Announcements
2000 Home Tour
The 2000 Home Tour is coming up soon: March 25-26, 1-5 p.m. Enjoy this annual celebration of distinguished residential architecture.
Six homes are selected: 4008 Coleridge,
Patton W. Brooks, AIA; 3932 Browning, Mike G. Woods, AIA; 4717 Jessamine, Maria Gomez, AIA; 1634 Marshall, Natalye Appel + Associates Architects, Natalye Appel, FAIA; 5303 1/2 Ashby, Adams Architects, Joe Adams, AIA and Gail Adams; 1425 Milford, Glassman Shoemake Maldonado Architects, Carrie Shoemake, AIA.
Tickets are $15 (for all six houses, no single house tickets are sold). Tickets are available at any house or from AIA Houston, 3000 Richmond, Suite 500, 713/520-0155.
Volunteers are needed to serve as docents; volunteers receive a free tour ticket and are invited to attend the pre-tour party March 23. For more information or to sign up to volunteer, contact AIA Houston.
Celebrate Architecture 2000 Underwriters
Larry Whaley, PE, of Haynes Whaley chairs
the Celebrate Architecture Underwriting Committee. He announces the following Patrons at press time:
AGC
Bellows Construction
Brochsteins
Day Brown Rice
D.E. Harvey Builders
D G Houston
Haynes Whaley Associates
HOK Houston
Kirksey and Partners
Marek Family of Companies
Matrix Engineers
PageSoutherlandPage
Smith Seckman Reid, Inc.
Walter P. Moore
Watkins Hamilton Ross
Checkset Online
Checkset will soon be on http://www.texasarchitect.org. A Checkset email will be sent to every member and links back to the TSA Site
for easy access. Checkset is still member-only and will be under a password protected area that's accessable by membership number.
To receive a printed version, please email name, address, firm, phone, & fax to checkset and we'll add you to the
list.
Call for Entries
AIA New York announces a call for entries for the 2000 Travel Grants: up to five grants (totaling $15,000) to provide stipends for travel both within North America and overseas which will further the architectural education and professional development of the recipients. To qualify, applicants must be U.S. citizens, full-time practitioners, either registered or non-registered with a professional architecture degree, and have a travel program within the 2000 calendar year. Complete details in the Chapter office or call 212/683-0013, ext. 14.
The Associated Masonry Contractors of Houston and the Texas Masonry Council announce the 2000 Golden Trowel Awards, an award that recognizes outstanding architectural design with masonry by architects based in Houston and the surrounding area. Qualifying projects must be have constructed and completed within the past two years and must be located in Texas. Submittal information available in the Chapter office. March 15 deadline.
The Palos Verdes Art Center invites entries to the International Architectural Design Competition. The purpose of the competition is to solicit practical and/or theoretical design schemes for facility renovation and expansion. Noteworthy schemes will be exhibited in August and September 2000. The competition includes cash prizes totally $10,000. Entries are due July 1. Check the website www.pvartcenter.org for details.
"Transitional Fusion: An End and a Beginning" is an international design competition for a proposed intermodal transit project and commemorative element near downtown Dallas. The first prize is $3000. View their website, www.brwarch.com/yaf/fusion, for more information and a registration form. There is a $35 entry fee.
The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation announces an international design competition for a memorial to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the Mall in Washington, D.C. The first price is $20,000. Registration opens on January 18 and requires a $75 registration fee. Include competitor's name, address, phone number, and e-mail address with the letter of registration. Send registration to: Dr. E. Jackson, Jr., Design Committee Chair; Martin Luther King Memorial Project Foundation; Department 21; Washington, D.C. 20055-0211, or call 410-554-0049, for additional information.
Architectural/Engineering Firm Softball League
League play for the Architectural/Engineering Firm Softball League begins in March. Organized by Mike Martin and Michael Morton of Morris Architects, the league is a wonderful opportunity to bring the architectural community together. In the fall, the firms played one game a week during a 10-week season. A&E Products sponsored each team's entry fees, and, along with Performance Services Incorporated and Saint Arnold's Brewery, hosted the kick-off party.
1999 Participants:
Morris Architects
FKP
Gensler
Watkins Hamilton Ross
Pierce, Goodwin, Alexander & Linville
Burr Engineers
Kirksey & Partners
Jackson & Ryan
Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum
CLR
Kendall/Heaton & Associates
Levinson Associates
Ziegler Cooper
A&E Products
To join the 2000 league, or for more information, email Mike Martin, martinis architects.com.
NCARB News
Registered architects may now obtain registration instructions and submit transmittal request forms for 36 U.S. jurisdictions and all 10 Canadian provinces at the NCARB web site, www.ncarb.org/forms/req_tran.html. Seventeen states have recently adopted the "Uniform Application" for registering architects, making it possible for architects to use the same application form for each of those 17 states. In most cases, the transmittal process requires the completion of two forms: the "Request for Transmittal" (Form 182) and the "Uniform Application" (Form 308) or the state-specific application. After completing and submitting Form 182 online, NCARB checks the applicant's Council Record for currency and accuracy, and the applicant is notified by email of any problems. For more information on NCARB forms, call 202/783-6500.
NCARB has begun an in-depth study of the profession that will reveal trends and state-of-the-art practices in architecture. The "Practice Analysis" study involves four major research components: focus groups, work observations, critical incident interviews, and a 4000-architec survey. Results of the current study are expected to be in draft stage by October 2000 and published in early 2001.
Announcements
The Buffalo Bayou Partnership, in cooperation with the City of Houston and Harris County, has created a set of development guidelines for Buffalo Bayou's downtown sector (Shepherd Drive to McKee Street). Copies of the Guidelines are available in the Chapter office or by contacting the Buffalo Bayou Partnership at 713/752-0314.
Architectural License Seminars has a full line of preparation resources for the Architect Registration Exam, including home study courses, computer programs, reference books, mock exams, and handbooks. Check their website, www.alsOnline.com, call 310/208-7112, or review their catalogue in the Chapter office.
Interior Space Design Houston announces its move to The Sealy Building, 2328 The Strand, Suite 200, Galveston, TX 77550.
A team of current and former University of Houston architecture students recently teamed up to win first place at the Texas Society of Architects Student Design Charrette. Team members included Michael Grote, Marc Bellamy, Jason Logan, and Trace Sanez.
CSI Houston will host its annual product show, the Construction Technology Expo, on Thursday, April 27 at the Radisson Hotel Astrodome. The Expo includes three separate educational seminars and over 70 exhibitors. Contact Douglas Frank, AIA, CSI, CCS, at 713/621-2100 for additional information.
Voyages Artistiques of Houston is offering a tour of The Romanesque of Central France, July 3-17. Call Jean-Michel Lanskin or William Braden at 713/526-0323 for additional information.
Architect's Handbook Available on CD-ROM
The Architect's Handbook of Professional Practice (12th Edition) is now available on CD-ROM. Like the familiar four-volume set, it contains sample copies of all AIA contract documents. The digital version permits readers to search the 2,000 page handbook rapidly by key word or topic. Although the text cannot be altered (contracts include the notation, "sample" which cannot be deleted), pages can be easily printed for reference.
The Handbook is being revised, with the new edition available mid-1999. A limited number of the 4-volume sets are still available in the Chapter office. The new CD-ROM version is also available. The cost of either version is $225.
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