AIA Birmingham

AIA Birmingham, chartered in 1965, is the Birmingham area chapter of the American Institute of Architects, and is part of AIA Alabama. The group represent approximately 770 architects, interns and affiliates in a six county area (Jefferson, Blount, Bibb, Fayette, St Clair and Tuscaloosa). The purpose of the organization is to promote good design and practice in architecture and to represent the profession.

The chapter's offices are located at 107 21st Street South. The executive director is Rhea Williams.

Awards

Each year the AIA Birmingham chapter honors exceptional work by local firms in the chapter Honor Awards.

2008

• Commercial merit award: Stewart Perry corporate headquarters, HKW Associates
• Renovation and adaptive reuse merit: Greek Orthodox Church plaza , GA Studio
• RA005 award: Studio 212, bDot Architecture
• Residential honor award: Fountain Heights infill housing, Adams Design Group
• Institutional merit award: Sunshine Farms Chapel, Krumdieck A+I Design
• Institutional merit award: McKenzie Court Community Center, Cohen Carnaggio Reynolds
• Institutional merit award: Our Savior Lutheran Church , Krumdieck A+I Design
• Institutional merit award: Hilltop Montessori School, HKW Associates

2008

• Adaptive Reuse Honor: Liv on Fifth, Cohen Carnaggio Reynolds
• Adaptive Reuse Merit: Innovation Depot, Williams-Blackstock Architects
• Institutional Honor: 4-H Environmental Education Center (Columbiana), Davis Architects and Children's Harbor Lodge & Conference Center (Lake Martin), GA Architecture Studio
• Projects under $150,000 Merit: Alpaca Shed at Sunshine Farms (Sterrett), Krumdieck Design
• Residential Merit: Richard Tubb lake residence (Smith Lake), Dungan Nequette Architects
• Commercial Honor: KIA Training Facility (West Point, Georgia), GA Architecture Studio
• Commercial Merit: Red Mountain Bank (English Village), GA Architecture Studio and Edgewood Creamery, Place Design Studio
• AIA150 Champion: Patrick Davis

2007

• Commercial Honor: Pullman Flats, Krumdieck Design
• Commercial Merit: 2006 Birmingham News building, Williams-Blackstock Architects
• Institutional Honor: UAB Campus Recreation Center, Williams-Blackstock Architects
• Institutional Merit: Minor Elementary School, Davis Architects and the M. Miller Gorrie Building for Auburn University's School of Building Science, CMH Architects
• Residential Honor: Golden residence, Giattina Aycock Architecture Studio
• Residential Merit: Private residence, Dungan Nequette Architects
• Adaptive reuse Honor: YMCA Youth Center, Cohen Carnaggio Reynolds and BEBCO Building, Davis Architects

2006

• Overall & Institutional Honor: UAB School of Medicine, Birchfield Penuel & Associates with Cannon Design
• Commercial Merit: Addition to the offices of Brasfield & Gorrie, Thompson Architecture
• Residential Honor: Bower residence, Krumdieck Design
• Residential Merit: Napier residence, KPS Group and Richard Tubb residence, Dungan Nequette Architects
• Small Project Merit: Cater residence, Krumdieck Design

Presidents

Local officers serve a one-year term:

1965: Edward Bonderan 1966: 1967: Fritz Woehle 1968: Donald Morrison 1969: Charles Moss 1970: 1971: 1972: 1973: 1974: Rudy Goldschmidt 1975: Emory Kirkwood 1976: Gray Plosser 1977: Aubrey Garrison 1978: Jim Waters 1979: James Pfaffman 1980: 1981: 1982: 1983: 1984: 1985: Joe Keeton 1986: Joseph Bynum

1987: Mack McKinney 1988: Roy Glover 1989: Larry David 1990: 1991: 1992: 1993: Tim Barron 1994: Jamie Aycock 1995: Kevin Millen 1996: Kim McMurray 1997: Don Cosper 1998: Charles Penuel 1999: Patrick Davis 2000: Willie Oliver 2001: John Holmes 2002: Angela Nash 2003: Rob Walker 2004: Nolanda Bearden 2005: Ty Cole 2006: Philip Black 2007: Bruce Herrington 2008: Trevor Matchett

References

• AIA Birmingham. (December 2006) Newsletter

External links

• AIA Birmingham website