Solar Oregon – Solar Drinks here in Salem October 11th
This month’s Solar Drinks is right here in downtown Salem! Check out the Solar Oregon website for more details and to RSVP!
AIA Salem Sponsors the Salem 2011 Green & Solar Fair
Last weekend the Salem Chapter of the AIA, Marion County Public Works Environmental Services, Solar Oregon and the Pringle Creek Community sponsored the local 2011 Green & Solar Fair and tour. The event focused on sustainable building practices and green design. If you missed it this year be sure to catch it in 2012! Its...
AIA Salem Chapter Social October 7th
The AIA Salem Board is hosting a General Social Meeting for its membership October 7th. Members are welcome to bring their spouses, significant others and/or their children. This event is a time for all the members to reconnect with colleagues and hear about the latest activities of the chapter. 5:30 ...
Architects in Schools Recruiting Now!
Would you like to share a little piece of what it is like to be an architect or work in the architectural field? Help promote local design while engaging young minds, learn a little about yourself and what first made you passionate about architecture! It is fun, simple and rewarding. You work closely with teachers...
Upcoming Building Tours
Tours: September 1, Noon, Brooks Chemeketa September 19, Noon, McMinnville Chemeketa Upcoming: First Nazarene Church in Salem and Willamette’s Renovated Playhouse – Pelton Theater.
2011 Green + Solar Tour
This year the Green Homes tour will be held October 1 from 10am-4pm. If you are interested in nominating a home to participate in the tour, or would like to be a vendor at the fair during check-in please contact James Santana at Pringle Creek Community with the information below. Title of home Focus House...
AIA Oregon 100th Anniversary
AIAO is turning 100 on October 27th, 2011. In preparation for this occasion, there is a survey of your top 10 buildings in Oregon. Please take a minute and fill out this form. Watch your email or check out AIAO’s website for upcoming events!
Wave Pool and Energy Center
The joint AIA SWO and Salem meeting was full of information and interesting technology. The tour started at OSU’s Wave Research Center, moved on to OSU’s LEED Platinum Energy Center and concluded with a lecture, dinner and slide show at CH2M Hill by Professor Yeh. The topics, although fascinating and tragic simultaneously were pertinent and...
Architects in Schools
The Architects in Schools Program has concluded for the year, with 75 fourth graders hopefully having a better grasp on what architects do. Starting back in May, Blake Bural and Leah McMillan began with introducing topics such as scale, square footage, clients and basic architectural shapes and then quickly moved into building and designing. The...
AFO Dinner with an Architect
Here is a link to the upcoming Summer schedule for the Architecture Foundation of Oregon’s Dinner with an Architect series. must enter post to click on the link See FLYER HERE for additional information as well
Schedule of Sustainable Cities Initiative Presentations
We have been thrilled with the breadth and depth of results from this year’s unique collaboration with the University of Oregon’s Sustainable Cities Initiative (SCI) – which pairs real-world City priorities with faculty teaching and student initiative to create far-reaching impacts in our community. You can learn more about the results at www.cityofsalem.net/scisalem or by...
UPDATE: SWO AIA & Salem AIA Joint Meeting
Attention Members: Below is an update on Wednesday’s event. The prices have changed and the RSVP period has been extended until 2pm tomorrow. Here is the final menu update and price structure. People making reservations need to be mindful that they must select an Entrée Choice. If a meal choice is not selected, then one...