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The Cleveland 2030 District non-profit recognizes sustainable design in northeast Ohio through its Green Building Challenge! - Story in the current Properties Magazine.

See our article in Properties Magazine June 2024 edition featuring our Green Building Challenge winners Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems, Cleveland Foundation, Historic St. Casimir Polish Church, College of Wooster, Oberlin Elementary School, NASA's Glenn Research Center
https://issuu.com/mrej/docs/propertiesweb-june24/44?fr=sM2U3Yzc0NTU2NzM

Congratulations to this year's winners of the Cleveland 2030 District / USGBC - Northeast Ohio's "Green Building Challenge" Competition, including Bendix's new Headquarters! Environmentally responsible design and construction is being awarded and celebrated in our community!

Bendix Wins Top Green Building Award The Bendix headquarters in Avon, Ohio, has been awarded the title of overall winner in the Cleveland 2030 District's Green Building Challenge.

It's official! As of today, architects, engineers, landscape architects, and surveyors have lien rights in Ohio!

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A very major piece of legislation was signed today by the Ohio Governor, giving professional lien rights to all Ohio architects, landscape architects, engineers, and surveyors (SB49)! No longer is Ohio the only U. S. state that does not have lien rights for Architects and Engineers. It was a privilege to be present for this ceremony, to witness the signing, and to meet the Governor. Thank you to the bill’s bipartisan major sponsors – Senator Hottinger and Senator Sykes as well as its co-sponsors Senators Thomas, Craig, Rulli, Yuko, and Blessing! Thank you to our bill partners – ACEC, OSLA, and PLSO. Thank you to our AIA Ohio lobbyist Luther Liggett for his diligent work on this legislation. Thank you to AIA Ohio Executive Vice President and Executive Director Kate Metzger Brunswick, CAE, Hon, AIA for her ongoing support. Thank you to Robert Maschke FAIA who believed in the original pitch and, with the 2017 AIA Ohio Board, authorized the AIA Ohio Lien-Rights / Payment-Assurance Taskforce to work on this legislation. Thank you to the AIA Ohio presidents since – John Weigand AIA, John Kelleher AIA, Mary Glowacki AIA, and Karen Planet AIA – who continued to support this Taskforce over four and a half years. Thank you to those on the Taskforce that contributed to this success today, especially co-chair Terry Welker FAIA, Bruce Sekanick FAIA, and Jack Bialosky Jr. FAIA!

To Vote in the People's Choice: https://aiaohio.secure-platform.com/a/gallery?roundId=66

The 2020 AIA Cleveland Design Awards People's Choice voting is now open! Follow the link below to learn more about the projects submitted to this year's Design Awards program and to vote for your favorites. Voting is open to everyone up until Thursday, November 5th at 11:59pm EST.

You can vote for 1 project in each of our 6 categories every 24 hours. We suggest a donation of $1 per vote which will go to one of three deserving organizations our program will benefit in 2020. Donations are only suggested and not required to vote. Donations will benefit ACE Mentor Program of Cleveland, NEOCH, and NOMA CLE.

https://aiaohio.secure-platform.com/a/gallery?roundId=66

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It's a week away! At 4PM on Friday, 06 November 2020, JOIN US in celebrating local design excellence, commitment to professional growth, supporting the good work of local community charities, and having fun.

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2020 AIA Cleveland Design Awards Each year, AIA Cleveland recognizes excellence in design by inviting local firms to submit their best work to be reviewed by nationally renowned juries from ...

I'll be giving a talk next week on Indiana Lien Rights for Architects with attorney Will Kelley Jr. -- join us if interested in understanding this payment tool.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/aia-indiana-presents-mechanics-lien-and-payment-remedies-for-architects-tickets-123415459963

AIA Indiana presents Mechanic’s Lien and Payment Remedies for Architects AIA IN presents Mechanic’s Lien and Payment Remedies for Architects This four-part series is brought to you by Drewry Simmons Vornehm, LLC

Today we celebrate the distinguished life and exquisite work of local architect Richard Fleischman, FAIA, who sadly passed away last Saturday.

Richard was a brilliant thinker, leading modern designer, and motivator of talent. He led one of Cleveland’s most respected design firms with local, state, and national award-winning projects spanning at least five decades.

I loved my time working with Richard as a young designer, project architect, and junior partner. We crafted modern homes on the lake in Bratenahl as well as churches and prestigious civic buildings across northern Ohio. Richard’s mentorship greatly impacted my sensibilities as a designer and he continues to influence our work at Christopher @ Architects LLC. In more recent years, I enjoyed seeing him at church and keeping in touch with him.

I borrow a couple of images from his website to share here so that we can all celebrate Richard. Rest in peace, Richard. We will miss you.

Christopher @ Architects LLC's aging-in-place master-bedroom suite “room in the garden” addition last night was awarded best 2019-2020 Greater Cleveland addition between 100k-250k by the National Association of the Remodeling Industry! Thank you to our collaborators – our clients, Artistic Renovations of Ohio, and the various, wonderful sub-contractors!

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This Architecture Studio Released A Series Of Templates Children Can Use To Create Paper Cities During Lockdown | DeMilked British architecture studio Foster + Partners released a series of paper building templates that kids can print out, color and use to build their own paper cities.

Christopher @ Architects LLC, today, is celebrating 21 years of service to our clients and our community. Thank you to all that have supported us. Following an Easter theme, with Your help, "We Make All Things New."

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2019 Cleveland Design Awards Each year, AIA Cleveland recognizes excellence in design by inviting local firms to submit their best work to be reviewed by nationally renowned juries from ...

STEAM not STEM: Why scientists need arts training Universities must train scientists to engage with the ethics of emerging technologies, rather than functioning as cogs in the engine of economic development. Integrating the arts into STEM can help.

Architects that want to be podcast-interviewed at A'19 (Thursday) - sign up below.

2019 Small Firm Stories: Audio Interviews - Smartsheet.com

Links to support smaller architectural firms in newsletter below.

The AIA Small Firm Exchange eNewsletter 2019 This lively social will bring together conference participants of all experiences, specialties, and backgrounds who share an interest in deepening connections. You'll chat with peers from AIA member groups and Knowledge Communities from across the Institute, including the Small Firm Exchange, Custom...

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Wow what a busy week in store for AIA Cleveland! Read all about it in this week's newsletter. Start practicing your trivia too, as Trivia Challenge 2.0 has been announced!



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Michael Lejong and Christopher Toddy talk at 2018 Grassroots in San Diego, California - March 13 - Leadership and Inspiration

The AIA Small Firm Exchange at Grassroots The AIA Small Firm Exchange (SFx) members Christopher Toddy, AIA and Michael L. Lejong, AIA discusses the role of the SFx and the impact we're working to hav...

And the firm is still going strong with sons Scott and Kent!

Women-in-Architecture AIA Cleveland Event on March 21, being organized by Robyn and her Team! Join us

AIA is urging congressional leaders to prioritize energy efficiency in the infrastructure debate. Learn more: bit.ly/2FQ6Fdn

AIA Film Challenge AIA Film Challenge: A Blueprint for Better The fourth annual AIA Film Challenge invites architects and filmmakers to collaborate in telling stories of projects done in partnership with civic leaders and the community. The Film Challenge is an opportunity to demonstrate how architects are having a po...

Leadership Development is one of our most important topics:

Great "small-firm" programming at the national AIA conference in NYC in June:

AIA is a valuable resource also for small firms. To find out more, subscribe to the Small Firm Exchange (national committee) Newsletter below:

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https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/guide-highly-efficient-meetings-robert-mckeon-aloe/

This article talks about keeping meetings to under 30-minutes. It also says to provide snacks. I'd like your brainstorming on what snacks are "meeting appropriate." Donuts seem out.

A Guide to Highly Efficient Meetings When I first interned, I noticed the engineers would have six meetings with the same people talking about the same things before any actions were

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/paevencom-rfp-software-orientation-and-special-offer-for-aia-members-registration-45452837661?aff=AIAMarketing

For AIA architects in or near Cleveland, consider attending this orientation session on May 24 for marketing lead software. They find the work and ask you to bid on it. Seems easy to me. They are broadening your "marketing department." AIA has arranged access to this service for free (for a certain time) as a benefit to its members. Come; bring your laptop. They will walk you through setting it up and using it. Come try it out.

PAEVEN.COM - RFP Software -- Orientation and Special Offer for AIA members We invite AIA members, their consultants, and guests to join us for a great evening to discuss the power and ease of including PAEVEN in your office work-generation plan. For a limited time only, we are offering a free profile and one-year site access to AIA Cleveland members. Come to enjoy some app...