	Yeatts Architecture
Spencer Tsui	R & T Architects
Sanford E. Frankel	Frankel Architects
ASSOCIATES
Joseph Colonel Roberts, Jr.	TLD Architects
Don Thomas	Texas Department of Criminal Justice
INTERNS
Kenneth H. Phipps, Jr.	Interfield Engineering
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATES
Moe A. Shihadeh	Earth Engineering, Inc
TRANSFERS
Chuck Leonard	Hermes Reed Architects
STUDENTS
Jim Bash	University of Houston
David A. Cooley	University of Houston
Edgardo S. Martir, Jr.	University of Houston
Peter Orolfo	University of Houston

Annoucements

Houston AGC moved to 3000 Richmond Avenue, Suite 300, 77098-3111 (for mailing purposes: P. O. Box 662, 77001-0662). New phone number is 713/512-3300; fax number is 713/512-3333, fax number for project/bid information is 713/512-3301.

 

The University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center extends an invitation to attend an Open House for Architectural Services, January 22, 1997, 1-4 pm, Operation Center Building, (OCB) Room 2.200, 1851 Crosspoint, 77054. Reservations please. For more information call Rives Taylor at 713/794-1663 or Sandra Bibbs at 713/794-1668.

 

The Board of Directors of Tellepsen Corporation announce the promotions of Robert L. (Bobby) Surles to Senior Project Manager; and Kay Dee Stella to Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; staff additions: Linda J. Manning, Project Manger; Winford (http://www.aiahoutx.org/spacer.gif) Inman, Sr. Superintendent; Donald E. Watkins, Superintendent, and Steven Imburgia as Senior Project Manager.. Tellepsen Corporation has been selected by Hermann Hospital to serve as the General Contractor for the complete renovation of the 16 story Hermann Professional Building, which will begin in late 1996 and be phased over a three year period.

 

Slaney Santana Group, Inc. announces Nancy Fleming Armstrong, ASLA, has joined as principal and Robert E. Green, ASLA, has been promoted to associate.

 

A merger of Georgia A. Wilson & Associates, Inc. with ICF Kaiser, Inc. formed a new company, ICF KAISER/georgia wilson, inc., Georgia A. Wilson, P.E., President; at 5718 Westheimer, Suite 1000, 77057; ph: 713/787-6070, fax; 713/787-5430.

 

The Westchase District was presented with a 1996 Clean Houston Proud Partners Honorable Mention for its Gessner landscaping project.

 

The Society for Marketing Professional Services, (SMPS) Houston, Marketing After Hours, an evening meeting, Thursday, January 23, Wyndham-Warwick, 5701 Main Street, 5-7:30 pm, presents "Singapore to the Sahara: Blazing an International Trail"; Randy Tucker, P.E., Senior Vice President International Development for Rolf Jensen & Associates (RJA), spills the skinny on what it takes to get ink on international contracts and collect your fees later. For more information call Ellen Moore, 713/267-2965

 

Fantastic office sublet: 706 sf at corner Montrose and Richmond, 5th floor, north-facing, downtown view, large office, conference room and balcony. Oak floors. $1/sf, 18 months minimum. Call Becca, 713/523-0398.

Committee Bulletin Board

Architecture for Kids Committee

To develop and implement programs which inform the public about architecture and the built environment, with specific emphasis on primary and secondary school students.

Tuesday, January 7,1997
Monthly Meeting
Chapter office, noon
RSVP, 622-6261

High School Teachers' Workshop
January 11, 1997
9 am-12 pm
AIA Office

The November and December meetings were spent writing the 1996-1997 Michael G. Meyers High School Design Competition. The problem entitled "Community Roots Garden" has the overall goal of creating a facility for the community which will provide the opportunity to experience nature and the joys of tending a garden and sharing its harvest The site is a fictitious plot of land along a bayou in Houston. The teacher and student workshop introduces the program to interest participants. If you are interested in participating in the workshop or being a visiting critic; please contact Julia Nolte at 713/523-7451.

Julia Nolte, AIA, Chair

 

Computers in Architecture Committee

To provide a forum for the discussion of concerns of computer users; to develop programs introducing or expanding the use of computers in architectural practices.

Thursday, January 2, 1997
Monthly Meeting
Chapter office, noon
RSVP, 622-6261

Wednesday, January 28, 1997
Nemetschek Systems Program, 2 LUs
Catered Lunch, no charge
Innova, Room 1, noon
RSVP required: 622-6261
no later than 10 am on the 27th

 

Nemetschek Systems will present the ALLPLAN FT Product, a fully integrated building design software that introduces a better way to design using object oriented and intelligent 3D. ALLPLAN's elegant user interface lets you move quickly and fluidly between conceptual freehand sketches, 3D models, renderings, animation, elevations, plans, and sections. Unlike most primitive based CAD programs ALLPLAN FT works with building elements such as wall, windows, roofs, and doors dramatically improving efficiency.

Context Sensitive User Interface supports "Beginner" and "Advanced" models and user configurable and dockable menu palettes offer new freedom in customization. Ease-of-learning and ease-of-use are enhanced context-sensitive help and context-sensitive menus and graphical dialogue boxes project presentations material take-offs and much more. Developed by architects for architects ALLPLAN FT includes: freehand sketching, 2D production drawing/drafting, powerful 3D solid modeling w/Boolean functions, automatic roof and stair generators, photorealistic rendering, quick shade rendering, real time walk-through and fly-bys, Capir-Viewer and Redline utility, quantity take-offs to automatically produce bill of materials. Call to confirm your attendance; seating will be limited.

James Coit, AIA, Chair

 

Exhibitions

Develops and mounts exhibitions of architectural interest including chapter members' work; maintains the Chapter's Home Page on the Internet.

Work on the World Wide Web! The Exhibitions Committee is looking for volunteer architects and/or graphic designers to form a subcommittee to maintain and expand the Houston Chapter AIA Home Page. Some familiarity with Web development, HMTL or CGI programming would be great. Eagerness and enthusiasm is even better. We plan to meet every month in 1997. If you are interested, call the Chapter office, 713/622-2081 or Richard Buday, AIA, Archimage at 713/523-3425, Email: rbuday

Richard Buday, AIA, Chair

 

AIA Committee on Architecture for Health (CAH)

To provide a forum for architects and allied professionals engaged in health care facility work; to develop professional development programs in that specialty.

Tuesday, January 28, 1997
Monthly Meeting
Chapter office, noon
RSVP, 622-6261

 

Seminar: Safety in the Surgery Environment

Tuesday, January 21, 1997
Innova, lobby level, room 2
Registration and lunch begins at 11:30 am
Seminar will begin at noon
Level II, 3 LUs Health and Safety
Cost includes lunch; $7 interns, $10 members, $15 non-members
RSVP Required:713/622-6261

Paul Pedersen, Director of Medical Equipment Planning for Falick Klein Partnership Architects, Inc. (FKP) will lead the discussion on smoke evacuation systems for laser plumes and scavenger system requirements for anesthesia gases. Using a case study, Paul will analyze these two products and their relationship to facility design. Representatives from Smith Seckman Reid, Inc., will be present for engineering input and manufacturer representatives will be available for discussion. Mark your calendars for this even!

The next committee meeting is Tuesday, January 28, Come join us; fresh ideas are always welcome. Contact the AIA office to reserve a lunch ($7).

Gary Owens, AIA, Chair, Lisa Charrin, AIA, Program Coordinator; Wayne Burford, AIA, Membership Coordinator; Mary Grace Marks, AIA, Newsletter/PR Coordinator

 

Intern Development Program (IDP)

To support the advisor/intern program; to develop seminars for interns.

IDP 1997-Visions for the Future

"Connecting, the Most Essential Goal." As espoused by Boyer and Mitgang in the much touted Carnegie Report on architecture education and practice, we must bridge the gaps between the many stages of our careers. In this spirit, the focus of Houston's Intern Development Program for 1997 will be life long learning, continuity and communication.

The work has already begun, but if you are an Intern, Student, Educator, or Architect interested in joining the partnership, we can put your talents and energies to good use. Standard forms are available from the AIA office for various IDP documents, including volunteer sign up sheets.

During TSA's 1996 Grassroots Program in Dallas, Houston's IDP Committee established a statewide network of intern committees to exchange information and ideas. To deal with one of the most current education and training issues, a global internet forum on the Boyer Report will be hosted by TSA from April 17 to April 20 to parallel the debate at Texas Tech in Lubbock.

There is much more to come, so keep in touch!

Robert Burnham, AIA
IDP Chair
e-mail=robertaia

 

Micro-Firm Roundtable

Dedicated to the exchange of information, ideas and resources relevant to the 1-2 person firm.

January 13, 1997
Monthly Meeting
Chapter Office, 11:30 am-1:30 pm

I May Be Small - But I Can Compete

The Micro-Firm Roundtable starts 1997 with a critical issue. Our first meeting on Monday, January 13, will discuss the pros and cons of last year's agenda and "Re-Evaluating Our Business Plan Of 1996." This is an important step towards starting a successful business year for those who have and those who have no business plans.

Our Micro-Firm Roundtable has received acclaim from National AIA and the Small Practice PIA. After two years of aiding and abetting the small firms into the market place, we have become a model for other chapters.

If you are interested in knowing how to run your small firm successfully and exchanging experiences and tips with others, this is your forum. Though our concentration is the micro-firm, our meetings are open to all small firms who are interested.

Hy Applebaum, AIA, Chair

 

 

Residential Committee

To serve as a forum for those engaged in the practice of residential architecture; to develop continuing education programs in that specialty.

Thursday, January 23, 1997
Lone Star Plywood & Corp. Showroom/Kempwood
Business meeting and program with catered lunch
1 Learning Unit
RSVP required, 622-6261

This month's program will feature Trisha Laird with Lone Star. Her program will present materials on windows, custom cabinets and countertops. This presentation will be at Lone Star's new showroom, 8303 Kempwood @ Bingle, between I-10 and 290. As usual, a special catered Italian lunch will be served. For further information please call Trisha at 713./467-9890 or the Chapter office at 713/622-2081. Reservations please.

February's meeting will be in the Chapter office and will feature Tyvek House Wrap.

 

The Texas Home & Garden Show

George R. Brown Convention Center,
February 21, 22, & 23, 1997

Ever want to meet thirty or fifty thousand perspective clients in a few hours with minimal expense? Well you can! The 11th Annual Texas Home Show is coming and for a small investment of both time and dollars you can be part of the AIA Residential Booth. For further information, deadlines and cost, contact James Coit, 713/880-9491 or Mary, Chapter office, 713/622-2081.

Rand Silverman, AIA, Chair

 

 

Sandcastle Committee

To coordinate planning and execution of the annual event.

January 6, 1997
Monthly Meeting
Chapter office, noon

The committee has begun planning for the 1997 Sandcastle Competition event and invites anyone interested to join in the fun. Our monthly meetings are the first Monday of each month at the AIA office starting promptly at noon and ending by 1:00 pm.

The 1996 Sandcastle Competition was record setting-63 teams and over 1600 registered participants!

Again, thanks to all the 1996 sponsors:

A&E Products
A Rocket Moving & Storage
AEMS, Inc.
AGC
Anderson Floor Covering
Anslo-Bennet
Associated Reprographic Products, Inc.
Associated Marble
BASF Corporation
Bell Deblanc Const. Co. Inc.
Blue Ridge Carpet Mills
Central Park Associates
Comex Corporation
Commercial Carpets
Constructors and Associates
D.E. Harvey Builders
Dalmac Construction
Deloitte & Touche
DMI & Associates
Drake Interiors
Floor Tech
Galveston Parks Board
Gantt Construction
Gilson Stanley Floors, Inc.
Global Services
Ground Technology, Inc.
Houston Photo Imaging
HTS, Inc. Consultants
Hughes Reprographics
Humphries Construction
ICI Paint Stores
Jack Raus, Inc.
James R. Thompson, Inc.
Karastan Bigelow
KI/Krueger International
Kronberg's Flags & Flagpoles
Laminates Unlimited
Lone Star Plywood & Door
Master Tile
Maxwell Construction Company
McCoy, Inc.
Miller Lite
Miner-Dederick Constructors
Mitchell Energy & Development Corp.
National Terrazzo Tile & Marble, Inc.
Office Pavillion & Hermann Miller
Price Consulting, Inc.
Professional Construction Services, Inc.
PSI
Quality Facility Specialists, Inc.
Quality Services Floor Covering
Satterfield And Pontikes Construction, Inc.
Schneider-Banks
South Coast Construction Services, Inc.
Southwest Construction, Inc.
Spaw Glass
Specified Interiors, Inc.
Steelcase
Tellepsen Corporation
Triangle Reproductions, Inc.
Vaughn Construction
VCE, Inc.
Wilsonart
Wood Arts Systems, Inc.
Workman Construction

The potential exists for the event to be better than ever in 1997. We are working hard to streamline the effort as much as possible so that this volunteer event can continue to improve into the future. Consequently,, we are considering some changes for which we need your input. Please watch this column for information regarding an informal get-together in the near future to discuss options and hear what you have to say about what works, what can improve, what you would like done differently

In the meantime, please consider volunteering to help on one of the subcommittees listed: sponsor recruitment, team recruitment, graphics, beach logistics, public relations, hospitality, judging and awards. If you are interested in taking a leadership role, being a helper, or just want to voice your opinion, please contact the AIA office at 713/622-2081 or Pam Vassallo at 713/524-2155.

Pamela Vassallo, AIA, Chair

 

 

Urban Design Committee

To provide a forum for discussion of urban design and planning issues; to develop programs for the public; to develop position statements for the Board approval.

Wednesday, January 15
Monthly Meeting
Chapter Office, noon
RSVP, 622-6261

 

"97 Goal: Be Active!"

The Urban Design Committee has had a successful year. Now we look forward to continuing the great work and leadership of Co-Chairs James Hill, AIA, and Rives Taylor, AIA. We will sponsor the airing of a public television documentary "Back from the Brink, " a look at three cities solving urban problems through public/private partnerships Secondly, the committee has already begun scheduling monthly speakers selected from both the public and private sector. Next, we plan to continue our involvement with City Planning, working with them to develop planning strategies and participating in workshops like the one held for Second Ward. Lastly, we hope to grow our ranks and do our part in furthering the AIA's leadership role and in the future growth of Houston.

Dan Searight AIA, Co-Chair
Ikhlas Sabouni, Associate AIA, Co-Chair

 

 

Young Architects Forum

To provide a focus for the activity and interest of architects and interns under 40 or in the first 10 years of practice.

Tuesday, January 28, 1997
Monthly Meeting
Chapter Office, 6 pm

Thursday, January 9, 1997,
Happy Hour,
Rock Bottom, 6 pm

We are beginning the year with a four part seminar titled "Designing Your Career." The first program, "The Job Search," will be held in late February (date to be announced) at the University of Houston. This will be followed by a seminar on self-employment, starting a firm, and alternative careers. YAF is also planning our third "Off the Clock" exhibition, which will be held mid-April to mid-May at Lawndale Art and Performance Center. We need a lot of help to prepare for this exhibit. Lastly, we are participating in the Spark Park Program again this year. This is a wonderful program that seeks to improve the playgrounds of area schools. If you have questions, please call Reagan Miller at 713/520-7180.

Reagan Miller, AIA, Chair