FORUM

FORUM is being held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin this year. The cost for AIAS members is $165 and $225 for non-members. These registration rates are effective until December, 5, 2007. Beginning December 6, 2007, the rates for members and non-members are $200 and $250 respectively.

Events and activities include a design charette; seminars; workshops for graphics and renderings, portfolio design, and digital photography; tours including Milwaukee's neighborhoods, breweries, landmarks, residences by Frank Lloyd Wright, and a daytrip to Chicago (about an hour and a half away); the College + Career Expo; a nightclub party; and the Beaux-Arts Ball.

AIAS members receive a discount on airfare and hotel rates. The hotel we will be staying at is the Historic Hilton Milwaukee City Center. At four persons per room, the rate is $39 per night per person. There is a waterpark in the hotel.

All the E-Board members are attending FORUM this year. If you are interested in joining them, please let one of them or Danielle McDonough know. For more information regarding this major event, visit aias.org.

AIAS Meeting - 09/25/07

For those of you who could not make Tuesday night's meeting, here are some of the highlights of the evening:

We are beginning to form committees. The four committees are Events/Fundraising, Community Service, Professional Development, and Studio Culture. If you are interested in becoming a member and/or being a chair of any of these committees, please let one of the E-Board members know (Lisa Shoenbrunn, Ben Hochberg, Ashley Hartshorn, or Marc Janty).

BSA Membership forms and Alternative Spring Break applications are available by the studio entrance. If they are not there, please see me (Marc Janty) for them. These forms also contain general information about the programs. The BSA membership is now FREE for AIAS members.

Some upcoming events include:

Film Series - Friday, October 19, 2007
Build Boston - November 13-15, 2007
Open House New York - October 6-7, 2007

The Northeast Quad Conference is November 2-4, 2007 at Philadelphia University. If you are interested in going, please see one of the E-Board members or Danielle McDonough.

FORUM is in Milwaukee this year from Saturday, December 29, 2007 to Tuesday, January 1, 2008. If you are interested in attending, please see one of the E-Board members or Danielle McDonough. (There is a separate blog entry for FORUM).

If anyone has any questions, concerns, or comments, please do not hesistate to approach Lisa, Ben, Ashley, or me; that's what were here for.

Studio Tour

Stay tuned for a podcast photo tour of the Architecture Studio at Ruggles. We'll walk you around the studio, along with some fun facts and student voices to accompany the tour.

Up and running...mostly!

Hello and welcome to the Northeastern University School of Architecture blog! I hope this can be a good resource for students, faculty, and visitors alike. Our Google events calendar is embedded into this page to help keep everyone up to date and informed about all major happenings, such as our Lecture Series and University Open House dates.

We'll be adding media to the kinds of things we offer. Sadly, we didn't have the hardware to make podcasts of our lecture series possible for the first lecture this past Monday night. We will have everything in place for the upcoming lecture on Monday, October 1st. Stay tuned for updates, and check the NU iTunes site for free podcasts! This is a new endeavor for the University, and content is always being published.