Tim declares a ban on Gehry, Uncle Frank becomes a professor, and Haley is impressed by Google.  We geek out about Revit and Bart is back in the CAED shop.

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Show Notes

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• We’re still looking for Assistant Producer
• New store launched January.  50% of proceeds will go toward the new scholarship fund.
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• New Facebook Fans
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Stephanie (Green) Silkwood, Assoc AIA, LEED AP completely disrupts the order of the show, Haley is in the future and the title of Architect is being undermined by the IT industry.

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General News

• A Font of Ideas From a ‘Nomadic’ Humanitarian Architect
  • http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/02/arts/design/02iht-design2.html?src=mv
• Everyone’s an architect
  • http://www.architectmagazine.com/architects/im-an-architect.aspx
  • Digital issue of Architect:
  • http://mydigimag.rrd.com/publication/frame.php?i=41861&p=&pn=&ver=swf
• Calatrava Unveils Design for Major Denver Airport Project
  • http://archrecord.construction.com/news/daily/archives/2010/07/100730calatrava.asp
  • “The bridge and hotel are expected to be completed by 2013. The train station will be completed two years later, and commuter-rail service is scheduled to begin service in 2016.”
• Building Information Modeling: Risks and Rewards
  • http://www.law.com/jsp/lawtechnologynews/PubArticleLTN.jsp?id=1202464217869&Building_Information_Modeling_Risks_and_Rewards
  • “If those proficient in using BIM are not the individuals making design judgments, the initial architectural firm runs the risk of miscommunication, which can lead to design errors.”

Not so Rapid Fire Questions

• Cal Poly or Berkeley? Cal Poly
• Autocad or Revit? AutoCAD – she can’t work on Revit and listen to our show at the same time
• Parallel bar or T-Square? T-square – it’s much more affordable
• Facebook or LinkedIn or Myspace? LinkedIn
• Arch Record, Arch Digest, or Architect? Record – JOE WEBER!!!
• Drafting dots or tape? Tape – it also makes a good bandaid in studio
• Yellow trace or white? White – it scans better
• Ad Markers or Prisma? Ad – because Haley says they’re better
• Pen or Pencil? Pencil – she likes to shade things
• Mac or PC? Mac, even though she uses a PC, but it’s only becuase she’s a native to Cupertino
• What’s the Meaning of Life? Vitality!

SCORE: 80,103

Interview

• Who are you?
  • Graduated in ’08 from Cal Poly
  • Since then she’s gotten married (she used to be Stephanie Green)
  • She works in San Jose with RMW
  • She’s become very involved with the AIA and is currently the Associate Director for AIASCV (Santa Clara Valley).
• Why did she become involved with the AIA?
  • She was involved with AIAS and CSI back at Cal Poly, got pretty involved while she was a student so it carried on after graduation.
  • She’s found it’s helped with knowledge of licensure, networking, and such.
• What’s going on with her AIA Santa Clara Valley Chapter?
  • They do monthly events, social and educational
  • She has a great committee (made up of lots of Cal Poly Grads)
  • Recent manufacturer tour
  • Recent tour of Adobe Headquarters
  • Weekly ARE study group
  • Coming IDP Presentation in October
• Involvement in the AIA California Council Academy for Emerging Professionals (AEP)
  • Last weekend was the Statewide Forum, down in Burbank at Woodbury University
  • Many regions throughout the country are looking to the AIA California Council AEP to see what they do and perhaps model their own Emerging Professional groups after their work
  • The AEP supports Emerging Professionals, their interests, provides support in their career path, mentorship opportunites, networking, fellowship, leadership opportunities, and so on!!
  • Emerging Professionals Survey
    • http://www.aia.org/practicing/AIAB085555
• Economy talk…
  • Stephanie came into her job just before the economy really started to turn downhilll
  • She works at a firm where she feels that she really belongs there, it’s a culture she wants to be a part of and that’s factored into her work there and dedication
  • Enthusiasm and having a good attitude are always a good thing
• Facebook privacy settings…
  • Just be careful, be aware of what’s out there about you…
  • Google yourself and see what others can see!

We don’t have a guest! Run for the hills!!  Just news today.  There is lots going on in the Cal Poly community and Haley shares some interesting articles on green architecture.  Tim is getting ready for his CSE!!!!! Good times and full speed ahead!

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• We missed questions from the chat room last week, we’re sorry!
• Get Beth (Wilson) McIntire to redo your resume!  It worked for Tim!
  • Email: ejw24 at hotmail.com

News:

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Mail Bag:

• Ellen, LEED AP – CSE Study Groups
  • Check out http://areforum.org/ to organize study groups and get questions answered
  • Visit the California Aarchitects Board website for info on the California Suplimental Exam http://www.cab.ca.gov/candidates/index.shtml
• Steve – Keynoting in Revit
  • http://www.sloarch.com/2009/07/emc2-architects-releases-keynote-manager-7-1/
  • Let us know how you structure your key reference notes! Do you use the master format? Do you have a custom format?

News:

• Senator Calls on Cal Poly to Stop Allowing Donor Influence of Curriculum
  • http://www.californiachronicle.com/articles/view/137701
  • What is the appropriate influence of doners in acedemia??
• Another interesting Haiti article
  • http://www.architectmagazine.com/blogs/postdetails.aspx?BlogId=beyondbuildingsblog&PostId=91771
  • the author is a prof at Cal Poly Pamona
  • Architecture is a team endeavor Architects need to be team players.
• Architect or whatever:
  • http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/21/garden/21architects.html
  • Tim read about John last year.  He’s been doing this for almost a year!! Things have been bad for some time. In Mar. of 09 Architectual Record did an entire issue on the recession.
    • http://archrecord.construction.com/news/newsmakers/0903johnmorefield.asp
  • Many of those who have been laid off are discovering new talents often unrelated to architecture…
  • “He was seated at a homemade wooden stand under a sign reading ‘Architecture 5¢,’ with a tin can nearby awaiting spare change. For a nickel, he would answer any architectural question.”
  • “According to the latest data available from the Department of Labor, employment at American architecture firms, which peaked last July at 224,500, had dropped to 184,600 by November.”
• Tim’s BIG news! Whoo hooo!
  • send job opportunities to theStudio at sloarch.com

Interview:

• Alex is still at the first job that he got straight out of Cal Poly
• He has started the IDP program but isn’t sure if he wants to start the ARE’s. We try to convince him to start.
  • It’s hard to get all the IDP hours when your firm doesn’t do all services.
  • Emerging Professionals Companion offers IDP units, http://www.epcompanion.org/
  • Have consultants do a learning luncheon and give a homework assignment to those working on IDP
• Started doing freelance residential drawings when he started college
  • First client was his uncle
  • At the peak in 2007 he was doing 40-50 projects a year
  • Friends called him a work-a-holic. For two years almost every weekend he drove to the central valley for work.
• Alex talks about the legalities of a non-architect doing residential construction drawings and how he learned how to do the drawings.
• We are left speachless
• Doing real world work made it difficult to think really out of the box in design studio because he instinctively thought about constructability of the design.
• Cal Poly’s motto of learn by doing is great but teachers controlling what technologies to use is something to possibly change.
• Find a job related to Architecture while you are still in school to see if it’s really what you want to do.
• Jake Feldman talked Alex into not changing majors to Architectural Engineering. Studing vs having fun with models.
• Alex came to the United States from Mexico at 14 not knowing any English. He worked really hard to learn the language in less than two years. He couldn’t go directly to Cal Poly because he didn’t have 4 years of required English.
  • During his senior year of high school and the summer after graduation he completed most of his freshman college courses at the local junior college.
  • He transfered to Cuesta and then to Cal Poly. Still completed the entire program in the 5 year period because of transfer credits.
• How does Alex feel about all the layoffs at his firm?
• Hasn’t had any outside architecture work for 3 months, has started a side business with another person in the firm to create an alternate revenue stream
• Even if he’s vacationing in Cabo San Lucas he will still be designing Architecture

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News:

• Architecture student receives national attention
  • http://mustangdaily.net/architecture-student-recieves-national-attention
• Cal Poly Architecture Professor Thomas Fowler IVReceives National Recognition
  • http://calpolynews.calpoly.edu/news_releases/2010/January/Fowler.html
• New Web site wants to offer more than teacher ratings
  • http://mustangdaily.net/new-web-site-wants-to-offer-more-than-just-teacher-ratings
  • http://slostudents.com/
• City council to consider changes to noise ordinance
  • http://mustangdaily.net/city-council-to-consider-changes-to-noise-ordinance
• Frank Gehry Walks Away From a $250 Million Job
  • http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/cliff-kuang/design-innovation/frank-gehry-walks-away-250-million-job
• Rebuilding Haiti could take a decade
  • http://edition.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/01/18/kiremidjian.haiti.damage.rebuild
• A message from AIA President, George H. Miller, FAIA
  • http://www.aia.org/advocacy/AIAB082091
  • http://www.architectureforhumanity.org/

“…as a profession, we know that once the humanitarian relief efforts are stabilized, the next phase of rebuilding begins…. Additionally, we are discussing ideas with Architecture for Humanity on how architects can provide on-the-ground design guidance in Haiti so local citizens can seek qualified counsel as they rebuild their homes, businesses, and lives.”

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