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11/01/2010 AIA Japan Design Forum: Museums and Light
Sat, Nov. 13, 2010, 2:00 pm
JIA Hall, 2-3-16 Jingumae
This fall, for the first time, AIA Japan is pleased to present an exciting new format, the Design Forum. This and future Forums will focus on a topic of significant interest to the architectural and design community, presenting both a lecture and panel discussion with speakers chosen for their record of accomplishment and familiarity with the topic. For this Forum’s topic—Museums and Light—we have lined up a panel of discussants at the intersection of art and architecture.
04/16/2008

The Basics of Lighting Design - AIA seminar at ERCO

10/04/2007

AIA Japan Award Design Award - Request for Submissions

We are pleased to announce that the AIA Japan Chapter will hold our first design Award this year. This will be a great opportunity to increase the visibility of the superb design achievement of our members, and your commitment to architectural profession. We very much hope you take advantage of this opportunity and send a submission.
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Entry Form and Entry Fees must be submitted no later than 5 PM, Friday, October 12th , 2007.
Completed Submissions must be submitted no later than 5 PM Friday, October 26th, 2007.

07/17/2007 “Japanese Culture Viewed Though Architecture: From Machiya to Modernity”
Speaker: Geoffrey P. Moussas
Principal, Design 1st, Kyoto, Japan July 20th (Friday)
Time: 7:00-8:30pm (Doors open at 6:30, coffee and tea will be served)
Venue:Temple University, Tokyo Campus, Azabu Hall, Room # 317
Map: http://web.tuj.ac.jp/newsite/main/maps/index.html
07/13/2007 2007 AIA Northwest & Pacific Region Conference
AIA Spokane will host the 2007 AIA Northwest & Pacific Region Conference on September 26-29 . The conference theme is REnew, RE charge, REinvent, with programs focusing on community renewal and the ways in which communities large and small are reinventing themselves.
http://www.aiaspokane.org/aianwpr.html
06/18/2007 ULI Japan Summer Conference 2007

Date: July 12 (Thursday) 2007 9:30 -18:00
(a reception is to follow and will continue till 19:15)
Location: Marunouchi Building, Tokyo
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06/18/2007 Design Excellence/Design-Build International Conference
The Design/Build Knowledge Community would like to announce the Design Excellence/Design-Build International Conference from September 27th to the 29 taking place in London. See this link for more details:
http://aiajapances.googlepages.com/070927
06/18/2007 "MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION: FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S BUILDINGS AND LEGACY IN JAPAN"
Date: July 27th (Friday)
Time: 6:00pm
Venue:Iwasaki Koyata Memorial Hall
Language: Japanese
Admission: Free (resevations requested)
06/06/2007 Architecture and New Urban Landscapes
Presentations by: Arata Isozaki, Fumihiko Maki, Kengo Kuma,and Italian architects Antonio Citterio, Paolo Desideri, and Franco Purini.
Date: Wednessday June 6th
05/16/2007 “What do Developers expect from Architects and Designers?”
Speakers: Yoshihiko Sone, Senior Project Manager, Architectural Planning Services Group, Architecture and Construction Services Department, Mitsui Fudosan
Kojiro Shimodo, Project Manager, Office Building Development Dept I Planning Group, Mitsui Fudosan
Date: June 8th (Friday)
Time: 7:00-8:30pm
Venue: Temple University, Tokyo Campus, Azabu Hall, Room #317
05/11/2007 Keeping Wright's Spirit Alive: A Celebration of Raku Endo
05/11/2007 May 11 - May 27 Exhibition : "New Trends of Architecture in Europe and Asia"
May 11 Symposium : "New Trends of Architecture in Europe and Asia"

04/25/2007 AHEC Japan Convention V
01/06/2007 AIA Japan and Tokyo Planning Forum will sponsor a lecture at Temple University, Tokyo Campus.
Topic: "Shimokitazawa as a Utopian town in Japan"
Speaker: Masami Kobayashi, Professor of Meiji University/ Visiting Associate of Harvard University, Leader of Shimokitazawa Forum
Time: 7:00-8:30pm, Friday January 19
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12/12/2006 Please see our AIA Japan newsletter for 2006
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12/08/2006 Temple University Japan Campus (TUJ) is searching for a project director for their new campus project. Please refer to the attached PDF for details.
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12/05/2006 The final seminar in the 2006 Wrightian Architectural Archives Japan Seminar Series, "Learning from Wright (II): Kameki and Nobu Tsuchiura in America and Japan," is scheduled for Dec. 16, 2006 in Tokyo. The featured speakers are Nobuko Ogawa, an architect and professor emeritus of Japan Women's University, and Atusko Tanaka, an architect and architectural historian.
11/14/2006 AIA Japan would like to welcome anyone interested in being an affiliate member. For details please see the attached pdf.
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11/01/2006 AIA Japan and Tokyo Planning Forum will sponsor a lecture at Temple University, Tokyo Campus.
Topic: “Time Today”
Speaker: Dana Buntrock, Associate Professor
Department of Architecture, University of California Berkeley
Time: 7:00-8:30pm Friday, November 10
09/15/2006 AIA Japan and the Wrightian Architectural Archives Japan (WAAJ) are cosponsoring a special seminar, free to AIA members, “Wright and Modernism: Defining Space,” on Saturday, October 14, from 2:30 – 4:30 pm at the historic Kyudo Kaikan in Hongo.
09/14/2006 The not-for-profit Wrightian Architectural Archives Japan (WAAJ), is seeking submissions for a photo contest and gallery showing to mark its first anniversary in November. Submissions to the “Capturing the Wright Spirit” contest are being accepted through Oct. 25, 2006. The photos will be displayed in a Roppongi gallery during WAAJ Week, Nov. 8 – 13. See the PDF for further details or visit www17.plala.or.jp/waaj/index.html
07/25/2006 Upcoming Event: “Magnificent Obsession: Frank Lloyd Wright's Buildings and Legacy in Japan” July 28&29.
Please refer to attached pdf.
07/25/2006 Learning from Wright (I): Antonin and Noemi Raymond.
06/26/2006 Two upcoming commemorative events to celebrate the International House of Japan New Hall, “International House of Japan as Modernist Masterwork: The Rebirth of an Architectural Icon” on July 1st, 2006 (Sat), and “Globalization and Cultural Exchange” on July 22nd, 2006 (Sat), both at the New Hall, International House of Japan..
06/11/2006 A panel discussion “Historic Preservation and Urban Communities: Lessons from New York and Tokyo” will be held at The Tokyo American Center, ABC Kaikan 10th Floor on June 16th (Friday), 18:30 – 20:30.
06/11/2006 The American Wood Design Awards 2006 winners will display their award winning projects in the “Managing America's Forest for the Future” exhibition at the Living Design Center ( Shinjuku ) for two weeks from June 29, 2006.
06/11/2006 AIA Japan Board Meeting is planned for Friday, June 30, 7:00-9:00 pm at the Pelli Clarke Pelli in Meguro. There will be a number of reports on recent events (including the AIA National Convention in Los Angeles), some important voting decisions, and critical planning for future events.

 




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