May 29, 2022

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Please join us for our 2022 AIA Utah Conference September 27, 28 & 29, 2022 Tuesday 27 – Mid-Valley Performing Arts Opening Keynote Sponsor Booth In-Person Sessions Wednesday 28 — Building Tours Online Sessions Thursday 29 — Natural History Museum Utah Closing Keynote Sponsor Mixer Design Honors & Awards Presentation Conference Fee $350 Member $500

“We won it in the Q&A.”

You can score big with a selection committee during the question and answer period and be awarded a project. You can also go down in flames when one team member appears arrogant, demonstrates how little s/he knows about the client’s project, or has lousy chemistry with the rest of the team.

This paper has been divided into two parts, the first part of which appears below. It describes how growing evidence and research on the multidisciplinary realm of illusions of nature is giving weight to a new field of Cognitive Biophilia and Neuroaesthetics.

Architects spend so much of their time on the road, consistently communicating with clients and contractors, accessing designs, performing site inspections, taking notes during meetings, etc., and mobile devices can help accelerate all these processes. This article examines how mobile apps can help architects become more productive and save hours of valuable time across all parts of their day.

There is a famous African proverb that reads: “It takes a village to raise a child.” It also takes a village to design and construct a building. The goal for all project team members is to work together to deliver a successful building for our clients. Here are four items architects can do to help their structural engineer deliver a winning project:

YAF (Young Architects Forum) Utah kicked off the year with a great event at Kiito Brewing! Many like-minded young professional architects and structural engineers got together for the first in-person YAF event in a couple of years. It was a huge success, as everyone was craving social interaction with peers after a long hiatus. There were drinks, mingling, and a new food truck with loaded Mexican hot dogs to top off the night. Afterward, the YAF committee high-fived each other for successfully pulling off yet another young architect social.

I grew up in Denmark. I was in the last year of Gymnasium, and we were supposed to have some idea where we would go after that; we should interview a person in that profession. I had some interest in architecture, but more in art — I was studying painting and sculpture. I talked to an architect. As we were contemplating immigrating to the United States, I asked him if he thought I should study at the Academy in Denmark or in the United States? He said he thought the United States would be a good experience. The path of architecture was set at that point.

When did you decide to become an architect?
While I was in high school in Wyoming. I thought about petroleum engineering; Wyoming is full of oil and uranium. I also thought about a military career. I applied to the Merchant Marine Academy and took the physicals, and found out I was color blind. No academy would take you if you were color blind. So, my family encouraged me to consider architecture because I liked to draw and make things. I took drafting classes in high school and pretty much made the decision.