Capitol Tours Confirmation

Several Spots are still available for the tours today and tomorrow! If interest email us at aiasatcua@gmail.com. If your name is listed here your should have received a confirmation email with exact details.

Spots were reserved based on the time you sent your request via email, your time preference and your AIAS membership status. (See the 45 dollars was worth it! and if you're not a member you can still join!) The following people have spots reserved for the Capitol tours:

Wednesday October 22nd

11 am Capitol Dome Tour FULL

1. Stacey Carbone
2. Adam Achrati
3. Amanda Cross
4. Craig Toocheck
5. Spencer Udelson
6. Ryan Gebhart
7. Marcus Johnson (leader)

12 pm Capitol Dome Tour FULL

1. Andrew Laux
2. Nina Africa (leader)
3. Marisa Colligan
4. Adam Greene
5. Philip Goolkasian
6. Charles McClellan
7. George Todorovic

2 pm Capitol Visitors Center Tour OPEN

1. Nina Africa & Mikey Ticzon (leader)
2. Charles McClellan
3. Alex Zondlo
4. Kyle O'Donnell
5. Laura Keating
6. Daniel Rojo
7. Open

Thursday October 23rd

11 am Capitol Dome Tour FULL

1. Hawra Esmaeil
2. Irene Jorden (leader)
3. Michelle Rinehart
4. Sashi Murthy
5. Amy Willard
6. Mary Lombardo
7. Patrick Morgan

2 pm Capitol Visitor Center Tour FULL

1. Matt Harenchar
2. Yousef Bushehri
3. Kevin Anaya
4. Marcus Johnson (leader)
5. Katie Miller
6. Shafiq Arif
7. Sean Scofield
8. Sarah Rinehart
9. Lauren Babiak
10. Fajer Alqattan
11. David Hathcock
12. Jessica Harrington
13. Annastassia Kowalski
14. Alyssa Franco

Beax Arts Ball Committee

INTERESTED IN PARTY PLANNING?!?

The Beaux Arts Ball Committee is having a meeting on Wednesday, October 29 at 12:00 pm in the AIAS office in the Mezzanine.

This is a great and exciting event! Faculty, staff, and students look forward to this every year. We would like as much student involvement as possible, because without your thoughts and ideas, Beaux Arts Ball wouldn't be a success.

If you have any questions, email Kristin Lipinoga at k.lipinoga@gmail.com.

Freedom by Design

There will be a Freedom by Design (FBD) General Meeting on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at 6:30 pm in the Locraft Room.

FBD has several projects and they are very excited to start! Please come to the meeting and be involved in a great outreach organization.

Just a reminder: Since FBD is an orginization under AIAS, its members must be AIAS members as well. If you haven't already, please fill out an AIAS Membership Form and put it in the AIAS mailbox in the front office.

If you have any questions, email Sam Weaver or Jessie Euler.

Pumpkin Carving Contest

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

What: Annual Pumpkin Carving Contest
Who: AIAS & CUArch
When: Friday, October 31, 2008 at 6:00 pm
Where: Judging takes place on the front steps of the Crough Center

AIAS is sposnoring the CUArch Annual Pumpkin Carving Contest! It is open to the entire University so anyone can enter. Feel free to purchase a pumpkin or buy one from AIAS. All pumpkins must be carved and ready at 6 pm on Halloween. This is a fun and creative relief from all of your architecture related stresses. Faculty members will pick winners and those who are lucky will receive prizes!

If you have any questions, email us at AIASatCUA@gmail.com.

General Meeting

Hi guys!

Just to let you know that the next General Meeting will be on Thursday, October 30th at 6:15 pm. The location will be determined soon, so watch out for emails and updates!

Also, committees are in full swing. The chairs run those meetings and if you're still interested in being involved, send me an email.

If you have any questions please let one of the officers know. Thanks!

US Capitol Dome Tours

The Capitol Dome Tours are tomorrow!

Early this afternoon AIAS received confirmation that CUArch students will have an exclusive tour of the US Capitol Dome (not available to the general public), tomorrow Wednesday October 22nd and Thursday October 23rd!

You will get to climb up inside the dome and look over Washington, DC! Check out the sweet stuff you can see online at http://www.flickr.com/photos/justindc/152756592/in/set-72157594144394760/.

To reserve your spot email us at aiasatcua@gmail.com with your name and first and second time preference. (Please make sure to attend your advising session if there is a conflict.) It is first come, first serve so please don’t delay. AIAS members with paid memberships get priority. Faculty spots for those not advising students will also on a first come first serve basis.

We will send out a confirmation email at 9:30 pm this evening with the lists for tomorrow’s tours.

Tour Times and Dates:

Wednesday October 22, 2008

11:00 am Capitol Dome Tour

Leave Catholic at 10:15 am, return by 12:15 pm

12:00 pm Capitol Dome Tour – Visit with Architect of the Capitol, Stephen T. Ayers

Leave Catholic at 11:15 am, return by 1:15 pm

2:00 pm Capitol Visitors Center Tour

Leave Catholic at 1:30 pm, return by 3:00 pm

Thursday October 23rd, 2008

11:00 am Capitol Dome Tour

Leave Catholic at 10:15 am, return by 12:15 pm

2:00 pm Capitol Visitors Center Tour

Leave Catholic at 1:30 pm, return by 3:00 pm

The Architect of the Capitol also offered us a tour of the Capitol Visitors Center, the brand new addition to the US Capitol designed by Washington firm RTKL. You can see more about the CVC by visiting http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/04/15/exclusive-pictures-of-the-capitol-visitors-center/ or http://www.aoc.gov/cvc/project_info/index.cfm.
I visited it over the summer and it is definitely worth the time, especially if you are interested in how modern architecture can be introduced into historic buildings.


Also the 12 pm tour tomorrow will have an opportunity to meet the Acting Architect of the Capitol, Stephen T. Ayers, who is in charge of all the buildings on Capitol Hill the US Capitol, Supreme Court and US Botanic Garden.

We also need tour group leaders as exec board members can’t be at each tour. Let me know if you want to help out.

Questions? aiasatcua@gmail.com

Hope to see you all there!

Marcus Johnson
CUA AIAS Vice President

AIAS Habitat for Humanity Day Trip

GET Hammered!

Join AIAS for a Habitat for Humanity day trip to Arundel, Maryland on Saturday October 4th to build stuff and help provide quality housing for low income residents.

Sign ups will be posted Monday September 29th at 9 am on the back of the Miller Space in the Main Hall of the Crough Center. This event is reserved exclusively for architecture students.
AIAS members with paid memberships get priority in sign ups meaning available spaces will first go to AIAS members and then to other architecture students. There are only 10 spots so sign up fast!

Those who are attending the event will be emailed more specific instructions during the week.

Questions? email us at aiasatcua@gmail.com.

Thanks CUA Habitat for Humanity!

This week at CUArch...

Here are some things going on in our school.

Freedom By Design is having two meetings this week. One on Tuesday, September 23 at 1pm and another on Wednesday, September 24 at 6:30 pm. Be on the lookout for flyers around the school.

AIAS is having a meeting on Wednesday, September 24 right after the FBD meeting.

Membership forms are due on Wendesday, September 24 in the AIAS mailbox in the front office.

The travel committee is sponsoring trips to visit graduate schools. Please email Craig Toocheck (82toocheck@cua.edu) suggestions of different cities, grad schools, ideas, etc. If you are interested in participating, let us know!

Habitat for Humanity is sponsoring a day trip just for AIAS members! It is on Saturday, October 4. Keep an eye out for flyers for more details.

If you have any other questions, feel free to email any of the officers or AIAS (aiasatcua@gmail.com).

Freedom By Design

Good news! CUA's chapter of Freedom by Design (FBD) is in full swing. We've got a great team this year and they are very enthusiastic about being involved within the university and the community. If you are still interested, you can contact Sam Weaver (67weaver@cua.edu) or Jessie Euler (17euler@cua.edu). AIAS will keep you updated on everything that FBD is up to.

NCARB came to Catholic

So maybe you decided you would rather have Pryz food than the free pizza at the NCARB info session...



Regardless you can still get the details provided by NCARB about the steps to becoming an Architect after school. The presenter encouraged attendees to contact her with questions, her contact info is below. She would be happy to answer any questions you might have whether you were able to attend the session or not. I would also encourage you to check out the website at ncarb.org which has all the materials she gave as handouts.

NCARB Contact:

Rachel Allegra Kros, AIA
Manager, Programs
NCARB 1801 K Street NW Suite 700K
Washington, DC 20006
202 783 6500 Main
202 461 3945 Direct
202 783 0290 Fax
rkros@ncarb.org



Thanks to all those who attended, and would anyone be interested in a LEED certification info session?