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Revised Dates for Soul of the City

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Soul of the City is an engaging dialogue series between the public and the design profession on issues of importance to the community and the region with focus on improving communication, understanding and collaboration (formerly known as the 4th Wednesday Design Dialogue series.)

FREE ADMISSION!
5:45PM – 7:30PM at the AIACV Gallery: 1400 S Street, Sacramento 95811

Soul of the City Dates and Topics (Dates have been revised):

February 29th ~ The Soul of Sacramento
What is it? Where is it? Let’s find it and celebrate it! Join us for an introduction to Soul of the City!
Facilitators: Kim Alexander of the California Voter Foundation, Saxon Sigerson, AIA and Jason Silva, AIA

April 25th ~ Urban Open Space
What makes a good place to visit in the urban environment? Where are the best places in our region? Join us for this lively discussion about where it is and where to find it.
Facilitators: Peter Larimer, ASLA and Marq Truscott, FASLA

June 27th ~ Street Food in the City
Appetite on the Run! A discussion on street food and its impact on Sacramento.
Facilitators: Costa Apostolos of Sacto MoFO and writes on, Living in Urban Sac and Catherine Enfield, a food truck advocate who’s written many articles on the subject, founding member of Sacto MoFo, and now has http://www.sacfoodtrucks.net
Food trucks will be present for you to enjoy!

October (Dates to be posted on Facebook):

 Urban Agriculture
The best restaurants in town have long preferred local source food, and the public appetite for it has increased steadily. Come to discuss the spectrum of urban agriculture, from edible front yards and urban farming community gardens.
Facilitators: Bill Maynard, City of Sacramento Community Garden Program Coordinator, Claire Napawan, Assistant Professor, Landscape Architecture at UC Davis and Marq Truscott, FASLA

Infill: How to balance the old with the new
A discussion of creating the new in traditonal neighborhoods; balancing respect, sustainably design opportunity and individuality
Facilitators: Bruce Monighan, AIA and Craig Hausman, AIA

Click here for the flyer with revised dates

Follow us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SacSoul2012

or for more info email Chris Brown at cbrown@dlrgroup.com

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CANCELLED – AIA & ASLA film night ~ featuring the documentary: Helvetica

Helvetica Film Night

Come join AIA & ASLA at the AIACV Gallery for film night featuring Helvetica: A Documentary Film by Gary Hustwit.

Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface (which celebrated its 50th birthday in 2007) as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives.

When: Thursday, January 19, 2012
Time: 5:45 pm
Where: AIACV Gallery, 1400 S Street, Suite 100, Sacramento
Cost: $5

Click here for the flyer

Please reserve your tickets at: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/221088

Popcorn and drinks will be provided.

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Save the Date: AIACV Board Installation and Appreciation Event

The AIACV will gather the evening of Thursday, January 26th for our annual Board of Directors Installation and Members and Sponsors Appreciation Event.

The event will be held at the Skinner Howard Contemporary Art Gallery located at 723 S Street in midtown Sacramento. More details are forthcoming–in the meantime, please SAVE the date!

 

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Kevin Pressey, AIA, Launches Pressey & Associates, Inc.

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 Architect Kevin Pressey Launches Pressey & Associates, Inc.,
An Architectural Corporation Focusing on Innovative and Thoughtful Designs

Sacramento, CA–November 28, 2011, Kevin Pressey, AIA, today announced the launch of Pressey & Associates, Inc. The design studio provides full architectural services to medical, commercial, institutional and residential clients throughout California. “It’s a challenging time for all, but it’s in times like these where many successful companies had their start,” states Kevin Pressey, President of Pressey & Associates, who is confident about starting a business in today’s market. “There are opportunities out there if you are willing to work hard at finding them and have a passion for what you do.”

 Pressey & Associates is a concept and design firm based in Sacramento and serves clients throughout California. The company’s integration of 3‐D modeling facilitates the design process through enhanced models, resulting in fewer discrepancies during construction and ultimate savings to the client.

 For additional information, contact Feli Ortega at info@presseyassociates.com

Pressey & Associates is a group of seasoned professionals and talented designers who have a common passion for architecture, which they define as a passion to create, to push the envelope and to design solutions from within. At the helm of the new company is Kevin Pressey, who has practiced architecture for 23 years after graduating from UC Berkeley’s School of Environmental Design.

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Stafford King Wiese Architects announce new Director of Healthcare

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New Director of Healthcare at Stafford King Wiese Architects

 

Beth Swenson Radovanovich

Stafford King Wiese Architects, a full service architecture, planning and interiors firm, is pleased to announce the addition of Beth Swenson Radovanovich, AIA, ACHA, LEEP AP as the firm’s Director of Healthcare.

Ms. Radovanovich brings an impressive background in healthcare architecture, having contributed to the built environment of the medical industry for the past 33 years.  Her impressive and broad portfolio consists of architectural design, programming and master planning projects throughout the United States and in Canada.  Uniquely, Ms. Radovanovich boasts expertise in the fields of strategic, operational and process development and optimization for healthcare organizations.  As a recognized leader in the industry, Ms. Radovanovich has
presented at several healthcare design conferences nationwide over the past
decade. 

As the firm’s Director of Healthcare, Ms. Radovanovich leads the development of the studio’s existing projects and manages the staff resources.  She is also a key contributor to the market’s strategic planning and business development efforts.  She is currently overseeing the additional phases of development at the University of California, Davis Medical Center’s Institute for Regenerative Cures and several modernization projects at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento, Queen of the Valley Medical Center in Napa, Lodi Memorial Hospital and at several Northern California Kaiser Permanente facilities.

Prior to her association with Stafford King Wiese Architects, Ms. Radovanovich was the Associate Principal and Healthcare Leader for a large international architectural firm.  She was responsible for project leadership and development of the firm’s San Francisco healthcare practice.  During her tenure she worked with notable clients such as Kaiser Permanente, University of California, San Diego Medical Center, University of Chicago, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, and Interior Health of British Columbia.

Ms. Radovanovich is an integral addition to Stafford King Wiese Architects’ Healthcare Design Studio.  Her expertise and varied background are great contributions to the development and sustainability of the firm’s healthcare practice.

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Company Description:

Stafford King Wiese Architects specializes in projects for healthcare, K-12 education, higher education, civic and commercial clients throughout California.  Located in Sacramento, California, we are a full service architecture, planning and interiors firm, with a 66-year heritage of distinctive building designs and customized service.  Our designers and planners are passionate about buildings and spaces that positively affect the people who learn, work, play, heal and collaborate within them.

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In Memory of Joseph Angello

The Chapter is sad to announce that Joseph Angello passed away earlier this month.  Joe was AIACV Chapter President in 1974.  We send our regards and warm thoughts to his family, friends and colleagues.

Services are set for 12:00 p.m. this coming Saturday, December 3rd, at Our Lady of Perpetual Help on Hazel Ave.
(A church that Joe designed).

 

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AIA Central Valley Leadership Extends Beyond the Chapter

AIACV is proud to announce several leadership positions our members and staff will fill in the years ahead.

At the recent AIA California Council Board Meeting, Bruce Monighan, AIA was elected as the state’s 2012 Secretary/Treasurer, serving on the Executive Committee.

Mike Malinowski, AIA was elected to serve as Regional Director, California.  He will be joining Nick Docous, AIA who is currently serving as a Regional Director. Both will attend regular meetings in Washington, D.C.

Executive Director Kim Anderson will serve as California Council’s Vice President for the Council of Architectural Component Executives (CACE), serving on the Executive Committee.

Congratulations Central Valley members and staff!

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President’s Rant: Creating Value

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by Bruce Monighan, AIA ~ 2011 Chapter President

At the beginning of this year in my message to the membership I asked “What do you want?”  As we near the end of a very full and successful year for the AIACV I find myself still without a clear answer to that question from 8 months ago.

The Chapter has provided a variety of programs from those mandated for continuing education credits to esoteric film screenings and dialog.  We have engaged the public in the 4th Wednesday Design Dialog and engaged professional minds in Design Matters.  We have toured buildings, celebrated design at our Design Awards Gala and Capitol Mall Ideas Competition and become a partner with the City of Sacramento in monthly discussion of how to create a better private/public partnership.  We have even engaged in advocacy efforts through our partnership with Region Builders working to create better regional practices and uniformity of public jurisdictions.

As members we must be pretty proud of those offerings and accomplishments…..but I still wonder what do the individual members need, want, expect?  Not everybody wants to volunteer or participate so what is their take-away?  The only way to know is to ask you or for you to tell us.

Next year I am serving AIA California Council as Secretary / Treasurer and one of my missions will be to help structure the organization around the wants and needs of members.  In order to do that I will be talking with a lot of you, especially those of you we don’t see a lot.  I hope you will give me some good ideas on what we might be missing.

Statistically architects are held by the public as one of the highest and most honorable professions.  The public is interested in what we have to say and what our opinions are.  As I mentioned in our partnership with Region Builders and our Public Policy Committee meetings with the City of Sacramento we have moved the Chapter towards a larger role in shaping the policy environment of our region.  This of course comes with some level of discomfort as we move into areas we have not been participants in before.  But as the Board discussed early this year, “if you are not at the table you are not in the discussion” or as I heard a bit later, “if you are not sitting at the table you might be the lunch.” We have chosen to be a voice in those things that affect us: ordinances, fees, policies and procedures.  We have chosen to be visible.

We recently held a forum with the Sacramento City Council candidates for District 4 and will be publishing opinions on what we heard from them and how their position as a Councilperson would help or hinder our profession.  We have worked with Region Builders to identify obstacles in practice, profitability, and development that could be changed with lobbying of public officials.

Now is a unique time to affect change in our communities, to build reputations as problem solvers and advocates of good and sustainable design and be recognized as a “trusted advisor”.  You can be an agent of change by being part of the Chapter’s work, by volunteering in your community forums and Boards, or by seeking election in your local community.

Together we can create value and you can be part of shaping your own opportunity and the future of the region.

 

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