KatieKrantz, NCARB, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, CPHC, is a partner at VanDeWalle Architectsin Sioux Falls. She received her M.Arch from North Dakota State University in2008. She lives in Sioux Falls with her husband, son and daughter. 1 Tell us a little bit about you.I grew up on a farm near Milbank, SD then ventured…
1 Tell us a little bit about you. I love having big dreams, making beautiful things, solving problems, and continuously striving to become a better human than I was yesterday, and sharing what I learn with whoever will listen. Beyond that, I’m fiercely independent, a little fiery, and firmly believe that it’s my job…
What will education look like tomorrow? In five years? In twenty? What students need to learn and how they are being taught are adapting to a world that is changing faster than ever before. Teachers are faced with the challenge of preparing students for careers that don’t exist yet. We don’t know for certain what…
I am so excited to host the AIA South Dakota blog for the month of December. What a great way for us to connect as a profession and advance the dialogue about architecture in our state. This month’s blog theme is focused on a topic I am passionate about: celebrating women in architecture. This topic…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…