| Volume 9, No. 9 - October 12, 2015 |
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| Congratulations to our Honorees |
 Please join us at our 40th Annual Chapter Meeting and Honors Celebration as we present our AIA Northern Virginia Chapter Honors Awards:
Our meeting takes place on Tuesday, October 20, 6:30p, at Maggiano's Little Italy at Tyson's Galleria.Reserve your place now. |
| Trends in Commercial Roofing October 22, 8:00a-1:00p Earn 4 HSW credits as you learn about current trends in roofing:
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| 2015 DESIGNArlington Awards |
 The Arlington County Center for Urban Design & Research is pleased to announce the 2015 DESIGNArlington Awards. This biennial awards program recognizes distinctive architectural, historic preservation, landscape and public art projects which enhance Arlington's built environment. The Call for Entries is available here and submissions are due November 16. |
| Women in Architecture Charity Spa Night |
| October 26, 6:00-8:00p In recognition of breast cancer awareness month, Women in Architecture and Circe of Alexandria will host the annual charity Spa Night on October 26. Enjoy an evening of networking and indulge in one or more of the six mini salon and spa treatments. Profits from the event will be donated to the National Breast Center. The $30 registration fee includes the mini spa treatments, sparkling wine and hors d'oeuvres. Last year this event raised $1500 for the Center! Register here. |
| Thank you to our 2015 Canstruction® Teams |
 AECOMDewberry HGA Architects and Engineers Jacobs LandDesign & Rust|Orling Architecture Little McKinley Elementary School in Arlington MTFA Architecture PGAL Samaha Associates Please come and watch our teams in action as they build on Friday, November 13, from 5:00p until midnight at Reagan Washington National Airport. Learn more. |
| Architecture Exchange East |
| ArchEx takes place in Richmond from November 4-6 and features keynotes from Andrew Freear, director of the Rural Studio, and David Zach, a professionally trained futurist - plus career-changing workshops, seminars, tours and events. If you are interested in volunteering at ArchEx, you can attend free. Details and registration are available here. |
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LMI |
 When LMI, a not-for-profit government consulting firm, engaged Gensler to develop their new headquarters, they challenged the design team to create a workplace that goes beyond the status quo to reflect the best-in-class service that the firm offers their clients. Serving as the base-building architects, Gensler was able to inform the overall building design. That effort included transforming the basement into a grand entrance. Rather than move people through a traditional sequence that would take them from the basement parking garage directly to the building lobby, LMI's home interrupts that order by channeling individuals through an outdoor terrace prior to their arrival in the lobby. It is a move that provides an immediate connection to a heavily treed site and an introduction to the building’s best amenities.Once inside, visitors and employees are greeted by an impressive double-height reception space that uses material selections to juxtapose the company's technical, research-oriented work against the warmth of the building's woodland site. Such a welcoming public experience is rare in a secured building.  In terms of actual workspaces, LMI asked Gensler to break down the physical barriers of the entirely closed office set-up they had been using previously. To accomplish this, Gensler strategically positioned conference and teaming rooms to break the floor plate into small neighborhoods. The result is loud activities and quiet, heads-down activities are relegated to separate zones, while still allowing for openness and collaboration. Gensler's design team also created a moment of unexpected technical beauty by incorporating a customized acrylic and light feature along the interconnecting stair. The result is a scattering of light in a way that resembles LMI's digital fluids modeling. |
| Photography © Michael Moran / OTTO |
OCTOBER CALENDAR 13 | AIA Northern Virginia Board Meeting 4:30p, Washington, DC. [info] 19 | Mail-in Ballots Due for Chapter Elections 6:00p, by USPS. [info] 20 | 40th Annual Chapter Dinner, Elections and Honors Celebration 6:30p, Tyson's Corner. [info] 22 | Trends in Commercial Roofing 8:00a, Alexandria. [info] 26 | Women in Architecture Charity Spa Night 6:00p, Alexandria. [info] 29 | Young Architects Forum Happy Hour 6:30p, DC. [info] 30 | AIA Northern Virginia Scholarship Applications Due DC. [info] Upcoming Dates to Note: November 2 - Women in Architecture Committee Meeting November 4 - High Performance Housing – Capital Area CRAN November 4-6 - Architecture Exchange East November 13 - Canstruction Build-Out Night November 17 - Capital Area CRAN Committee Meeting November 21 - AIA Northern Virginia Board Retreat AIA Northern Virginia Calendar | AIA|DC Calendar | AIA Potomac Valley Calendar | AIA Virginia Calendar | Branch Museum Calendar For additional information on any of these events, please contact the Chapter House at (703) 549-9747 or aianova@aianova.org. The Chapter House is located at 205 South Patrick Street, Alexandria 22314. |