AIA Rochester

Congratulations to Jason Streb, AIA, who will receive the AIA Volunteer of the Year Award today at our Annual Meeting for his efforts with our Centennial events last year! Register for a virtual link to the noon meeting here: https://www.aiaroc.org//2020-aia-roc-annual-business-lunch

Congratulations to Barbara Burke, Associate AIA, who will receive AIA Rochester’s Emerging Architect of the Year Award at tomorrow’s Annual Meeting! To attend our meeting virtually, register here: https://www.aiaroc.org//2020-aia-roc-annual-business-lunch

Congratulations to member and past president Peter Wehner, AIA, who will be presented with the AIA Rochester Medal of Distinction tomorrow during our Annual Meeting. Register to attend our meeting virtually: https://www.aiaroc.org//2020-aia-roc-annual-business-lunch

Congratulations to our colleagues at SWBR! This project also recently garnered an AIA Rochester Design Award.

AIA Rochester’s Annual Meeting Friday, October 23 | 12-1:30p La Luna Restaurant/Virtual Members: please join us this Friday for our Annual Meeting. This year, you are able to attend in person or join us virtually. In person seating is limited. ... **RSVP by NOON on October 20 to attend in person - https://www.aiaroc.org//2020-aia-roc-annual-business-lunch ** The same link allows you to register for the virtual link as well. #aiaroc #rocitecture #toparchitects #rochesterny #aiaroc365instagraminitiative

Join us for this informative session! #aiaroc #rocitecture #pathtolicensure #rochesterny www.aiaroc.org/events

AIA Rochester Highlight: DGA Builders Fairport Village Landing. #aiaroc #rocitecture #rochesterny #aiaroc365instagraminitiative #architecturaldesign #architecture #toparchitects

AIA Rochester Highlight: LaCasa, 93 Alexander Street, Rochester, NY Architecture is a part of every day life and universal to all, we hear about famous buildings but our vernacular buildings are at the heart of our city. #aiaroc #rocitecture #supportlocal #rocny #rocbiz #keepinglocalalive #thisisroc #aiaroc365instagraminitiative @la_casa_roc

Join us on October 23rd for our Annual Meeting, in person or virtually. Details and registration at AIARoc.org under events! #aiaroc #rocitecture #rochesterny #architecture #toparchitects #aiaroc365instagraminitiative

Happy 61st birthday to acclaimed American architect and artist Maya Lin! As a 21-year-old undergraduate at Yale in 1981, Maya Lin's design was selected for the ...Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC, beating out 1,441 other competition submissions. Her famous memorial features a black cut-stone masonry wall with the names of 58,300 fallen soldiers etched into its face. The American Institute of Architects has ranked it as number 10 on their list of America's Favorite Architecture. Lin, who continues to work today as an architectural designer and artist, also designed the Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama among many other works. To share her story with children, Maya Lin is the subject of the inspiring picture book, "Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines," for ages 5 to 9 (https://www.amightygirl.com/maya-lin-light-and-lines) and the photo-filled "Maya Lin: Thinking With Her Hands" for ages 10 and up (https://www.amightygirl.com/thinking-with-her-hands) She is also featured in two compilation books for children: "Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to my Daughters" for ages 5 to 9 (https://www.amightygirl.com/of-thee-i-sing) and Amelia to Zora: Twenty-Six Women Who Changed The World for ages 7 to 12 (https://www.amightygirl.com/amelia-to-zora) For adults who would like to learn more about this pioneering architect, we recommend her visually stunning book "Boundaries" at http://amzn.to/1WHhLAo To learn about about heroic women who served during the Vietnam War, we also recommend "Courageous Women of the Vietnam War" for teens and adults, ages 13 and up, at https://www.amightygirl.com/courageous-women-of-the-vietnam And, for fun ways to inspire the architects and builders of tomorrow, we've showcased our favorite girl-empowering building toys in our blog post: Building Her Dreams: Top 60 Building and Engineering Toys for Mighty Girls," at https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=10430

A late 19th century fire station that had become a hub of liberal causes (housing a vegetarian restaurant, a bookstore, a pottery studio, & more), 713 Monroe Av...e. became the home of the Gay Radical Organization for Women (later the Lesbian Resource Center) in November 1973, followed by the Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley (now Out Alliance) in summer 1974. GAGV remained until 1990. The building now houses Flower City Arts Center. Learn about more local LGBTQ landmarks in our virtual Fifth Annual Rochester LGBTQ Landmarks Tour this coming Saturday! Register here: https://www.landmarksociety.org/wnylgbtqsites/