AIA Maine 2020 Design Awards
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The AIA Maine Design Committee is excitedly planning our upcoming 2020 Design Awards program and celebration. This program is one of the most anticipated events that we put on as a chapter.
The AIA Maine Design Awards program recognizes outstanding architecture projects by our members.
These stunning projects, spanning a diverse spectrum of project sizes, types, locations, and clients, show the range of work by Maine architects.
Every year we adapt our awards program to reflect current best practices and the feedback of our membership. We are excited to announce a few innovations that we hope will lead to more opportunities to learn from our collective work as Maine architects.
Based on AIA National’s Framework for Design Excellence, we will be providing the opportunity to report your project’s sustainability measures and impact on its community in a simple, yet meaningful way. It is our hope that this year’s submission process will not only be an opportunity for you to showcase your past work but will be a learning opportunity to inform your future work.
Keep an eye out for our 2020 Call for Entry in the next few weeks. The submission website will open on January 2nd, 2020 with a submission deadline of March 6, 2020.
In the meantime, you can learn more about the
AIA National's Framework for Design Excellence (formerly known as the Top Ten Tool Kit).
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AIA Design for Aging Review Awards
The AIA Design for Aging Review showcases facilities that represent conscientious surroundings and advance environments for senior living.
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Join our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Task Force
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AIA recently released guides for understanding and building equity in the architecture profession.
AIA Maine would like to build on this work by offering programs throughout 2020 that aim to help our members understand the business and professional case for ensuring that
your firm meets the career development, professional environment, and cultural awareness expectations of current and future employees and clients.
To kick-off our efforts, we are asking for input from you.
We hope to bring a
range of perspectives to the table. Please consider joining us if you are a
firm leader, project manager, newly licensed, not-yet-licensed or a
student.
If you are intersted in joining the conversation, we are asking for commitment to
attend four lunch-time meetings in January 2020 to outline and plan what types of programs might be most beneficial to our membership.
AIA Maine members, allied members, sponsors, and other professionals in the design community with an interest in equity, diversity and inclusion are encouraged to join.
We ask that you prepare for these meetings by reviewing the
AIA Guides for Equitable Practice in advance of the first meeting.
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Do you have news you would like to share with our membership?
AIA Maine includes brief news items from our members and sponsors. Awards, events and other newsworthy items should be sent in a brief announcement.
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Free AIA Webinars
- End-of-life Care Environment. The physical environment of end-of-life care or hospice care has significant impacts on dying patients’ quality of life and possibility of a good death. This presentation will introduce eleven environmental therapeutic goals for designing end-of-life care settings, such as privacy, access to nature, family accommodation, support after death. Earn 1 AIA HSW/LU. Tuesday, Dec 10, 2019 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST
- Solutions to America's Housing Crisis. National Low Income Housing Coalition President and CEO Diane Yentel will share the latest research on America’s affordable rental housing crisis and solutions to help end homelessness and housing poverty. Today, America is in the grips of growing affordability crisis that has broad impacts on health, education, and other outcomes. Earn 1 LU. Jan 6, 2020, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EST
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AIA Best Practices
(Member Login Required)
- Best Practice: Negotiations. When it comes to negotiations, many design firms have a culture of avoiding confrontation. Shifting our perceptions, however, can help us change that: We can learn to define our interests; understand the other parties' interests; and, with good preparation techniques, conduct a mutually successful negotiation.
- Best Practice: Clarifying owner project requirements. A well-written owners project requirement (OPR) is the key to creating unity of intention in a project.
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Award Opportunities
AIA Awards:
AIA celebrates the best buildings and spaces—and the people behind them—with some of the most prestigious awards in the built environment.
AIA Awards Currently open for submission:
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Do you have a project you would like to share with our membership?
AIA Maine would love to host a tour of one of your projects.
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AIA Scholarship Opportunities
The Architects Foundation, the philanthropic partner of The American Institute of Architects (AIA), is now accepting applications for five scholarships supporting students pursuing architecture degrees.
- Diversity Advancement Scholarship. This multiyear scholarship supports high school and undergraduate minority students who are entering, enrolled in, or transferring into an undergraduate architecture program recognized by the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB). Scholarships may be renewed every year for up to five years or until the degree is completed ($20,000 total award toward tuition and fees).
- Payette Sho-Ping Chin Memorial Academic Scholarship. The Payette Sho-Ping Chin Memorial Academic Scholarship is a $10,000 award toward tuition and fees supporting a woman studying architecture within a NAAB-accredited bachelor or master’s degree program. The awardee will also receive a senior mentor from Payette for the scholarship year.
- Yann Weymouth Graduate Scholarship. The Yann Weymouth Graduate Scholarship supports a graduate student whose work demonstrates an exemplary focus at the design intersection of sustainability, resilience, wellness and beauty. The scholarship recipient receives $5,000 toward tuition and fees and mentorship from Yann Weymouth, AIA, for the scholarship year.
- The a/e ProNet David W. Lakamp Scholarship. The a/e ProNet David W. Lakamp Scholarship is awarded annually to two students who demonstrate a strong interest in practice and risk management in the field of architecture. Each student receives a $5,000 award toward tuition and fees.
The application period for these five scholarships is open through
Jan. 17, 2020.
More information on the Foundation’s scholarship programs can be found
online
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Upcoming Events of Interest
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Are you interested in joining AIA Maine as an Allied Member?
AIA Maine Allied Membership is open to individuals who work in the design and construction fields or a business that offers products or services to architects.
AIA Maine is grateful for the connections that allied members bring to our building community. Allied membership is designed for the individual who is working in a field related to architecture but does not have an architectural license or degree or a business in the A/E/C industry.
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