As you may be aware, the results of the recent election have been finalized. We can all return to our daily lives and begin to recover from the shell-shock caused by the bombardment of political ads…Now we get to experience first hand how those results will affect not only our profession, but our lives in …
Practice Innovation Lab: One year on
Just over a year ago, I found myself connecting with young architects from across the nation. Our goal, develop models for what the practice of architecture might look like in the year 2030. It was an exhilarating exercise, and also refreshing to see that out state and region (what many of the attendees probably would term …
Newly appointed AIA SD Disaster Coordinator
In response to national and regional advances in disaster preparedness, AIA South Dakota had begun to develop a Disaster Assistance Program by connecting with AIA National and other State components to create the protocols for our volunteer architects to respond in case of a major event (tornado, floods, forest fires, and winter storms) in our …
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Sioux Falls Design Week begins
Design Week is a week-long opportunity for the city of Sioux Falls to celebrate and explore a wide variety of design disciplines, from architecture to landscape design to graphic design and more. The fifth annual Sioux Falls Design Week will be September 28th to October 5th. See event schedule here: www.siouxfallsdesignweek.com This year like others …
2018 AIA South Dakota Design Awards announced
2018 HONOR AWARDS go to: TSP Inc. of Sioux Falls in the category of Architecture for its design of the DSU Beacom Institute of Technology in Madison Koch Hazard Architects of Sioux Falls in the category of Architecture for its design of the renovation of the South Dakota State Capitol Law Library in Pierre South …
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2018 AIA SD Convention underway
The 2018 South Dakota AIA convention began this morning with an insightful mayoral panel discussion on the challenges facing our growing cities and how architects will play a crucial role in the planning and design effort. A comment that struck me came from Spearfish Mayor Dana Boke: a great project can be derailed by a …
Get ready for the 2018 AIA SD convention
AIA South Dakota’s Annual Convention 2018 kicks off Sept. 13-14 at the Best Western Plus Ramkota Hotel in Sioux Falls.
AIA South Dakota names winners of Champion of Architecture, Legacy, Young Architect awards
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) South Dakota is recognizing a former city planning director, a South Dakota concrete company and two architects with annual awards to be presented as part of AIA South Dakota’s annual convention on Friday, Sept. 14.
Eagle Bull, first Native American woman to become licensed architect, to keynote AIA South Dakota convention
Tamara Eagle Bull, FAIA, AICAE, NCARB, the first Native American woman in the U.S. to become a licensed architect, will present a public keynote titled Sovereignty Through Design at the AIA South Dakota Annual Convention, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018, 7:30 p.m., at the Ramkota Convention Center Annex. Eagle Bull, a member of the Oglala Lakota …
Citizen Architect
Architects do more than imagine spaces, buildings and forms. We continually strengthen the communication link between the mind and the hand that draws or clicks to form creations on napkin, paper or computer screen. In more simple terms, my job as an architect is to dream with my clients and then make those dreams a reality. Pretty impressive, for sure, but is that all an architect does? Does an architect …