The Chapter’s newest Sustaining Partner, the Energy Design Assistance program (CEDA), is excited to offer architects and engineers throughout the state of California a new way to meet energy efficiency goals for new construction and major alterations. CEDA replaced the Savings by Design program and offers complimentary energy design assistance, which lays out potential energy […]
2021 Year End President’s Message: Housing the Homeless
By Paul Menard, AIA In the last six months the northeast corner of the intersection of Fair oaks Boulevard and Howe Avenue has become an increasingly dense tent camp for unsheltered homeless human beings. I know this because I drive by it every day on my way to work at the UC Davis Health campus […]
2022 AIA Central Valley Board Installation & Design Awards Celebration
The Chapter is throwing a BIG party to kick off the new year at SMUD’s new Museum of Science of Curiosity / MOSAC, designed by Dreyfuss + Blackford Architecture! We’ll honor the Design Award recipients, bestow Chapter Commendations, recognize our dedicated Sustaining Partners and formally install the 2022 Board of Directors. Attendees can visit museum […]
Our Move to 1400 S +”AIACV Meets Here” Approach
by Ida Antoniolli Clair, AIA, LEED®AP BD+C, CASpState Architect | Incoming 2022 Chapter President In the midst of the holiday season, while we shop for family and friends, we know that the size of the package does not always reveal the value of the gift. This too is true for the spaces we inhabit, as […]