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CRAN - Healdsburg Home Tour Tue Mar 26 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Board of Directors AIARE 2013 Mark Albertson, AIA President
Nate Bisbee, AIA
Vice President/ President Elect
Permit Streamlining, Architects in a Leadership Role Thur April 4 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Jaime Stich, Assoc. AIA
AIARE Membership Program Wed Apr 10 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Schuyler Bartholomay, Assoc. AIA
Treasurer
Diana Mendez, Assoc. AIA Secretary
AIACC Director and Communications Director
Pete Gang, AIA NXNC Lecture Series | Min Day Thurs Apr 11 | 6:00 p.m. WORK, 10 Fourth St., Petaluma CRAN - Public Workshop Sat Apr 13 9:00 a.m . 4:00 p.m. Architecture Bike Tour Sat Apr 20 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Rebuild Together Petaluma Sat Apr 20 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Professional Practice Director
Bryan Chubb, Assoc. AIA Associate Director
Kathy Austin, AIA
Governmental Relations
Michael Chambers, AIA Director at Large
Daniel J. Strening, AIA
Director at Large | Lecture Series
Carl Servais, AIA
Director at Large | Membership
Michael Barron-Wike, AIA CRAN Director
Sara Woodfield, AIA AIARE Wine and Learn Tue Apr 23 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. AIARE Membership Program Wed May 8 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. CRAN - Home Tour Tue May 21 5:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Accessibility Seminar Thu May 23 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. AIARE Beer and Learn Fri Jun 7 5:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. AIARE Membership Program Wed Jun 12 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
CRAN Director
Bert Braden, PE Allied Director
Jordan Lebovich Allied Director
Wendy Young
Executive Director
Š2013 AIARE Newsletter The American Institute of Architects Redwood Empire Chapter P.O. Box 4178, Santa Rosa CA 95492 Wendy S. Young, Executive Director phone: 707-838-2672 e-mail: exec@aiare.org website: www.aiare.org For comments regarding the newsletter please contact the editor, Schuyler Bartholomay, Assoc. AIA Communications Director, AIARE sbartholomay@wrightcontracting.com
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President’s Message
Daylight Management
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AIARE Architecture Bike Tour
Is Your Color Off?
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Associate’s Corner
NXNC Lecture Series | Min Day, AIA
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CRAN
Historic Architecture in Petaluma
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Historic Preservation
AIARE Holiday Party and House Tour
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Rebuild Together | Petaluma
AIA California Council Report
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Why Should I Join the AIA?
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Sponsors 2013
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President’s Message Thank you Julia Donoho for your service as chapter president this past year. The AIA Redwood Empire had an excellent 2012 culminating with a warm holiday reception and tour at the beautiful restored Victorian home of Linda Sohl and her late husband, Ed Sohl, AIA. Over the past year, the AIA Redwood Empire Board was busy with event programing, presenting two AIA National Bylaw Resolutions at AIA Grassroots, and creating a Custom Residential Knowledge Network (CRAN) specifically tailored to our members who engage in custom residential architecture. The Chapter also hosted what may be considered our “best ever” design awards gala located at the Kaiser Air Hanger.
Mark Albertson 2013 AIARE President
It is hard to believe that we are already well into 2013. In January, the Board of Directors held their annual retreat at WORK Petaluma (see page 16 for photos), in downtown Petaluma. We welcomed new Board members Nate Bisbee, Carl Servais, Michael Barron-Wike, and Jordan Lebovich. During our retreat, we adopted a conservative fiscal plan and mapped out a year’s worth of events and programming. We have a full slate of monthly lunch programs, wine and learns, lecture series, and continuing education seminars for you to attend and enjoy.
In March, Nate, Wendy and I will travel to Washington DC as representatives of our chapter membership at AIA Grassroots. While there, we will continue to foster our two national bylaws resolutions thru the approval process and will meet with congressional representatives on Capitol Hill. This year, we will be advocating for action on several important issues pertaining to “Let’s Get America Building”. Key topics and discussion points with our representatives will focus on: •Helping Small Businesses Create Jobs •Repair and Strengthen our Buildings •Build Sustainable, Resilient, and Vibrant Communities •Reform Government to Build Better with Less •and Invest in the Next Generation of Design Leaders In addition to the AIA Redwood Empire’s core events noted above, we are planning several special events throughout the year. Of particular interest is a program we will be hosting on April 4th at the Glaser Center titled “Permit Streamlining – Architects in a Leadership Role”. Mr. Michael Malinowski AIA, shall present his 2013 AIA National Convention presentation to us on this important and timely issue that advocates for our profession to lead the building permit process. The presentation will conclude with a panel discussion among distinguished community members pertaining to the logistic and economic impacts to our industry of permit streamlining. It is my sincere pleasure and honor to serve as your AIA Redwood Empire President this year. I look forward to joining Mickey Jacob FAIA, our AIA National President, and Frank Bostrom AIA, our AIA California Council President, in guiding our profession throughout 2013. It’s going to be a great year. Mark Albertson, AIA President, AIARE 2013
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AIARE Architecture Bike Tour The American Institute of Architect’s Redwood Empire Chapter will be hosting the first annual Architecture Bike Tour. Come join cycling enthusiast, historians, architects and friends for this fun, easy ride for all ages and all ability levels. Dress in your finest traditional British tweed attire to win best dressed. http://www.aiare.org/event_detail/1414941-aiare-architecture-bike-tour
Saturday, April 20, 2013 @ 2pm Meet at Railroad Square Depot | 9 Fourth Street, Santa Rosa, CA Tickets $10 | Please RSVP Thank you to our Event Sponsors! Jack and Tony’s will provide drink and food discounts and Echelon will provide 15% store discount (some exceptions) and discounted bike rentals on the day of the ride.
For questions please contact Schuyler Bartholomay, Assoc. AIA sbartholomay@wrightcontracting.com
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Associates Corner By Bryan Chubb, Assoc. AIA, Associate Director 2012- 2013 Study Group Enjoying its New Location Everyone seems to enjoy the once a month study sessions at Aromas in Railroad Square. For this month that day is March 25th. Though the official study days are on the last Tuesday of the month, many of us come every Tuesday. Come join us on the last Tuesday of the month from 6:00 - 7:00 PM, or we may be there on another day you’d like to meet on. Email what day you’d like to come by and we’ll look for you. Parking is free starting at 6:00 PM. Contact Bryan Chubb at bryanc@qka.com if you have questions. Aroma Roasters 95 5th Street Santa Rosa, CA 95401 (At the corner of 5th and Wilson) Would you like your own Structural Engineer? Last year we had a Structural Systems group that studied for the exam together. If we get another group studying for this exam, even a modest one then we can get guest Structural Engineers to come speak to us and help with our questions. Going it alone is particularly tough for this exam, and there are already a couple of you who’ve expressed interest. So for anyone else, just let me know if you would like to start studying for this or continue your current studies by joining a group. Come get expert study assistance! Remember, we can’t just announce a study session with engineers. This is a self-motivated opportunity that requires you to make a list of your questions and transmit them to me. But how much better could it be than an engineer answering your specific question? I’ll forward everyone’s questions to the guest speakers and they will tailor their tutorial to us based on what concepts we are weak on. There is also a two-day Structural Systems seminar coming up in April. The seminar spans two Saturdays, April 6th & 13th and is taught by Larry Wong, SE in Oakland. Learn more here, http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=ornjnwn6&oeidk=a07e70kn40q3d520756 Important News from NCARB There are changes coming to the exam process for ARE candidates, and this will require an exam blackout period. The blackout is about 8-weeks long and begins July 1st, 2013. During this time there will be no exams given. You may want to schedule and complete any exams you can before the blackout begins. Also, no exams can be scheduled after the blackout starts and state boards cannot enter or create eligibilities during this period. You will get a 12-week extension post-blackout because of this though. There will be no changes to exam content. As a result of the changes, a new Exam Portal will be launching with some convenient features. There will be easy access to your exam history, authorization to test information, rolling clock dates, and new score reports. Remember, make note of your candidate ID & authorization to test numbers before June 30, 2013. Learn more by visiting NCARB.org
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Inspiration Architect Antoni Gaudi’s church, the Sagrada Familia has been under construction for over 130 years. Note the connection with the natural environment in its design. These columns for instance take their design inspiration from the form of trees. See this preview for the 60 Minutes segment here: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504803_162-57573479-10391709/the-construction-zone-tour-of-sagrada-familia/ Or watch the segment in its entirety here: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50142539n
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Mission Statement Custom Residential Architects’ Network (CRAN) develops knowledge and information to benefit architects who are engaged in, or who are interested in learning more about, custom residential practice. The CRAN AIA Redwood Empire Chapter intends to provide continuing education and special programs focused on residential architecture and are dedicated to promoting the value of AIA architects for single-family residential projects. Bringing CRAN to our Chapter AIA Redwood Empire is among the first countrywide to bring CRAN to our chapter. CRAN AIARE co-chairs, Michael Barron-Wike, AIA and Sara Woodfield, AIA are two long-time practicing architects specializing in custom residential architecture with over 50 years of residential experience between them. To get our chapter off the ground, we are collaborating with AIACC (State) as well as the AIA San Mateo County (AIASMC) CRAN, headed by John Stewart, AIA, past chapter president and current national CRAN board member. The CRAN AIACC statewide network is connecting monthly by phone-conference to discuss further development of CRAN. Getting Involved We are very interested in hearing from AIARE members who would like to participate in building our new CRAN AIARE network. Please contact Michael mbw@mbwarchitect.com or Sara Harwood@sonic.net CRAN AIASMC invites interested AIARE members to give a one-hour educational talk about their work or specialty services in San Mateo. Please contact John Stewart Stewartassocaia@aol.com, 650-591-8283 for more information about topics and location. $50 gas and bridge stipend provided. Submit up to ten photos (two photos of five projects or any combination) of your residential designs for consideration to represent CRAN AIARE work at the National AIA Convention in Denver or at the National CRAN Symposium in Santa Fe this year. Due March 30th. Please contact Michael Barron-Wike mbw@mbwarchitect.com for details. Upcoming Events We have programs every month this year, including home tours, a daytrip to Sea Ranch, several presentations from AIA residential architects, as well as a special Holiday House Tour. Home Site Tour & Wine Reception | Thursday, March 26th @4:00 pm | 132 Grant Street, Healdsburg, CA Tour this in-progress, urban-infill home with Architect Sara Woodfield, AIA to discuss construction issues as well as design features before moving on to a wine reception downtown. The home has a second unit, porches, two large gardens, pool house and lap pool. Daylong Public Workshop |April 13th, 2013 | Hudson Design Showroom in Healdsburg For Architecture Week, we kick off the workshop with the beginning in a series about the benefits of working with an AIA Architect. Afterward, architects will meet with individual homeowners to answer questions regarding their personal designs and building needs. We welcome your participation in helping to build an ongoing program with strong potential to connect architects with clients. Designing Homes on the California Coast | April 17, 2013 | AIASMC Chapter location T.B.D. Presented to CRAN AIASMC by Michael Barron-Wike beginning with a “Pecha Kucha” slide show. Architects Residential Showcase | October 26, 2, 2013 We are planning a large chapter-wide event aimed at the general public to showcase the value of an AIA architect. Please contact Michael or Sara to get involved and help make this a success.
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CRAN Starts of 2013 By Jordan Lebovich, JBL Photography CRAN kicked off the New Year with a January meeting on specifications, presented by AIA member Michael Chambers, FAIA, FCSI, CCS. Michael is a registered architect in California and has worked in the private sector and state government. He is actively engaged in designing, producing and presenting continuing education programs for the construction industry. The program covered how to ensure that a project’s design integrity and intent is protected to the greatest extent possible as well as becoming familiar with basic and key specification techniques, processes and formats. Two other areas covered were understanding how specifications can reflect the intensity of the project and a review of several short form specification strategies useful for custom residential. In February, Portalais hosted a more personal meeting as architects and allied members shared their work, philosophies and a little about themselves through Pecha Kucha slide shows. Pecha Kucha, translated: “little bites”, consists of 20 slides with 20 seconds to explain each slide. We saw some great work from Neil Peoples, Danny Strening, Mary Dooley, Michael Barron-Wike and Sara Woodfield. We also saw some interesting technology from Summit Engineering and some examples of lighting effects from JBL Photography. CRAN Committee Co-chairs, Michael Barron-Wike and Sara Woodfield also took a few minutes to go over the schedule of events for the rest of the year. Wendy Young has free desk blotter calendars available with all AIA events listed for the year. Of course, she will be reminding everyone of events so that you don’t miss out on the fun and education planned for everyone. You can always see what is coming up at the AIA website under programs. http://www.aiare.org/programs/
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Historic Preservation and the California Historic Building Code By Jordan Lebovich, JBL Photography The January Lunch Program was kicked off by Schuyler Bartholomay, Assoc. AIA in the Firm Spotlight. Schuyler is with Wright Contracting doing Business Development and explained that they do a variety of work, including commercial construction, wineries, education, healthcare and residential. She showed some photos of their recent projects at Sonoma State University and Santa Rosa Junior College. She also showed photos of Luther Burbank savings in downtown Santa Rosa designed by TLCD Architects and they are currently working on a facility for the Redwood Empire Food Bank. The main program was by AIARE member Mark Parry, AIA. He outlined the key issues of the preservation industry and the California Historic Building Code (CHBC) including a brief history of the preservation movement and its significant issues. He covered the basic history of the preservation movement and posed the question “are we done being a developing nation?” This may be true as we now work to preserve what was built in the past centuries. As an example, George Washington’s home was neglected for many years and fell into ruin. An elderly woman bought the home and preserved it. Preservation is a grass roots movement that grew up from the people on the street. Out of this has come the California Historic Building Code. Preservationists were fighting the notion that new is good and old is bad and it’s in the way. The Historic Building Code has enabled preservationists to restore old buildings without having to conform to rigid, modern building codes. There is also a lot to learn from old building materials and techniques. You have to ask what’s there, what is the value of it, what can we add to it and still maintain the integrity of the structure. Older craftsmen homes often have more thermal mass and the craftsmen era was a time of greater care in construction. When it comes to ADA provisions, local jurisdictions are required to accept alternatives to the regular code. The use of other designs and technologies is permitted if the application of ADA provisions would threaten or destroy the historical significance of character defining elements of the building. In historic buildings, the primary public entrance is best made accessible with corrections to existing conditions. If not achievable, one alternative entrance should be accessible within 200 feet of the primary entry. Mark loves that the “CHBC is a code of reason”. For more information about the CHBC, the website is http://www.dgs.ca.gov/dsa/AboutUs/shbsb/2010chbc.aspx
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Rebuild Together Petaluma BKF Engineers is looking for Volunteers. All are welcome. Rebuilding Together Petaluma (RTP) is getting ready for their spring volunteer workday on Saturday April 20th and BKF is a proud sponsor of this event! We need YOU and your family and friends to help make this day a success! Volunteer today to help change homes and lives!
APRIL 20th, 2013; 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. lunch will be served, T-shirts given To volunteer, register online by going to http://www.rtpet.com/civicrm/profile/create?reset=1&gid=8
This year RTP we will be improving health and safety conditions for 7 low-income homeowners who are elderly and/or disabled, working on the home of a disabled veteran, working on a local non-profit facility and also improving 1 or 2 city parks. Our team will be assigned one of these project based on the number of volunteers we have. Please sign up to be a volunteer and make a difference in your community. When you register, there is a field that says “I prefer to work with the following group or persons.� Make sure to type BKF in the field in to ensure you and all your friends/ colleagues are assigned together. Let us put your generosity and skills to work helping others to have safe, healthy and functional homes. THANK YOU from RTP Board and staff but especially from the veterans, low-income, elderly and disabled Petaluma Homeowners who could really use some helping hands. Please feel free to forward this email on to others that you think might be interested in volunteering. You can also visit the website to learn more (http://rtpetaluma. com/). If you have any questions, feel free to contact Joscelyn. Joscelyn Lievore | Business Development BKF Engineers 325 Tesconi Circle, Santa Rosa, CA 95401 Direct 707.583.8511 | Office 707.583.8500 | Fax 707.583.8539
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Why Should I Join the AIA? By Carl Servais, AIA That’s the question every architect has to ask him or herself at some point. Well, there are plenty of compelling reasons to be an AIA member. Pragmatically, membership in the AIA gives you access to a plethora of programs and continuing education events, often times at a reduced cost. I’m a numbers guy, so here’s an example. AIA members can save $300 on registration for this year’s AIA National Convention and Design Exposition in Denver, and new members can attend for free, a $775 value. Locally, your AIA Redwood Empire chapter organizes membership lunches, CRAN home tours, wine and learns, and lectures, many of which are reduced cost or free for AIA members. All that, and you get a subscription to Architect Magazine too! But seriously, there is not typically going to be enough payback in savings to cover the cost of annual AIA membership fees. However, there are important reasons to be an AIA member that don’t have a payback you can calculate. What is the value of the AIA’s government advocacy that pursues policies that will stimulate work for architects? What is the value of being part of a network of professionals where you can find support and advice from colleagues who are united in a common purpose? What is the value of AIA Redwood Empire’s mission to advance design and the built environment through education, public awareness, collaboration, and by empowering its members? As an AIA member, how do you measure the credibility gained when you’re looking for a job at a firm, or when you’re looking for clients? How do you calculate the benefit to the profession of the AIA’s support for students, associate members, and emerging professionals? I may be a numbers guy, but I find these immeasurable benefits more compelling than the more pragmatic benefits. In the end, if you ask me why I am a member of the AIA, the answer is simple: Because I am an Architect.
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Daylight Management & Shading Systems By Jordan Lebovich, JBL Photography The firm spotlight this month was Sara Woodfield, AIA of Harrison Woodfield Architects in Santa Rosa. Sara gave a rundown of some of the inspirations for her designs and the projects that she has worked on in Sonoma County. The projects vary from Spanish style villas, to homes that have a Tuscan flair to Barn structures and more traditional homes. Every project was beautiful and filled with unique details that personalized the homes for the clients. Kristin Crawford from Lutron was the featured speaker and gave a presentation on daylight management and shading systems in commercial spaces, but most of the principles also apply to residential spaces. She covered the many control and integration options that exist in the market and showed how to specify a system that meets the requirements of their space, while enhancing occupant comfort and sustainable design. Strategies such as daylighting, occupancy-vacancy sensing, BMS Building Integration and demand response-load shedding are some of the key concepts that Kristin covered. The impact of fabric selection and control options, whether time clock or automated solar tracking system were also discussed. Kristin did a great job of keeping everyone engaged in the presentation and had several gift cards to hand out to audience members who correctly answered her pop quiz questions. When asked to name one building characteristic that impacts natural light, Bert Braden correctly answered “building orientation� and won the first gift certificate. Kristin has been with Lutron for eight years and has been based in Philadelphia, NYC, and now San Francisco. She works with residential and commercial specifiers, contractors and end users. She is well versed in all aspects of lighting controls and automated shading.
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Is your color off? By Bert Braden, PE Over the past decade or so, many of our members have likely experimented with retrofit compact fluorescent lamps (CFL) in residential applications. If your experience is anything like mine, it’s been a mixed bag of results. Issues such as fitting CFLs in existing fixtures, inadequate shielding, poor color rendition, inconsistent appearance between lamps, and premature lamp failure come to mind. Cost benefit analyses based on energy-savings-over-time go out the window if the products just aren’t holding up in actual applications. One of the side effects of longevity in my career is that I tend to be somewhat skeptical about new product applications, despite how exciting the potential benefits may seem. But in the case of retrofit CFLs, they have been weighed, and have been found wanting. LED lighting for residential and general applications represents the next major paradigm shift in the lighting world… An article titled “Relighting American Homes with LEDs” by the California Lighting Technology Center’s Michael Siminovitch, Konstantinos Papamichael and James Benya examines the retrofit CFL consumer market debacle, and issues a dire warning about the potential failure of widespread LED adoption unless fundamental issues of lighting quality are addressed with the new generation of LED lighting products. Of particular importance is the consumer perception that the class of newer LED products provides color rendering and consistency on par with the beloved incandescent light sources. The basic premise of the authors’ appeal is that energy efficiency alone is not sufficient to guarantee a successful widespread adoption of the new technology… even at lower cost. As specifiers and consumers, it’s up to us to insist that these emergent (and more expensive) products meet an established quality performance and reliability criteria. The development of consensus about what those criteria should be involves numerous interests including manufacturers, regulatory agencies, utilities, and consumer groups. Let’s hope that the LED transformation bears more (colorful) fruit than our CFL experience. The above referenced white paper and other information can be found here: UC Davis lighting experts push for national quality standard for LEDs http://news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=10483
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Historic Architecture in Petaluma By Jordan Lebovich, JBL Photography
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On a Saturday in January, the 2013 AIA Board of Directors met for an all day retreat in Petaluma. As part of the agenda, we took a break after lunch to take a walking tour of downtown Petaluma to learn about the history of the city and its enduring architecture. The tour was led by Nancy Sasser, a docent with the Petaluma Historical Society. Bringing the distinctive taste of San Francisco cuisine and sourdough to Montgomery Village in Santa Rosa.
Petaluma area was part of a Mexican land grant made by Governor Jose Figueroa to Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo called Rancho Petaluma in 1834. A couple of years later in 1836, Vallejo began construction of his Rancho Petaluma Adobe, in part to consolidate the holding from Russian traders who were establishing posts along the coast. When gold was discovered in California in 1849, pioneers flocked to Petaluma from the eastern United States and the town experienced rapid growth. The town’s position on the Petaluma River in the heart of productive farmland was critical to its growth. Boats and steamers plied the river between Petaluma and San Francisco, carrying agricultural produce and raw materials to the burgeoning city of San Francisco. The town of Petaluma was incorporated in April of 1858. Petaluma was relatively unharmed during the San Francisco earthquake of April 18, 1906, due to significant stable bedrock underlying the region. After the railroad arrived, an already thriving dairy and manufacturing city became the nation’s largest poultry and egg producer. A vital economy brought factories, hatcheries, vast warehouses, and grain elevators that have become defining Petaluma landmarks. Its handsome downtown, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is noted for its Italianate cast iron front commercial buildings, and a variety of pre-World War II residential styles surround it in charming neighborhoods. Its classic main streets played a central role in the film American Graffiti. Perhaps the most iconic piece of Petaluma architecture is the clock tower on top of the three story Masonic Building at the corner of Petaluma Boulevard and Western Street. The clock arrived in Petaluma in May of 1882 and was placed on in a wooden tower that was built to house it. By 1932 the wooden tower was falling apart and was replaced with a copper-clad tower that still stands today. It remains a symbol of Petaluma and as well as beautiful piece of historic art.
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AIARE Board Retreat 2013 (left to right): Nate Bisbee, Jaime Stich, Danny Strening, Diana Mendez, Schuyler Bartholomay, Michael Chambers, Kathy Austin, Bryan Chubb, Pete Gang, Wendy Young, Bert Braden, Mark Albertson, Julia Donoho, Michael Barron-Wike, Carl Servais, Jordan Lebovich.
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AIARE Holiday Party By Jordan Lebovich JBL Photography The Holiday Party was a very classy event to close out an incredible year of great events for the AIARE chapter. From informative monthly Lunch Programs to a tour of the Bay Bridge construction to excellent NXNC lectures and the founding of the Custom Residential Architects Network it was a busy year. Also, we had an Awards Gala in October that was unbelievable. See the previous newsletter for the article and photos. Single Family High-End Residential
The Holiday Party was held at the home of Linda Sohl, who graciously opened her McDonald Avenue Victorian home to us to kick off the holiday season in style. In addition to a beautiful home, the food and wine was magnificent. We had gourmet cheese trays with fig compote, pork loin sliders, blackened prawns with mango salsa, stuffed mushrooms, chicken skewers with peanut satay, grilled vegetables and baguettes. The dessert buffet was provided by your AIARE Board of Directors, who made lots of mouth watering goodies. The wines were donated by Seghesio Winery, Kenwood Winery, BJV Winery and Korbel. MKM & Associates provided the cold Lagunitas. We hope that you will join us for many of the great events being planned for you in 2013!
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AIACC Report By Schuyler Bartholomay, Assoc. AIA The first AIA California Council meeting of the year was Friday, February 22nd in Sacramento. Meeting topics included: • AIACC political involvement in Sacramento • AIALA’s small firm workshops • Updates from the California Council Regional Directors (the AIACC nationals reps) • and concerns over design-build for public projects You will all be happy to know the AIACC members are also concerned with the high dues and it is a strong topic of interest in our AIACC online discussions. The AIARE/ AIACC Dues Resolution has a task force assigned to move it forward and is now called “Revenues Sourcing” The next meeting is a virtual meeting on May 3, 2013. Please email me at sbartholomay@wrightcontracting.com for any questions
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