Celebrate Architecture + Design Month 2009

Posted by Adam Mizrahi On November - 3 - 2009

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This month is the AIA Miami’s Celebrate Architecture + Design Month 2009 – a month long series of architecture and industry events and activities throughout Miami. All events are open to the public and most are free of charge. On Nov. 1, the event was kicked off with its annual sand sculpture competition on Crandon Beach.

The following is a list of all the events scheduled this month. With an event almost every day of the month, be sure to attend at leat one of these exciting and varied events:

Nov 1 – The 3rd Annual Digital Drafting Systems Sandcastle Competition will be held November 1st at Crandon Park Shelter #8.

Nov. 2 – Free – Miami Dade College lecture by Mikael Kaul, AIA, Kendall Campus, 11011 SW 104 Street, Room K-413, 7 p.m.

Nov. 4 – Free – University of Miami School of Architecture lecture Saving the Marine Stadium: Stewardship in Four-Part Harmony” by Professor Jorge Hernandez, University of Miami School of Architecture; Architect Hilario Candela, the original architect of the stadium in 1963; and Becky Matkov, President/CEO of Dade Heritage Trust. The panel will be followed by a reception and the opening of an exhibit of the University’s student work during its study of the endangered site. The panel, reception and exhibit will take place in the Jorge M. Perez Architecture Center Glasgow Hall and Korach Gallery at 1215 Dickinson Drive, University of Miami Coral Gables Campus, at 6:00 p.m. The exhibition will remain open to the public through November 25th, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Nov. 5 – Free – Coral Gables Museum Preservation Education Workshop Series – “Historic Designation Demystified” Panel Discussion, Coral Gables Commission Chambers, 7 p.m. Reception to follow. Reservations required. Seating is limited. Contact Christine Rupp at 305.910.3996 or chris@coralgablesmuseum.org.

Nov. 6 – Free – AIA Miami Photo Competition Gallery Night Exhibition, Books & Books Coral Gables, 265 Aragon Avenue, 6:00 p.m.

Nov. 6 – Free – University of Miami School of Architecture Canstruction design/build competition event in partnership with the Coral Gables Museum. 12 noon to 2:30 p.m. in the UM School of Architecture Courtyard and at the Coral Gables Museum 275 Giralda Avenue, Coral Gables. The charitable event allows the donation of cans of food and then the creation of structures made of cans. The cans are then donated to charity. For more complete information, please contact Brian Lemmerman, University of Miami, blemmerman@arc.miami.edu , 305-284-3439; or Christine Rupp at the Coral Gables Museum, Chris@CoralGablesMuseum.org, 305-910-3996.

Nov. 6 – Design and Architecture Senior High Taste of Design and Creative Minds Event

Nov. 6 – UM School of Architecture homecoming reunion and barbecue, 7:00 -10:00 p.m.

Nov. 7 – Free – Bienal Miami + Beach opening reception, Miami Design Preservation League, 7:00 p.m.

Nov. 9 – Free – Miami Dade College lecture by Rene Gonzalez, AIA, Kendall Campus, 11011 SW 104th Street, Rm. K-413, 7:00 p.m.

Nov. 9 – Free – Walk on Water, Florida International University student design competition, 11:30 a.m. FIU-University Park, at the lake north of the library.

Nov. 10 – Free – Florida International University lecture by Christine Dunn, PCA135, 5 p.m.

Nov. 10 – Historic Preservation: Challenges and Rewards, panel discussion Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre, 6:00 p.m. reception, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. panel discussion and AIA Miami continuing education event. Speakers include John Fullerton, AIA, and Richard Heisenbottle, FAIA, award-winning Miami architects; Barbara Stein, producing executive director, Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; Mayor Don Slesnick of Coral Gables; and Jorge Hernandez, architect, UM professor and trustee of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Fee $10. Continuing Education Units (CEUs) will be offered to AIA members for an additional $25, $35 to all non-members. The discussion will include a case study of the Miracle Theatre public-private restoration project between Actors’ Playhouse and the city of Coral Gables, and discussions on several other past and current historic preservation projects. This special AIA Miami membership meeting is open to the general public. Contact AIA Miami at 305-448-7488 or www.aiamiami.com. Limited seating.

Nov. 11 – Free – University of Miami lecture by Robert Davis, New Urbanist, 6:00 p.m.

Nov. 12 – Free – Coral Gables Museum lecture by Hal Wanless, UM geology professor, 285 Aragon Avenue,7:00 p.m.

Nov. 12 – Opening of Festival of the Trees competition and display, Coverings Showroom, 7610 NE 4th CT, 6:30 p.m.- 9:30 p.m.

Nov. 13 – AIA Emerging Professionals/YAF Monthly social event and mentoring mixer, 7:00 p.m. “Toast a Ghost” following the AIA Ghosts of Miami City Cemetery Twilight Walking Tour led by Historian Dr. Paul George. Location: Bin 18, 275 NE 18 Street, Miami. RSVP aiamiaep@gmail.com.

Nov. 14 – Historic Preservation Association of Coral Gables 2009 Coral Gables Homes Tour, a tour of five historically and architecturally significant homes. A limited number of tickets will be sold. Tickets for the noon to 4:00 p.m. tour only are $30.00, Patron tickets, including refreshments and a 10:45 a.m. to noon lecture about the five homes on the tour by Miami architect, UM Professor and National Trust for Historic Preservation Trustee Jorge Hernandez, followed by the homes tour are $50.00 each. (download information).

Nov. 14 – Free – Kay Witte New Green Lecture, MBM Showroom, 6 p.m. reception, 6:30 p.m. lecture.

Nov. 14 – Free – AIA Miami International Photography Competition Exhibit, Miami Art Cinema

Nov. 16 – AIA Emerging Professionals/YAF intern development/mentoring seminar, 7:00 p.m.

Nov. 17 – Lecture by Max Strang, AIA, on environmental modernism, University of Miami Jorge M. Perez Architecture Center, 6:00 p.m.

Nov. 18 – Miami Dade College Lunchtime Lecture by Luis E. Trelles, AIA, Kendall Campus, 11011 SW 104 Street, Room 2114, Noon.

Nov. 18 – University of Miami/U.S. Green Building Council of Miami/Keys lecture and meeting, Eco-labeling for LEED Projects, 6:00 p.m.

Nov. 19 – Architects for Humanity/Committee on the Environment Happy Hour at Greenstreet’s, Coconut Grove, 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Nov. 19 – Free – University of Miami lecture by Allan T. Shulman, FAIA and Faculty Contributors Launch Book at the Glasgow Hall, University of Miami School of Architecture; with Allan T. Shulman, FAIA as editor. The book includes faculty authors Rocco Ceo, Jean-Francois Lejeune, Aristides J. Millas and Carie Penabad. Alumni contributors include Valerie Grassetti, Christina Miller, Karen Scheinberg, Kara Wood and David Woshinsky. The copy editor is Andrea Gollin. 6:00 p.m.

Nov. 20 – Free – Coral Gables Museum hard hat tour, 7:00 p.m. RSVP required. RSVP Christine Rupp at 305.910.3996 or chris@coralgablesmuseum.org.

Nov. 20-21 – Deans of the Americas Conference.

Nov. 21 – 55th Annual AIA Miami Architecture + Design Gala Design Awards & Student Exhibition at Miami Event Space in the historic MiMo District. 7610 NE 4th Court, Purchase tickets through AIA Miami.

Nov. 22 – Free – Marine architecture guided tour of the Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines’ Oasis of the Seas, Port Everglades, Ft. Lauderdale, pre-registration required. SOLD OUT

Nov. 23 – Free – Miami Dade College lecture by Roney Mateu, AIA, Kendall Campus, 11011 SW 104 Street, Room K-413, 7:00 p.m.