Upcoming 2008 AIA Kentucky/AIA Indiana Convention

2008-09-22

The AIA Kentucky/AIA Indiana Convention will be held October 9-11, 2008 in Louisville, Kentucky. The theme is “Evolution of Architecture: From Chisel to BIM,” selected in part to reflect the 100th anniversary of the AIA in Kentucky.

The centerpiece of the program on Saturday, October 11 will be a dialogue on the changing nature of practice, featuring several presenters and panelists including: Michael Speaks, dean of the University of Kentucky College of Design, Chris Sharples, AIA of SHoP Architects in New York City, and Bill Zahner, president of A Zahner Architectural Metal Company.

The gentlemen above will also participate in a panel discussion on the use of BIM, Building Information Modeling, in Kentucky and Indiana along with BIM user and sole practitioner David Banks, AIA of Frankfort, Kevin Klinger of Ball State University’s Institute for Digital Fabrication, and Wil Marquez, director of an exploratory design initiative at A2SO4 in Indianapolis. Louisville historian Dr. Tom Owen will speak at the closing luncheon, and we have arranged three local architectural tours and a special “didactic field drawing” session for the afternoon.

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