AIA ETN

AIA East Tennessee K-12 Outreach Committee Meeting
2024-04-22 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-03-25 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-02-26 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Via GoTo Meeting
AIA East Tennessee’s K-12 Outreach committee focus is introducing architecture to primary and secondary students, broadening an understanding of the profession’s contributions to our communities, and encouraging and mentoring those interested in a career in architecture and design.
Our committee participates in regional career days, community outreach events, mentoring programs, and more.
This committee meets every 4th Monday of the month. If you would like to be a part of this committee, please contact our K-12 Committee Chair, Megan Chafin, at mchafin@bma1915.com.

EPYA Coffee Hour w/General Shale
2024-04-19 07:30 - 09:00 | Mahalo Coffee Roasters, 513 Union Ave, Knoxville, Tennessee, 37902, United States
Join other AIA Emerging Professionals and General Shale on April 19th, from 7:30 am—9:00 am, at Mahalo Coffee Roasters in the heart of Downtown Knoxville for a cup of drip coffee, a specialty latte, cappuccino, or pour-over before heading into the office! It’s a great opportunity to hang out with others in the profession without the booze!

This event is open to all EPYAs – students, architects, engineers, designers, project managers, and friends! As always, this is a social event, so drinks first, shop talk second. Your first cup of coffee is free, thanks to General Shale! We hope to see you there!

Board of Directors Meeting
2024-04-18 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-03-21 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-02-15 12:00 - 13:00 | TN

AIA East Tennessee Programming Committee Meeting
2024-04-16 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-03-19 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-02-20 12:00 - 13:00 | via ZOOM
AIA East Tennessee Programming committee plans and coordinates the Chapter’s monthly programming, selecting speakers through a criteria-based system that includes HSW credit(s), sustainability, diversity, design excellence, and tangential disciplines to our profession.
This committee meets every third Tuesday of the month and is part of ensuring that our monthly design feeds meet AIA’s Core Membership Services. If you would like to be a part of this committee, please reach out to our Programming Chair, John Sanders, at jsanders@sanderspace.com.

AIA East Tennessee JE+DI Committee Meeting
2024-04-15 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-03-18 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-02-19 12:00 - 13:00 | via ZOOM
AIA East Tennessee’s JE+DI committee’s mission is to assist other committees and the Chapter with recognizing and eliminating institutional injustice, increasing the diversity of the profession and of future professionals, and fostering a spirit of inclusiveness for all members, while working to promote a completely just society for all members of our communities.
This committee meets on the third Monday of the month. If you would like to join this committee, please contact our Chair, Jarrod Arellano, at jarellano@dia-arch.com.

AIA ETN Emerging Professionals Committee Meeting
2024-04-09 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-03-12 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-02-13 12:00 - 13:00 | Via Teams
AIA East Tennessee’s Emerging Professionals Committee is a voice and resource for architecture students, recent graduates, and newly licensed architects. This committee is responsible for creating ARE prep course classes, AXP opportunities, professional development resources, and community-building events for our regional Emerging Professionals.
Who are Emerging Professionals?
Emerging Professionals (EP) are professionals who have completed their academic studies up to the point of licensure or up to 10 years after completion of their academic studies.
Whether you’re seeking information on licensing or testing, job prospects, leadership opportunities, or entrepreneurial issues, our EP Committee is the place to start!
Together, we ensure the success of architecture’s next generation. We provide a forum to address firm culture, student debt, and other topics.
This committee meets every second Tuesday of the month and holds monthly EP Happy Hours/Events.If you would like to be a part of this committee, please contact Committee Chair, Cody Rau, at crau@dia-arch.com.

Tri-Cities Tech Session
2024-04-09 11:50 - 13:00 | Food City, 920 N State of Franklin Rd, Johnson City, TN 37604, USA
Speaker: Yvette Moore with Tennessee Window Films, LLC

Description: This presentation exposes participants to the many benefits provided by the application of window film. Participants will receive an extensive overview of all facets of the flat glass window film business. However, the pace of the presentation is kept brisk and fresh with case studies and real-world applications.The topics covered in the presentation are listed below:

Product Description

Markets served

Film structure

Primary features and benefits

Overview of solar films

Overview of Low-E films -NEW TECHNOLOGY

Overview of safety and security films

Overview of glass enhancement – designer films

Window Film and Sustainability

Case Studies

Product Warranties

Learning Objectives:

How to specify solar control window films to improve a building’s energy efficiency.

How window films can help achieve sustainable design goals.

Safety and security window film application for fragment retention of glass.

Affordable use of designer films for decorative interiors.

CEU: 1 HSW

AIA East Tennessee Development Committee Meeting
2024-04-05 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-03-01 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-02-02 12:00 - 13:00 | via ZOOM
AIA East Tennessee’s Development committee is tasked with formulating our annual package of partnership opportunities, manages special events such as the Summer Volleyball League, Golf Tournament, and Thunderbowl, and helps to build the Chapter’s social capital through partnership calls, meetings, and more. This committee meets on the first Friday of the month. If you are interested in joining this committee, please contact our Committee Chair, Josh Shaffer, at josh@sparkmanarchitect.com.

AIA East Tennessee COTE Meeting
2024-03-28 12:00 - 13:30 | McCarty Holsaple McCarty Architects, Inc, 550 W Main St STE 300, Knoxville, TN 37902, USA
Join AIA East Tennessee’s Committee on the Environment for our March Meeting with Equinox Environmental at McCarty Holsaple McCarty. In addition to hearing from Equinox, we will also be reserving time to provide a platform for the group to discuss the Committee as a whole, get collective buy-in on goals, and focus on the next steps forward. We want to make sure everyone is heard, and we have the opportunity to discuss the Committee outside of the monthly presenters. If you would like to digitally join us, please email Cameron Bolin, AIA and he will add you to our ZOOM.
About Equinox Environmental: Equinox is a consulting, planning, and design firm with a focus on conservation, sustainability, and environmentally responsible land development projects. Based in beautiful Asheville, North Carolina, we serve communities throughout the Southeast and are known for our work in the southern Appalachian Mountains. Our clients include a wide range of private, public, and nonprofit entities, as well as individual landowners. Equinox is a trusted partner and regional leader in design, planning, ecology, and sustainability projects. As a result, the firm has received numerous honors and awards.
AIA COTE Information: AIA East Tennessee Committee on the Environment (COTE®) is a committee for working architects, allied professionals, and the public to achieve climate action and climate justice through design. We believe design excellence is the foundation of a healthy, sustainable, and equitable future. Our work promotes design strategies that empower all AIA members to realize the best social and environmental outcomes with the clients and the communities they serve.
We meet once a month on the 4th Thursday of the month. We meet at different firms throughout Knoxville each month, but always offer the meeting digitally via ZOOM. If you would like to join this committee, please reach out to Cameron Bolin, AIA.

2024 EPYA Kick-Off Social Hour w/SESCO Lighting
2024-03-27 17:30 - 19:30 | ZERO / ZERO Wine bar, 1211 N Central St, Knoxville, Tennessee, 37917, United States
Join other AIA Emerging Professionals, and SESCO Lighting, on March 27th, from 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm at ZERO/ZERO Wine Bar, for “natural wine by the glass, delicious beers (NA options available), and snacky snacks!” Plus, it is an opportunity to hang out with others in the profession!

This event is open to all EPYA’s – students, architects, engineers, designers, project managers, and friends! As always, this is a social event, so drinks first, shop talk second. Your first two drinks are free, thanks to SESCO Lighting! We hope to see you there!

Design Feed- Gunny Harboe, FAIA
2024-03-26 11:50 - 13:00 | Foundry On The Fair Site, 747 Worlds Fair Park Dr, Knoxville, TN 37902, USA, 700 Worlds Fair Park Dr, United States
Speaker: Gunny Harboe, FAIA, Founder of Harboe Architects, PC.
Description: Frank Lloyd Wright was arguably the most influential American architect of the 20th Century. From his early works such as Unity Temple and Robie House to his final major public works such as the Guggenheim Museum and the Kalita Humphreys Theater and his dozens of residential projects he impacted how American architecture developed. This lecture will explore how Harboe Architects has engaged with numerous Wright sites in various capacities to help ensure that his built legacy lasts for generations to come.
Learning Objectives:

Learn what are the eight Frank Lloyd Wright-designed sites that are now listed as World Heritage.
Learn about the various types of planning tools used to understand and care for historic sites.
Learn about the differences between the several organizations that are concerned with the built legacy of Frank Lloyd Wright.
Learn how the proper treatments of various building materials are key to a successful intervention on a historic site.

CEU: 1 LU

Tri-Cities Tech Session- Timothy Maddox, AIA
2024-03-12 11:50 - 13:00 | 920 N State of Franklin Rd, Johnson City, TN 37604, 920 N State of Franklin Rd, Johnson City, Tennessee, 37604, United States
Digital Speaker: Timothy Maddox, AIA, Principal with DEMX Architecture.
Description: This course provides an introduction to regional architecture and its benefits. Contextual Response and Regional Architecture are crucial in keeping an idea of place. DEMX Architecture is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and strives to respect the local context in which we reside. Vernacular buildings – such as barns, sheds, and local housing types each exhibit our most essential responses to the environment. They are built in defining style with context and function being priority. Combining the values of regional architectural principles and modernism, allows designers to pursue sustainable practices rooted in efficiency, appropriate material choices, and contextual response. DEMX Architecture heavily emphasizes the iterative process to develop their work. This process is accomplished through sketches, group design critiques, model making, and continuous study of the project.
CEU: 1 LU
Tickets:

Online Ticket: CLICK HERE to purchase your online ticket. You will instantly be redirected to ZOOM Webinar to watch the presentation on demand, and your CEU will be recorded once the presentation is watched.
In-Person: No ticket purchase is necessary.

Design Feed- Timothy Maddox, AIA
2024-02-27 11:50 - 13:00 | Foundry On The Fair Site, 747 Worlds Fair Park Dr, Knoxville, TN, United States
Speaker: Timothy Maddox, AIA, Principal with DEMX Architecture.
Description: This course provides an introduction to regional architecture and its benefits. Contextual Response and Regional Architecture are crucial in keeping an idea of place. DEMX Architecture is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and strives to respect the local context in which we reside. Vernacular buildings – such as barns, sheds, and local housing types each exhibit our most essential responses to the environment. They are built in defining style with context and function being priority. Combining the values of regional architectural principles and modernism, it allows designers to pursue sustainable practices rooted in efficiency, appropriate material choices, and contextual response. DEMX Architecture heavily emphasizes the iterative process to develop their work. This process is accomplished through sketches, group design critiques, model making, and continuous study of the project.
CEU: 1 LU
Tickets: CLICK HERE to Purchase.

AIA East Tennessee COTE Meeting
2024-02-22 12:00 - 13:00 | BarberMcMurry Architects, 505 Market St STE 300, Knoxville, TN 37902, USA
Join AIA ETN’s Committee on the Environment this Thursday, February 22nd for a presentation and discussion of the Design for Energy measure of the AIA Framework for Design Excellence. Erin Gill (Vice President – Sustainability & Government Relations) and Chasity Hobby (Environmental Programs Lead) of the Knoxville Utility Board (KUB) will be presenting about the work KUB has done to bring innovative energy solutions and programs to the Knoxville area and how Architects and designers can better align with and integrate these efforts into their practice.
We meet once a month on the 4th Thursday of the month. We meet at different firms throughout Knoxville each month, but always offer the meeting digitally via ZOOM. If you would like to join this committee, please reach out to Cameron Bolin at cbolin@mhminc.com.

Tri-Cities Tech Session: Carol Goldinger Ford, P.G., LEED AP
2024-02-13 11:50 - 13:00 | Food City, 920 N State of Franklin Rd, Johnson City, TN 37604, USA
Speaker: Carol Goldinger Ford, P.G, LEED AP

Biography: Carol is a Professional Geologist working in the field and as a project manager for more than 35 years. Work includes due diligence, environmental remediation, geotechnical investigations, sinkhole assessments, dye tracing, industrial hygiene project management, and Brownfields project management.

Description: In this course, we will cover topics related to historical dye tracing events, flood studies, and other subsurface and surface features related to potential flooding and interconnectivity of construction around sinkholes.

CEU: 1 HSW l LU

Learning Objective 1:Surface topography of Johnson City, TN then and now.

Learning Objective 2:Results of Historical Dye Tracing in Johnson City, TN.

Learning Objective 3:The general explanation of results from dye tracing.

Learning Objective 4:Where to look for information on the Johnson City website and beyond.

Sponsored by: General Shale

Reserve Your FREE Ticket In-Person or Online: aiaetn.org/2024-february-tri-cities-tech-session/
