Please join the AIA I DC Fellows Public Programs Committee for our annual Winter Event. This year’s event will present the District of Columbia’s innovative and award-winning plan for Emergency Housing, a program that has become a national model.

In 2016, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced a plan to replace the existing D.C. General Shelter with eight smaller facilities located in each Ward of the city, supporting the transition of families to subsidized housing. The success of this plan allowed the mayor to close the outdated D.C. General Shelter in 2018.

This innovative plan, led by the District’s Department of Human Services (DHS) engaged some of the city’s most talented Architecture firms to create safe, dignified, and well-designed shelter for families experiencing homelessness. Each program provides a rich array of support connections, including housing search, mental health & employment services, and meaningful activities for children; all with the goal of helping families quickly transition to permanent housing and stability.

Presenters: 
The panel discussion of this program includes the following speakers:

• Lisa Franklin Kelly, Program Director, DC Department of Human Services
• Ralph Cunningham FAIA, Principal, Cunningham Quill Architects, Architect of Ward 1, and Ward 7 Facilities
• Rachel Chung AIA, Principal, DLR Group, Architect of Ward 8 Facility
• John Burke AIA, Principal, Studio 27 Architects, Architect of Ward 6 Facility
• Megan Avery Bugbee, recent graduate of The University of Maryland School of Architecture, and author of an academic thesis on Emergency Family Housing

This annual program is intended to allow not only members of the College of Fellows, but all in our profession, industry, and community to come together, learn and foster relationships.

Agenda:

5:30-6:15 PM Fellows and Sponsors Reception

6:15 PM Welcome Remarks & Introduction

6:20-7:10 PM Program

7:10-7:25 PM Questions & Answers

7:30 PM Closing Remarks

Learning Objectives:

• Participants will learn the definitions of types of emergency shelters, including transitional facilities, in addition to subsidized housing.
• Attendees will learn how the design of emergency family housing can positively impact the physical and mental health of the occupants.
• Participants will learn how the design of transitional housing for families differs from adult-only and single-gender shelter housing.
• Attendees will understand how the model for decentralized emergency housing has been replicated in other locations, with discussion of the pros and cons of scaling.

Sponsor:

Quinn Evans

Topic: LA.IDEA Feb 2025 Mtg

Time: Feb 11, 2025 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Join SEA-MW's SE3 (Structural Engineering Engagement and Equity) Committee for an engaging panel discussion on the book "Prospering In The U.S.: A Handbook For Immigrant Architects".  This book is a comprehensive resource that compiles essential insights and practical advice from twenty nine successful immigrant architects and designers from around the world. Covering topics from cultural acclimation to career development, this handbook serves as a road map in pursuing a thriving and inclusive career in the United States. We will be joined by three local authors & architects that contributed to this book.

Featured Speakers (and Co-Authors of this book):

Gozde Yildirim – Senior Design Professional at HOK

Gozde Yildirim, Assoc. AIA, LEED GA, M.Arch, MBA, earned her bachelor’s degree in architecture from Beykent University in Istanbul. After receiving a scholarship from Miami University, Ohio, she completed her master’s in architecture in 2015. Gozde began her career with the Turkish Ministry of Health’s Ikitelli Integrated Health Campus, Europe’s largest hospital, which inspired her to focus on healthcare architecture.

With eight years of experience, Gozde excels as a Senior Design Professional and BIM Coordinator at HOK, where she contributed to large-scale healthcare projects. Her dedication and expertise have earned her the titles of 2023 Healthcare Design Rising Star and 2024 Women in Healthcare Rising Star. Gozde is deeply committed to service, mentorship, and promoting equity in the industry. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Women in Healthcare Washington, D.C. Chapter and AIA|DC’s Equity Committee.

Mika Naraynsingh – Project Architect at Perkins&Will

Mika Naraynsingh is a Project Architect at Perkins&Will, with a passion for building enclosure and façade design. As a socially conscious professional, Mika has co-founded and served on various mentorship and diversity committees. She has taken leadership roles in AIA|DC as the Advocacy Chair for the Emerging Architects Committee and is the Past Chair for the Equity Committee by WIELD. In 2024 she joins AIA|DC’s Board of Directors as a Director-at-Large.

As a community focused architect, Mika is determined to build an equitable profession. She has spearheaded programs to keep women and minorities supported in the industry. She co-authored City Shapers: Stories of Immigrant Designers and has been featured in podcasts like Architectette and Architect My Life. For her advocacy efforts she has received the 2022 UNBUILT Washington Honor Award, 2023 Sho Ping Chin Women's Leadership Summit Grant and the 2023 AIA|DC Emerging Architect Award.

Saakshi Terway – Project Designer at Quinn Evans

Originally from New Delhi, Saakshi Terway, Assoc. AIA, LEED Green Associate, works as a Project Designer at Quinn Evans in Washington, DC. As a design professional, she has contributed to many federal, adaptive reuse, mixed-use, multi-family, and senior living projects. After working for two years in India, where she is a licensed architect, Saakshi graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a master’s degree in architecture and a certification in sustainable landscape design. Her interests lie in responsible and sustainable architecture that has a social impact on local and global communities.

Saakshi is a well published professional who also advocates for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion within the industry. Currently, she is serving as the DC Representative at AIA National Associates Committee, Advisory Board member for the Women’s Leadership Summit, and as the Secretary of the Immigrant Architects Coalition. She is also the founder of the “Inclusivity Student Scholarship” at UC, a recent recipient of the 2024 AIACA Norma Sklare Humanitarian Award, 2023 DCCEAS Young Architect Award, 2022 AIA|DC Emerging Architect’s Award and the 2022 Sho-Ping Chin WLS Grant.

This event is free and open to all, but spaces are limited! Due to security reasons, RSVP is required.

We encourage participants to read the book before the event, however you do not have to read the whole book to participate. All are welcome.

The book may be purchased directly from the publisher at: from https://www.immigrantarchitects.org/category/all-products.

Digital copies are also available on other platforms.

Registration closes on Monday, March 17th, 2025 at midnight. 

Schedule:

• 5:30pm to 6:00pm - Check-in and networking with light refreshments & snacks
• 6:00pm to 7:00pm - Panel Discussion with Q&A
• 7:00pm to 7:30pm - Closing and networking

What: Please join the COTEdc committee for our February committee meeting. We will discuss updates to our 2025 schedule of events, including progress on collaborations with other AIA|DC committees and industry peer groups. We will also be joined by this month’s Friend of the Committee, Heidi Sohng, Youth Programs Manager for the WAF. She will speak about some of the student outreach opportunities organized by the WAF and an April workshop event for middle and high school students at DAC titled Global Challenges: Sustainable Greenhouses. The workshop will address international changes to farming in the face of climate change and will include a design charrette.

If you plan to attend, please RSVP to Patrick and Miranda at the following emails so we can plan the head count: patrick.keeney@wsp.com and m.ford@perkinseastman-dc.com

When: Thursday, February 20^th 5:30-6:30pm.  Please be sure to arrive promptly by 5:30pm to allow the meeting to progress on time.

Where: Perkins Eastman – 1 Thomas Circle NW, Washington, DC 20005

Are you, or is someone you know, graduating from a DC-area high school and is your permanent residence in the District? The Washington Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA|DC) and the Washington Architectural Foundation have jointly sponsored a scholarship for new architecture students since 1999. Awarded initially in the freshman year, the scholarship will follow you through your four-or-five-year degree as long as you remain in an architecture program anywhere in the United States and maintain a good grade point average.

Our scholarship was renamed in 2013 in memory of Barbara G. Laurie. Laurie, an architect who was devoted to the Washington Architectural Foundation and the community, was a partner of Devrouax + Purnell, a prominent architecture firm in DC. She was a founding member of the Organization of Black Designers and professor of architecture at Howard University.

Eligibility

All applicants must be residents of the District of Columbia and either:

• completing high school in a public, charter, or private school in the District or the surrounding region and entering a degree program at a school of architecture as a college freshman in Fall 2025;
• or, a technical school or community college student who has completed high school and will transfer to a program in architecture in Fall 2025.

Awards

One multi-year scholarship will be awarded annually. Each scholarship will be $5,000 per year to go toward tuition. If the student maintains a good grade point average and remains in the architecture program, the student will receive $5,000 each subsequent year until graduation or for five years, whichever comes first.

Selection

The Washington Architectural Foundation has the sole authority to grant the scholarship. Recipients are selected on the basis of a demonstrated interest in architecture, academic performance, extracurricular activities, drawing ability, and financial need. All selections are final. All applications and attachments become the property of AIA|DC and the Washington Architectural Foundation.

Apply today! The deadline is May 1st.

Sponsorship commitments are due by midnight on August 15th, 2025 

DesignDC 2025 

September 30th - October 2nd, 2025

DesignDC 2025 Sponsor Packages:

Annual Members Save 10% (inquire for discount codes)

• Opening Night Reception Table (Sept 30) ............................................................$2,500 (9 available)
  • 6 ft Table for the Opening Night Reception following the Opening Keynote on Sept 30.
  • 30-second video presentation played before the keynote
  • Logo on event page and in promotions
  • 2 Tickets to attend all 3 days events
  • Attendee list after the event
• Lunch Sponsor + Sole Exhibitor (Oct 1) ...............................................................$5,000 (1 available)
  • SOLE Exhibitor on Oct 1 – Double Table Space
  • Introduce Keynote Speaker on Day #1
  • Branding and 1-minute video played at lunch.
  • Welcome attendees during lunch
  • Full Page Ad in Nov/Dec DAC Member News
  • 8 weeks of banner ads in Newsflash, month of September and October.
  • Logo on event page and promotions
  • 4 Tickets to attend all 3 days events
  • Attendee list after the event
• Educational Session Sponsor (Oct 1).................................................................$1,000 (4 available)
  • Introduce speaker and sponsor one educational session on Oct 1.
  • Branding and 1-minute video played for sponsored session.
  • 1/2 page Ad in Nov/Dec Member News
  • Logo on event page and promotions
  • 1 Ticket for all 3 Days of event • Attendee list after the event
• SOLD OUT - Closing Day Keynote Sponsor (Oct 2)....................................................................$3,000 (SOLD OUT)
  • SOLE Exhibitor on Oct 2 – Double Table Space
  • Introduce Closing Day Keynote Speaker
  • Full Page Ad in Nov/Dec Member News
  • 4 weeks banner ad ins Newsflash, month of October
  • Logo on event page and promotions
  • 4 Tickets to attend all 3 days events • Attendee list after the event
• Closing Party Sponsor - Hosted at your showroom (Oct 2) ...................................... $7,000 (plus F+B)
  • Oct 2nd – Host Closing Night Party at sponsor’s showroom after Tours
  • Premium Brand Exposure on web and in announcements
  • 2 Full Page ads - Sept/Oct & Nov/Dec Newsletter
  • 6 months bi-weekly banner Ad in Newsflash
  • Logo on Event Page and promotions
  • 4 Tickets for all 3 days of event to network
  • Attendee list after the event
• Lunch with 10-12 Architects (Oct 2)...........................................$500 plus cost of lunch (10 available)
  • AIA|DC Promotes your lunch and secures 10 to 12 architects for you to host for lunch after the Closing Keynote Speaker. The chapter promotes lunch signups.
  • 1 Ticket for day #3 (Oct 2).
• DesignDC Event Website Sponsor ........................................................................$4,000 (1 available)
  • PREMIER Exposure and Brand on the DesignDC web pages
  • Branding on the Registration page and on DesignDC promotions
  • Exposure on DesignDC Social Media Pushes
  • 3 months banners on NewsFlash Enews. (Sept/Oct/Nov)
  • 2 Tickets to attend all 3 days of event
  • Attendee list after the event
• SOLD OUT - DesignDC Nametag Sponsor ................................................................................$1,500 (SOLD OUT)
  • Your Brand on Name Tags for all 3 days of the event
  • 1 Ticket for all 3 Days of event • Attendee list after the event
• SOLD OUT - DesignDC Pen Sponsor ..........................................................................................$500 (SOLD OUT)
  • Your Logo on Pens provided to attendees 

DesignDC Opening Night Reception Table Sponsor: Porcelanosa Group

DesignDC Closing Day Keynote Sponsor: Baltimore/ Washington Brick Council

DesignDC Nametag Sponsor: Sierra Pacific Windows

DesignDC Pen Sponsor: Milton Shinberg, AIA

Join us for a DACkids workshop to redesign the White House! We start at the Octagon Museum, the oldest residence in DC, to get acquainted. Then we will walk around the block to The People’s House: A White House Experience, to learn about the history and architecture of the White House. Participants will do a scavenger hunt in the Oval Room! Participants will then return to the Octagon Museum to draw their own design of the White House. Finally we will construct the elevation of the White House and/or redesign the interior of the Oval Office.  

WHAT: DACkids Workshop: Redesign the White House 

WHERE:   Octagon Museum (1799 New York Ave NW, Washington, DC 20006) and 

 The People's House- A White House Experience (1700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 
Washington, D.C. 20006) 

WHEN: Saturday, March 1, 1 pm-4:30 pm

WHO: Children Grade 5 - Grade 8  

Maximum capacity:  12 participants  

Feeling Lucky?

The District Architecture Center invites you to test your luck and join us for an evening of fun at our fundraising Casino Night! Each ticket includes $300,000 "DAC Bucks" for Blackjack, poker, and craps tables, hors d’oeuvres, and celebratory libations!

This evening also marks the official beginning of Architecture Month, a month-long citywide celebration of the buildings and spaces that shape our city, the creative minds who bring them to life, and the intriguing stories they tell.

The Leicester B. Holland Prize is an annual competition that recognizes the best single-sheet measured drawing of a historic building, structure or site prepared to the standards of the National Park Service's Heritage Documentation Programs (HDP). The sheet may be prepared for the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). The prize is supported by the Paul Rudolph Trust, the American Institute of Architects, and the Library of Congress's Center for Architecture, Design, and Engineering. The prize honors Leicester B. Holland (1882-1952), FAIA, chairman of the AIA's Committee on Historic Buildings, head of the Fine Arts Division of the Library of Congress, first curator of the HABS collection, co-founder of the HABS program in the 1930s, and the first chair of the HABS Advisory Board.

The prize serves multiple purposes. It is intended to increase awareness, knowledge, and appreciation of historic sites, structures, and landscapes throughout the United States. Prize entries add to the permanent HABS, HAER, and HALS collection at the Library of Congress. The prize also honors the art of architectural delineation and composition in the tradition established by the Ecole des Beaux Arts. Beaux Arts methodology embraced the study and drawing of historic buildings as a crucial component of architectural education, providing an opportunity for young architects to gain an understanding of the principles of design and construction. Additionally, Beaux Arts Methodology was a means through which architects mined historic buildings for architectural motifs to be used in their restoration and new design projects.

By requiring only a single sheet, the competition challenges the delineator to capture the essence of the site through the presentation of key features that reflect its historic and its architectural, landscape architectural or engineering significance. The Holland Prize competition is open to all those interested, regardless of experience or professional background.

Awards

The winner will receive a $1,500 cash prize and a certificate of recognition. Preservation Architect, the online newsletter of the American Institute of Architects' Historic Resources Committee, will publish the winning drawing. Merit awards may also be given.

Eligibility

Participants

Anyone is eligible to compete in the Holland Prize competition except current HDP employees.

Project

The site selected for documentation must be appropriate for inclusion in the HABS/HAER/HALS Collection and can include buildings, structures, engineering and industrial sites, and landscapes. The site must either be previously unrecorded by HDP or have undergone substantial changes requiring an addendum to an existing survey.

Instructions

• Follow the HABS, HAER, or HALS guidelines for measured drawings and (if applicable) historical reports.
• Review the rating scale to see how each project is judged.
• Submit the Holland Prize entry form (pdf) by the deadline listed below. For student teams, the faculty sponsor will submit the form. The Holland Prize coordinator will verify the proposed site name and address after receiving the form.
• The prize coordinator will do up to two reviews of the draft documentation. The review deadline is listed below. The prize coordinator will provide the AutoCAD title block after reviewing at least one draft of the drawing. Draft historical reports may also be submitted for review.
• The Holland Prize coordinator will plot the finished sheet. If you want to plot the sheet yourself, or if you want to enter an ink-on-Mylar drawing, check with the coordinator for instructions before beginning your project.

How to approach composing a single-sheet drawing: The sheet should include those elements that best represent and/or convey what is significant about the site or structure from the standpoint of history and design. For HABS, the sheet can encompass numerous elements including, plan(s), elevation(s), section(s), site plan, and details such as typical windows and doors, architectural details and molding profiles, and construction elements. HAER drawings, in addition to the above, may also include process plan(s), and machinery sections and details. HALS drawings may include vegetation and circulation plans, and hardscape elements. A brief statement of significance is required to appear on the sheet in entries without an accompanying short-format historical report.

Submission Checklist

Note: Digital files (pdf, Microsoft Word) can be sent via email or on CD/DVD.

• Drawing:
  • High-quality pdf of the final sheet (24" x 36", ARCH D)
  • (Optional): Physical copy of the full-sized sheet (if agreed upon by the Holland Prize coordinator)
• Field notes: Original field sketches and/or field records for laser scanning & photogrammetry. Fold oversized pages to 8.5" x 11" size. Write the survey number on each page. Do not bind the field notes.
• Field photos (optional but recommended): Printed copies of field photos, to be included in the field records. Include the survey number on every photo/page.
• Historical report: Microsoft Word file (see templates)
• Signed Copyright Release Form (pdf), to confirm that you are donating your work to the HABS/HAER/HALS Collection. If you use a digital signature, send a pdf instead of a paper copy of the form.

Deadlines

• 1 August: Email deadline for submission of entry forms
• 1 September: Final date that HABS/HAER/HALS staff will review draft drawings and historical reports
• 1 August to 1 October: Completed entries accepted (postmark date)
• October: Jury meets
• Winter: Prize winner announced