2009-10 ACSA Annual Report

Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture

acsa ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION AWARDS 2009-10 Award Winners

2009-10 Annual Report.

From The President

About ACSA The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, membership association founded in 1912 to advance the quality of architectural education.

Thomas Fisher ACSA President 2009-10

Four “E”s defined much of the work of the ACSA during the 2009-2010 academic year: Education, Economy, Environment, and Equity. As you will see in the annual report that follows, we explored those themes in various ways and in a number of different venues, and we made great progress on all fronts. None of this work would have happened without the remarkable commitment of time and energy from you, our members, and the incredible support the ACSA’s staff under the leadership of our Executive Director, Michael Monti.

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The school membership in ACSA has grown from 10 charter members to over 250 schools in several membership categories. These include full membership for all accredited programs in the United States and government-sanctioned schools in Canada, candidate membership for schools seeking accreditation, and affiliate membership for schools for two-year and international programs. Through these schools, over 5,000 architecture faculty are represented. In addition, over 500 supporting members composed of architecture firms, product associations and individuals add to the breadth of interest and support of ACSA goals.

ACSA, unique in its representative role for schools of architecture, provides a forum for ideas on the leading edge of architectural thought. Issues that will affect the architectural profession in the future are being examined today in ACSA members schools.

The association maintains a variety of activities that influence, communicate, and record important issues.

Such endeavors include scholarly meetings, workshops, publications, awards and competition programs, support for architectural research, policy development, and liaison with allied organizations.

PAST President Marleen Kay Davis University of Tennessee

PResident-Elect Daniel S. Friedman University of Washington

SECRETARY Mitra Kanaani NewSchool of Architecture

TREASURER Nathaniel Quincy Belcher Pennsylvania State University

East CentRAL DIRECTOR Patricia Kucker University of Cincinnati

West DIRECTOR Stephen Meder University of Hawaii at Manoa

SOUTH EAST DIRECTOR Phoebe Crisman University of Virginia

WEST CENTRAL DIRECTOR Gregory Palermo Iowa State University

Southwest DIRECTOR Ursula Emery McClure Louisiana State University

NORTHEAST DIRECTOR Brian Kelly University of Maryland

CANADIAN DIRECTOR Michael Jemtrud McGill University

PUBLIC DIRECTOR Judith Welch Wegner University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

STUDENT DIRECTOR Brett Roeth American Institute of Architecture Students

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Michael Monti Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture

Board of Directors

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Education This, of course, remains at the core of the ACSA’s mission. We advanced toward a celebration of this mission with ACSA’s 100th anniversary in 2012 under the leadership of Northeast Director Brian Kelly and Past President Marleen Kay Davis, who cochaired the 100th Anniversary Steering Committee.

A scholarly history of architectural education, edited

by Joan Ockman, moved toward completion, and ACSA received funding from the National Endowment for the Arts for ARCHIVE, an online exhibit featuring the great work students and faculty are doing at our member schools. Both are tremendous efforts at expanding public understanding of our discipline.

The Journal of Architectural Education, which began planning two theme issues related to the 100th Anniversary, started a major leadership transition as well. After an international search, the ACSA board selected Ellen Grimes as the next JAE executive editor.

from “Architecture School: Three Centuries of Educating Architects in North America” Interior of Crown Hall, the architecture building at Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, 1956.

Hedrich-Blessing (Fim) Photographer. Courtesy Chicago History Museum.

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Economy Budget cuts and limited job opportunities for graduates made this an almost constant topic of conversation during the year.

The Administrators Conference entitled “Economies, Art + Architecture,” co-chaired by Peter MacKeith and Carmon Colangelo of Washington University, looked at the economies of higher education and how we might better demonstrate the value of what we do. Partnering with the National Council of Arts Administrators (NCAA) furthered the discussion of how interdisciplinary collaborations offer one very good way of enhancing our efficiency and effectiveness.

Interdisciplinary economies remained a theme in the Fall Conferences as well. “Architecture is a Thing of Art,” co-chaired by Alexis Gregory and Matthew Dudzik at Savannah College of Art and Design, also examined the conceptual links between art and architecture, while “Chang[e]ing Identities, Design, Culture + Technology”, at the University of New Mexico, co-chaired by Tim Castillo, Phillip Gallegos, Kristina Yu, Brad Bell, Wanda Dye, and Kathryn Holliday, looked at issues of place, identity, and technology in the global economy. economies: art + Architecture ACSA reception at the historic Thaxton Building St. Louis, October 2009

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Environment Sustainability continues to drive a lot of the student work in our schools as well as the research of a growing number of faculty.

The National Academy of Environmental Design, under the leadership of Kim Tanzer, continued its evolution this year, with additional organizations from across the environmental design disciplines participating in its governance and financial support and with a research committee preparing for an annual research conference, in October in conjunction with the National Research Council’s Disasters Roundtable.

The Annual Meeting in New Orleans, co-chaired by Judith Kinnard and Bruce Goodwin, entitled “Re. Building” featured a number of sessions that looked at a range of topics related to both environmental and equity issues raised by the challenges faced by New Orleans in an era of global climate change and global economics.

re:Building ACSA reception in New Orleans, March 2010

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Equity Questions of equity went beyond New Orleans to encompass a range of topics.

tutes architectural education at the end of the first decade of the 21st century.

The Teachers Seminar, which we eventually had to cancel because of low registrations as a result of the poor economy, looked at the emerging field of public interest design. An abbreviated version of the seminar occurred in the fall of 2010, at the Administrators Conference.

Our highest honor, the AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion was bestowed to Michael Graves, who spoke to members in New Orleans about his career as both professor and practitioner. “For me,” Graves said, “the profession of architecture is all about the joy of learning and creating, the fulfillment comes with making a contribution to society. In my career, I have been like a doctor in a teaching hospital in that I practice, do research, and also teach, which for me is a way to give back to the profession.”

Diversity also garnered a great deal of attention during the year, with the monthly series “Designing Diversities” in the ACSA News, and the creation of an ACSA award in recognition of accomplishments related to diversity.

The diversity of talent and ideas in our field became evident in the remarkable array of entries to the ACSA/AISC Steel Design Competition. Likewise, our Architectural Education Awards programs – ranging from the Housing Design Education Award, which we share with the AIA, to the New Faculty Teaching Award we share with the AIAS, to the awards we give for distinguished teaching, creative achievement, faculty design and collaborative practice – all recognized the wide spectrum of work that constiRE:LIGARE Reconnecting mind and spirit ACSA/AISC 2009-10 Student Design Competition Winners

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If this year offers any indication, we have a committed cohort of students eager to make a difference in the world, a productive group of colleagues continually expanding our discipline, and a highly effective and energized organization in the ACSA. All bodes well as we approach the end of our first century as an association for what lies ahead for us in the century still to come.

ASSETS

Financial Information Grants

Current Assets

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Accounts Receivable, Net

Accrued Interest Receivable

Prepaid Expenses

3%

Contributions Other

4%

Total Current Assets

$354,072 34,113 14,729 21,500 456,914

5%

Publications

Investments

9%

Annual Programs Membership

13%

66%

REVENUES $1,821,068

1,143,582

Property and Equipment

40,903

Cash—Permanently Restricted

30,000

Total Assets

1,671,399

Liabilities and Net Assets

NAAB Support

24%

NAED Support

2%

100th Anniversary Private Grants

13%

Membership Services Other

16%

Publications 7

EXPENSES $1,746,464

19%

$24,725 11,679 107,249

143,653

Total Current Liabilities

4%

7%

Annual Programs

Current Liabilities

Accounts Payable

Accrued Expenses

Deferred Revenue

15%

Net Assets

Unrestricted Unrestricted - Board Designated Permanently Restricted

36,371 1,428,875 30,000

Total Net Assets

1,527,746

Total Liabilities and Net Assets

1,671,399