Young Architects Forum of Atlanta

more chairs for people

Thu, 24 May 2012 11:19:06 -0400

support this awesome FLUX installation if you can in any way. it will bring more ‘seats’ to our city and we all know we need some.

E/B Office, the practice of Yong Ju Lee and GSAPP faculty member Brian Brush, is in the final leg of their Kickstarter campaign to realize their winning entry for this year’s Freedom Park Project in Atlanta, a pavilion of 400 simple woden chairs arrayed in a wave.

*read more about the project here

*if you feel like donating some money, ikea chairs, screws etc… click here

10up-2012 winners announced!

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 15:11:59 -0400

Congratulations Tim Frank and Chip Clark!

Honorable Mentions:

Circular Knit - Brian Peters - Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Dynamic Terrain- Rachel Dickey and April Tann- Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Runner Up:

Signal Box- Nicholas Ho and William Liow, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Check out all finalists here

Emerging Architects YAF Summit

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 11:37:00 -0400

by Deepika Padam

As we, at the American Institute of Architects’ Young Architects Forum (AIA YAF) www.aia.org/yaf celebrate our 20 year anniversary, we find ourselves at a critical moment regarding the future of our chosen profession. Every day and too often we hear talk about losing a whole generation from the practice of architecture. Though new grads have the highest unemployment rate, the situation isn’t much better for those who have been around for a while, whether they’re going through the licensure process or are already licensed architects. And the hidden resentment of those who do have jobs is growing; they see a bleak outlook for their immediate future. This emerging professional group is clearly a victim of the economic downturn. So, with YAF’s focus on architects licensed less than 10 years, we decided it was time to get a handle on this sad situation.

Earlier this month 65 young leaders headed to Washington DC from all directions of the nation. The YAF Summit20, taking place just prior to the AIA Annual Grassroots Leadership Conference, was organized by the AIA National YAF Advisory Committee to dig into the issues facing the new generation of practitioners. We wanted to know what YAF and the AIA can do to help, and what our action plan should be for the next five years and beyond. YAF summits are held every five years and it was intriguing to see that the top three issues from Summit15 (mentorship, leadership, and fellowship) did not appear in the top six issues of the Summit20. We have a lot of work to do!

check out the entire article here

It is with heavy hearts that we inform you of the passing of Jeremy Smith. He passed away on...

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:18:31 -0400

It is with heavy hearts that we inform you of the passing of Jeremy Smith. He passed away on Tuesday after a motorcycle accident in downtown Atlanta. We have lost a bright member of the Atlanta architecture community. We will be releasing a formal statement in remembrance of Jeremy in the coming days, but we wanted to share information about the funeral arrangements for those of you who knew him.

Funeral services will be held Sat., March 24, at 11 a.m. at New City Church, 3355 Old Jonesboro Road, Fairburn, Ga. Donations to support the widows and orphans, as Jeremy felt called to do, may be made to the Foster Care Support Foundation (www.fostercares.org), or to the missionary work of Jeremy’s cousin in Peru: Bryan Davis, Global Consulting Group, P.O. Box 7254, Waco, TX 76714. Carl J. Mowell Funeral Home, Fayetteville-www.mowellfuneralhome.com.

10up on the Beltline- Are you ready for the challenge?

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:18:10 -0400

10up is an annual competition hosted by AIA Atlanta, Young Architects Forum and Modern Atlanta. We’re calling on designers to step up to the 10Up challenge! This year Modern Atlanta and YAF Atlanta are teaming up with Atlanta Beltline Inc. to create a temporary installation on the Atlanta BeltLine

Synecdoche our 2011 winners were featured on dezeen, archdaily, designboom and taubman college online press (to name a few) and our 2010 winners were part of Digital Works Exhibition at Tongji University in Shanghai, China so it’s definitely a good oportunity for the world to know the wonderful, creative and innovative designer you are.

For more info click here

site on the beltline

Kemp Mooney. Constructions, 58 years in Architecture and Other Comments

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:46:52 -0400

Kemp Mooney, the architect and the educator, is an influential part of the art and architecture scene in Atlanta and beyond. Mooney graduated from Clemson University and received his Master of Architecture from Yale University before he was 25 years old, and presented at the Venice Biennale in his early 30s. He is known for stating, “This is the hand that has shaken the hand…” of many important personalities of his time and our time (Paul Rudolph, Buckminster Fuller, Robert Venturi, Steven Holl, and Rem Koolhaas to name a few). Through his extensive studies, travels, and amazing library, he is a delightful storyteller, artist, and architect.

Mooney has influenced the life and careers of many of his students in the last 40 years. His devotion to education goes beyond preconceived parameters. If you haven’t traveled to New York with the architecture map conceived and drawn by Kemp Mooney, then you haven’t really been to New York. It is a map, and an experience, that should be patented and published.

Constructions, 58 years in Architecture and Other Comments is a retrospective of the work of Kemp Mooney so far. The exhibition will open this Wednesday, March 14^th, 2012 at Southern Polytechnic State University.

Date: March 14^th, 2012

Time and Place:

Lecture/ 5pm/ I-Building Auditorium (Design Bldg 2)

Reception/ 6.30pm/ N- Building Architecture Gallery

In case you missed it...

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 09:34:00 -0500

The Young Architects Forum of Atlanta (YAF Atlanta), a program of the American Institute of Architects Atlanta, is pleased to announce the third Annual competition entitled 10Up. We’re calling on young designers to step up to the 10Up challenge! This year Modern Atlanta (MA) and YAF Atlanta are teaming up with Atlanta Beltline Inc. to create a temporary installation on the Atlanta BeltLine.

Each year MA (Modern-Atlanta) hosts a celebration of architecture and design with a week of events in and around the city of Atlanta. This year the executive directors and founders of MA have once again asked the YAF Atlanta to create a competition for a temporary outdoor installation which will act as a beacon for this week of events. The structure is to be installed before and operational during the MA 2012 “Design is Human” events, currently planned for May 26-June 10, 2012. The project is not only to accentuate the series of events organized by MA, but will also be an event of its own celebrating young talents exhibiting their work to the public.

The Winning Submission will be built and published!

Visit the yafatlanta.org/10up for more details, and register for the competition at AIA Atlanta.

creative mornings atlanta

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:25:41 -0500

If you haven’t attended one of creative mornings yet, I highly encourage you to go, not only they have great (free) lectures but also great coffee. Today, the guest speaker was photographer Zack Arias. He wasn’t just a creative speaker he was an inspirational one appealing to a great range of creative fields. If you didn’t attend you should check out his video here

A bit more about creative mornings (in Atlanta and around the globe)

CreativeMornings is a monthly, free breakfast lecture series, started by swissmiss (swiss-miss.com) in NYC. The Atlanta chapter is hosted by Blake Howard (matchstic.com/blog).

Each event includes a 20 minute lecture, followed by a 20 minute group discussion. The gathering begins at 8:30am with the topic presentation starting at 9:00am and everyone taking off for work at 10am. CreativeMornings/Atlanta are free of charge!

Be the first to know when r.s.v.p’s open up, follow CreativeMornings/Atlanta on twitter! twitter.com/Atlanta_CM

Flickr Photos

All of the Atlanta Talks on Vimeo

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Michael Arad (WTC Memorial) Lecture at GATECH

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:51:49 -0500

Michael Arad, the architect behind the World Trade Center Memorial will be discussing the memorial’s design this Wednesday Feb 1st at GATECH’s Reinsch-Pierce Family Auditorium.

image from: architizer

Date: Wednesday, February 1, 2012(6:00 PM - 7:30 PM)
Location: Reinsch-Pierce Family Auditorium

‘Georgia Tech architecture alumnus Michael Arad’s memorial to those killed in the attacks on September 11, 2001, opened to virtually unanimous rave reviews recently.

“Reflecting Absence” is a serene, public space for collective contemplation and remembrance. Two 30-feet deep reflecting pools create footprints where the Twin Towers once stood. The names of the 2,983 people whose lives were lost are etched across bronze panels surrounding the two pools. The placement of each name was determined through family requests and a complex algorithm in order to recognize personal connections among the departed.

The memorial was dedicated on the 10th anniversary of the attacks in September 2011. An accompanying Memorial Museum and pavilion are expected to open in September 2012.

In the eight years since his vision was selected out of 5,201 entries from 63 nations, Arad has revisited Georgia Tech on multiple occasions and will once more to share his experiences with students, faculty, and alumni.’ - gatech, school of architecture

For more information about this lecture click here

We had a great time at EV 11!

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:20:00 -0500

Emerging Voices 11 was a great success. The Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA) was our host this year and we had amazing food from wow food truck, a great evening overall!

We announced the winners for our 48hr competition and our new book MASS is now for sale ($10.00) If you are interested please send us an email to communications@yaftatlanta.org

Check out all event photos here

Emerging Voices 11 is everywhere!

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:41:00 -0500

Creative Loafing article about Tristan Al-Faddad from Formations studio

Modern Luxury- The Atlantan Magazine

Atlanta Curbed

We’ll be waiting for you tomorrow at 7pm at MODA (Museum Of Design Atlanta)

Click here for details

Are you ready for Emerging Voices?

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:20:33 -0500

Our Emerging Voices exhibition begins on Tuesday January 10, 2012 at the Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA) and we will love to see you there during our reception on Friday January 13, 2012 (7-10pm)

This year we will be featuring the work of Ryan Gravel, the designer of the Beltline project and Tristan Al-Haddad from Formations Studio

Tickets include food and drinks.

Free entrance for volunteers. If you are interested in volunteering please contact Ian Reves at ianreves@hotmail.com before Monday, January 9.

General Meeting Tonight at Room and Board

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:28:00 -0400

University day for DasHaus TODAY!!!

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:15:15 -0400

University day is OCT 25th for the DasHaus in downtown Atlanta.

Faculty and Students are encouraged to attend.

Please share the news with others if you can.

You can RSVP individually or as a class online

we had fun! thanks for coming

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 11:55:24 -0400

Logo competition event last Thursday at Octane

we have a new logo!

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 11:03:00 -0400

check it out…

Thank you for all of your entries. The winner was graphic designer Javad Khadivi, who took home a new Generation Chair, courtesy of Knoll.

Thank you to all our competition sponsors (AIA Atlanta, Dencity, Epicenter, Griffith Engineers, and Corporate Environments)

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Also, don’t forget that tomorrow is the opening of our photography exhibition ‘Revisiting Rudolph’ and lecture by Rion Rizzo from Creative Sources

Date: Oct.22.11

Time: 5-9pm

Place: Atlanta Central Public Library

Details here

we are unveiling our new logo

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:53:03 -0400

Join us at Octane Coffee Bar on Marietta St. this coming Thursday from 7pm to 8pm.

If you submitted a logo you might be taking home a new Generation Chair from Knoll!

so many cool things happening this weekend...

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:20:58 -0400

FRIDAY:

If you didn’t go to last year’s FLUX event at Castleberry hill you should not miss it tonight because it’s just awesome!

Check it out HERE

SATURDAY:

If you like good music and a cool neighborhood party…

Party At Ponce: kickoff for Ponce City Market and to benefit Atlanta Beltline Partnership and Georgia Organics.

Are you a runner? Check out this awesome FireFly 5k run

And of course MY PLAYGROUND premiere at the Plaza Theater.

SUNDAY:

If you still have some energy on Sunday. Check out Oakland Cemetery’s Sunday in the Park

Have a great weekend!

COA Lectures Fall Semester. More info here

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:45:43 -0400

COA Lectures Fall Semester. More info here

Ed Akins getting front page attention at AIA National

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:03:04 -0400

Ed was a YAF’s Emerging Voices winner in 2008.

Congratulations! Check out Ed’s interview here

AIA National also mentions YAF Atlanta

About Edwin E. Akins, II, AIA, LEED AP

Having practiced architecture for over 13 years, teaching part-time during much of that period, Ed has developed an interesting perspective on the links between practice and academia. Since 2002, he has taught at both the Georgia Institute of Technology and at Southern Polytechnic State University, where he is currently an Assistant Professor coordinating third year design studios and environmental technologies. His work with Atlanta communities to achieve Livable Centers Initiative (LCI) grants and his engagement with non-profits in the area has helped local organizations envision planning and growth strategies. Through local art installations, his architectural practice, and as the co-author and author of conference papers on reparative planning and solar accommodation in design, Ed continues to expose and explore the delicate relationship between human occupation and nature while continuing his contributions to the AIA.