2009 AIA Minnesota Convention
The 75th AIA Minnesota Annual Convention & Product Exposition was held at the Minneapolis Convention Center November 10-13, 2009.
See the Convention Keynote & Exhibit Hall, Press Release, Oct 15, 2009 (PDF)
Read about the Convention at 75 Years
Find out more about the launch of Citizen Architect (PDF), featuring local volunteer organizations at the AIA Minnesota Convention and Exhibit Hall
Listen to podcasts with Renee Cheng, AIA, Rosemary Dolata, AIA and Jennifer Yoos, AIA. All presenters at the AIA Minnesota Convention.
Get the summary from the November 13 Member Congress speakers Tom Stinson and George Miller, FAIA, who discussed the economic outlook for the architectural profession.
View Convention 2009 Photos
CONVENTION SNAPSHOT
2009 Convention Program Tracks (PDF)
Download the 2009 Convention
Registration Booklet
The booklet includes information about programs and special events.
New to the 2009 exhibit hall were exciting tournaments of WiiTennis including four matches of AIA Minnesota All Stars battling it out for WiiTennis Title Champion.
Tuesday, November 10
5PM WiiEast
Match#1:
Mary Shaffer, 2008 AIA MPLS President vs. Chuck Liddy, 2009 AIA MPLS President (Shaffer: Winner)
6PM WiiWest Match #2:
Steve Weeks, U of M CDES Faculty, vs. Lauren Weingartner, 2009 AIAS President. (Weeks: Winner)
Wednesday, November 11
12PM WiiEast
Match #3:
Eric Lagerquist, 2009 AIA St. Paul President vs. Erin McKiel, 2010 AIA St. Paul President-Elect (McKiel: Winner)
1PM WiiWest Match #4:
Beverly Hauschild-Baron, Executive Vice President of AIA Minnesota vs. Dave Oxley, Executive Director of the American Council of Engineering Companies MN (Hauschild-Baron: Winner)
4PM WiiEast SEMI-FINALS
Winner of Match #1 vs. Winner of Match #2: Shaffer vs. Weeks (Weeks: Winner)
5PM WiiWest SEMI-FINALS
Winner of Match #3 vs. Winner of Match #4: McKiel vs. Hauschild-Baron (McKiel: Winner)
Thursday, November 12
12PM CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
Congratulations to Steve Weeks - our Wii Tennis Champion!
WiiEast and WiiWest also hosted WiiBowling for convention goers to try out. WiiBowling ran during exhibit hall hours before and after each WiiTennis match.
2008 AIA Minnesota Convention
Voices with Vision 
Tuesday, November 11 – Friday, November 14
Minneapolis Convention Center
2008 Convention Program Booklet (pdf)
See pictures from this year’s convention
AIA Minnesota 2008 Honor Award Winners Press Release (PDF)
View images of the AIA Minnesota Honor Awards’ winning 11 projects (20 Mb)
View images from 100+ projects submitted for the Honor Awards Program (60 Mb)
The 74th annual AIA Minnesota Convention took place Tuesday, November 11 – Friday, November 14, 2008, at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Over two thousand people attended – 1,600 attending programs and the exhibitions, while another 500 visited the exhibit hall, which hosted over 250 companies as well as a variety of exhibits. The programs, centered around the theme Voices with Vision, encouraged architects to envision the future and carry a voice by leading the discussion and shaping responses to global change.
The collective voices as architects are both diverse and visionary and can lead to progressive solutions on issues that are wide open for exploration. In architects’ pursuit to lead communities and collaborate with design-related professionals in unconventional ways, it is good to have a questioning approach. Architects want to shape the emerging information management tools of the industry; lead the discussion to develop new cross-disciplinary models, and play a central role in the solutions to the challenges of youth, diversity and education in our profession.
This year’s Convention offered more continuing education seminars than any other year. Forty-nine programs and five keynote addresses covering issues including building green infrastructure, geothermal energy, senior housing, designing workspaces for up to four generations, solar homes, neighborhood revitalizations and a vision for light rail.
Read the 2008 Convention Press Release (PDF)
See this year’s Exhibit Hall Highlights (1-pg pdf)
New Convention & Membership Scholarship For Emerging Professionals and Students
AIA Minnesota is particularly enriched when young professionals become members and participate; however many people just starting out their careers find the costs of membership dues and certain opportunities prohibitive. Critical networking events, like the annual state Convention, are often missed as well due to the cost of registration, time away from work, and for some, travel costs. In response, AIA Minnesota has created a scholarship to support young professionals who otherwise may not be able to join the organization and participate. Eligible applicants include Emerging Professionals and Students who are: architects who have been licensed less than five years, IDP interns, and current students pursuing professional degrees in architecture. See the application and submission instructions (PDF)
2007 Convention
Tomorrow is Today
The theme of the 2007 AIA Minnesota Convention, Tomorrow is Today, focused on the architecture of today as the precipice of starting tomorrow's revolution – a revolution in how we think about living. Driven by changes in climate, finite resources, global economics and evolving technology, architecture will influence the way industry, business, and residents fit into their environments. Throughout the 73rd Annual Convention, we were challenged by our programs and exhibitors to think about how our decisions and the tools and materials that we use today affects how buildings will be constructed and frame the way we will live tomorrow.
View the 2007 AIA Minnesota Convention Program Booklet (PDF, 18 pages)
View pictures from the 2007 AIA Minnesota Convention and Expo
Keynotes
View Convention Summary Page (PDF)
Nov 13 Member Congress
Marshall Purnell, FAIA, is the 2007 First Vice President/President-Elect of the American Institute of Architects. Purnell will focus his keynote presentation on his insights into the future of the National Component.
Nov 13 Where in the World is Architecture
Architecture functions as a local and a world-wide discipline in the 21st century. In this presentation, Robert Ivy, the editor in chief of Architectural Record, analyzes and outlines major forces affecting the design and construction of major architectural projects and the communities that they serve.
Nov 14 Teaching Strategies Influenced by the Evolution of Practice
Office dA is a Boston-based architecture firm whose investigation of the potentials of materials and construction techniques, forms the foundation of their designs. Nader Tehrani, principal at Office dA, will discuss the evolution of the building industry, the introduction of digital fabrication and the advent of strategic integration of structural, sustainable, and mechanical strategies.
Nov 15 Jurors Show and Tell
This keynote address features three architects, David Dixon, FAIA, Goody Clancy, Josh Shelton, AIA, el dorado architects and Victor Trahan, III, FAIA, Trahan Architects, APAC, serving as this year’s AIA Minnesota Honor and Divine Detail Award jurors, who will talk about their practice and projects through a presentation of their work.
Nov 16 Builders and Destroyers
Jim Paluch, J.P. Horizons, Inc., believes that every great thing that has ever been accomplished or will be accomplished has or will happen through great people. His down-to-earth delivery and sincere appreciation for people enable him to captivate an audience and give each individual hands-on, applicable knowledge that literally changes lives.
2006 Annual Convention
In The Mix
72nd AIA Minnesota Convention and Products Exposition
November 14 - 17, 2006
Minneapolis Convention Center
This year’s convention theme, In the Mix, inspired attendees to consider how our communities, and the world at large, may change if architects are increasingly “In the Mix.” How will this impact the profession? The Convention addressed several AIA Minnesota initiatives including encouraging architects to become more engaged in the external community; creating more livable communities through architects taking a leadership role in sustainable design; and exploring the role of the architect in the future.
2006 Convention & Exhibit Hall Summary (3 pages, PDF)
View the Convention Program Booklet (16 pages, PDF)
Attendance Verification Form (PDF)
If you are an AIA member and still need an Attendance Verification Form for Convention continuing education credits, Print it out, mark the programs you attended and send it to Deanna Christiansen at the AIA Minnesota office.
View the 2006 Convention Photo Gallery
2006 Exhibitor Information
2006 Interactive Floor Plan
2006 Prospectus and Contract (PDF)
2006 Searchable Exhibitor List
The AIA Minnesota Convention and Products Exposition is an annual event for architects in Minnesota. The conference and expo are conveniently located in downtown Minneapolis as almost 85% of our members work in the Twin Cities metro area. Architects and design professionals attend the convention and expo to learn about trends and new technologies in building products and earn continuing education credits. The architects that attend the expo work on all types of projects, from single family homes to hospitals, from historic preservation to green buildings. Minnesota architecture firms also work nationally and internationally.
2005 Convention Summary
Pass It On
AIA Minnesota 2005 Convention & Exposition
November 15-18, 2005
Minneapolis Convention Center
2005 Convention & Exhibit Hall Summary (3 pages, pdf)
2005 Convention Booklet (16 pages, pdf)
2005 Interactive Floor Plan
2005 Searchable Exhibitor List