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The AIA 2012 National Convention Education Course Materials

Course materials for many programs are available for viewing, download, and printing. Check back periodically as we will post additional materials as the presenters make them available. Be sure to download your handouts before you arrive to make sure you get the most out of your convention experience.

Thursday, May 17

TH100 Making the Enclosure Match the Rhetoric: The Client’s View of Value

TH102 Historic Preservation History and Laws through the Prism of Washington, D.C.

TH103 How to Educate Decision Makers about Stock School Plans—and the Value of an Architect

TH104 Main Street Connectivity: Patterns and Processes Linking Urban Commercial Patches

TH105 Mr. Jefferson's Advice: How Architecture, Politics, and Ethics Can Coexist

TH106 The 50% Advanced Energy Design Guide for Small to Medium Office Buildings: An Overview of Technical and Design Collaboration Recommendations

TH107 Promoting Diversity through Diversity: The ACE Mentor Program

TH200 2012 COTE Top Ten Eco-Buildings and Communities

TH201 Active Outside the Practice: Architects in Their Communities, Part 1

TH202 AIA 2012 Small Project Awards—Ethos: Elemental and Evocative

TH203 AIA 2012 Institute Honor Awards for Architecture: Defining the Qualities of Excellence in Design

TH204 Architect-Led Residential Design-Build Practice

TH205 Architects Who Blog: Connecting Online for Influencing, Educating, and Inspiring About Architecture

TH206 Architecture and the Power of Design: A Century of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts and the Commitment to Design Excellence in the Nation's Capital

TH207 Building Global Connectivity while Achieving Local Synergy in International Practice

TH208 Code Compliance: How the State Department Achieves Safe, Secure, and Accessible Facilities Overseas

TH209 Connect to the World and Community: Region-Based Design and Its Connection to Culture, Community, and Place

TH210 Connecting Education and Practice

TH211 Daylight Design for Code Compliance

TH213 Design for Aging Opportunities: Preparing for New Questions, Expectations, and Economics

TH214 IGCC Effects on Practice, Part 1: Development, Adoption, and Education

TH216 Investing in Education, Building Better Schools: Learning from the AIA CAE 2011 Fall Conference

TH217 Mid-Century Modern Rewrapped: Federal High-Performance Modernizations

TH218 The Psychological Design Connection to the Built and Natural Environments: "For Better or for Worse, in Sickness and in Health"

TH219 Practicing SITES: A Roundtable on Lessons Learned from the First Pilot Projects

TH220 Winning the War for Sustainable Building: Arm Yourself with Facts to Win Over the Opposition

TH221 The Architect’s Portfolio: A Guide to Effective Self-Presentation in the Marketplace

TH222 The Construction Outlook: Implications for Architecture Firms

TH223 During Their First Decade of Success: Young Architects Making a Difference in Our Firms, Our Communities, and Our Profession

TH300 Connecting Architecture, Law, and Public Policy: A LEED-Platinum Case Study in Urban Sustainable Design

TH301 A Paradigm for Connection: Design Excellence through the Integration of Practice, Process, People, and Community

TH302 Achieving Design Excellence in Affordable Housing

TH303 Active Outside the Practice: Architects in Their Communities, Part 2

TH304 AIA Committee on Design/Young Architects Forum 2011 Design Ideas Competition

TH305 Benefits of an Integrated Enterprise

TH306 Bringing Daylight into the Core of Buildings

TH307 But I'm Not in Sales!

TH308 Design Connects to Nature: Examining the Myriad and Innovative Ways the Built Environment Uses Nature as a Metaphor and Amenity

TH309 Did You Get the Owner's Manual for Your Practice?

TH310 Digital Connections: Better Designs, Better Buildings, and Better Practices with Better BIM Interoperability

TH311 Eco-Diplomacy: Modeling American Sustainable Technology through U.S. Embassies Overseas

TH312 Extra Points for Collaboration: Architects and Artists Working Together toward Sustainability and Community Building

TH313 IGCC Effects on Practice, Part 2: Managing Risk, Liability, and Legal Issues

TH315 Internet Business and Social Media for Architects: Your Web Presence and How to Use It to Build Your Practice

TH316 What You Should Know about a Contract's General Conditions before Beginning Any Project

TH317 IDP Supplementary Education: Broadening Internship Opportunities

TH318 Learning Sustainable Collaborative Urbanism: The Varanasi Study

TH319 Organic Matters (or Earth Architecture): Discovering that a Solution to Our Greatest Challenges Is Already Underfoot

TH320 The Recovery Process in Sendai, Japan: A Sustainable Future in the Aftermath of Earthquake, Tsunami, Hurricane, Flood, Tornado, or Wildfire

TH321 The Southwest Ecodistrict in Washington, D.C.

TH400 A Stadium In the Park

TH401 Art and Design at the Border: GSA's Art in Architecture

TH402 Connecting Building Science to the Practice of Architecture

TH403 Faith in Historic Preservation: Community Benefits from Two Different Approaches in Renewal of Religious Buildings

TH404 Shadow an Architect Program Volunteer Mentor Orientation

TH405 The Sustainable Smithsonian: Connecting to Each Other, the Public, and the Environment

TH406 U.S. Embassy Design: Working on OBO Projects

TH407 Digital Photography for the Architect: Tips for Creating Photographs that Effectively Promote Your Projects

Friday, May 18

FR100 Connecting State, Local, and Federal Energy Policies with ENERGY STAR

FR101 How to Educate Decision Makers about QBS—and the Value of an Architect

FR102 Why 21st-Century Spaces Matter to 21st-Century Learners: Connecting the Dots between Theory and Practice

FR103 Tax Incentives 101: The Federal Energy-Efficient Commercial Buildings Tax Deduction

FR104 Ten Things You Should Know about the Historic Preservation of Sacred Spaces

FR105 Top 10 Time-Saving Features of AIA Contract Documents Software (Version 4)

FR106 “Fiduciary Duty”: A Crucial Legal and Professional Consideration for the Architect in an Increasingly Complex World of Design

FR200 AIA 2012 Architecture Firm Award: Professional Practice of Inspiration, Innovation, and Purity of Purpose

FR201 AIA 2012 Honorary Fellows: Global Connections

FR202 Bethesda Row: A Retrospective Look at a Retail Icon

FR203 The BIM Scorecard: An Objective Approach to Improve BIM performance and Worldwide BIM Knowledge

FR204 Bridging the Gaps: A Collaborative Discussion on Restructuring Architecture Education, from Graduation to Licensure

FR205 Connecting Architects to the World of Print and Digital Media: How, Where, and Why to Get Your Work Published

FR206 Connecting Learners: Designing Collaborative Environments that Enhance Educational Opportunities

FR207 Construction Administration Connected to the Design Process: Ten Best Practices for Project Success

FR208 DeafSpace: An Alternative Perspective on Architecture, the Senses, and Cultural Expression

FR209 Emerging Small-Firm Business Models: Staying Lean while Working Large

FR210 From House Museums to the Empire State Building: Greening What's Already Here with LEED EB: O&M

FR211 Geo BIM: The Power of BIM Geo-spatial and Energy Analysis at the Scale of Urban Design and Eco-Districts

FR212 Implementation of the GSA Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan

FR213 Integrated Project Delivery and the Architects of the Future

FR214 Learning from the Solar Decathlon: Case Studies from D.C.-Region Schools

FR215 Lighting Smithsonian's Temple of Invention: From 19th-Century Daylight To 21st-Century LEDs

FR216 Managing Roles, Responsibilities, and Expectations: The Keys to Successful Sustainable Contracting

FR217 Public Interest Practices in Architecture: 2011 Latrobe Prize Presentation

FR218 Sustainable Justice: Making the Connection with LEED

FR219 The AIA 2030 Commitment: Measuring Industry Progress toward 2030

FR220 Workforce Transformations: Creating a Bridge between the Needs of Today and the Construction Workforce of Tomorrow

FR222 Sanctus Locus: The Temple Mount in Jerusalem—The Most Sacred Place on Earth

FR300 The Silver Tsunami: An Aging Population’s Impact on Design, Energy Codes, and the ADA

FR301 Better Design through Research: A Perspective from the AIA Academy of Architecture for Health

FR302 Brain-Mind Connections to Architecture

FR303 Changing the Playbook: New Collaborative Strategies for the AEC Industry

FR304 Construction Contract Administration and Risk Management: Self Defense for Architects

FR305 Creating 21st-Century Communities: How Community-Based Planning Can Reconnect an Isolated Society

FR306 Design + Location: The Sustainable Connection

FR307 Design and Construction Durability: Principles and Lessons Learned from Hands-On Study of Historic and Contemporary Construction

FR309 Emerging Applications of BIM to Facilities Management: What Architects Need to Know about Connecting Design and Operations

FR310 Implications of Alternative Work Cultures on Urban Planning: How a Mobile Workforce Supports Environmental Stewardship

FR311 Information and Energy Modeling for Code Compliance: A Guide to Methods and Means

FR312 Connecting the World through Landscape Architecture: the Beijing Tsinghua Urban Planning & Design Institute

FR313 Monumental D.C. Architecture: Unique Design Challenges and Unique Legal Risks

FR314 Passive House Design: Town and Country

FR315 Research and the Academy: Academic Research and the Profession

FR316 Supplemental Architectural Services: Great Opportunities with Often-Overlooked Professional Services

FR317 Sustainability Metrics for Small Commercial Projects: Affordable Tools for Evaluating and Certifying Energy and Green Building Performance

FR318 The AIA Practice Guide to Integrating Energy Modeling in the Design Process

FR319 Connecting the Science of Human Development, the Theory of Early Education, and the Art of Architecture for Early-Learning Environments

FR320 Transforming Communities through Design Assistance: Celebrating 45 Years of the AIA R/UDAT Program

FR321 Using the Power of Social Media to Connect, Communicate, and Collaborate

FR322 Small Firm Roundtable: Small-Firm Marketing and Opening New Markets

FR323 Leadership Forum: Profiles of Architect Leaders in the Profession and Our Communities

FR400 (A)mending L'Enfant's Plan: Southwest Washington DC

FR401 Creating a Studio Culture that Connects: Holistic Staff Development of the Body, Mind, and Spirit

FR402 Greening the Federal Building Inventory: The Innovative Technology Lever

FR403 Working with the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce to Expand Your Architecture Practice

FR404 Placemaking, Grantmaking, Knowledge Building: The Rudy Bruner Award as an Innovative Research Model and Instrument for Urban Excellence

FR405 USPS Facilities Construction Procurement: Lean and Green

FR406 Inspiring Religious Architecture: A Study of the 2010 and 2011 IFRAA Award Recipients—Demonstrating the Diversity of Religious Architecture throughout the World

Saturday, May 19

SA100 AIA 2012 Institute Honors for Collaborative Achievement

SA101 GSA's Sustainable Vision

SA102 Making Rain from Point Clouds: Selling Revit Models from Existing Conditions Laser Scans

SA103 Initiative to Provide Sustainable State-of-the-Art Care beyond Disaster Relief to Globally Underserved Populations

SA104 Products for GSA Schedules

SA105 The Intern-Supervisor Connection: A Winning IDP Approach

SA200 AIA 2012 Twenty-five Year Award

SA201 Connecting Diversity and Design: Award-Winning Diversity Strategies and How You Can Implement Them

SA202 AIA 2012 Award-Winning Building Information Modeling: Trend-Setting Innovation in the Eight Years of AIA TAP's BIM Awards Program

SA203 Beyond "Green Bling": Designing for Resiliency, Climate Adaptation, and National Security

SA204 BIM for Residential Architecture: Taking it to the Next Level in Real-World Practice

SA206 Design-Build Educational Studios: Urban Reinvestment

SA207 2+2

SA208 Labyrinth to the Top: Women in Design Firm Leadership

SA209 Managing Modern: Balancing Performance and History in an Era of Sustainability

SA210 Owners! Start With this One Process (the OPR) to Ensure Project Predictability and Team Success

SA211 Special-Needs Education: A Bridge to Independence

SA212 Sustainable from the Top Down: The What, Why, and How of Green and White Roofs

SA213 Tools for Achieving 50% Energy Savings by Design: The Advanced Energy Design Guide and an Integrated Design Process

SA214 Welcome Home: Universal Design, Sustainable Design, and Baby Boomers

SA215 Working at the Intersection of Process, People, and Technology: Using IPD and BIM in the Design of Historic D.C. Projects

Show Floor Education

EX100 National Ideas Competition for the Washington Monument Grounds: Some Day in the Park with George

EX101 Modern Trends in Design and Construction

EX102 Thermal Barriers in Aluminum Fenestration Systems

EX103 The Wood Revolution: Inspiring Architecture with Innovative Structural Systems

EX104 Connecting Our Past to Our Future: The Impact of Development on Mid-Century Modern Buildings

EX105 The Greenest Beautiful Floor: Design Options for Concrete Floors

EX106 Solutions for Large Openings in Educational Institutions

EX107 Window Replacement Solutions for Commercial Buildings

EX108 Mastering Google Sketchup: The SketchUp Workflow for Architecture and Building Design

EX109 Reconnecting Our Urban Fabric: Neighborhood Renewal in D.C.

EX110 Achieving Energy Efficiency without Compromising Durability

EX111 Quality of Light for Quality of Life: Integrating Lighting Quality and Energy Efficiency into the Built Environment

EX112 How Interior Shades Impact Daylighting Design

EX133 Best Residential Architects: Seven x Seven

EX134 Design Entrepreneurship

EX108b Mastering Google Sketchup: The SketchUp Workflow for Architecture and Building Design

EX113 WaterShed: The University of Maryland's Entry to the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011

EX114 A Small Firm and Sole Practitioner's Guide to Using AIA Contract Documents

EX115 Elevator Technology: Where It’s Been, Where It’s Going

EX116 Architectural Mesh Systems—Design Freedom and Functionality

EX117 Design Excellence in Washington. D.C., Public Architecture

EX118 The Evolution of Glass and High-Performance Coatings

EX119 ISO 13007 and ANSI Standards: The Best of Both Worlds for Specifying Tile Adhesives and Grouts

EX120 ICC AC358 Helical Foundation Acceptance Criteria

EX121 Designing with Natural Stone: Sourcing and Selecting Materials for Successful Designs

EX122 Connecting the Academy and Practice: Perspectives of D.C. Regional Architecture Schools

EX123 Acoustic Design of Green Buildings for Communications, Privacy, and Productivity

EX124 Building High-Performance Envelope Systems

EX108c Mastering Google Sketchup: The SketchUp Workflow for Architecture and Building Design

EX125 Integrating Baltimore’s Sustainability Master Plan with Green Building Policy

EX126 How to Select the Right Sports Floor

EX127 Multi-Ply Low Slope Roofing Essentials

EX128 Living Wall Biofilters: Putting Nature to Work Cleaning Indoor Air

EX129 Getting to the Job Offer: Applying the Design Process to Create a Better Résumé and Portfolio and Improve Your Interview and Negotiation Skills

EX130 Sustainability, Water Conservation, and LEED Projects

EX131 Three Valuable Government-Sponsored Tax Incentives that Architects Often Overlook

EX134 Design Entrepreneurship

Educational Tours

ET100 Monticello and Montpelier: Presidential Historic Sites Advance in the 21st Century

ET101 Connecting the Past with the Future: Sustainable Redevelopment of St. Elizabeths West Campus

ET102 Washington National Cathedral: Connecting the Past to the Future

ET103 Best of Baltimore: Historic Landmarks Tour

ET104 Residential Planning in the Nation’s Capitol: Connecting the New Deal with New Urbanism

ET105 U.S. Capitol and Visitors Center

ET106 Arlington National Cemetery

ET107 Connecting Religion and Architecture: IFRAA Tour

ET108 The National Building Museum’s Historic Home: The Pension Building

ET109 U.S. Institute of Peace: Architecture and Light

ET110 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: An Architecture Honoring the Memories of the Past

ET111 Committee on Architecture for Education Tour of High-Performance Schools

ET112 Virginia Plantations: Mount Vernon and Woodlawn

ET113 Library of Congress

ET114 The Preservation and Interpretation of the Lorton Prison Site and Facility

ET115 Rebuilding and Remembering after 9/11: Pentagon Reconstruction and Memorial

ET116 The National Mall: Vietnam and Korean War Veterans Memorials

ET117 Historic Preservation: St. Elizabeths West Campus

ET118 Washington’s Turn-of-the-Century Domestic Architecture: The Heurich, Belmont, and Anderson Houses

ET119 Howard/Shaw University Tour: Connecting a Historically Black University with Its Surroundings

ET120 U.S. Supreme Court

ET121 The Capitol Riverfront: A New Neighborhood Built on Industrial Foundations

ET122 Capitol Hill: Connecting Past, Present, and Future

ET123 Art and Architecture in the Federal Triangle

ET124 House of Sweden: An Architecture of Open Diplomacy—Connecting Scandinavia to the World

ET125 Washington Illuminated: Monumental Lighting Design

ET126 Dupont Circle Mansions: An In Depth Look at the Anderson House

ET127 Shaw Neighborhood Tour: Filling the Void in the Urban Puzzle

ET128 The Architecture of Air: The Bloomberg Seasonal Inflatable Structure and Center for Cultural Dialogue at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

ET129 Contemporary Theater Design in D.C.

ET130 The New Historic Theater: Renovating the Kennedy Center

ET130 The New Historic Theater: Renovating the Kennedy Center

ET131 High Schools of Alexandria, Va.: Design Connects Public and Private Education

ET132 Dupont Circle Mansions: An In Depth Look at the Belmont House

ET133 Arlington County Redevelopment: Connecting Smart Growth and Architecture

ET134 Connecting Preservation and Urban Design: Historic Old Town Alexandria

ET135 Future Trends: LEED-Cl Platinum Offices Tour

ET136 Behind the Scenes at the National Gallery of Art

ET137 Carbon Neutrality—Connecting Energy Efficiency and Affordability: LEED Platinum House Tour

ET138 The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception: America's Catholic Church

ET139 The District Architecture Center and Penn Quarter

ET140 The House of Hope: NIH and Its Role in Translational Medicine

ET141 The Washington Estates of Marjorie Merriweather Post: Connecting Architecture, Art, and Landscape

ET142 D.C.'s Public Libraries: Connecting to Our Communities

ET143 Union Station: Intermodal Transportation Hub—Triumphant Return from Decades of Neglect

ET145 DeafSpace—Connecting Students, Campus, and Community: Innovative Design Strategies for Effective, Radically Inclusive Spaces

ET146 14th Street: A Reemerging Neighborhood

ET147 Hospitality Connects: A Tour of Washington’s Hotel Architecture

ET148 National Academy of Sciences

ET149 President Lincoln’s Cottage: Innovation in Historic Sites

ET150 Mid-Century Connections: Hollin Hills and the Pope-Leighey House

ET151 Current Revitalization in Progress: Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building Hard-Hat Tour

ET152 Modern Productions in a Historic Theater: The Folger Shakespeare Library

ET153 Modern Residential Architecture

ET154 The U.S. National Arboretum: Connecting Gardens, Structures, and Space

ET155 National Building Museum: “Unbuilt Washington”

ET156 The Mexican Cultural Institute: Connecting the Americas

ET157 Hollin Hills: A Mid-Century Modern Community

ET158 Best of Baltimore: Adaptive Reuse Tour

ET159 Historic Homes and Gardens of Georgetown: Connecting Neoclassical and Federal Historic Homes

ET160 Metro: Design and Development History, Present Status, and Future Developments

ET161 Historic Capitol Hill: Residential Fabric—Connecting Old and New

ET162 Washington Illuminated: Architectural Lighting and the Evolution of the Design

ET200 Self-Guided Tour: Dupont Circle—Connecting Society from 1900 to 2012

ET201 Self-Guided Tour: Georgetown—Connecting the Gentility to the Grit, the Historic to the Modern

ET202 Self-Guided Tour: The National Mall—Connecting a Capitol to its People

ET203 Self-Guided Tour: U Street, Logan Circle, and Shaw—The Intersection of Race, History, and Planning

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