12.14 AIAVT News
Biophilic & Ecological Design: A New Approach for Improving Quality of Life
My perception of the world around me was forever changed in 2008, when I took “Living Technologies,” a course taught by John Todd at the University of Vermont (UVM)...More
Does a Rising Economy Signal the Return of Offshore Outsourcing By U.S. Architecture Firms?
I regularly field e-mail inquiries from foreign sources providing drafting support services. In the past, I've always considered these to be on a par with online requests from Nigerian princes needing help to complete financial transactions. However, More...
Architects Head to MOJO and King Arthur Flour for VT/NH Meeting
The work of Vermont architects was featured at this year’s annual AIA Vermont-New Hampshire meeting, held in the Upper Valley Region on October 23. More...
6th Annual AIAVT Golf Tournament Raises Funds for Architecture Students
This year’s AIAVT Guy W. Teschmacher Memorial Golf Tournament swung into action with some changes from past years. More...
Scholar Award Recipients Announced
AIA Vermont granted six awards to students of architecture this year. The awards were made possible through the Hanne N. Williams Scholar Fund More...
9.14 AIAVT News
Executive Director’s Corner
Making New Architect Acquaintances: My Trip Around Vermont
Vermont Integrated Architecture Joins Forces with Terwilliger
Middlebury-based Vermont Integrated Architecture, P.C. (VIA) has announced that Jean Terwilliger, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP H has joined the firm as a project architect. More...
OPINION
Board of Architects Proposes “Verification Matrix” for 9-Year Rule ARE Candidates
6.14 AIAVT News
AIAVT/CSIVT Conference Explores How Advancements in Technology Are Changing Design
AIA Vermont and the Construction Specifications Institute, Vermont Chapter (CSI-Vermont) held their first annual joint ACX architecture and construction expo on June 6. More...
“Wish I’d Done It Sooner” Common Feeling Among Start-Up Architecture Firm Principals
How do architects begin their own firms? Once one does hang out that shingle, then what? More...
from the PRESIDENT
ChicAIAGo 2014 More...
Making Good Homes…for Birds: My Week at the Vermont Studio Center
For seven days this spring, I was at the Vermont Studio Center (VSC) in Johnson with 60 other Vermont artists and writers, all enjoying a combination of calm and stimulation while attempting to create objects of beauty and craft words into poems, novels and essays. More...
3.14 AIAVT News
How My Volunteering Experience in Nepal Became Life-Changing
It's bitterly cold today in Vermont and I'm wrapped in a beautiful throw blanket, hand knit from Nepali yak wool. Its bright colors remind me of spring's vibrancy, while connecting me to a place whose unbelievable scenery can be rivaled only by the beauty of its people. More...
Designing Today’s Optimum Commercial Kitchen
Basically, a commercial kitchen—whether it is located in a school, restaurant, or hospital—is a manufacturing facility. Thus, like any manufacturing operation, product flow is critical. More...
How Wind Engineering Can Bring Benefits to Architecture Projects
Nearly 30 AIAVT members met at SOH Wind Engineering on January 30 for a presentation and tour of the company’s facility in Williston. The program, titled “Wind Engineering and Wind Tunnel Testing of Structures,” was led by civil engineer and company owner Svend Ole Hansen, Ph.D. More...