8/1: AIA/HUD Secretary’s Award Webinar

July 27, 2016

Learn more about the AIA/HUD Secretary’s Awards and the design and construction of the awarded projects during aia housing knowledge community’s webinar taking place this coming Monday at 1pm. Catherine will be presenting LBBA’s work on Dorchester Art + Housing Collaborative, which was recognized for its incorporation of housing within other community amenities for the purpose of either revitalization or planned growth.

Dorchester Art + Housing Collaborative. Photo: Barry Rustin

learning objectives

  • Participants will learn about the AIA Housing Awards, including specific selection criteria for the three different award categories for homes and housing that promotes physical, social and mental well-being.
  • Participants will learn about the AIA/ HUD Secretary’s Awards, including specific selection criteria for the four different award categories for homes and housing that promotes physical, social and mental well-being.
  • Participants will learn more about the 14 projects that were awarded in 2016, including some jury comments, their site design and context, environmental systems, and materials and methods.
  • Participants will learn about specific design and construction of two award-winning projects that relate to accessibility, affordability, community connectivity, and physical, social and mental well-being.

speakers

Organizer/ Moderator: Jamie Blosser, AIA, 2016 Jury Chair for AIA Housing and AIA/ HUD Secretary’s Awards; Executive Director, Santa Fe Art Institute

Catherine Baker, AIA, Principal, Landon Bone Baker Architects, Award Winner for the Dorchestor Art + Housing Collaborative Project – AIA/ HUD Secretary’s Awards, Creating Community Connection Category

Jim Cutler, AIA, Principal, Cutler Anderson Architects, Award Winner for the Newberg House – AIA Housing Awards, One and Two Family Custom Homes Category

Denise Everson, Assoc. AIA, 2016 Chair, Housing and Community Development Network; Consultant, Connecticut Green Bank

Rachelle Levitt, 2016 Juror, AIA/ HUD Secretary’s Awards; Director of the Research Utilization Division of the Office of Policy Development and Research, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

register here. 

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