UMass / WMAIA BCT Programs
WMAIA : Fall BCT Programs These lectures and free and open to the public, however, registration and payment of fee is required if you want WMAIA to record the learning units. UMass faculty and staff requiring learning units may register here for no fee. When registering, select the TOTAL # of programs (1, 2, 3 [...]
2022 WMAIA Annual Meeting and Design Awards
REGISTER NOW WMAIA ANNUAL MEETING: Design Awards, Scholarships, Holiday Gathering Keynote: Emily Grandstaff-Rice FAIA, AIA 2023 President Design Awards sponsored by: Keiter WMAIA Annual Meeting sponsored by: Pella Our December program is a celebration of the season and of design in Western Massachusetts. It's a time to catch up with colleagues and their work. [...]
WMAIA Film Series!
Tuesday March 21 | 6:30 PM | Zoom |1 LU requested Site Specific Site Specific is a special commission of ten short documentaries for Open House Dublin 2020. Dyehouse Films wonderfully reveal the personalities, processes, complexity, creativity and transformative impact that surround the act of designed space. The protagonists: the architect, the historian, the [...]
UMass Spring Lecture Series
UMass Olver Design Building 170 551 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, United StatesUMass Department of Architecture Spring 2023 Lecture Series This spring UMass has a dynamic line-up of speakers who represent a diverse range of architectural practices, from academic base scholarship to activism to professional practice. All events scheduled to be help in-person at the Design Building on the UMass Campus. All events are free and [...]
BCT Educational Programs
ZOOMRegister Now – Programs begin next Monday, February 13th! WMAIA : Spring BCT Programs These lectures and free and open to the public, however, registration and payment of fee is required if you want WMAIA to record the learning units. UMass faculty and staff requiring learning units may register here for no fee. When registering, [...]
Committee on the Environment – COTE Monthly Meeting
ZOOMWMAIA COTE presents Wednesday May 17| 4:00-5:30PM| Zoom |1.5HSW Geothermal for Architects “Geothermal for Architects” will cover the basics of geothermal (ground source) heat pump technology, how the systems work, the different application for both the mechanical systems and the ground loop heat exchangers, the benefits of geothermal systems, and the challenges to incorporating [...]
TOUR: Maier Camerlenghi House
Thursday May 18 | 4:00 PM | In person |1 LU WMAIA Women in Architecture presents Tour: Maier Camerlenghi House A WMAIA 2022 Honor Award Winner by Naomi Darling Architecture, South Hadley, MA, the Maier Camerlenghi Addition/Renovation is a second story addition and renovation of a mid-century home in the center of Amherst, MA [...]
TOUR: Berkshire Family YMCA
Tuesday June 6| 4:00-5:00PM| in person |1 HSW Tour: Berkshire Family YMCA 292 North St, Pittsfield, MA 01201 The recent renovation of the 1909 Berkshire Family YMCA in Pittsfield (Architect: Hill Engineers Architects and Planners; GC: Allegrone Companies) expanded its child-care program, improved the athletic facilities, and updated its façade. The makeover was intended [...]