BLAST

Volume 1, No. 8 - July 11, 2007

BLAST - News and Notes from AIA Northern Virginia

AIA Northern Virginia Design Awards Jury

2007 jury session; seated L to R: Michael Graves, FAIA; Reza Sadeghi, OAA, AIA, of the NOVA AIA Design Awards Committee. Standing L to R: Michael Nawrocki, AIA, Design Awards Committee Chair; Alan Chimacoff, AIA; Juliet Richardson, AIA; Stan Allen, AIA; and Michael Farewell, FAIA.

The Design Awards Issue

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Design Awards 2007

Below are images from the winning projects from this year's AIA Northern Virginia Design Awards. Winners in seven categories were announced at the Design Awards Gala on June 9th. This year's winners were selected by a jury from Princeton, NJ including Stanley Allen, AIA; Alan Chimacoff, AIA; Michael Farewell, FAIA; Michael Graves, FAIA; and Juliet Richardson, AIA.

For more images or information about any of these projects, please click on the photo to view their entry in the Design Awards Gallery at www.aianova.org.

Awards of Excellence

Caton's Walk Cunningham \| Quill Architects, PLLC Historic Architecture	Locust Hill David Jones Architects Residential Architecture
The Cliff House Neumann Lewis Buchanan Architects Historic Architecture Awards of Merit	Spout Run Residence David Jameson Architect, Inc. Residential Architecture

Shuguang Hospital Replacement
SmithGroup
Institutional Architecture

M2L Collection
Robert M. Gurney, FAIA, Architect
Interior Architecture

SallieMae Headquarters
Boggs & Partners Architects
Commercial Architecture

Kessler Residence
Robert M. Gurney, FAIA, Architect
Residential Architecture

Boxwood Winery
Hugh Newell Jacobsen Architect, FAIA, PLLC
Institutional Architecture

Green Acres School Activities Building Expansion
Ritter Architects
Institutional Architecture

Takoma Walk
Cunningham | Quill Architects PLLC
Conceptual Architecture

Ontario Apartment Robert M. Gurney, FAIA, Architect Interior Architecture	Herndon Senior Center Cunningham \| Quill Architects PLLC Institutional Architecture	Vandalia Neumann Lewis Buchanan Architects Residential Architecture	Old Frederick County Courthouse Renovation + Restoration Reader & Swartz Architects, P.C. Historic Architecture
Contemporaria Georgetown David Jameson Architect, Inc. Interior Architecture Special Awards	House of Sweden VOA Associates, Inc. Institutional Architecture	PBS Headquarters Gensler Interior Architecture	Burning Tree Residence David Jameson Architect, Inc. Residential Architecture

The City Meat Building
Reader & Swartz Architects, P.C.
Special Recognition - Historic Architecture

9 Forrest Street
Great Seal Incorporated
Kitten Herlong Memorial Award

Calendar

July 12 - AIA Northern Virginia Lunch Seminar
Noon-1:30p, at Virginia Tech's Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center, 1001 Prince Street, Alexandria. Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Sustainability are intertwined ideas that provide new possibilities for improving architecture. Architects are now able to leverage digital tools to enhance design, by measuring & documenting potential building performance early in the design process, where it has the most impact. 1 AIA/CES HSW LU. Free. Registration is required. Contact AIA NOVA at reservations@aianova.org or (703) 549-9747.

July 18 - AIA Northern Virginia Lunch Seminar
Building Green - Noon-1:30p, at the Chapter House, 205 South Patrick Street, Alexandria. The move towards sustainable practices and environmental friendly design has rapidly advanced. Learn more about LEED, Energy Star, NFRC and advancements in the fenestration industry that can help designs qualify for one of the over 40 national, local and regional green home building programs. 1 AIA/CES HSW LU. Free. Registration is required. Contact AIA NOVA at reservations@aianova.org or (703) 549-9747.

July 20 - Entry Forms Due for VSAIA Design Awards
Entry forms are due by Friday, July 20 at 5:00p. The project folders are due on August 17. For more information, please visit the VSAIA Website.

July 26 - Committee on the Environment Planning Meeting
At the Chapter House, 205 S Patrick Street, Alexandria. Join members of COTE at this planning meeting to discuss topics for upcoming sustainability-related programs and green tours. As part of this meeting, Marlene Shade, AIA, project manager with PSA-Dewberry and AIA Northern Virginia President, will present a 10-minute overview of Greening Your Company, a Case Study. Topic suggestions may also be sent by e-mail to COTE chair, Mary-Ellen Pfiester, at mepfiester@RTKL.com. Please e-mail Mary-Ellen if you plan to attend the meeting and/or if you wish to be placed on the COTE e-mail list.

July 27 - Firm Management Seminar
At AIA National Headquarters, 1735 New York Avenue NW, Washington. Seminar will address how to plan for the succession in management and ownership of firms and how to compete for highly talented employees. 2 AIA/CES LUs. Free. Registration is required. For more information or to register, contact AIA NOVA at reservations@aianova.org or (703) 549-9747.

August 3 - Deadline for 2008 Directory Forms
Forms were mailed to each firm on June 25. Only one member from each firm needs to fill out the form, which should be returned to Dawson Publications, not the Chapter House.