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AIA
New Orleans, AIA Louisiana, AIA national component join forces with
local community-based organizations: As New Orleans begins to look toward the initial planning
efforts for the massive task of its rebuilding, the AIA national component
is partnering with local chapters—of the AIA, the Urban Land Institute,
American Planning Association, the Housing Finance Authority, and other
related organizations—to foster a community-based team that already
has a strong working relationship in supporting smart-growth and community-development
initiatives. Representatives from each of the groups assembled at the
AIA Louisiana offices in Baton Rouge September 26 and 27 to plan for
an upcoming Sustainability Design Assistance Team (SDAT) for the city.
“The AIA national component has confirmed to AIA Louisiana and
AIA New Orleans that we will deliver SDAT capabilities to New Orleans,” says
David Downey, Assoc. AIA, managing director of the national component’s
Center for Livable Communities. “We’re coming to the table
as a partner, not the ‘leader,’ and we understand that the
SDAT scope first needs to be tailored to best position local professionals’ expertise
in the rebuilding process.”
Working closely with Downey as conveners to steer this effort forward
are AIA New Orleans President Angela O’Byrne, AIA; AIA Louisiana
President Trula Remson, AIA; AIA Louisiana Executive Director Lynn Robertson;
and Caitlin Cain, director of Economic Development for the New Orleans
Regional Planning Commission and chair of the SDAT steering committee.
The group is strengthening this community-based team of local organizations
that is established, in place, and ready to go to work as the political
dust around the city settles. They will meet again to further their plans
during the first week in October.
AIA
members deliver architects’ message to public:
In newspapers across the country, AIA members have stressed this specific
message:
- Because these facilities will be used for an extended period of
time by residents, transitional housing arrangements must be approached
with the basic design principles that go into developing a livable
community
- Planning to address the immediate needs for shelter must be done
in concert with a long-term rebuilding plan to avoid making hasty
decisions that will hamstring future efforts
- To maintain viability of local architecture firms, as well as the
spirit and character of the affected regions, local architecture
firms should be subcontracted by the large companies awarded rebuilding
contracts by the federal government.
Some examples are:
- “Don’t Botch This Chance to Rebuild, Group Warns,” Times-Picayune, September
30. (Quotes AIA New Orleans President Angela O’Byrne, AIA; AIA
Executive Vice President/CEP Norman L. Koonce, FAIA; and AIA Chief
Operating Officer Jim Dinegar about the need for strategic planning.) Visit
the Times-Picayune Web Site and
search for September 30’s Page A-24.
- “Historic Trust Rallies to Preserve Damaged New Orleans Buildings,” Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, September 21 (AIA
legislative agenda highlighted).
- “Rebuilding a City,” The
New York Times News Service, appearing in the Monterey
Herald. (New
Orleans’ Steve Dumez, AIA;
AIA New Orleans President Angela O’Byrne, AIA; AIA Louisiana President
Trula Remson, AIA; and Dan Williams, FAIA, address rebuilding New Orleans.)
- “Filling a Desperate Need for Shelters Begins with Cruise
Ships and Proposals,” The New
York Times, September 15. (Quotes
AIA Center for Livable Communities Managing Director David Downey, AIA.
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Additionally,
AIA Executive Vice President/CEO Norman L. Koonce, FAIA, took the message
of the value of AIA architects to national television in recent days.
On September 25, he explained to Fox Weekend
Live anchor
Brian Wilson that teams of AIA architects are ready to provide damage
analysis to hurricane victims in the Gulf region because architects are
well-suited to see what damage there is, how it might have happened,
and what steps homeowners will need to take to rehabilitate their homes,
if possible.
Damage assessments waiting to begin in
Mississippi: Last week, a team,
including AIA national component Managing Director of Component Relations
Brenda Henderson, Hon. AIA, and Project Manager of Communities by Design
Daniel Lobo, traveled to Mississippi to assist AIA Mississippi—including
President Ann Somers, AIA, and Executive Director Donna Murray—with
the implementation of the chapter’s Disaster Building Assistance
Program. Under the direction of Charles Harper, FAIA, the group conducted
two very successful training sessions—one for 40 people and the
other for 50—in Jackson. Somers and Lobo addressed two local TV
stations to explain the AIA’s role and the work under way.
The group also toured the Biloxi-Gulfport area, one of the most affected
areas by the storm surge. Harper conducted another building assessment
training session for 20 professionals in the new offices of Guild Hardy
Architects in Gulfport. As part of the training, Joseph Crain, AIA, served
as their guide of Gorenflo Elementary School in Biloxi. Crain also led
a site visit to the construction site of the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art
(pictured), designed by Gehry Associates with Guild Hardy as the architect
of record. Although the construction withstood the damage better than
its surroundings, almost all the completed work will need to be done
again.
In addition to training more than 100 architects, the AIA continues
with FEMA and community groups to set up and staff “one-stop
centers” for building assessments, which could begin as early as
October 1, pending an executive order from the governor granting temporary “Good
Samaritan” status for architects.
Help Find These 53 Architects!: The
AIA national component and AIA Louisiana continue efforts to locate all
Gulf-Coast architects with displaced practices and to date have found
307 out of 360. To the right are the names of the remaining 53 (and 34
firms). Can you help?
NCARB will assist record holders, ARE
candidates in hurricane-struck areas: NCARB will assist all record holders in their needs for replacement
of lost documentation and work with affected member boards on credential
transmittals for reciprocity. NCARB also is waiving some fees for architects
in affected areas. Visit
the NCARB Web site for details. Also, the Texas
Board of Architectural Examiners reports that the state will expedite
reciprocity requests for displaced architects and is also waiving the
normal application fee. Visit
their Web site or call 512-305-9000
for more information.
Rita
adds to woes: Hurricane Rita compounded
the Gulf Region’s misery and redoubled emergency and relief efforts.
The
efforts to aid architects displaced by Hurricane Rita “are
a continuation of what we were doing for Katrina victims,” says
AIA Houston Executive Director Barrie Scardino. “We’re trying
to get people information and coordinate a response. The damage from
Rita was horrible in the area that was hit, but Texas was far less affected
than it could have been.” The people in Beaumont don’t have
power, but they do have water, reports AIA Fort Worth Executive Director
Suzie S. Adams, Hon. AIA. “Hopefully our architect friends in that
area will be back up and running soon,” she said. Among the aid
Texas architects are providing those affected by Hurricanes Katrina and
Rita include work-available Web sites (both the Dallas and Fort
Worth components) and donations of
money and the purchasing of computer equipment.
AIA continues helping displaced architects
with donated equipment: To
help architects who have lost their offices during Hurricanes Katrina
and Rita, the
AIA has arranged with Dell and Apple to provide computers and peripherals
at cost for you to sponsor. The AIA is working with Autodesk,
Bentley Systems, Grafisoft, MASTERSPEC, and AIA Contract Documents to
provide needed software as well. A considerable quantity of equipment
has already been shipped to AIA Louisiana in Baton Rouge for distribution
in cooperation with the affected local components. The national component
is working through the affected local AIA components to identify the
architects who need these tools to maintain their commitments to clients,
colleagues, coworkers, and, most importantly, their communities. “On
behalf of the AIA family in Louisiana, I would like to express my gratitude
to all of our colleagues across the country who have offered their offices,
homes, support, and prayers,” says AIA Louisiana President Trula
Remson, AIA.
“Everything is going very well at this point, everyone is very,
very appreciative,” says AIA Louisiana Executive Director Lynn
Robertson, who reports that about half of the desktop and laptop computers
donated so far have already been picked up. “I think the word’s
gotten out. We wanted to make sure that everybody had the opportunity
before we doled it all out.” The state component will be calling
recipients of equipment and reporting back on what she says is deep gratitude
to colleagues across the country for their help.
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Members
we’d like to find
Wilbert L. Argus, AIA
Samuel A. Bavido, AIA
Robert T. Bennett, AIA
Dorothy D. Black, Assoc. AIA
John H. Bohlke, AIA
Walter C. Bonie, AIA
Lew J. Bremenstul, AIA
David F. Campisi, Assoc. AIA
Jesse D. Cannon, AIA
David L. Carlson, AIA
Larry H. Case, AIA
Michael K. Crosby , AIA
Bhola V. Dhume, AIA
Ronald M. Domin, AIA
Roderick Fifield, AIA
Ronald C. Filson, FAIA
Steven J. Finegan, AIA
Paul Hampton Gamard, AIA
Bret Gasaway, AIA
Anthony J. Gendusa, AIA
George L. Groh, AIA
Jerry D. Harris, Assoc. AIA
I.I. Hegedus, AIA
Britton Reid Herring, AIA
Leslie G. Jordan , AIA
Irvin J. Kohler, AIA
Irvin A. Kohler, AIA
Albert C. Ledner, AIA
Robert Alan Lewis, AIA
Salvador E. Longo, Assoc. AIA
Christopher Alan Lucas, AIA
Jim M. Lynch, AIA
Gregory E. Mascari, AIA
Frank W. Masson, AIA
Douglas C. Mayo, AIA
E. Eean McNaughton, FAIA
Gary C. Meadows, AIA
Thomas S. Meric, AIA
Carol H. Merlin, Assoc. AIA
Arthur B. Middleton, AIA
B. A. Moss, AIA
William W. Neill, AIA
Brady A. Rewerts, Assoc. AIA
Calvin Rice, AIA
Steven H. Rome, AIA
Louis A. Savoye, AIA
Jeffrey Scanlan, Assoc. AIA
John L. Schackai, AIA
Terry G. Schellhaas, AIA
Joseph F. Schneider, AIA
Alva B. See, Assoc. AIA
Robert B. Swan, AIA
Daniel D. Taylor, AIA
Firms we’d like to
find
Argus Architecture/Engineering
Barry Fox Associates
Bavido Architecture LLC
John H. Bholke Jr., AIA, Architect
Bonie Associates, Inc.
Larry Hammill Case Architect Ltd.
Cashio Cochran, LLC
Crosby Longo ARCHITECTURE Studio, LLC
Ron Domin, Architect
Duplantier & Meric, Architects, LLC
Farr & Huson Architects
Ronald Filson, FAIA, APC
Steve Finegan
Fox Cor, Inc.
J. C. Frantz, AIA, Architect
Fusion Architecture, A Professional Corporation
Anthony J. Gendusa, Architect
General Construction Services, Inc
Gossen-Gasaway-Holloway
HCI Architects Inc.
Imre Hegedus & Associates
Les Jordan Jr., Architect
Koch and Wilson Architects
Irvin J. Kohler, AIA, Architect
Albert Ledner, Architect
Mayo Architects
E. Eean McNaughton Architects
Mechanical Contractors Association of N. O.
Meyer & Associates
Arthur B. Middleton Architect
N-Y Associates, Inc.
Rome Architecture and Interiors
Terry G. Schellhaas, Architect
Carl E. Woodward LLC
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