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AIA Large Firm Round Table 2018 Fall Meeting October 10 – 12, 2018 ,

The AIA Large Firm Roundtable (LFRT) meeting is an invitation-only event. The LFRT meets twice a year to provide a forum for the discussion of matters of mutual interest to large firms, organizations or organizational divisions primarily engage in the practice of architecture or architecture and engineering and who are able to make a positive contribution to the LFRT mission.

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Registration Deadline Summary Schedule Wednesday, September 19, 2018 Wednesday, October 10, 2018 Registration Links Meeting Location: Detroit Foundation Hotel Hard-copy Registration Form 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Cranbrook Tour 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. Reception & Dinner Online-Registration Link 9:30 p.m. + Optional Watering Hole

Thursday, October 11, 2018 Housing Deadline Meeting Location: 32nd Floor Wednesday, September 19, 2018 7:30 – 8:30 a.m. Breakfast

8:30 – 12:00 p.m. LFRT Meeting Housing Reservation Information 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch * Reference the AIA Large Firm Round Table (LFRT) when 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. LFRT Meeting making reservations 5:00 p.m. Walking Tour via Phone: (313) 800-5555 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. Reception & Dinner @ Detroit Institute of Arts via the Web: Detroit Foundation Hotel Room Reservation Link 9:30 p.m. + Optional Watering Hole

Room Rate: $219.00/night single/double occupancy Friday, October 12, 2018 (plus 12% tax) Meeting Location: Detroit Foundation Hotel 7:30 – 8:30 a.m. Breakfast If booking additional nights beyond Wednesday and Thursday, 8:30 – 11:00 a.m. LFRT Meeting see special booking instructions on the next page. Optional Weekend Activities TBD Check-In Time: 3:00 pm Check-out Time: 12:00 noon Questions?

Hotel Cancellation Deadline: The American Institute of Architects (AIA) will be the Advance deposits are fully refundable until 24 hours prior coordinator for all logistical aspects of the meeting. If you have to arrival. questions, please contact the appropriate AIA national staff:

Agenda, Content, Speakers Kathleen Simpson, CAE, [email protected]

Hotel, Travel, and Registration Sharia Barksdale, [email protected]

Meeting Registration and Confirmation Hotel Reservations

Detroit Foundation Hotel Please register for the meeting using the form in this packet. 250 W Larned Street Online registration is also available for AIA account holders. If Detroit, Michigan 48226 you do not have an account, you will be prompted to create detroitfoundationhotel.com one. (313) 800-5500

Meeting registration forms will be accepted until Wednesday, The luxurious Detroit Foundation Hotel has been selected as September 19. Participants who register for the meeting will the headquarters hotel for this meeting. View a list of hotel receive a confirmation notice and other relevant information in amenities and add-on experiences. advance of the meeting.

Room Fee and Reservations If you do not receive your confirmation by September 19, The AIA room rate is $219.00/night single/double occupancy please contact the AIA Meetings Department at exclusive of state and local taxes (currently a total of 12%) for [email protected]. the nights of Wednesday 10/10 and Thursday 10/11 only.

All participants must complete a registration form. Early If you are looking to extend your reservation to include registration will help us ensure that we have enough space and Tuesday 10/9, Friday 10/12, or Saturday 10/13, you will need materials to accommodate all attendees. to contact our hotel representative directly. The rates are:

Tuesday – $279 (versus public rates online $299) Please note there is no registration fee for this meeting. Friday – $309 (versus public rates online $379)

Saturday – $405 (versus public rates online $449)

Members of our group may make reservations for guest rooms Travel on or before Wednesday, September 19, 2018. Any reservation requests after the cut-off date will be accepted on a Air Travel space available basis. Based on the hotel’s remaining guest The Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW) is the closest airport room inventory, the hotel will determine whether or not it can that services the Detroit Foundation Hotel. The Detroit airport offer the group rate for late requests. is located 21 miles from the Detroit Foundation Hotel. To Book Ground Transportation You may reserve a room for Wednesday and Thursday nights Taxi Service from DTW Airport: Taxi fees are estimated at an only under the LFRT Meeting block will be via calling in. Call- average of $50-60 one-way and take approximately 25 in reservations will be accepted until Wednesday, September minutes (depending on traffic) to arrive at the Detroit 19 by calling (313) 800-5555 and referencing the AIA Large Foundation Hotel. Firm Round Table (LFRT) or make reservations online.

Shuttle Service If you are looking to extend your reservation to include The hotel does not have complimentary shuttle service. Two Tuesday, 10/9, Friday, 10/12, or Saturday, 10/13, you will need independent providers are Super Shuttle and GoAirport to contact our hotel representative directly. If you attempt to Shuttle. If time is not of the essence, make your reservation reserve these rooms on your own or online, you will be told the online to save 10% off your roundtrip reservation made and hotel is sold-out for our block. Our hotel representative can be paid online. Only reservations booked online may secure the reached at: discount (fuel surcharge and driver gratuity not included). Ellee Allemang, Senior Sales Manager Super Shuttle GO Airport Shuttle Office: (313) 800-5532 Discount Code: MKSVY Discount Code: AIA [email protected]

Parking Room Reservation Procedure Overnight valet parking with unlimited in and out privileges is To guarantee a reservation, a major credit card is required. available for $32 inclusive of tax, per day/per vehicle. Daily There will be no room cancellation fee for reservations parking is $10 inclusive of tax, per day/per vehicle and does cancelled at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to arrival. not include in/out privileges. However, lost room revenue, due to early departures, no shows or cancellations, will be assessed to the individual credit card. Special Notes LOCAL ATTRACTIONS

Staying Connected Cranbrook Academy of Art – Registrant rosters will be provided pre- and post-meeting via Architecture Design & Fine Art email. www.cranbrookart.edu

Attire Founded by Detroit philanthropists George and Ellen Booth in Business casual attire is appropriate for all events at this 1904, Cranbrook’s 319-acre campus features the work of meeting and for most leisure activities in the area. Because world-renowned architects such as , , meeting room temperatures can vary, we recommend that you Steven Holl, Tod Williams and Billie Tsien, Rafael Moneo, bring a light jacket or sweater with you to the meeting Peter Rose and sculptors , and sessions. others.

Cranbrook is one of the world’s leading centers of , Spouse Activities science, and art—comprising a graduate Academy of Art, contemporary Art Museum, House and Gardens, Institute of

Science, and Pre-K through 12 independent college Spouse activities are being planned by our host, Ann Burnett. preparatory Schools. Reach out to her at [email protected] to learn more. Cranbrook Academy of Art is an independent, graduate degree-granting institution offering an intense studio-based What to do in your free time experience where artists-in-residence mentor students in architecture, art, and design to creatively influence Eleanor & Edsel Ford Mansion / contemporary culture. www.fordhouse.org Detroit Institute of Arts Greenfield Village www.dia.org Find the link here! The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) has one of the largest and Henry Ford Museum most significant art collections in the US. With over 100 www.thehenryford.org galleries, the DIA collection is regarded as among the top six museums in the US with an encyclopedic collection which Eastern Market spans the globe from ancient Egyptian and European works to www.easternmarket.org contemporary art; a collection valued at $8.1 billion as of 2014. Dequindre Cut Find the link here! The original building, designed by , and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. With about Motown Museum 677,500 visitors annually for 2015, the DIA is among the most www.motownmuseum.org visited art museums in the world. The DIA contains a 1,150- seat theatre designed by architect C. Howard Crane, and is Greektown Detroit home to many recitals and lectures, an art reference library, www.greektowndetroit.org and a conservation services laboratory.

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Based in Washington, D.C., the AIA has been the leading professional membership association for licensed architects, emerging professionals, and allied partners since 1857.