PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

AIA Newark and Suburban Architects A Section of AIA New Jersey

AIA New Jersey is a Chapter and Region of the American Institute of Architects

FEBRAURY 2013

Issue 2

The Rostrum

Official newsletter of the

Newark & Suburban

Section of AIA-NJ

Published monthly

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President’s Message 1

Professional Practice Notes - Places of Practice

2

Disaster Training and Beyond…

3

Crossword 4

Inside this issue: The Design Honor Awards

were given to:

Port Authority for TWA Flight

Center at JFK International

Airport

Ikon.5 architects for the

McGee Art Pavilion at the NY

State College of Ceramics

Studio Hillier for Irving

Convention Center at Las

Colinas

The Architect’s League held

their installation dinner on

Saturday night January 12th

at The Views at Mount Fuji

in Hillburn, New York. This

new Executive committee

was installed:

President: Terry Durden;

P re s i den t -E le c t : Ruth

Bussacco; First Vice -

President: Paul Bryan’

Second Vice-President:

Ralph Rosenberg; Secretary:

January was a busy month

and I attended three

banquets as follows and

enjoyed all of them.

I attended the AIA New

Jersey Awards Dinner on

Saturday night January 5th

at Jack Baker’s Lobster

Shanty in Point Pleasant

New Jersey. AIA 2013

Executive Committee was

installed:

President: Jack Purvis;

President Elect: Kimberly

Bunn; 1st Vice President:

Kurt Kalafasky; 2nd Vice

President: Justin Mihalik;

Secretary: Verity Frizzell;

T reasure r : Ben Lee;

Regional Director: Jerry

Eben; Regional Associate

Director: Jason Peist;

Immediate Past President:

Larry Parisi.

Ken Mihalik; Treasurer:

Bryan Pennington; Past

President: Steve Lazarus.

Their highest award, the

Vegi lante Award was

bestowed on Paul Bryan.

AIA Newark Suburban’s Past

President’s banquet was held

on January 19th at the

Manor in West Orange.

Our Executive Committee

was installed as follows:

President: Myself: Louise C.

Addonizio; President-Elect:

John Cwikla; Vice- President:

Steve Rooney; Treasurer:

Alex Gotthelf; Secretary:

Natasha Suzansky; Past-

President: Kevin McCormick.

We look forward to seeing

all of you at our First

General Meeting on February

21st, a joint meeting with

USGBC, at Hamilton Park in

Florham Park, NJ.

Louise C. Addonizio AIA,

PP, LEED BD+C,

NDICQ qualified,

President AIA Newark

Suburban 2013

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AIA Newark & Suburban

Board Members

Officers

LOUISE ADDONIZIO, AIA

President

JOHN A. CWIKLA, AIA

President-Elect

STEPHEN ROONEY, AIA

First Vice President

NATASHA SUZANSKY, AIA

Secretary

ALEX GOTTHELF, AIA

Treasurer

KEVIN McCORMICK, AIA

Past President

Trustees

Trustees 2013

YOGESH MISTRY, AIA

BILL MUNOZ, ALLIED

MEMBER

Trustees 2014

PAUL TIAJOLOFF, AIA

RONALD WESTON, AIA

JASON PEIST, ASSOC. AIA

ALOK SAKSENA, ASSOC.

AIA

Trustees 2015

DIEUJUSTE PIERRE, ASSOC.

AIA

Section Administrator

JULIE PAGNOTTA

aiaadmin@verizon.net

AIA NS 2012 Committees

As a firm grows, the need for larger

accommodations for staff in combination with increased funding and resources enables

practices to create more ambitious workplaces that showcase their design prowess and style.

For established firms the studio can help sell clients on the architects design capabilities,

and also help recruit and retain design staff attracted to well-designed

environments.

In the case of firms with multiple staff members,

the office layout and working philosophy can

greatly influence the

culture of the practice. Regardless of how simple

or fancy a design workspace is, it should

effectively support the way the architects work. I

urge professionals to take pride in your place of

practice, and don’t

underestimate how your workspace embodies who

you are as an architect, and can enhance the quality of the work you

produce!

Author: Ronald C. Weston, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, / AIA NS Professional Practice

C o m m i t t e e C h a i r / E m a i l : rweston@psands.com

Professional Practice Notes: Places of Practice To put a twist on Winston Churchill’s famous

quote, as architects “we shape our studios; and thereafter they shape us.” As a profession

that earns its living through the creation of spaces and built environments, the places

where architects work have a significant impact on the nature of practice.

The tools of our trade have evolved dramatically over the past 30 years, as

drafting boards and T-squares (as seen in the

ca. 1912 and ca. 1962 images here) have given way to ever smaller and more powerful

portable digital design devices. The variety of our architectural studios is as diverse as the

practice types they house; from the one-person home office

(attic or garage space?), to large

custom designed

offices.

The design studio

influences and reflects t h e c u l t u r e ,

philosophy, style and

business practices of the architect. By

necessity the small p rac t i t i one r and

emerging firms will usually set-up shop in

a home office or compact rental office - making a design

statement is rarely an option at this stage.

Mellor & Meigs drafting room, ca. 1912

Taliesin West studio, ca. 1962

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AIA Disaster Assistance Program:

Building Evaluation Training

Licensed architects and

engineers from around the region convened in Weston

Lecture Hall at the College of Architecture & Design in

Newark on Saturday December 8, 2012, for a

day-long training session to become certified as Building

Evaluators in the California

Safety Assessment Program (SAP). The

program is managed by Ca l i fo rn i a Eme rgency

M a n a g e m e n t A g e n c y (CalEMA) with cooperation

f r o m p r o f e s s i o n a l organizations, including the

AIA. SAP is the preferred

training standard of the AIA Disaster Assistance Program,

which provides leadership,

advocacy, and training to

architects who are interested in volunteering their professional

skills in times of crisis. It utilizes volunteers and mutual aid

r e s o u r c e s t o p r o v i d e professional engineers and

architects and certified building inspectors to assist local

g o ve rnme n t s i n s a f e t y

evaluation of their built environment in an aftermath of

a disaster. During the workshop participants were

instructed in techniques to c o n du c t r a p i d d a ma g e

assessments of structures affected by earthquakes, wind,

and water. Many of your

colleague architects in the area are now able to consistently and

safely assess structures for

habitability and will receive a

Building Evaluator license from the State of California.

A few who attended were interested in assisting in the

aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. All received HSW

continuing education units and may be called upon to

serve in a disaster zone in

the future.

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