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2016
The Houston Chapter of the American Institute of
Architects (AIAH) and Architecture Center Houston
(ArCH) are moving in Spring 2017. Looking to the
long-term stability of our two organizations, we are
purchasing almost 8,000SF of space in the historic 1906
B.A. Riesner Building located at 900 Commerce St. in
the heart of Houston’s original downtown just steps
from Allen’s Landing, the site of Houston’s founding.
The space consists of an approximately 5,400SF store-
front space on the corner of Travis and Commerce and
an approximately 2,200SF boiler room building located
behind the storefront. Murphy Mears Architects was
selected to design the new center through a
competitive process.
AIA HOUSTON 2016 END OF YEAR REPORT
AIA HOUSTON 2016 END OF YEAR REPORT
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GALAThe 2016 Celebrate Architecture Gala raised funds for the Houston Architecture Foundation, as well as granted the opportunity to recognize esteemed members of AIA Houston.
Gala chair Caryn Ogier, AIA spearheaded the event with the theme Rendezvous Houston. The event had record attendance, with over 900 people in attendance and raising over $300,000.
2016 AIA President David Bucek addressed the party to announce the year’s Firm of the Year Award winner and Ben Brewer Young Architect Award winner: StudioMET Architects and Brett Zamore, AIA.
Musical guest The Swatchmen played into the night, fueling the dance party and auction revelers.
EVENT HIGHLIGHTS• Raised over $300,000• Over 900 in attendance• Ben Brewer Young Architect Award: Brett Zamore, AIA• Firm of the Year: StudioMET Architects
HEALTH SES
EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
GULF COAST
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AIA Sandcastle CompetitionSaturday August 20,2016East Beach, Galveston Island
AIA Sandcastle was rained out on Saturday June 3 and was rescheduled for August 20. Thanks to a record number of sponsors, we still managed to have a financially successful event even though we incurred many budgeted expenses twice.
Kirksey took home the Golden Bucket for the second year in a row while HDR captured the Sydney LeNoir Public Favorite Award and the Prairie View A&M won the College Challenge.
Texas Adopt A Beach , Galveston Bay Foundation and several Boy Scout troops joined us in our efforts to reduce our impact on the environment and educate the public.
EVENT HIGHLIGHTS• 46 of the original 66 registered teams competed on August 20• 42 Sponsors• $53k raised for AIA and ArCH Foundation
HOME TOURThe 2016 Home Tour featured nine homes created by eight residential architecture firms. The 2016 Tour was attended by over 1,500 people.
The Tour was widely lauded by local media sources. Media sources include: Houston Chronicle, CultureMap Houston, HoustoniaMagazine, Swamp Lot, Paper City Magazine, Modern Luxury Texas, Houston House and Home Magazine, and the Houston Press.
DESIGNAWARDSThe AIA Houston Design Awards program recognizes
design excellence in architecture, residential architecture,
interior architecture, restoration/renovation, and urban
design. Criteria to be used by the jury include quality of
design, resolution of the program idea, sustainable
responsibility, innovation, thoughtfulness, and technique.
See the winners or purchase the 2016 Design Awards
catalog at aiahouston.org
AIA HOUSTON 2016 END OF YEAR REPORT
Government Affairs & TAC The Government Affairs committee serves as advocates to the Texas legislature regarding issues affecting the practice of architecture and the built environment. In 2016, AIA Houston raised $22,096 for the Texas Architects Committee (TAC), leveraging the collective voice of our members to advocate on behalf of the profession.
SOCIAL EVENTS
• Dinner with Mayor Sylvester Turner • BOWL-A-TAC • A very successful annual fundraising event • 23 competing teams from local architecture, engineering, and construction firms
HOLIDAYPARTYAIA Houston honors a Houston architect at its annual
holiday party by donating an architect designed object
to the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. The 2015 holiday
party took place on December 8, in Cullinan Hall at the
MFAH. This year’s event honored Jim Furr, FAIA with
the addition of E.W. Godwin’s 1880 Tea Table to the
museum’s collection.
A listing and images of past acquisitions can be found
at aiahouston.org/mfahacquisitions.
AIA HOUSTON 2016 END OF YEAR REPORT
GINGERBREAD BUILD-OFFOver 3,000 spectators attended the 8th annual Gingerbread Build-Off.
18 teams competed for awards and bragging rights, while droves of children created their own structures in the Kids Construction Zone. The event featured sweets, friendly competition, and an appearance by Santa Claus.
Brave / Architecture took the Grand Prix de Show with their minimal landscape composed of colored fondant.
EVENT HIGHLIGHTS• 18 participating teams• Over 3,000 in attendance• Raised 5,000 in sponsorships• Diverted over 550 lbs of food waste to compost
Judges:• Tom Barrow, P.E,
I. A. Naman + Associates President, Architecture Center Houston
• Sarah DarroHouston Center for Contemporary Craft
• Kathleen MorganHoney Child's Sweet Creams
• Tino RamirezCandylicious & The Chocolate Bar
AIA Annual Meeting& Affiliate Appreciation PartyOctober 19, 2016Architecture Center Houston
AIA Houston membership met on October 19 to elect new members and officers to the Board of Directors for 2017 and hand out Chapter Honor Awards and Presidential Citations.
Honorees Include• Civic Vision: Mary Anne Piacentini, Katy Prairie Conservancy• Citation of Honor: The Hermann Park Conservancy & Houston Parks Board• Educator of the Year: Sarah Whiting, Assoc. AIA, Dean , Rice School of Architecture• Artist of the Year: Patrick Renner• Associate Member of the Year: Ashley Heitmeier, Assoc. AIA• Affiliate Firm of the Year: La Nova Tile•Presidential Citations: Ashley Heitmeier, Assoc. AIA, Ricardo Martinez, AIA, Luisina Basilico, AIA, Anthony Furino, Assoc. AIA, and Caryn Ogier, AIA.
Interior Architecture Committee AIA Houston Interior Architecture Committee hosted the first annual Interior Architecture Tour in September. Four Houston architecture firms, DLR Group, Gensler, Page and PDR, all located downtown were toured with a special emphasis on exploring the practice of Interior Architecture.
Urban Design CommitteeIn 2016, the AIA Urban Design Committee partnered with the City of Houston Planning & Development Department to initiate an going series of open conversations about city code and our built environment. The first of which focused on parking and walkability. AIA Houston brought other community partners to this discussion, including the ASLA, APA, RDA , ULI and some real estate developers.
The AIA Houston Urban Design Committee mission statement:
IDENTIFYissuesatanurbanscaleaffectingthedevelopment,growthandthequalityoflifeinHouston.Keepingsustainabilityatthecenterofourfocus.
EDUCATEourmembersandthegreatercommunityabouttheseissues.
SUPPORTandCOLLABORATEbybringingthedesignexpertiseofourmemberstothecommunitythroughcharrettes,competitionsandotherpartnershipswithnon-profitandgovernmentorganizations.
COMMUNICATEwithelectedofficialsabouttheseissuesalongwithourvision,solutionsandstrategies.
Kids & Architecture
AIA Houston Kids & Architecture Committee focuses on architectural themed education programs for students in elementary and middle school. The committee also volunteers to assist the MGMC committee at their programs.
In 2016, Kids & Architecture partnered with Citizen Schools at Yolanda Black Navarro Middle School and Sugar Grove Academy to teach architecture in a 10 week after school program in the Fall semester.
The committee hosted it’s annual Merit Badge Workshop in August and hosted 3 successful sketching classes.
Additionally, the committee provided career day speakers for schools throughout the Greater Houston area including Owens Intermediate School, Becker Early Childhood Center, LawhonElementary, and Mendell Elementary School.
AIA Members also volunteered with the Houston Hispanic Forum Career Fair at the George R Brown Convention Center in February of 2016, offering bilingual career presentations about architecture.
Historic Resources CommitteeAIAHoustoncontinuedtheirpartnershipwiththeWilliamR.JenkinsArchitectureandArtLibraryattheUniversityofHoustontocollecttheoralhistoriesofpeoplewhostronglyimpactedthebuiltenvironmentintheHoustonArea.Architects,developers,scholarsandphilanthropistsdiscusstheirwork,projects,andtheinfluencesthatshapedHouston.Eachsubjectisinterviewedbyanarchitectorarchitecturalscholarwhoframesthediscussionandprovidescontext.Newcontentisbeingcollectedandaddedeachyear.
Interviews posted online include:• Gerald D. Hines• John Staub• Eugene Aubry• John Zemanek• Elinor Evans• Barry Moore• Stayton and Ila Nunn• Joe Colaco•Raymond Brochstein
TheHistoricResourcesCommitteealsoparticipatedinhostingtheNationaltrustforHistoricPreservation’snationalconferenceinHouston,November15– 18.Membershelpedinhostingeventsandleadingtours.
Walking & Bicycle ToursArchitecture Center Houston offers 9 Walking and 2 bicycle tours Saturday mornings and some Thursday evenings September though May.
ArCH Tours are lead by trained docents working with scripts researched and written by architects, historians and preservationists.
2016 Tours:Downtown Towers & TreesDowntown Buffalo BayouDowntown Rock Buildings StoneDowntown Urban ArtMontroseMuseum DistrictTexas Medical CenterRice UniversityUniversity of Houston Art & ArchitectureHeights Bicycle TourThird Ward Bicycle Tour
ArCH also offers private group tours. In 2017 we gave private tours to groups with Lone Star College, Clear Lake ISD, the YMCA, Destination English and the National Trust for Historic Preservation Past Forward Conference as well as university students from Mexico studying abroad in Houston.
Women in Architecture Women in Architecture Houston is a community working to promote equal opportunity, celebrate advancement, empower success, and foster future generations of all women in the architecture, design, and construction industries of Southeast Texas. Event highlights: WiA Houston Movie Screening of Suffragette WiA Speed Mentoring
UniversitiesAIA Houston and Architecture Center Houston Foundation maintain an active relationship with the three local architecture schools. The Deans of the schools sit on the AIA Houston Board of Directors, students are invited to participate in our committees, we host an annual Back to School Bash and collaborations between our members and professors at the school are common.
The 2016 Texas Student Biennial was hosted at Architecture Center Houston from September 16 - December 16, 2016. AIA Houston is the only chapter in Texas that hosts a statewide exhibit of student work.
Intern/Associate Network & A.R.E. Prep IA/N hosts monthly workshops, study and information sessions to help young professionals complete their IDP credit and pass the A.R.E. exams.
Young Architects Forum YAF hosted 3 firm visits with Morris Architects, Dillon Kyle Architects and HOK. YAF continued its partnership with Toastmasters, hosting bi-monthly meetings to help members develop presentation skills. YAF hosted the annual Connect Dinner to honor newly elevated Fellows. The dinner connects young architects and fellows in a social setting to help establish and foster mentoring relationships. The committee hosted the Ben Brewer Award Mixer in honor of 2016’s recipient, Brett Zamore, AIA, LEED AP. Kiza Forgie, AIA, 2016 Design Make Resident, presented her project. During her presentation the committee announced it’s 2017 Design/Make Residency program for AIA members. Danny Rigg and Nathaniel Vice were selected for the 2017 residency at TX/RX Labs.
FELLOWSHIPAIA Houston congratulates the newest Fellows from the Houston Chapter:
Jeffrey Brown, FAIAPowers Brown Architecture (pictured left)
Charles Griffin, FAIA EYP former known as WHR (pictured right)
Michael G. MeyersHigh School Scholarship CompetitionAnannualideascompetitionwithanemphasisoncreativeproblemsolvingandgraphicpresentation,theMichaelG.MeyersDesign&ScholarshipCompetitionissponsoredbytheArchitectureCenterHoustonFoundation,theHoustonChapterofAIAandlocalarchitecturalfirmsandaffiliates.
ThisyearstudentswerechallengedtodesignadogandcatshelterfortheneareastsideofHouston.TheCompetitionCommitteehostedaseriesofeventstohelpthestudentslearnbasicarchitecturaldesignskillsandunderstandthecompetitionrequirements.ProjectsweredueinAprilandthewinnerswereannouncedatanawardsceremonyatArchitectureCenterHouston.
EVENT HIGHLIGHTS• AllHoustonareahighschoolstudentsareeligibletoparticipateregardlessofclassaffiliationorage.• $10,000inscholarshipswereawarded.• AspecialDedicationtoArchitectureScholarshipfundedbyAIANationalwasawardedtoVasily Sufuev,incomingfreshmanattheUniversityofTexasatAustinSchoolofArchitecture.
ExhibitionsHouston: Uncommon ModernNovember 24, 2015 – February 12, 2016
YAF Emerrging VoicesMarch 3 – April 29, 2016
MGMC 2015 WinnersMay 6 - 20, 2016
Environmental GraphicsJune 23 – August 26, 2016
2016 Texas Student BiennialSeptember 16 – December 16, 2016
HIGHLIGHTS• ArCH exhibits were funded in part by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance and the Susan Vaughan Foundation.
•The Uncommon Modern exhibit and publication received the 2016 Modernism in America Awards Survey/Inventory Citation of Merit from DOCOMOMO US.
• The Women in Architecture exhibit continued to travel exhibiting in Austin and Iowa. Houston Uncommon Modern is preparing to travel to the Lower Rio Grande Valley in January 2017.
ARCH FILM FESTANDAUTHORS IN ARCHITECTUREThe ArCH Film Fest is a collaboration between ArCH and the Houston Cinema Arts Festival to bring recent films about the world of architecture to Houston.
Authors in Architecture is a collaboration with the Houston Public Library that encourages discourse in the field of Architecture and our built environment.
EVENT HIGHLIGHTS• The Architect: on 11/11 at Sundance• Provenance: on 11/12 at Menil Collection• Gray Matters on 11/14 at ArCH• The Land of Many Palaces on 11/16 at ArCH• The Infinite Happiness on 11/17 at ArCH• Robert C. Trumpbour and Kenneth Womack book talk: Eighth Wonder of the World on 12/8
25 & 50 YEARAWARDS25 Year Award: Sesquicentennial Park
In 1986 the Rice Design Alliance organized a national
design competition for the site along Bu�alo Bayou
that is now known as Sesquicentennial Park. The
competition was won by a group of young Houston
architects, Guy Hagstette, John Lemr and John Liner
entered under the name of TeamHou. The was
completed in 1989 to commemorate the 150 year
anniversary of the founding of Houston. It was a
catalyst for the further development of parkland along
Houston’s bayou system that we see coming to
fruition nearly 30 years later.
50 Year Award: The Astrodome
The vision of Harris County Judge Roy Hofheinz, the
8th Wonder of The World opened in 1965. Designed
by two Houston architecture firms, Lloyd Morgan and
Jones with Wilson, Morris, Crane and Anderson along
with Walter P Moore engineers, the dome was a
quintessentially Houston achievement. It led the way
for other domed stadiums around the world, but the
Astrodome was the first, and with its restrained
mid-century modern design, it remains the most
beautiful. It is now our job as a community to find
a new use for it and ensure that it survives for
future generations.
Sesquicentennial Park
The Astodome
AIA HOUSTON 2016 END OF YEAR REPORT
AIA HOUSTON 2016 END OF YEAR REPORT
THE 2016 AIA BOARD
Alyssia MakarewiczTSA Director
John CleggSecretary
Derek WebbTreasurer
Catherine CallawayPresident Elect
Jim EvansPast President
David BucekPresident
Jake DonaldsonDirector
Jesse HagerDirector
Steve StelzerDirector
Christian SheridanDirector
Bayardo SelvaDirector
Chris RoysterDirector
Shelly PottorfDirector
Julie HendricksDirector
Janis BrackettDirector
Karen BrasierDirector
Benito GuerrierDirector
David ColemanDirector
Amy MoenPresident Elect
Tom BarrowPresident
Kathleen EnglishPast President
Caryn OgierDirector
Lisa JohnsonDirector
Susan RogersDirector
Dennis WittryDirector
THE 2016 ArCH BOARD
A.J. SustaitaDirector
Julie KinzelmanPublic Director
Margaret BrownCity of Houston
Liaison
Ikhlas SabouniPrairie ViewA&M Liaison
Patricia OliverUofH
Liaison
Sarah WhitingRice University
Liaison
Chudi AbajueI/AN Director
Anna ModSecretary
Ned DodingtonTreasurer
Marc BellamyDirector
Charles BrowneDirector
Jim EvansDirector
Khris HouseDirector