Submitted by Saxon Sigerson AIA
This is the meandering story of the drawn line connecting a man in Rome, Italy to a nine-year old girl in Sacramento, California. The distance is great and the time shift no less impressive at 170 years. To read more click here.
by Carl Lubawy, AIA,AIACV Chapter President
It’s Your Choice
As architects and members of the AIA, we discuss SMART growth, the SACOG Blueprint, sustainable communities, alternative energy sources; topics that do not require MBA’s to understand and appreciate. We applaud those public agencies, developers and homeowners that step forward and recognize that their projects do affect the environment and we give awards to those innovative design solutions that use less energy, produce net-zero carbon footprints.
Submitted by Carl Lubawy, AIA
Elections, Taxes, and We Still Need Patrons
Each morning as I read the daily newspaper, I continually see topics that journalists seem to play upon to sensationalize their stories and at the same time rattle our cages. I’ve spilled enough coffee in angst when seeing again and again the same buzz words that at this point in time, I would think people would begin to say enough and start pressing for a move in a new direction. A few examples of these repetitive stories include: oil prices, oil drilling, education which includes teachers’ union, negotiations, class size, taxes, and lately, elections, which by the way always includes the discussion of taxes. Having just opened my mailbox, I’d like to give my opinion to our members on this deplorable state of what elections have become and its direct correlation to taxes.
Provided by AIACV Corporate Partner, GALLINA, LLP. Contact is: Carey Cadle,CPA CCadle@gallina.com
President’s FY 2011 Budget Proposals Include Many Tax Changes for Businesses and Individuals
On Feb. 1, the President issued FY 2011 budget proposals, accompanied by the Treasury’s release of its “General Explanations of the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2011 Revenue Proposals” (colloquially referred to as the Green Book). The budget and the Green Book reveal that the Administration has a robust agenda of tax proposals it will push Congress to enact.
Tax proposals for business include:
by Carl Lubawy, AIA 2010 Chapter President
It’s April and I’m writing my second President’s Message to the Chapter. For those that don’t remember, my first message announced the launching of our new web site. Have you seen it? We can all admit that it’s a vast improvement over our previous site and I send kudos to the web-site creators instrumental in making it happen!
Writing this second message though has been a challenge. How many of you have gone into a meeting with a clear agenda and have had someone take the topic to some distant land? How many of you then re-focused the group only to have a cell phone interrupt? How many feel architects herd cats? In our careers, we’ve all been there done that, and thus lies the reason for the delay between messages. With the current state of affairs, I’m often distracted by things that shouldn’t be a distraction at all.
by Saxon Sigerson, AIA
Disappointment and disgust are feelings that are simultaneously compatible in their negativity but divergent in that disappointment indicates some sense of hope and disgust is pretty hopeless. The January 2010 cover of Architectural Record left me scrolling my memory back through previous issues of this “magazine of our profession” and other buildings I have seen by Steven Holl. After this brief review I let the negative emotions have their way with me. Click here to read the rest…
Contributed by: Dustin Littrell, Assoc. AIA 2010 Associate Director Please join us once again for this month’s Fourth Wednesday Design Dialogue (FWDD) as we discuss the Aspen Project with Randy Sater of Teichert Land Co.
Join hosts Kris Barkley, AIA, Saxon Sigerson, AIA and Arturo Levenfeld, AIA for a casual evening of discussion centered around the topic of “Anonymous Buildings we Should Love.”
Submitted by Kris Barkley, AIA Dreyfuss & Blackford As many of you know, the City of Sacramento and AIA Central Valley are working together to develop a design competition for the Capitol Mall. A meeting was held this spring to frame the issues, discuss goals, define objectives and identify the next steps in the process.
Contributed by: Dustin Littrell, Assoc. AIA 2010 Associate Director Please join us once again for this month’s Fourth Wednesday Design Dialogue (FWDD) as we discuss the Aspen Project with Randy Sater of Teichert Land Co.
submitted by Robert Chase, AIA Build It Green is coming to Sacramento, hosted by the Sacramento Municipal Utility District, in August. This is a great opportunity to attend their Certified Green Building Professional and Green Home Retrofitting & Remodeling trainings to establish yourself in this profitable niche and distinguish yourself in the marketplace.
submitted by AIACV Corporate Partner, California Surveying & Drafting Please join California Surveying & Drafting Supply, CAD Masters and several other manufacturers as we showcase a diversified portfolio of equipment and software with a view of the complete project lifecycle, from field-to-finish.
Submitted by Saxon Sigerson AIA This is the meandering story of the drawn line connecting a man in Rome, Italy to a nine-year old girl in Sacramento, California. The distance is great and the time shift no less impressive at 170 years. To read more click here.
by Carl Lubawy, AIA,AIACV Chapter President It’s Your Choice As architects and members of the AIA, we discuss SMART growth, the SACOG Blueprint, sustainable communities, alternative energy sources; topics that do not require MBA’s to understand and appreciate. We applaud those public agencies, developers and homeowners that step forward and recognize that their projects do [...]
WoodWorks, an AIA Central Valley Allied member, invites you to participate in a free seminar on “Fire-Rated Cementitious Coated OSB in Wall and Roof Sheathing Applications” on July 29th. Date: Thursday, July, 29th Time: 11:45 am – 12:15 pm – Check in, lunch serving, seating 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm – Presentation Place: AIA [...]
AIA Central Valley members are invited to participate in a presentation by Lutron on “Light Control and LEED: How Light Control Helps Achieve LEED Certification in New Construction and Major Renovations of Commercial Buildings.” Date: July 27, 2010 Time: 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Place: AIA Central Valley Gallery – 1400 S Street, Sacramento RSVP: [...]
A new position paper advocates for change within the profession to re-establish social relevance and credibility. by Meghan Drueding, Senior Editor Residential Architect Magazine In February, four members of the Congress of Residential Architecture (CORA) released a position paper urging change within the profession. Since then, the paper has been circulating electronically and has undergone [...]
