CE Program

COTE Workshop 3: This session will focus primarily on design strategies to reduce a building’s embodied carbon through the specification of building materials. The lecture will show best practices for building specifications of interior and exterior materials and how to specify products that have EPD’s and are healthy and low in embodied carbon. The lecture will also reveal the importance of the design of the structural system for reducing the embodied carbon with an emphasis on how to design and specify mass timber systems.

Join us for a guided video tour through the construction of a new 150,000 SF building for interdisciplinary research and teaching, on the gateway site between the University campus and the City of Greensboro.

AIA NC Executive Vice-President, David Crawford, Hon. AIA, will update members on issues happening across the state . He will include a legislative and regulatory update from the 2020 AIANC Legislative Agenda, as well as overall state issues we can expect to see in 2021. Laura Miller, AIA of LS3P, 2021 AIA NC President, will be on hand to discuss our chapter and what changes, plans and events are in store for the coming year.

Native Places: Drawing as a Way to See Frank Harmon, FAIA April 22, 2021 | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | 1 LU credit Celebrated architect and author, Frank Harmon, FAIA wants to change the way we see.  That's why he started his online journal NativePlaces.org six years ago and more recently created his book, Native […]

In order for architects to have the greatest impact on climate change, how we design for energy performance and what we specify for building materials will be critical for lowering operational and embodied carbon. Equally important will be how our buildings are designed to be resilient to withstand the increasing threats of extreme weather and survivability during severe weather events. This session will focus on the design process to create sustainable buildings that are not only energy efficient but also resilient and adaptable over time.

As the AIA COTE framework states, “Sustainability is inextricably tied to the wellness of communities.” Understanding how all members of the community are impacted by the design of both public and private buildings is key to the long-term success of the health of any size community of people. Design is greatly enhanced by hearing and understanding all perspectives which then helps to create equitable and healthy design solutions for the public. This lecture will focus on the process of listening, engaging and understanding the issues to create socially equitable design solutions.

This lecture will examine what makes a good urban building and how can architecture contribute to the success of our cities? Further, how does the design of our streets, public paths, parks and public spaces influence the health of our cities and community? The focus will be on how our architectural design process can respond to urban design principles to make for a more vibrant, accessible and just community.

Join the AIA Triangle Design Awards Task Force for a tour of the award-winning project, Joyner Community Center in Wake Forest. The project designers, landscape architect, and Director of Parks and Recreation for the Town of Wake Forest will lead small tours around the community center and park. Together we are looking forward to an enjoyable morning exploring the impact great design has on our communities. This tour is funded by an AIA Activate Grant and the AIA Triangle. Practitioners and public are welcome.

This 8-hour course will provide attendees with a review of the accessibility requirements that impact multi-family housing accessibility, as found in the Fair Housing Accessibility Guidelines, the 2018 NC Building Code it’s Accessibility Standard A117.1 – 2009, the 2010 ADA Standards and new safe harbor standards approved by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for compliance with the Federal Fair Housing Act Accessibility Guidelines.

The program will review the most common items that are missed in design and construction resulting in violations of accessibility requirements from the federal agency that develops and enforces it. Participants will develop an understanding of what federal inspectors and attorneys will be focusing on in their inspections of residential (Fair Housing Act Accessibility Guidelines) and Commercial (2010 ADA Standards), as well as develop an understanding of what changes can be anticipated in state and federal accessibility requirements and when these changes will go into effect.