Summer Event – June 18th
AWB-Seattle Summer Party
Call for Volunteers – Guatemala
TEAM COORDINATION MEETING: Monday, June 1st from 6-7 at Miller Community Center on Capitol Hill. (http://www.seattle.gov/parks/Centers/Miller/directions.htm).
 San Miguel Escobar Guatemala |
School and Vocational Training Center San Miguel Escobar, Guatemala Architects without Borders-Seattle has been asked to collaborate on the design of a new school complex and vocational training center in San Miguel Escobar, Guatemala. We will be working with the community of San Miguel Escobar, Seattle-based non-profit Global Visionaries and As Green As It Gets to develop a site plan for phased construction of the new educational complex. This project will serve as a prototype for sustainable, community-built education and local enterprise facilities in Guatemala. The first phase will involve the design of two classrooms to be built by volunteers from the community and Seattle this Fall. Please contact Brian Gerich if you are interested in attending a project team coordination meeting. Additionally, if you have project management experience and are interested in leading this effort, please let us know. |
No open meeting tonight, April 23rd
There is no open meeting tonight at Piecora’s – The Pro-Bono Career Fair took its place. The next event will be on June 18th at Ouch My Eye. Sorry for any confusion.
Pro Bono Career Fair
Join the AIA and AWB-Seattle’s Community Activism Initiative at the Pro Bono Career Fair – Design Your Community, Design Your Future.
When: Wednesday April 22nd 5-7pm,
Where: AIA Seattle, 1911 1st Avenue
Hosted by: AWB-Seattle and AIA Seattle
Give some time to your community and give your career a boost by volunteering some design time and a helping hand to a community group in need. Meet Seattle community groups in need of volunteer design assistance, who will be on hand to discuss opportunities. Learn from successful volunteers. And enjoy a beer with like-minded peers in the design community.
Design Making Change Exhibition
Design Making Change Exhibition: March 17th to April 30th, AIA Seattle (1911 1st Ave.). Opening Reception on April 2nd.
Come Join us for the opening of this Exhibit on April 2nd from 5 to 7pm at the AIA Seattle. AWB-Seattle projects are featured. For more more information, please see the poster. Spread the word.
Job Vacancy – East Timor
Community Housing East Timor is presently looking for an architect to fill in the Manager Construction and Design position starting April.
Please use your personal network to spread the word.
You can find links below for the Position Profile as well as some information on CHL East Timor.
Do not apply directly to this email address, but rather to chris.hollonds@chl.org.au
CANCELLED – Bamboo Building Course – Florida – CANCELLED
Please note that this course has been cancelled this year and may be offered again next year.
Hurricane Katrina Relief Work
| Hurricane Katrina Relief Work Ninth Ward, New Orleans |
| AIA Seattle and Kevin Daniels invite you to join a group of fellow architects and preservationists as they head down to the Big Easy to work on damaged historic home in the Holy Cross neighborhood of New Orleans. When: April 13th – 19th Where: New Orleans Why: Hurricane Relief |
| Information Meeting to be held on February 23rd at 4:00 – 5:30 PM at the AIA Seattle office (1911 First Ave Seattle, WA 98101). Come meet other interested parties and hear firsthand accounts from your fellow architects and preservationist who went on the trip last October.
For more information contact: Kevin.daniels@danielsdev.com |
Earthquake Damage Assessment Training – Dec 3rd
More information here.
Carve for a Cause was a great success
On October 30th an unprecedented display of creativity and pumpkin carving skills were seen at our 2008 Carve for a Cause fundraiser. The expert panel consisting of Guy Michaelsen and Roberta Miner of the Seattle Architecture Foundation, Steve Badanes of the University of Washington,and Ron Van der Veen of Mithun did not take their task lightly. After serious deliberations and much explanation we had our winners. Here they are in all their glory:
 Traditional/Most Disturbing - Mithun |
 Starchitecture - Cushing Terrell |
 Artistic/Freestyle and Peoples Choice - Mulvanny/G2 |
 Judges Choice - Jones & Jones |
 Honorable Mention - Samantha Beadal |
 Honorable Mention - Sam & Irina |
Thank you to all of the firms and individuals who carved pumpkins:
Berger Partnership
Clark Design Group
Cushing Terrell Architecture
Freiheit & Ho
Jones & Jones Architects
LMN Architects
Mithun
Mulvanny G2
Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen
ORB
Owen Richards Architects
Place Architects
Schacht Aslani Architects
VIA Architecture
We would like to thank the following sponsors for helping make this event possible:
Design Within Reach
Seattle Architecture Foundation
Berger Partnership
Peter Miller Bookstore
Anne DeOtte
Mighty O Donuts
To see all of the entries and more photos from the event go here.