Artisanal Craft in Sustainable Spaces
This course discusses the value of bridging cultures and combining artisan heritage with innovative design, and illustrates how the craftsmanship of furnishings made by hand with sustainable materials can meet today’s design goals of green design.
Sponsored By AIA San Francisco
Credits: AIA/LU
Type: Lunch & Learn
California Supplemental Examination (CSE) Review
This CSE seminar is a two-part lecture series that provides a detailed overview of all knowledge areas of the 2014 California Supplemental Exam test plan. Materials covered include different AIA contract documents for design and construction, state and local codes and regulations, agencies having jurisdiction, approval processes, construction laws, and other key areas of architectural practice. For any questions about the CSE class content and architectural licensing, send a message to awoo@cseeducational.com.
Sponsored By AIA San Francisco
Type: Lunch & Learn
Conflict Engagement: The Designer's Advantage
Why are solutions to the world’s trickiest problems often never fully realized? For that matter, why is it difficult to address much smaller problems within our own businesses, teams and relationships? The creative and management processes associated with the practice of architecture is naturally prone to conflict. Indeed, the world we seek to change is increasingly filled with conflict, and the stakes are getting higher. Yet our communication skills seem to be getting weaker due inadequate training as well as the proliferation of new technology and social media platforms. Bold initiatives that are intended to drive global change will always involve conflicting opinions, perspectives, and agendas. The New Urban Agenda is no exception, and it’s imperative that we reconsider how all stakeholders need to interact to realize its mission. Conflict engagement, not avoidance, is the very thing that can promote positive change and innovative solutions - and designers have untapped skills they can use to address conflict productively. Session attendees will learn and practice the basic elements of conflict engagement, and leave with the confidence they can design a better conversation with practically anyone.
Sponsored By AIA San Francisco
Credits: AIA/LU
Type: Lunch & Learn
Food + Beverage Design: Think, Create, Experience
Everyone has to eat and everyone has an opinion about where they grabbed their last meal out. This course will walk you through the fundamental principles of understanding your customer demographics, sharing why having a good program drives a successful design, explaining the basic rules of foodservice design for FOH & BOH spaces and how current trends are influencing all aspects of foodservice design.
Sponsored By AIA San Francisco
Credits: AIA/LU
Type: Lunch & Learn
Impactful Visual Storytelling: strategies behind successful architectural photography
Architectural photography is a tremendous investment and can be one of your greatest assets in sharing your project story. This investment benefits from thoughtful strategic planning. Your imagery defines your firm’s image and is often the only representation that will share your design with potential clients and the rest of the world. During this discussion, we will explore how to ensure you maximize your investment in professional architectural photography resulting in impactful visual stories. From annual strategic planning to leveraging the final photography assets, we will uncover the necessary steps to ensure a return on investment that meets your firm’s needs.
Sponsored By AIA San Francisco
Credits: AIA/LU
Type: Lunch & Learn
Innovative Earthquake Architectural Solutions - The CASL System
The benefits will include informing the attendees of new Seismic Structural and Architectural thought and methodology as it relates to previous thinking. Current seismic building design is changing and the CASL is ahead of present day thinking. The attendees will improve their careers by learning an organic and previously unknown system for preventing building collapse in an earthquake scenario. The architectural, aesthetic, and structural ideas put forth during the presentation will acknowledge a path of thought that will change the attendees thought pattern and interest about nature and its inclusion in everyday living. The attendees perspectives will be challenged by questioning the presenters claims and learning from the presentation. Philosophy of ecology and evolution are part of the ideas presented. The CASL System challenges the current status quo by visualizing and showing that architecture and structure can be combined for a single aesthetic look. In current circles on seismic building design the creation of solutions for building collapse and loss of life must be re-evaluated. Current solutions do not work and a high performance solution such as the CASL is needed.
Sponsored By AIA San Francisco
Credits: AIA/HSW
Type: Lunch & Learn
Light! Design Expo
This exciting annual expo showcase the latest in architectural lighting products, attracts a wide range of design professionals, and is the only architectural lighting products show in Northern California. Click here for more information.
Sponsored By AIA San Francisco
Credits: AIA/HSW
Type: Lunch & Learn
Masonry Veneer Cladding Systems Installation, Code Compliance, + Continuous Insulation
This course reviews the various installation methods and types of Thin Veneer Wall Systems, and the benefits and limitations of each. Participants will understand how changes in the energy Codes requiring Continuous Insulation can pose challenges in installation methods, and will review the available options in installation methods to meet these requirements. Click here for more information.
Sponsored By AIA San Francisco
Credits: AIA/HSW
Type: Lunch & Learn
QuickBooks Set-up + Workflow for Architects
All businesses need to cover three functions; operations, marketing and finance. Though most time is spent on operations that generate revenue, all three are of equal importance. Finance by nature is a supportive function that does not generate income, but sustains the business. This workshop will use Quickbooks as the platform and discuss how right set-up and workflow ease regular bookkeeping tasks. Good workflow simplifies monthly billing; be it time-and-materials or fixed-price billing. It produces timely and accurate financial and job reports. The former shows overall company’s performance. The later shows jobs’ performances. Having been in business for thirteen years, Terry wants to briefly share her insight on what it means to be a business owner / leader. Please take food and drink for your enjoyment during the formal presentation. Refreshments generously sponsored by Focus-Grow Bookkeeping. Click here for more information.
Sponsored By AIA San Francisco
Credits: AIA/LU
Type: Lunch & Learn
Water Reuse as a Design Opportunity
Committee on the Environment (COTE) presents a panel on practical applications and industry resources for water reuse technologies, associated adjustments to design process, and the future of water stewardship within the context of global water scarcity and the direction of future California water policy. Click here for more information.
Sponsored By AIA San Francisco
Credits: AIA/LU
Type: Lunch & Learn
