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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.

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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

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EVENT HIGHLIGHTS

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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

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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.

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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

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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