Attention, Architecture students! We know how hard you’re working toward your dream career, and we also know the cost of your education is high. Have you applied for the David W. Lakamp AIA Scholarship?

The David W. Lakamp AIA Scholarship was established in 1990 by a/e ProNet, a group of insurance professionals providing risk management services to architects and engineers. It was renamed in 1999 for David W. Lakamp, one of our founding members, and a widely-trusted advisor to the design industry. Mr. Lakamp left behind a legacy of professionalism and integrity that set new standards in the field of insurance services.

Today, the scholarship provides two $2,500 awards each year, and these are bestowed upon the two students who best demonstrate strong interest in practice management.

The scholarship is open to fourth-year undergraduates and graduate students of architecture enrolled in an NAAB-accredited professional degree program. Submissions are reviewed by a jury panel consisting of members of the AIA Practice Management Knowledge Community (PMKC) and the a/e ProNet organization. Candidates must submit a copy of their transcripts, two letters of recommendation, and an essay on how they would resolve a project management dilemma.

The current application deadline is November 19, 2012.

Visit the education section of the AIA website for more information, as well as to download a PDF of the 2012 a/e ProNet David W. Lakamp AIA Scholarship application.

In 2011, two recipients were awarded the a/e ProNet David W. Lakamp Scholarship. To read their case study topic responses, please click here.

Questions? Please send inquiries to: scholarships@aia.org

On September 7, AIA Colorado North presented the 2012 Design and Honor Awards to several architecture firms at the Dairy Center for the Arts in Boulder. We’re proud to announce that a/e ProNet client Arch11 came away from the night with quite an impressive haul, winning 5 total awards.

Honor Award for Residential: Large (Project: 2290)

Honor Award for Residential: Large (Project: Dihedral House)

Citation Award for Interiors (Project: Ignite!)

Citation Award for Residential: Large (Project: Lake House)

Citation Award for Single Architectural Detail (Project: Syncline House Sink)

 

Founded in 1993 by James Trewitt and E.J. Meade,  Arch11 gained regional recognition for projects ranging from exceptional residences to institutional planning, mixed use development and product design. They are skilled at developing projects with ‘impossible’ sites, budgets and structural parameters, while meeting the goals of diverse clients. The firm works on projects around the country from offices in Boulder and Denver, Colorado. Read more at the firm’s website.

Congratulations, Arch11!

Lovers of architecture (and the city by the bay) will have a special treat this weekend during the 2012 SF AIA Tour. This is the 10th annual San Francisco Living: Home Tours weekend, offered by the AIA “to promote a wide variety of architectural styles, neighborhoods, and residences—all from the architect’s point of view.” Tour participants will visit “some of the city’s latest residential projects from the inside out, meet design teams, explore housing trends, and discover design solutions that inspire unique San Francisco living.”

And we’re excited to announce that a/e ProNet client John Lum Architecture has a house featured on the tour for the second year in a row!

The St. Germain Residence, originally constructed in 1959, is a standout on Saturday’s list. John Lum Architecture kept the “original spirit of the Bay Area modernist aesthetic, while updating and reworking the interior to create an elegant but warm space.”

San Francisco-based John Lum Architecture, founded in 1994, has completed over 500 projects. Recent projects include a vegan shoe store in Berkeley. We love how creative our clients are!

Visit the AIA website for complete tour info and ticket information.

Photo by Sharon Risedorph Photography.

Last month, the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) announced the winners of its 2012 awards.

a/e ProNet client PWP Landscape Architecture of Berkeley, California received The Firm Award, and the firm’s principal, Peter Walker, FASLA snagged the ASLA Design Medal in recognition of exceptional design work over a sustained period of at least ten years.

Selected by ASLA’s Board of Trustees, the Honors represent the highest awards ASLA presents each year. The awards ceremony will take place at the 2012 ASLA Annual Meeting & EXPO, September 28–October 1 in Phoenix. See the full press release here.

Congratulations to a/e ProNet client South Coast Architects of Newport Beach, CA on their Gold Nugget Grand Award for Best Custom Home over 10,000 sq. ft.

The winning design was the McKeever Residence (La Quinta, CA). South Coast Architects shares this acknowledgement with the Builder (Discovery), the Land Planner (SJA Landscape Architects), and the Interior Designer (McKeever & Company)

Judges’ Statement:

This home was built to evoke an ancient Roman village evolving through time. The Signature of this home is expansive courtyard that allows for interaction and indoor/ outdoor living from the majority of rooms in the home. These include the great room, dining area, kitchen, entry foyer, owner’s bedroom suite and second floor game room and guest suite. The home is uncompromising, both in its classic Italian architecture with Tuscan farmhouse influence and functional considerations to desert/golf lifestyle. A defined, three-level tower anchors the courtyard along with an inspiring, multiple-arched open air bridge flanked by two exterior stair cases linking the two distinct wings of this home. The classic designed pool becomes the central focal point of the courtyard. The result of the interaction of rooms with the courtyard creates the feeling of an ancient Italian village where the central courtyard becomes the gathering place. But this is only half the story, once you enter the home you are greeted by a breathtaking view of the golf course and picturesque desert mountains beyond the courtyard. The homes central living area is
uncompromising in its indoor/outdoor lifestyle, accentuated by a series of disappearing doors. With the drama of the courtyard, the indoor/outdoor living provided by the floor plan, the attention to uncompromising architectural detailing, this home has optimized golf/desert lifestyle living with a old world philosophy.

The 49th annual Gold Nugget Awards were handed out at the Pacific Coast Builders Conference (PCBC) late last month at San Francisco’s Moscone Center. The conference,  according to the organization’s website, is a “gathering of America’s most prominent residential builders, developers, architects,” etc. The Gold Nugget Awards “honor creative achievements in architectural design and land use planning for residential, commercial and industrial projects.” You can download the full booklet of 2012 Gold Nugget Award winners at the PCBC website.