ARCHITECTURE WEEK!

JOIN US - May 23 - May 30!

This is our first in-person Architecture Week in a four years, and we’re EXCITED! Tour award winning projects, grab a drink with friends, or enjoy a movie night on us! We can’t wait to see you at one of the events.

CODE Building (image Wolf Ackerman) and Apex Plaza (image William McDonough)

SCHEDULE

TUE May 23 TOUR the Award Winning CODE Building (1 HSW | LU)
Join Wolf Ackerman and Hourigan Construction for a tour of the Center of Developing Entrepeneurs (CODE) building - winner of the 2023 AIA National Honor Award and certified LEED Platinum. This 10-story 215,000 SF commercial office building on Charlottesville’s historic pedestrian mall includes a 15,000 SF co-working suite, auditorium, and retail food stalls - and it’s a case study in green building. Designed by Eskew Dumez Ripple and local architects Wolf Ackerman.

Learn how the design improves occupant health and recycles over 45% of the stormwater on site - while reducing its carbon footprint and energy use relative to industry benchmarks.
Earn 1 HSW LU | Reception to follow in the lobby!
> Details here

THU May 25 MOVIE NIGHT at the Violet Crown!
Let us take you to the movies! For this year’s Architecture Week we’re bringing back Movie Night. Let’s meet at the bar for drinks and snacks then head to our private screening of an award-winning architecture film.
Reception in the Bar before the movie
> Details here

TUE May 30 TOUR - Apex Plaza, a Net Positive Mass Timber Project (1 HSW | LU)
Join William McDonough + Partners, Hourigan Construction, and Apex Clean Energy for a tour of Charlottesville's first mass-timber office building! At 187,000 SF, this multi-tenant office building is the tallest mass-timber building on the east coast.

Learn how the team designed, coordinated, and built this net-energy-positive office building, while balancing Cradle to Cradle Certified material choices, occupant health, and rooftop solar and stormwater systems.
Earn 1 HSW LU | Enjoy appetizers + drinks!
> Details here

EP TOUR - Rocktown High School

Thanks to Grimm + Parker Architects and Scott Eschbach, AIA, LEED AP, CPD for an enriching tour of Rocktown High School in Harrisonburg VA! ⭐️ Scott led our Emerging Professionals through the project, communicating the variety of ways the site and building function to serve the students and broader community of Harrisonburg.

AIA Central Virginia Emerging Professionals meet each month to learn from local creative businesses and non-profits while growing in the practice of architecture. If you, or someone you know, wants to get involved, please reach out.

EP TOUR - UVA Facilities Management

Emerging Professionals joined leaders from UVA Facilities Management for a fantastic presentation on thier work supporting the University of Virginia’s wide range of research, academic and patient care programs. With over 1,200 employees, Facilities Management is responsible for the day to day operation repair and maintenance of UVA’s buildings, infrastructure and grounds as well as other University-owners and leased properties.

Thanks to our panelists Jennifer Heckman, Manager of Geospatial Engineering Services; Amy Eichenberger, Senior Project Manager with Project & Construction Management Services; Scott Clough, Associate Director for Design Services; Ryan Taylor, Assistant Director of Maintenance; Andrea Trimble, Sustainability Director in the Office for Sustainability; and Ben Hays, University Building Official. And thanks to board members Sidney Griffin and Jonathan Moore - who work at UVA FM!
> Read more about the visit here

AIA Central Virginia Emerging Professionals meet each month to learn from local creative businesses and non-profits while growing in the practice of architecture. If you, or someone you know, wants to get involved, please let us know.