Inside Will Bruder 2 Member News Self-Trained As an Architect, Will Has a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Sculpture from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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THE NEBRASKA An AIA PUBLICATION ARCHITEC T 2006: ISSUE 2 KEY DATES THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 S EnVISIONING E Welcome Reception – Durham Western Heritage Museum Exhibit: Structures of Our Time: 31 Buildings that Changed REGIONAL DESIgn tat Modern Life 2006 S FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 AIA NEBRASKA / CENTRAL N Educational Opportunities / Exhibit O STATES REGIONAL al Qwest Center Omaha R CONFERENCE nti 6:30 p.m. Excellence in Design Banquet September 14-16 VE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 Omaha, Nebraska nt N 8:00 a.m. Central States Regional Meeting / Breakfast EXCELLENCE IN DESIGN PROGRAM Call for entries available at www.aiane.org Featured Speaker Kate Schwennsen, FAIA CO June 20 President of the American Receipt of Entries Deadline Institute of Architects & CE nal A July 11 O I K Submissions Due EG September 15 as R 6:30 p.m. Excellence in Design Banquet Jury Chairs W I L L B R U D E R AIA Nebraska - Will Bruder Will Bruder Architects www.willbruder.com Central States - Merrill Elam, AIA Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects AIA NEBR www.msmearch.com/msmearch.html MERR I L L E LA M MERRILL ELAM Merrill Elam is a principal in the firm of Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects, in Atlanta, Georgia. In addition to her practice she lectures and teaches frequently, recently as the Gehry International Visiting Chair in Architectural Design at the University of Toronto, the Ruth Carter Stevenson Chair Visiting Professor of Architectural Design at The University of Texas at Austin, and also as Visiting Critic at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design and SCI-Arc, Southern California Institute of Architecture; as the Louis Henri Sullivan Research Professor of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Chicago; the William Henry Bishop Visiting Professor of Architectural Design at Yale University and the Harry S. Shure Visiting Professor in Architecture at the University of Virginia. (continued on page 5) INSIDE WILL BRUDER 2 Member News Self-trained as an architect, Will has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in sculpture from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Licensed as an architect in 1974, his 20 person studio has 7 AIAS News created “place” making architecture across America. Known for inventive cultural buildings, multi-use multifamily housing and concern for the quality of life in the contemporary urban 8 Legislative News fabric, his firm has won more than eighty design awards and been published extensively around the globe. (continued on page 5) 10 A Letter from The President 2 THE NEBRASKA ARCHITEC T member news Congratulations to the following 2005 Midlands Business Journal’s 40 under 40 RAndY BROwn ELEVATED Members: Michael R. Carlson, AIA, of InVision TO COLLEGE OF FELLOWS Architecture and Shawn M. Shea of RK Digital. AIA Nebraska congratulates Randy Brown, of Randy Brown Architects, Omaha, for his HDR has received one of six “Building elevation to the College of Fellows. Category of Team Project Awards” from national trade nomination: To promote the aesthetic, scientific publication Building Design & Construction. and practical efficiency of the profession – design. AIA elevated 82 architects to its prestigious The American Institute of Architects has College of Fellows, an honor awarded to appointed Melinda E. Pearson, AIA, NCARB, R A N D Y B R O W N , FA I A members who have made contributions of to the National Ethics Council. Pearson, the national significance to the profession. Brown Executive Director of the Nebraska Board of will be invested in the College of Fellows at the 2006 AIA national Convention and Design Engineers and Architects will serve a three Expo in Los Angeles on June 9. The 2006 Jury of Fellow was chaired by Mark Reddington, year term on the Council. FAIA, LMN Architects, Seattle. Nicole Ludacka, Associate AIA, of The 2006 AIA HONOR AwARDS RECOgnIZE Architectural Offices has been appointed to EXCELLENCE IN IntERIORS serve as the associate member on the 2007 AIA National Honor Awards Jury. BIZARRE – RANDY BROWN ARCHITECTS RECEIPT OF INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE HONOR AwARD The American Institute of Architects has announced the 2006 recipients of the AIA Institute Honor Awards, the profession’s highest recognition of works that exemplify excellence in architecture, interior architecture, and urban design. Congratulations to Randy Brown, FAIA, for his winning entry, Bizarre. Selected from over 680 total submissions, 30 recipients will be honored in June at the AIA 2006 National Convention and Design Exposition in Los Angeles. “The 2006 projects included a diverse range of sizes and types of interior projects representing the variety of design approaches and creative abilities of architects. The recipients represented a variety of scales, from a research laboratory in Massachusetts, to a floral studio in Florida, and of project types that included large and small office environments, academic and institutional buildings, a residence, and two theaters,” said Jury Chair Linda Searl, FAIA, Searl and Associates Architects in Chicago. “We found that universally the honored designs were a clear expression of the client’s personality and requirements, and the design concepts represented a fresh and inventive approach, reinforced by the appropriate use of materials, lighting, and color.” Jury comments: This women’s boutique offered the architects an opportunity to challenge the typical retail store conventions “where the walls, fixtures, ceilings, and floors are all separate elements,” they say. The space’s narrow bay is divided into an enclosed space and an open space that contains a series of equally spaced pods to organize the merchandise. B I ZARRE D ES I G N F I R M : R A N D Y B R O W N A RCH I TECTS Ow N E R : D J E L B R O W N PHOTOGRA P H E R : A SSASS I P R O D U C T I ONS THE NEBRASKA ARCHITEC t member news NEW AIA MEMBERS REINSTATED MEMBER Keith Dubas, AIA David L. Thomas, AIA Keith Dubas and Associates HDR Architecture, Inc. George R. Dubes, Jr., AIA NEW AffILIATE MEMBER DLR Group Jasper Stone Company John W. Andrews, AIA Janet Sonnichsen Leo A Daly NEWLY REGISTERED NEW ASSOCIATE Jeff Chadwick, AIA In conjunction with Grassroots, AIA Omaha received an MEMBERS Jeff Dolezal, AIA AIA National Component Excellence Award in the area of Marna Neal, Associate AIA Eric Maxwell, AIA Component Outreach Communication: Overall Program Bradley A. Jungman, Associate AIA for Natural Capitalism: Fueling the Next Industrial IN MEMORY Revolution. The Component Outreach Communications Stuart Shell, Associate AIA Lynn Vermeer, AIA Awards jury was impressed with the amount of planning RDG Planning & Design and fundraising for AIA Omaha’s lecture series on Debra Jean Hansen, Associate AIA businesses incorporating sustainable design principles into The Architectural Partnership their practice, and how to do so in a way that increases profitability. Mike Kros, AIA, and John Dineen, AIA, accepted Thomas John Pille, Associate AIA the award on behalf of AIA Omaha. THE NEBRASKA ARCHITEC T member news OUR OBLIGATION TO SHARE ROGER DOEHLING – PRESIDENT, AIA OMAHA As Architects we shape the world in so • Promote Alliances As I reflect on this years Grassroots many ways beyond the built environment. The AIA will foster relationships that are conference, AIA Omaha was presented We are looked upon to share our: mutually beneficial. with an AIA National component award of Knowledge, Advocacy, Community, excellence for the Amory Lovins event. This How have we done this and what should and Leadership, to shape our projects, is a result of a community of architects who we do? communities, government, organizations, banded together to educate the public families…everything we are involved with • 2005 AIA Omaha Architects’ Homes Tour about an issue that can affect their lives receives these qualities from us. The annual with the public invited. and businesses in a positive way. I think migration of Architects to Washington that this is a perfect example of standing • Cans Festival - The Omaha Food Bank - A DC for the AIA Grassroots Leadership up for what we believe in. public display of can sculptures by local Conference, reminds us of our obligation to corporations designed with architects at Our architectural community will be share these aspects with our government, Westroads Mall. stronger and more valuable with our chapter components, and communities. It is continued efforts in public outreach and our obligation. Perhaps obligation sounds • Summer Arts Festival – Exposed kids and collaboration. Without involvement in too much like work, how about passion the community to architecture through our community we will not achieve our or affair. Because we are trained problem an interactive sugar cube city. desired influence. AIA Omaha has been very solvers we are naturals to use our insight • Sand in the City – Benefiting Nebraska successful with public outreach endeavors. to advocate solutions to the community Children’s Home Society Foundation. Lets keep up the momentum. I am proud and lead the process. We do this every AIA members assisted in design and to serve AIA Omaha as President as we will day for our clients …. Why not our local construction. Thousands of people continue to strive for excellence. government and community? viewed the sculptures, plus there was TV When I think of one of my goals for and radio coverage. AIA Omaha, “Community” is a common • Continued partnership with McMillan denominator that surfaces in many of our Middle School, incorporating architecture conversations amongst us. Community is into their curriculum. diverse; we all have different talents and Director outlooks. Lets share. We can reinforce our • Continued our membership 2006 AIA OMAHA Ben Perry, AIA community by building more camaraderie with the Omaha Chamber of HDR BOARD OF 8404 Indian Hills Drive within our profession. So come out and Commerce and the Young DIRECTORS Omaha, NE 68114-4098 play.