Scenes from the 2013 AIA Convention

Scenes from the Convention

The 2013 AIA Convention opens today in host city Denver. Photo by MattMartin.tv

Registration for the 2013 AIA Convention in Denver is in full swing. Photo by MattMartin.tv

Twenty-five architecture students drove all night on a chartered bus from Chicago to attend the 2013 AIA Convention, arriving Wednesday at the Colorado Convention Center. The trip was sponsored by all Illinois chapters and AIA National, and was the brainchild of Ryan Gann, AIAS Illinois Student Director. Photo by MattMartin.tv

Yoetzin Diaz (l) and Teresita Pineda, both 2014 B. Arch candidates from the Illinois Institute of Technology, are two of 25 architecture students who arrived in Denver on a chartered bus after driving 17 hours straight from Chicago. Diaz said she is “looking forward to building relationships at the convention and interacting with my future colleagues.” Photo by MattMartin.tv

More than 100 volunteers took part in the Denver AEC Cares service project on Wednesday, renovating the Beacon Place transitional housing facility. Here volunteers install donated paver stones as part of the new landscaping design. Image courtesy of Claire Stubblefield.

Lisa Drake, AIA, from Chesapeake Beach, Md., waits with other convention attendees for a Wednesday tour. Photo by MattMartin.tv

CES providers meet at the pre-convention CES Providers Workshop on Wednesday. Photo by MattMartin.tv

Tan Diep, of PPG Industries of Fullerton, Calif., at the CES Providers Workshop on Wednesday. Photo by MattMartin.tv

Attendees at this year’s AIA Convention can download a free mobile app to help navigate more than 600 convention events. Those not attending can also use the app to keep up with all convention activities, including the convention Twitter feed, Facebook, and LinkedIn pages. <a href='http://convention.aia.org/event/convention-app.aspx'>Available for</a> iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch, Android, and BlackBerry/Windows Phones. Photo by MattMartin.tv

Former (2012) AIA President Jeff Potter, FAIA, answers questions at the Public Architects Workshop on Wednesday. Photo by MattMartin.tv

Marlene Jefferson, AIA, of Washington, D.C., listens intently during the Public Architects Workshop on Wednesday. Photo by MattMartin.tv

Susan Goldberg, AIA, of Hollywood, Fla., talks with former AIA President Jeff Potter, FAIA, at the Public Architects Workshop. Photo by MattMartin.tv

Local member William Green, AIA, of Lakewood, Colo. (center), welcomes Charles Montgomery, AIA, from New Orleans (left), and Jeffery Rosenblum, FAIA, from Charleston, S.C. Photo by MattMartin.tv

The Denver Architecture Foundation updated the Guide to Denver Architecture, by Denver architecture writer Mary Voelz Chandler, in time for members attending the 2013 AIA Convention. Photo by MattMartin.tv

AIA Colorado volunteer Kristin Ubben, Assoc. AIA, is just one of dozens of local volunteers helping during the 2013 AIA Convention. Photo by MattMartin.tv

A technician in the ARCHITECT Live control booth preparing for three days of live broadcasts beginning today from the AIA Expo floor. Photo by MattMartin.tv

A common refrain at the AIA 2013 Convention is “Meet you at the Blue Bear,” a local Denver landmark in front of the Colorado Convention Center. Lawrence Argent’s “I See What You Mean” is a 40-foot tall blue bear coated in polymer concrete, curiously peering onto the convention center. Photo by MattMartin.tv

AIA Colorado members in front of the AIA Denver/Habitat for Humanity design-build project in Kittredge, Colo., outside of Denver. Integrating sustainable design into an affordable housing project, the duplex is being built for a single mother and her young son. Photo courtesy of AIA Colorado.

Everyone can keep up with the AIA Convention buzz this year on a variety of social media platforms such as Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and more. <a href='http://www.aia.org/conferences/AIAB097787'>See the complete list of convention social media activities</a>. Graphic by Bryan Ranallo.

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