June 2006
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June 2006 Edition |
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1. AIA Orlando 2006 Service Awards |
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AIA Orlando held its 2006 Design Awards Gala on Saturday, April 29th. The event took place at the Country Club of Orlando, where members and guests enjoyed an opportunity for fellowship and celebration in a stylish semi-formal setting. The awards presentation was hosted by Committee Chairman Bob Burke, AIA, John Ehrig, FAIA and 2005-6 AIA Orlando President Jacki McNicholas, AIA. The ceremonies began with the presentation of four service awards to specific individuals and companies who have contributed significantly to the community and the profession.
The Young Architects Forum (YAF) Achievement Award was presented to Michael Alford, AIA of Camp Dresser & McKee. This award is to honor and recognize a young architect who consistently demonstrates excellence and exceptional promise, strong leadership qualities, and community involvement.
Michael became licensed in 2004, and also obtained LEED Accredited Professional status. He completed a two year term as the Florida-Caribbean Regional Associates Director to the AIA National Associates Committee, and the NAC Executive Committee. He currently serves on the AIA National Convention Continuing Education Advisory Committee, and co-chairs the development of the NAC Emerging Professionals Guide to Career Planning and Development. Michael and his wife Theresa became foster parents to two young boys four years ago and eventually adopted them. He is active at his church, the AIA, and Canstruction Orlando.
The Award of Merit is given to recognize an individual who is not an architect, who has advanced the cause of good design and planning, and/or has enhanced the public awareness of the value of architects and architecture to society. This year’s recipients are John and Dawn Kaiser. John, a graphic designer, and Dawn, an interior designer, are founders of the Nils M. Schweizer Fellows. This is a non-profit group of architecture enthusiasts united to bring awareness to the works of Nils Schweizer, and to seek the preservation of all Central Florida’s mid-century modern architect’s works. They own a Nils Schweizer designed home in Maitland. They actively find other modern homes to save and email when houses are for sale or in danger of demolition. The organization is growing, and their website at www.centralfloridamodern.com is fantastic.
The Nils Schweizer Award recognizes an architect whose leadership in community activities and service has been a direct benefit to the profession or community. Robert D. Miller, FAIA inspires architectural excellence as a respected business leader, an elected city councilman, and a committed volunteer to local and international organizations. Over the last 16 years, he has served on the boards of directors of 9 charitable and civic organizations, and as chairman of 5 of them. He has dedicated over 5,600 hours to volunteer efforts during this time.
Bob Miller led a team of volunteer professionals (1996-2003) to craft a vision for the Downtown Maitland Redevelopment Plan that would reflect its rich history and character. He was elected Maitland City Councilman (2005) and spearheaded the Commuter Rail Station project in Maitland (2005). Bob actively promotes architecture as a career to students at Hungerford Preparatory School, and also is a board member of the Eatonville nonprofit NEED, which serves the growing AIDS/HIV population in the community. He also helped improve access to health care for indigenous people in Central America, and helped care for orphans and poor children of Haiti. Later this year, Bob will be inducted in the College of Fellows, one of the highest honors of AIA.
The Contractor of the Year Award is given to a company or firm in Florida who has exemplified a sincere and genuine interest in encouraging and effecting outstanding craftsmanship and workmanship on a specific project. Jack Jennings & Sons, a construction leader in Central Florida for 57 years, has developed a reputation of professionalism, commitment, dedication, integrity and quality. Jack Jennings, the company’s founder, is credited with starting the Central Florida Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors. He believed in the concept of merit shop, opportunities for training, and the recognition of quality workmanship and job safety.
Both John & Jeff Jennings followed in their father’s footsteps by serving in leadership roles for ABC, as well as local and state boards. Both John and Jeff served as ABC’s local chapter president and state president. John was elected regional vice president and ultimately ABC national president. Their focus on quality construction has earned them over 35 Excellence in Construction Awards, including ABC’s Project of the Year for SunTrust Plaza in Winter Park, and the Eagle Award for Excellence in Construction for the Country Club of Orlando.
John and Jeff lead an active community service life. Jeff recently completed a term on the St. Johns River Water Management District Board where he was instrumental in restructuring guidelines for water conservation and saving Lake Apopka by creating a conservation area as part of a $90 million land purchase. They both volunteer with Boy Scouts, Junior Achievement, and other local organizations honoring their father’s commitment to Central Florida. |
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2. 2006 Design Award Winners |
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The presentation of the service awards was followed by the announcement of the Awards for Design Excellence. In the COMMERICIAL Category: AWARD OF HONOR-Signature Flight Support Executive Aviation Terminal, Indianapolis, IN
In the EDUCATIONAL Category: AWARD OF MERIT-Park Maitland School- Kindergarten and Arts & Athletics Building, Maitland, Florida
HONORABLE MENTION- Valencia Community College: Criminal Justice Institute Orlando, Florida
In the ENTERTAINMENT Category: AWARD OF MERIT- Play House For a charity auction at the Mall at Millenia, Orlando, Florida
In the GOVERNMENTAL Category: AWARD OF
HONOR- Sacramento County Juvenile Courthouse, Sacramento, California
AWARD OF HONOR-U.S. Courthouse, Jacksonville, Florida
AWARD OF MERIT- County of Orange, New South Court, Laguna Niguel, California
AWARD OF MERIT- Public Skateboard Park Pavillion, Sarasota, Florida
In the HEALTHCARE Category: HONORABLE MENTION- Florida Hospital-Ormond Memorial, Ormond, Florida
HONORABLE MENTION- Lakeland Regional Medical Center, Lakeland, Florida
In the INTERIOR Category: AWARD OF HONOR- 4700 Millennia Boulevard Suite 550
This year’s event was a tremendous success and for those of you that missed out on it we encourage you to attend next year’s program so that you too can enjoy the chance to celebrate the quality design that is inherent within AIA Orlando. |
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| 2006 Design Award Winners Photo Gallery | |
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3. Design Awards Gala Pictures |
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Scenes from the 2006 Design Awards Gala
The Country Club of Orlando was a beautiful back drop for this year’s Design Awards for Excellence Gala. We had over 200 members, friends and guests at this event. |
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| Design Awards Gala Pictures Photo Gallery | |
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4. AIA Orlando Healthcare Committee – Honduras Project |
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On January 20, 2006 members of the AIA/Orlando Healthcare Committee flew to Honduras for a week as part of a team assembled by Engineering Ministries International (eMi) http://www.emiusa.org/ to design a Ambulatory Surgery Center and Medical Clinic for Westside Ministries http://www.gowestsideministries.org/. They are currently working on the construction documents for the building.
From February 10-12, 2006, the Healthcare Committee sponsored a charrette with students invited from Florida A & M, the University of Florida, and the University of Southern Florida to develop designs for the Ambulatory Surgery Center and Medical Clinic in Honduras. Sixteen students and Professor William Tilson from the University of
Florida participated. The students were assigned to four different teams, given information about the local context, site, construction methods, and the space program, and in a remarkable short time came up with four very different schemes.
Team 1: Eric Polite: FAMU; Jose Gordon: UF; Andy Beckham: FAMU, and Anna Vasquez: USF developed a scheme that utilized the primary method of construction used on the site- concrete frame with masonry infill, to create indoor and outdoor spaces. Sketch by Anna Vasquez.
Team 2: Jason Worrell: UF; Arin Afolayan: FAMU; Ava Joseph: FMAU; and John Paul Melia: UF conducted a rigorous site analysis and sited their building to take advantage of the prevailing winds and used overhangs, outdoor porticos and patios to protect the building from the harsh southern exposure.
Team 3: Sheldon Clark: FAMU; Sam Sampoux: USF; Claudia Avilez: UF; and Tim Hoeft: UF took their cues from a traditional South American building type – the courtyard and brought natural light into the operating rooms with a large clerestory.
Team 4: Rayane Lawerence: USF; Maurizio Bianchi: USF; Trevor J. Walker: FAMU; and Izzy Torres: USF developed a very dramatic scheme placing clinical spaces and courtyards along a central circulation spine.
On Sunday, the 12th, the schemes were critiqued by the clients from Westside Ministries: Mr.and Mrs. Roger Blanchard; the clinician: Dr. Hattaway, Professor Tilson, and local healthcare architects. All involved considered the charrette a success and the Healthcare Committee would welcome suggestions for other pro-bono healthcare projects that could be studied using the charrette process.
William N. Yeaple PhD, AIA |
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| AIA/Orlando Healthcare Committee Honduras Photo Gallery | |
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5. James Gamble Rogers |
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By Tom Griffin, AIA
James Gamble Rogers II was born in 1901 in Chicago, Illinois, and lived there until his teens, when his family moved to Daytona Beach because of his father’s failing health. His father, John Arthur Rogers, was an architect, as well as his uncle, James Gamble Rogers I. In 1921, Gamble entered Dartmouth College with a swimming scholarship. He qualified for the 1924 Olympics, but after his father suffered a serious heart attack, he had to withdraw from both the Olympics and Dartmouth. He returned to Daytona Beach and began working at his father’s architectural firm. He used his father’s books to train himself in architecture and design, and passed the Florida Exam in 1935. After his father died, Gamble moved the practice to Winter Park.
In 1932, Robert Barbour asked James Gamble Rogers to design a home for him in Winter Park. After seeing Rogers’ own home on the Isle of Sicily, Barbour trusted Rogers design abilities and left him in complete control of designing and building the Spanish style farmhouse while he was away in Europe. The house cost $28,000, and was cherished by the owners and the community. The home, called Casa Feliz features hand-hewn wood beams, a circular staircase, arched doorways, hand-painted tile, and clay roof tiles that were made in the 1850’s and shipped from Cuba.
Other prominent French Provincial homes designed by James Gamble Rogers include his own home, Four Winds, on the Isle of Sicily in Winter Park (1930), and the Ingram house on Marks Street, Orlando (1935). Rogers was well known for his Spanish-Eclectic homes, such as the McAllaster home (1934), and the beautiful Holt house (1937). Two of his apartment buildings in Winter Park, Barbour Apartments and Greeneda Court, have interesting exterior stair designs.
During World War II, Rogers suspended work at his Winter Park firm and joined the U.S. Corp of Engineers to use his expertise in the massive military construction buildup of the time. He worked on plans and engineering for many air bases in the southeastern U.S.
In 1945 he resumed his architectural practice in the Old Post Office Building on Park Avenue in Winter Park. His firm began doing more commercial and public buildings, including the Florida Supreme Court Building in 1948, which later received an AIA “Test of Time” award. In 1951 Rogers bought land at Lincoln and Knowles Avenues (their present location) and designed and built his new offices there. Also during the 1950’s Roger’s firm designed 47 jails and 12 courthouses, all within Florida.
The 1960’s brought in many Navy projects, as well as the Winter Park Methodist Church (1963) and the Bush Science Center at Rollins College (1969). Over the years, several architectural and engineering partners had joined the firm, and in 1967 the name was changed to Rogers, Lovelock, and Fritz. In the 1980’s, Gamble Rogers received many awards including “Outstanding Citizen” by the Winter Park Chamber of Commerce (1986), and Honorary Alumnus at both UCF and Rollins College. In 1980, Rogers retired from full-time work, although he continued to design special projects. The last major building that he designed was the Olin Library at Rollins College (1986). In the 1930’s, Gamble Rogers had helped found the AIA Orlando Chapter, then called the Mid-Florida chapter, which awarded him the Medal of Honor in 1990. He died in 1990 at his home, and later that year was made an AIA Fellow, posthumously. Gamble Rogers was a major impact in the Central Florida community throughout his career, not only with his designs, but through his character and personality. |
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6. Senate Bill SB 2060 Passes |
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Senate Bill 2060 Passes the House Unanimously! 120 yeas 0 nays!
Only two days left for the 2006 Legislative Session and AIA Florida's priority bill has passed its final hurdle. Senate Bill 2060 defining responsible supervising control and establishing the Board of Architecture and Interior Design's legislative authority to draft rules pursuant to regulating that requirement was approved by the House today. The bill is on its way to Gov. Bush for his signature. The bill is intended to promote responsible management oversight and to prevent "after the fact" plan stamping relationships between architects and unlicensed individuals. Architects that outsource certain duties with vendors and other service providers in the normal course of their practices will not be affected.
email: aiaflanews@aiafla.org phone: 850-222-7590 |
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7. Chuck Cole Earns ACHA Board Certification |
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HuntonBrady Architects (http://www.huntonbrady.com/), an Orlando-based architecture, interior design and planning firm, is pleased to announce that Chuck Cole, AIA, President & Managing Principal, recently earned his American College of Healthcare Architects’ (AHCA) Board Certification after completing a rigorous exam. He is one of only seven architects in the state of Florida to earn the distinction, and joins a distinguished group of only 300 ACHA Board Certified architects in the United States. ACHA believes that architects who meet the rigorous requirements for Board Certification have the education, training and experience to serve the healthcare field at the highest level of professional performance.
Cole’s eligibility to sit for the exam was dependent upon prequalification by the ACHA Certification Committee via an in-depth application outlining his 28 years of healthcare design experience. Within the application, he was able to identify 45 healthcare projects in which he served as Planner and/or Principal in charge in the past five years alone. Cole is President, Managing Principal and Healthcare Design Principal of HuntonBrady Architects in Orlando. |
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8.Voa Announces Three Promoted to Senior Associate |
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ORLANDO, FL -- Jonathan F. Douglas, AIA, Managing Principal who oversees the South Atlantic and Latin American operations for VOA Associates Incorporated, architecture, planning and interior design, announced that the following employees in the firm's Orlando office have been promoted to Senior Associate:
Beverly Currin is a registered Interior Designer whose broad range of experience for corporate, healthcare and public clients includes small and large-scale interior renovation projects, design development, space planning, client presentations and interior construction. Her portfolio includes projects for prestigious corporate clients such as the Trammell Crow Company, Airline Reporting Corporation (ARC), and American International Group (AIG), in addition to numerous public, healthcare and military facilities throughout Florida and the Southeast. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts for Interior Design from Iowa State University and is an active member of the International Interior Design Association (IIDA), the Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission (EDC), and the National Association of Industrial and Office Parks (NAIOP).
Kelly Kim, IIDA, is a registered interior designer whose work has been featured in hospitality projects worldwide. Her current portfolio includes a wide range of multi-million dollar resorts and hotels throughout Florida, in California and the Caribbean for boutique and independent properties including Starwood Hotel and Resorts, Interstate Hotels and Resorts, Hilton, Radisson and DoubleTree. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design from New York's renowned Fashion Institute of Technology and is an active member of the International Interior Design Association (IIDA).
David Mager, is a Registered Architect with over 25 years of planning and design experience for prominent hospitality clients worldwide, including Hyatt Hotels, Hilton Hotels and many boutique properties. His current portfolio includes several multi-million-dollar resort projects in Florida, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. He holds a Bachelor Degree in Architecture from Ohio State University's Columbus College of Art and Design and is an active member of the American Institute of Architects. |
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| 9. March Visit to the Florida State Capitol | |
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The four representatives of AIA Orlando, Jeffrey Lurie, Nathan Butler, Michael Lingerfelt and John Ehrig recently attended a legislative day on the hill and state board meeting in Tallahassee. AIA Florida prepared three talking points for them to take and leave behind with the senators and representatives. The first was AIA support for the bill adding the phrase "architect, retired" to existing definitions for architects. This bill is intended to allow architects to retire with dignity and continue to refer to their title of architect without being required to maintain continuing education and the other requirements of an active license. This bill was presented as a non-controversial and essentially corrective measure, and was generally received by the legislators as a logical request.
The second bill dealt with the Statute of Repose. Currently, Florida has the highest requirement of any state with 15 years. The bill reduces the requirement from 15 to 10 years. This was presented as a change that is "good for business" and one that would bring Florida closer to the national standard. The third bill deals with the new statues for mold remediation. The AIA supports the bill, and seeks to point out that it should be noted that architects will be allowed to continue to deal with mold as they always have when it is incidental to their regular work, without being subjected to the additional requirements for license and education being set up for those who are conducting business exclusively as mold remediators. |
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10. New Members |
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Randy Ragsdale, Associate AIA, was born in West Virginia and grew up on both coasts of the country as his father was a Naval Aviator. Randy moved to Orlando in 1983 after receiving an Associate of Arts degree in Architectural Drafting from Fullerton College, California. He currently works at HLM Design Heery International, Inc. Randy is married and has two beautiful daughters ages 16 and 14.
Mark Adams was born in New York in 1971 and was raised in Pasadena, California. He earned a degree in architecture from the University of Southern California in 1994. For the next ten years he spent most of his career designing themed attractions for Universal Studios in Orlando, Hollywood, Osaka and Shanghai. With all the traveling, he hasn’t found time to start a family, but he now has a really cool girlfriend and resides permanently in Orlando where he is a Project Manager for the Scott Partnership. |
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| 11. European Architectural Tour (Nana Wall) | |
NANA WALL SYSTEMS, INC. offered an architectural tour to Europe for ten of the top U.S. residential architects in March, 2006. Two of our local architects, Mark Nasrallah, principal architect of Nasrallah Fine Architectural Design in Winter Park, and Andrew Scott Kirschner, principal architect of Jackson Kirschner Architects and Associates, P.A. in Melbourne, were part of the group. Through tours of Amsterdam, Netherlands, and sites in Germany, the architects saw first-hand how Europeans continue to utilize opening glass wall systems, such as the precision-engineered NanaWall®, and where and how the trend originated. NANA WALL SYSTEMS also provided a tour of their Solarlux manufacturing facility where their U.S.-bound glass wall systems are fabricated.
For more information about NanaWall® opening glass wall products, call (800) 873-5673, or visit their website at www.nanawall.com. |
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| 12. Call to Service (Open Board Positions) | |
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2007 Board of Directors: Open Positions
Members interested in becoming more involved in AIA Orlando are invited to run for the folllowing Board of Director positions. Interested members should contact a current Board Member or the AIA Orlando office by August 14th.
Vice President/ President Elect
Secretary (2 year term)
(1 position) State Director (2-year term)
(1 position) State Director (2 year term)
(1) Chapter Director (Awards & Recognition) (2-year term)
(1) Chapter Director (Outreach & Govt. Affairs) (2-year term)
YAF Director & Intern Development (1-year term / non-voting position)
Professional Allied Director (1-year term / non-voting position)
___ Yes, I would like to be elected to the AIA Orlando Board of Directors.
My previous leadership experience and/or involvement, along the reason I wish to serve are as follows: ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ |
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Tom Griffin, AIA McCree Architects & Engineers [p] 407.898.4821 [f] 407.896.8763 |
Dave J. Van Loon., Assoc. AIA Rhodes + Brito Architects [p] 407.992.6300 [f] 407.992.6399 |
Karen Jones, Executive Director AIA Orlando [p] 407.898.7006 [f] 407.898.3399 |
Karen Petersen, Allied AIA Burton Braswell Middlebrooks [p] 407.645.3423 [f] 407.645.3790 |
Michael T. Alford, AIA Camp Dresser & McKee, Inc. [p] 407.660.2552 [f] 407.875.1161 |
Larry Trobough, RCDD, Allied AIA Technology Research & Consulting, Inc. [p] 407.629.4045 [f] 407.629.4046 |
Bill Stimson, AIA HKS Architects [p] 407.648.9956 [f] 407.648.9976 |
Patrick Gallagher, Allied AIA Elegant Foam [p] 407.324.9312 [f] 407.324.0314 |
Jennifer Seck Rhodes + Brito Architects [p] 407.648.7288 x107
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President Jacki McNicholas, AIA 407.396.3271 |
President-Elect Steve Murphy, AIA 407.934.7464 |
Secretary Carl Shea, AIA 407.781.5050 |
Treasurer Hamid Khanli, AIA 407.865.9799 |
Past President Catherine Sullivan, AIA 407.839.0886 |
State Director Michael Lingerfelt, AIA 407.210.6620 |
State Director Jeffrey Lurie, AIA 407.629.0595 |
State Director John P. Ehrig, FAIA 407.317.3700 |
State Director Nathan Butler, AIA 407.423.0098 |
Director Events Richard Krent, AIA 407.246.3576
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Director Government Affairs Joe Ranaldi, AIA 407.977.1080 |
Newsletter Tom Griffin, AIA 407.898.4821
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Director Awards & Recognition Bob Burke, AIA 407.629.4511
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YAF & Intern Representative Chris Dunlop, Assoc. AIA 407.839.0886 |
Allied Representative Larry Trobough, RCDD, Allied AIA 407.629.4045
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Healthcare Committee Bill Yeaple, AIA, PhD 407.648.9956 |
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