The Fort Worth Chapters of the American Institute of Architects and the Construction Specifications Institute invite you to participate in our 33rd annual golf tournament Thursday, April 18th. Proceeds from the tournament will provide for student scholarships and community projects of both organizations.

TIME: 1PM Shotgun Start *Registration begins at 12PM

FORMAT: Four-person Scramble.

COST: $170 per person / $650 for a four person team (Limited to 144 players, 36 teams – It is expected this event will sell out – sign-up early)

ENTRY COST INCLUDES: green fee, golf cart, range balls, meals before & after round, drink tickets, and prizes.

PRIZES: Men & Women's Longest Drive, Men & Women's Closest to the Pin, and a Raffle Drawing at the conclusion of the Tournament. Winning Teams announced at a presentation following the Tournament.

***DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION AND ALL PLAYER NAMES: Thursday, April 11th

TEAM SIGN UP

SPONSOR SIGN UP

Become a Sponsor

This tournament is an excellent way to increase visibility, networking, and camaraderie among architects, specifiers, manufacturers, suppliers, contractors, engineers and consultants.

GOLD SPONSOR: $3,000
You will receive: recognition for your company/firm on tournament communications, banners, and signs, along with other special recognition with FW AIA/CSI specific for this level of sponsorship. Gold sponsorship includes four (4) Entry Fees along with special recognition at the Awards Presentation following the Tournament.
 
SILVER SPONSOR: $2,000
Your company/firm name will be displayed on signs at various contest locations, including Longest Drive & Closest to Pin. Silver sponsorship includes two (2) Entry Fees.

GOLF BALL SPONSOR: $1,500 
Your company logo will be displayed on golf balls given to each participant in the Tournament. Limited to one (1) sponsor. Deadline for this sponsorship is March 15, 2024

TABLE SPONSOR: $1,500 
Company representatives can greet golfers and provide promotional items at one of the Par 3 holes. Your company/firm name will be displayed on a sign at this hole. Limited to four (4) sponsors. If providing promotional items, drinks, or snacks, sponsor must provide for entire field. Inquire for more information. Sponsors must provide their own table and chairs (course will help transport table and items to designated  hole)

BEVERAGE CART SPONSOR: $1000 
Your company/firm name will be displayed on a large sign attached to a Beverage Cart dispensing ticketed beer and soft drinks throughout the course. Limited to two (2) sponsors.

DRINK TICKET SPONSOR: $1000 
Your company logo/firm name will be displayed on drink tickets given to each participant and volunteer in the Tournament. Limited to two (2) sponsors.

BRONZE SPONSOR: $750
Your company/firm name will be displayed on a sign at one of the eighteen holes.

PRIZE SPONSOR:
We welcome monetary donations or special prizes for the Raffle, such as tees, balls, caps, gift certificates - or items with your logo.

Experience a construction tour of the future museum that will serve as the premier national institution dedicated to the stories, impact, and legacy of the service members who went on to become Medal of Honor recipients.

Set into a five-acre tranquil landscape, the Museum complex's primary building volume seemingly hovers above ground by 40 feet, supported by five concrete megacolumns, each representing a branch of the United States Armed Forces.

https://vinoly.com/works/national-medal-honor-museum/

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**As this is a construction site, all attendees should bring hard hats, vests, and closed toe shoes.

The AIA Fort Worth Awards Ceremony will be held at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. The AIA Fort Worth Chapter will be presenting the 2023 Honor Awards as well as recognizing the 2023 Professional and Student Design Award recipients. It is a celebration of the those who make possible distinctive works of architecture in our community.

10:30am - Coffee in the café

11:00am - Program begins in the auditorium

Members & Award Recipients: Free Non Members: $25

Join us for our first firm crawl of 2024!

The Beck Group

Founded in 1912, The Beck Group has worked in 42 states and nearly a dozen countries after 111 years in business. We leverage our design-build mentality by involving internal experts in architecture, sustainability, preconstruction estimating, and construction management throughout the entire process.

The Beck brand is all over Fort Worth. We’ve been involved in some of Cowtown’s most significant projects, including the Dickies Arena, Tandy Center, 777 Main, Sundance Square, Radio Shack Corporate Campus (now TCCD), Kimbell Museum of Art Piano Pavilion and several projects for Texas Christian University. Our team ranks among the Top 100 Architecture Firms in the country and was named an AIA Merit Award winner for the 464 Bailey and 133 Nursery Lane projects.

We extend a warm invitation for you to explore our state-of-the-art facilities, immersing yourself in the firsthand experience of our cutting-edge design and construction capabilities, all while enjoying the company of the exceptional individuals who make up the Beck team.

Wings of Hope Equitherapy is a non-profit organization which partners horses with children and adults who have disabilities and challenges. Their mission is to provide hope, healing and discovery to their clients.

The architect, Lyn Flynn, AIA was asked to design a Discovery Studio on the Wings of Hope campus to serve as an inclusive classroom, art studio, and gathering space. The spirit of the Studio is to promote wellness through learning, creating and interacting with nature and horses. While the large windows bring in natural light and views to the surrounding heavily-treed property, the overhead door opens to allow small ponies into the studio, which supports the mission of discovery and healing.

The site for the studio was chosen based on proximity to an existing septic system and natural drainage patterns on the property. In addition, the location of the studio near the existing arena and chapel creates a shared courtyard space for clients to enjoy. The triangular shaped site is located at a fork in the road near the entrance to the Wings of Hope property. This helped inform the building shape and created an opportunity for the Discovery Studio to be the first building guests see as they enter the campus. The studio's "front porch" was designed to be dynamic and welcoming to clients and guests.

The building's exterior and interior materials are low maintenance and were selected to relate to other structures on the campus. The corrugated metal siding and exposed roof structure relate to the arena and horse stables. In contrast, the smooth painted siding is a nod to the adjacent chapel building. The bold colors used on the entry doors and interior spaces complement the dynamic nature of the structure.

Download the entry form here!

Requirements:

• $500 scholarships are available for Honor Award recipients

• Must be enrolled in Architecture at a NAAB accredited Texas university

• Entry is inclusive to all work completed as part of academic coursework

Submission:

1) pdf- slideshow limited 20mb and 20 pages - 16:9 ratio. Slideshow will be reviewed digitally on 16:9 monitor. File name to be submitted as “Project Name - Slideshow”

2) pdf- 1- 8 1 /2” x 11 “page description limited to 125 words or less, with one representative image. File name to be submitted as “Project Name - Description”

• Names of entrant or their university may not appear on slideshow or description

• No entry fee

• Email submission to bburns@bennett.partners & aiafw@aiafortworth.org by 5pm on December 31st, 2023. Confirmation receipt will be sent when submission is received.

• Questions? Contact Brandon Burns - bburns@bennett.partners 214-282-0332

Course Description:

Good acoustic and aesthetic environments are important to the health, safety, comfort, satisfaction, productivity, and general well-being of all building users. This course outlines the benefits of and methodologies for simultaneously creating both with wall and ceiling acoustic treatments.

The highly illustrated course includes detailed descriptions of the many acoustic wall and ceiling treatment options available, as well as sample installations.

Learning Objectives:

• Recall the attributes of beneficial acoustics when designing productive work environments

• Utilize acoustic applications to create safe, comfortable acoustical environments

• Specify acoustically balanced control treatments with high visual appeal, and

• Integrate and balance reflective and absorbent acoustic elements to create facilities that enable effective communication, heighten personal enjoyment, and improve health

Holiday Reception

Enjoy food, beverages, festivities, and gingerbread structures that will be on display from our Gingerbread Build-Off!

This holiday reception is exclusively for the membership of the Fort Worth chapters of AIA, IIDA, USGBC, and CSI and their families.

Attendees, bring a business card for the raffle!

Gingerbread Build Off

Want to build a structure for the Gingerbread Build-Off? Register your team now!

This year's theme is Favorite Holiday Movie!

Join the local chapters of AIA, IIDA, CSI, and USGBC for a Gingerbread Build-Off!! This Design-Build event provides an opportunity for building industry professionals to show off their design skills. Teams will construct their confections at a location of their choosing and bring them to the holiday reception for judging.

EVENT INFORMATION

WHERE: GL Seaman & Co.

WHEN: December 12th @ 6:00pm

COST: Free to attend and free to submit competition entry

INCLUDED: The first 10 teams to register will be provided a starter gingerbread kit

COMPETITION RULES

1. Teams will construct their confections at a location and time of their own choosing and bring the completed projects to GL Seaman & Co.

2. Houses or structures should be completely edible (no glue or inedible accessories.) Nonedible items are limited to the display surface and lighting.

3. You may use any edible material that you like. You may use purchased materials, kits, or homemade materials that are edible

4. This event is for AIAFW, IIDA, USGBC, and CSI members, however member-led teams can include friends, family, consultants, etc.

5. Final entry must fit on 24”x24” display board or smaller. You may decorate the display board.

6. Each team may present one printed 8.5” x 11” page of information to the judges. The judges are not required to review or consider this information. Teams are not required to present this information.

7. You may not pay another company to complete the design or build.

8. Each team may submit one entry. Individuals may submit one entry each.

9. Have fun!!!

• Though not required, we encourage you to share updates of your progress on social media and tag us!

GINGERBREAD KIT PICKUP & DROPOFF

Free gingerbread kits will be provided to teams (while supplies last)

Teams can pick up kits weekdays from 8:30am - 4:30pm from GL Seaman (2624 Weisenberger Street) beginning Friday, November 17th (until 2pm on 11/22, closed Thanksgiving and Black Friday)

Each team can choose 1-2 kits. There are a variety of pre-made box kits and kits to make your own gingerbread available

Teams can drop off their structures from 8:30am - 4:30pm Monday, December 11th and Tuesday, December 12th

After the holiday party, teams can take their structures home although leftover structures will be donated to The Warm Place

AWARD CATAGORIES

Iconic Architecture (Judged Category)

Tallest Standing Structure (Judged Category)

Best Themed - Favorite Holiday Movie (Judged Category)

People’s Choice (Voted on by Holiday Reception Attendees)

SPONSORSHIP

Click here for sponsor sign up!

We have multiple levels for your business or organization to support this amazing event!

Peppermint Level - $750 | Your logo will be displayed at the event and on all event webpages. Option to have a table display at event. Also includes a yearly AIA Allied Membership with speaking opportunities/Lunch & Learns.

Gumdrop Level - $500 | Your logo will be displayed at the event and on all event webpages. Option to have a table display at event.

Sprinkle Level - $250 | Your logo will be displayed at the event and on all event webpages.

Icing Level - Provide a gift for our raffle! Retail price minimum $50.00.

Gentrification in Fort Worth: Addressing the affordable housing crisis

Wednesday, December 6 · 7:30am - 9am
Texas Wesleyan University Nick and Lou Martin University Center (2nd Floor) 3165 E. Rosedale Street Fort Worth, TX 76105
 

Across Tarrant County, rents are rising. Neighborhoods are changing. Our cities are adding jobs faster than they are building housing. As higher-income residents move in, vulnerable residents are pushed out, resulting in an increase in homelessness and evictions. As our region continues to grow, how can leaders tackle affordable housing needs and limit the displacement of residents?

The moderator for this challenging conversation is Dennis Chiessa, a professor of architecture at the University of Texas at Arlington. Panelists include:

• Mike Brennan, President of Near Southside Inc.

• Joel Burns, former Fort Worth City Council member

• Shawn Lassiter, executive director of BRAVE/R Together

• Stacy Marshall, President and CEO of Southeast Fort Worth Inc.

Supporting sponsor: AIA Fort Worth

Parking Info:

Speakers:

• John Stevenson, PE, Executive Vice-President of The Projects Group; consultant to Transform 1012

• Carlos Gonzalez-Jaime, Executive Director of Transform 1012 N Main Street

• W. Mark Gunderson, AIA

About Transform 1012:

Recipient of a Texas Society of Architects 2023 ‘Citation of Honor’ Award, Transform 1012 is attempting to occupy the 1924 Ku Klux Klan Auditorium at 1012 North Main; occupied for over 5 decades as the Ellis Pecan Warehouse. To be known as The Fred Rouse Center for Arts and Community Healing, multiple diverse entities – local, state and national - are part of the project which is centered on the idea of love, compassion, diversity and acceptance transforming a structure once created and fixated on the opposite. Multiple grants from across the country are funding the effort and the architect selection process is underway currently.

Photo by Robert Chura

Kathryn (Kate) Holliday is an architectural historian whose research and teaching focus on the built environment in American cities. She studied architecture, art history, and environmental studies at Williams College and the University of Texas at Austin. She taught in the School of Architecture at UTA from 2007-2023 and was the founding director of the David Dillon Center for Texas Architecture from 2011-2023. Kate Holliday currently teaches at University of Illinois. Additional bio: https://landarch.illinois.edu/people/profiles/kathryn-e-holliday/

For those who haven't engaged with us before, AIAFW WiA welcomes students, Associate members, Architect members, and friends of Women in our profession and associated professions. We focus on opportunities for Women in our professional community to engage and network, share ideas and experiences and generally come together to support one another

A note for parents: Understanding a lot of women and men in our chapter are parents and, more often than not, it's hard to find a babysitter or coordinate with a spouse to watch your kiddos, we don't want any mothers (or fathers) to feel like they can not attend a WiA event because of their kids. Bring them along if you need to! We strive to choose family friendly locations for our meet-ups.

Do you like meeting new people? Come out and join us this October 19th, 2023 from 6-8pm at Paco's on Magnolia for an opportunity to meet and network with different YP groups in the city!

Some of our features guests are Red Shoe Society Fort Worth, AIA Fort Worth, JA YES, Greater Fort Worth Association of Realtors, and many more! You won't want to miss out!

The event has funded multiple UTA scholarship endowments and provided annual stipends to UTA’s AIA Student Chapter, Tarrant County College's Scholarship fund, and AIA FW 's Student Design Award scholarships. Architects, consultants, contractors and other design and construction-related individuals form teams to compete for bragging rights and “Top Gun” honors in a collaborative and festive atmosphere.  Funds are also collected at the tournament to provide donations to both the Tarrant Area Food Bank and the Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund.     

TIME: 12:00pm Registration, 1:00pm start (volunteers should arrive by 11:00am)

FORMAT: 5 person team (team name is required for groups of 5)

COST: $700 per team, $150 individual shooter

ONLY 20 TEAMS WILL BE ACCEPTED, REGISTER EARLY!! REGISTRATION DEADLINE: September 28th

****Shooters are responsible for supplying their own shotgun shells. A minimum of 100 shells are required per shooter to complete the course, however extra shells will be needed if mulligans are purchased.

Lunch will be available during registration, BBQ served after the tournament.

We are looking forward to engaging with our WiA community about the upcoming TxA convention where there will be a WiA roundtable and WiA networking spot, sharing experiences from Women's Leadership Summit in Boston this month, and general good conversation as we head into the Fall season! We would also love to hear everyone's ideas for future meet-ups.

For those who haven't engaged with us before, AIAFW WiA welcomes students, Associate members, Architect members, and friends of Women in our profession and associated professions. We focus on opportunities for Women in our professional community to engage and network, share ideas and experiences and generally come together to support one another

A note for parents: Understanding a lot of women and men in our chapter are parents and, more often than not, it's hard to find a babysitter or coordinate with a spouse to watch your kiddos, we don't want any mothers (or fathers) to feel like they can not attend a WiA event because of their kids. Bring them along if you need to! We strive to choose family friendly locations for our meet-ups.

The AIA Fort Worth Design Awards program recognizes outstanding architectural, urban design and unbuilt projects by architects practicing in the Fort Worth chapter to promote public interest in design excellence.

A reception will be held in the Café Modern at 5:15pm. Award announcements will begin at 5:45pm, followed by the the lecture “Architecture and Territory” by Emmanual Ramirez of Estudio MMX.

“In Estudio MMX we aim to study the idea of territory from multiple perspectives and scales, ranging from the deeply intimate spaces to the collective realms. These contexts where life develops are in constant change and pose scenarios for thriving experiences, but also unexpected risks.

This quest has led us to continuously think about the need as a community to devise a new spatial contract; one that recognizes that public is not enough. Public need to become more collective, inclusive and tolerant. Through the presentation of some of our projects developed in the last 13 years, since the foundation of the studio, we seek to open a conversation about this idea, specifically about strategies to requalify territories into intensively collective realms. Places that extend the household scale into greater spatial end experiential opportunities; that embrace the contemporary tensions, conflicts and confrontations; that proposes alternative and inclusive urban life experiences. We believe collective is the new public.”

Read more about Estudio MMX here!

Jurors:

Michelle Old, AIA | Kirksey Architecture | Houston

Tobin Smith, AIA | Tobin Smith Architect | San Antonio

Emmanual Ramirez | Estudio MMX | Mexico City

View the tour website

Tickets: $25

Saturday, September 16th

FEATURED ARCHITECTS:

• 97W

• ALBERT S. KOMATSU, AIA

• BRIGATI, PLLC

• REBECCA PALLUTH, AIA

• NORMAN D. WARD ARCHITECT

The AIA Fort Worth Homes Tour is a showcase of outstanding residential architecture designed by local, licensed architects. The one-day event, is a self-guided tour of elite homes in Fort Worth and surrounding cities. At each stop, attendees will have the unique opportunity to meet the architect as well as major home product suppliers like your company. The tour features a mix of projects including: renovations, additions and newly constructed homes. The tour’s mission is to celebrate the process of design & educate the community on the benefits of working with an architect. 

The selected homes cover a wide variety of architectural styles, project types, and budgets, representing a cross section of lifestyles, each designed specifically for the client. 

The process of design is unique for each architect. The final projects as you see them today are the result of hundreds of hours of collaboration between the architect and the homeowner, the architect and their consulting teams and the architect and the contractor.  With design time ranging from three months to two years and construction ranging from nine months to two years,  each home has multiple stories for you to learn about this weekend. As you visit each home on the tour, we hope you speak with the Architects and ask them questions.  Each home will also have information about featured products and product representatives.

Proceeds from the Homes Tour support the Fort Worth Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA Fort Worth) programs and scholarships. Over 500 members strong, AIA Fort Worth works to promote the value of architecture to the public, and unify the membership in service and growth of the profession. Our Home Tour’s mission is to celebrate the process of design and educate the community on the benefits of working with an architect.

Each year, AIA Fort Worth hosts the Design Awards to various members, projects, individuals and groups for their outstanding achievements and service to the profession of architecture and the community.

The AIA Fort Worth Excellence in Architecture Design Awards and Studio Awards recognizes outstanding work by our membership. All entries will be evaluated for design excellence regardless of size, budget or project type.

• September 8th by 5:00 pm – Digital Presentations, Data
Sheets, Credit Sheets are due. Submit using this dropbox link

For further details, consult the call for entries form.

September 26th at 6:00 pm - Design Awards announcement at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth and lecture. The event is FREE and open to the public. RSVP Here!

Jurors:

Tobin Smith, AIA | Tobin Smith Architect | San Antonio

Michelle Old, AIA | Kirksey Architecture | Houston

Emmanual Ramirez | Estudio MMX | Mexico City

The September meeting of AIA Fort Worth is the Annual Business Meeting and Election of Chapter Officers & Directors for the upcoming year. You are encouraged to take an active part in the business of the chapter by filling out the online ballot and attending the chapter program Friday, September 1st at 5:00pm at The Modern. Ballot coming soon!

We will meet in the cafe for our annual meeting, then a docent will lead our group on an architecture tour at 6pm in conjunction with the museum's First Friday programming.

2024 Executive Committee Nominating Committee and Slate of Officers (Ballot coming soon)

2023 Nominating Committee (Defined by our Bylaws Article VII. Nominations & Elections)

• Sarah San Miguel, President

• Matthijs Melchiors, AIA, Past President

• Brandon Burns, AIA, Past President

• Cameron Mason, AIA, Committee Member

• Jamie Wallace, AIA, Committee Chair

• Alesha Niedziela, Assoc. AIA, Executive Director

  Current Officers & Directors:
  

• President:  Sarah San Miguel, AIA

• Past President:  Brandon Burns, AIA

• UTA Dean/Director — Don Gatzke, AIA  Interim Director

• Executive Director- Alesha Niedziela, Assoc. AIA

New Elected Positions:

• President-Elect - Brian Paletz, AIA

• Secretary- Janie Garner, AIA

• VP of Communications - Kayla Peckenpaugh, AIA

• Treasurer - Christopher Morris, AIA

• VP of Honors - Lonnie Burns, AIA

• VP of Education - Sarah Gardner, AIA

• EP Director - TBD

• TxA Director (2 year term) - Alexei Dukov, AIA

• Director at Large - Mario Valdez, Assoc. AIA

• Public Member Director - Brian Glass, AIA

2023 AIAFW Design Awards

Each year, AIA Fort Worth hosts the Design Awards to various members, projects, individuals and groups for their outstanding achievements and service to the profession of architecture and the community.

The AIA Fort Worth Excellence in Architecture Design Awards and Studio Awards recognizes outstanding work by our membership. All entries will be evaluated for design excellence regardless of size, budget or project type.

This year, two new award categories have been been added:

Design Excellence Award and Community Impact Award

For details on eligibility, criteria, and submission guidelines, download the Call for Entrires:
 

SCHEDULE:

• September 1st by 5:00 pm – Entry Forms and Fees are due.

• September 8th by 5:00 pm – Digital Presentations, Data
Sheets, Credit Sheets are due.

• September 26th at 6:00 pm - Design Awards announcement at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth and lecture. The event is FREE and open to the public. RSVP Here!

As the Panther Island project gains momentum and the vision changes focus, it is important to hear from communities that will be directly impacted by it. Join us in a conversation that centers the North Side as a primary stakeholder. If you attended (or even if you didn’t) the Fort Worth Report Candid Conversation regarding Panther Island and are interested in further discussion from the Northside’s perspective, join us on August 30th at 6 pm at Artes de la Rosa. We hope to see you there if you live, work, or play in the Northside.

The panelists are members of the Northside community, including Jason Escobedo, Graduate Student at UT-Arlington School of Architecture and Northside resident; Anette Landeros, President & CEO of Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; Sal Espino, Attorney and business owner in Northside; and Richard & Patricia Perez, Residents of Northside. The event will be moderated by Dennis Antonio Chiessa, who grew up in Northside and is an Assistant Professor of Architecture at UTA and a Community Design Fort Worth board member.

WHERE

Artes de La Rosa Cultural Center for the Arts

1440 N Main St.

Fort Worth, TX 76164

CONTACT

hello@designfortworth.org

TICKETS

Free tickets, donations accepted

Join us at VLK Architects to hear a presentation by TxA President-Elect Derwin Broughton, AIA!

Derwin, of AIA Dallas, is a principal for KAI where he is accountable for business development and client relationships for each of the firm’s business units including architecture, MEP, construction management, program management, and build. Prior to taking on this role, Derwin served as the Deputy Director of Architecture for KAI managing the Architecture Division in Dallas and San Antonio. See his bio here!

Join us for a tour of Ibañez Shaw Architecture to learn about their process and projects.

Free street parking after 6:00pm.

Founded in 1988 in Denver, Tryba Architects’ practice focuses on the thorough integration of contextual, iconic and enduring design that enriches the human experience and built and natural environments. Establishing a Fort Worth office in 2022, expanded the firm’s presence into the Dallas-Fort Worth metro to better serve new and existing clients and a growing portfolio of projects while contributing to the innovative transformation of the Fort Worth region and beyond. We are honored to have recently been awarded the 2023 AIA National Award for GoSpotCheck Headquarters, reflecting commitment to purposeful design transformation.

Our Fort Worth office has grown from three to ten in less than a year. We welcome you to visit our historic office building, sip on some TX Whiskey, and enjoy conversations with fellow industry partners.

Our friends at Linbeck will host our chapter’s Emerging Professionals for a personalized tour of the new TCU building under construction over on Rosedale. The Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine is part of a 5.3-acre extended campus in the Near Southside District. The Project partners include design firms CO Architects and Hoefer Welker, engineering firms Dunaway and SSR Inc.

We will meet at Linbeck's office before walking across the street to begin the tour.

*Bring your hardhat and safety vest if you have them as well as closed toe shoes.

*Registration will be limited to the first 15 AIA Fort Worth Emerging Professionals