WMAIA Annual Meeting – Members Only

WMAIA Annual Meeting

Thursday, December 16th | 4:30-6:00 | Zoom

Sponsors:  Pella, Keiter Builders

Grab a glass of wine and join us for our Annual Meeting on Thursday, December 16^th.

This members-only event will feature:

Architecture Quiz
A favorite from last year’s annual meeting was THE QUIZ where we showed series of architecture photographs and challenged the group to identify them.  This year we’d like to crowd-source the images.  So…you can send a photo (and identifying information) to Caryn Brause FAIA [email protected] .  Caryn will curate the quiz.  Local images appreciated!  Please use WMAIA QUIZ in the subject line.  Deadline December 10^th

Business Meeting
Year in Review
Election of Officers
Scholarships

Green Giants Awards Presentation
The Green Giants Award Program honors the work of trades people, educators, and owners/program directors who help build, teach about, envision and fund the green buildings in Hampshire, Hampden, Franklin, and Berkshire counties.  This year’s winners will be announced at the Annual Meeting

Feature Presentation

A peek Inside the New Neilson Library at Smith College
There’s been quite a bit of interest in seeing the new Neilson Library, which opened last winter amid the pandemic. The building is still closed to the public, but we will get a bit of a peek with a video tour followed by a Q & A led by Smith alumnae Helen Fantini AIA and Martha Montgomery AIA. The panel will include Smith College’s Dean of the Libraries Susan Fliss, Smith College’s Project Manager Charlie Conant along with Janette Blackburn FAIA from Shepley Bullfinch, executive architect for the building designed by Maya Lin Studio with Bialosky and Partners. The discussion will focus on the College’s vision for a 21^st century library and the execution of Maya Lin’s design. Early on, designer Maya Lin said that in reimagining Neilson she wanted to create a “glowing central hub that revitalizes the center of the campus.” Mission accomplished?