Special Events
THE 2007 WESTERN MOUNTAIN REGION CONFERENCE 
"Dreamscapes to Greenscapes: Designing, Transforming and Building a Future," was hosted by American Institute of Architects, Northern Nevada chapter, on Sept. 12-15 at the Hyatt Regency Resort in Incline Village.
Larry Macias, AIANN President, and members of the WMR planning committee receive the 2007 Directors' Award from Stephen Loos, AIA and John Padilla, AIA at the WMR Design Awards Banquet. Photo by True Moments Photography. Featured speakers were Edward Mazria, AIA, founder of Architecture 2030, R.K. Stewart, FAIA, national AIA president, and Greg Franta, FAIA, Rocky Mountain Institute. Mazria has won international fame for his Architecture 2030 campaign that calls for buildings to be designed, constructed and operated using drastically lower amounts of fossil fuels. The AIA has adopted the 2030 Challenge as its official position on global warming. This six-state regional conference includes Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. This event was 'carbon neutral' as a result of sponsorship by Kimberly Phipps-Nichol of Blue Water Studio and John Toth and Associates. This sponsorship provides carbon credits to offset the event at the Hyatt Regency and the travel to the event for our invited speakers. Attendees may do their part to offset the environmental impact of WMR by acquiring carbon credits to offset their travel by registering here! WMR Speaker Presentations: Coming Soon.
2007 AIANN RENO MAGAZINE AWARDS GALA
To discover the winners of the 2007 AIANN RENO Magazine Design Awards competition, click here.
AIA 150 CELEBRATION  Richard Upjohn invited 12 other architects to meet in his New York City office, where they considered “the propriety of organizing a Society of Architects.” They agreed “that, with as little delay as possible, an Association of Architects should be formed . . . and that this meeting take the necessary steps.” So the AIA was born on February 23, 1857. Architecture historian Tony Wrenn, Hon. AIA has created a fascinating history featured over the past year in AIArchitect; which is available on the AIA 150 Web site, along with a list of the AIA150 sponsors, headed by $1 million donor and official media sponsor McGraw Hill Construction. Read about your Institute’s glorious past and the celebrations and commemorative events taking place this sesquicentennial year, including the America’s Favorite Architecture poll.
The AIA Northern Nevada is using this occasion to mold a vision of sustainability in our region and what makes communities more livable. To date some major activities have occurred in Nevada for the AIA 150 Celebration. In both Las Vegas and Reno we kicked off the celebration with Gubernatorial Candidates forums on Livable Communities and environmental issues. The forums were designed to raise awareness in the community as to the AIA’s position on these topics as well as bringing to the forefront these issues in the minds of the candidates. These forums were very successful in drawing attention to these concerns having been aired on public radio in Las Vegas and public television in Reno, and receiving ample newspaper coverage. In September the Northern Nevada Component of the AIA conducted a Sustainable Design Assessment Team (SDAT) study with a grant from the AIA’s Community by Design, Knowledge Community. This work has provided the beginnings of a regional sustainable vision and has placed our architectural community at the forefront of sustainable planning for our area. The AIA’s Communities by Design recently released the SDAT Report, and to those of you that participated in the program, thank you for your support and participation. Your insights were instrumental in determining the direction of the AIA SDAT study and the level of expertise that participated in the development of this regional vision.
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