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02/04/2012 Montrose Walking Tour Details and Registration 02/09/2012 TEXAS ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS A review of the revised ADA Title II and Title III Rules, their effective dates, and major changes to the accessibility technical standards. Presented by Teresa Darr, AIA of Accessibility Check Details & Registration 02/11/2012 Museum District Walking Tour Details and Registration 02/15/2012 The Living Building Challenge, An Introduction The Living Building Challenge is a philosophy. Advocacy tool and certification program that covers development at all scales. It is comprised of seven performance areas: Site, Water, Energy, Health, Materials, Equity, and Beauty. Please join us as we explore the Living Building Challenge in this introductory session. Details & Registration 02/16/2012 FULL DAY CE- 6 CEUs We cordially invite you to attend a full day of Continuing Education (CE) Seminars. Individual classes are not available for the event. Pricing includes breakfast, lunch, snacks and validated parking. 8:30am-9:00am Registration / Continental Breakfast 9:00am-10:00am GeoExchange / Geothermal Installation Primer for the Greater Houston Area Russell V. Buras of Loop Tech International 1 SD 10:00-11:00am How to get the Government to Pay for your Green Upgrades David Ely of EDSS 1 LU 11:15am-12:15pm TBD Presented by Terracon 12:30pm-1:00pm Lunch 1:00pm-2:00pm Beyond Performance: Assessing the Sustainability of Windows Ron Smith of BMC 1 SD/1 GBCI 2:00pm-4:00pm Recommended Guidelines for Design and Construction of Inground Swimming Pools in Texas David Eastwood of Geotech Engineering and Testing 2 SD Details & Registration 02/16/2012 Authors in Architecture: Susan Rogers Susan Rogers,Director of the Community Design Resource Center, Assistant Professor, College of Architecture, University of Houston will present Collaborative Community Design Initiative: Corridors 02/18/2012 Buffalo Bayou Walking Tour Details and Registration 02/21/2012 YAF Firm Presence - Gensler The Young Architects Forum invites you to Firm Presence a continuing series of conversations with Houstons leading architects. RSVP to Rocio Carlon, rocio@aiahouston.org 02/23/2012 2012 Health Seminar Exhibit Social Keynote Speaker, Garrett L. Walsh, M.D., Head, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery will be providing an overview of recent advances in technology of the PeriOperative Enterprise Group at MD Anderson Cancer Center. He will discuss the advances in surgical technology and some of the changes made in the OR area at MDACC that have created substantial savings in operating expenses. Additionally, he will discuss the future plans for MDACCs new operating rooms and how they will be included in the overall logistics of the Alkek Hospital. His insight and perspective should provide a thought provoking look into opportunities in integrating technologies with patient care and business objectives. Following Dr. Walshs Keynote address we will hear from a panel of Industry Experts discussing new and emerging technologies affecting patient care. The focus will be to learn of the new technologies that may affect the built environment as well as future care modalities. Details & Registration 02/23/2012 2012 Seminar, Exhibit & Social (SES) Sponsorship Information 02/24/2012 Houston 20/20 Visions: Ten Years to Clarity Exhibtion Closes 02/25/2012 Texas Medical Center Walking Tour Details and Registration 03/01/2012 Joe Aker: MultiFaceted - art + architecture The exhibition will be on view March 1 - April 6, 2012. This is a FotoFest 2012 participating exhibition. ***Please note there is no reception today. The artist reception will take place March 15, 2012 at 5:30pm. 03/03/2012 Towers and Trees Downtown Walking Tour Details and Registration 03/10/2012 Montrose Walking Tour Details and Registration 03/15/2012 Joe Aker: MultiFaceted - art + architecture Artist Reception This a FotoFest 2012 particpating exhibtion. 03/17/2012 Museum District Walking Tour Details and Registration 03/21/2012 Authors in Architecture: Anna Mod Local preservationist Anna Mod will present her new book Building Modern Houston. At 5:30 Wendy Heger, AIA, Assistant Director of Panning & Facilities, Houston Public Library will lead a tour of the Jesse Jones Building. The author presentation will follow immediately in the Julia Ideson Building. 03/24/2012 Buffalo Bayou Walking Tour Details and Registration 03/31/2012 Texas Medical Center Walking Tour Details and Registation 04/05/2012 Joe Aker Photography Workshop: Sunset Joe Aker will share with participants the methods he uses to capture the magic light in Sunset and Sunrise photography of buildings. After a short program, he will guide the group downtown to put the tips from the program into practice. You are encouraged to bring your camera and tripod (if you have one) to take your own photographs of downtown. 04/06/2012 Joe Aker: MultiFaceted - art + architecture Exhibtion Closes 04/14/2012 AIA Houston's Celebrate Architecture Gala benefitting the Architecture Center Houston Foundation. details tba 04/16/2012 Authors in Architecture: Hicks Stone Hicks Stone will present Edward Durell Stone A Son's Untold Story of a Legendary Architect This presentation is sponsored in part by by Houston MOD. 04/18/2012 Sandcastle Kick-Off Party 04/19/2012 Ai Weiwei's Five Houses Exhibtion Opening Reception Exhibition will be on view April 19 - May 25, 2012. 04/21/2012 Montrose Walking Tour Details and Registration 04/27/2012 Michael G Meyer's High School Competition Awards Ceremony This year students were challenged to design a museum. Winners will be on exhibit through May 11 at ArCH. 04/28/2012 Museum District Walking Tour Details and Registration 05/01/2012 Gulf Coast Green 2012 details tba 05/05/2012 Texas Medical Center Walking Tour Details and Registration 05/10/2012 Authors in Architecture: Louis Aulbach Louis Aulbach will present Buffalo Bayou: An Echo of Houston's Wilderness Beginnings 05/12/2012 Towers & Trees Downtown Walking Tour Details and registration 05/25/2012 Ai Weiwei's Five Houses Exhibition Closes 06/02/2012 26th Annual Sandcastle Competition 
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