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04/16/2008 The Basics of Lighting Design
- AIA seminar at ERCO


03/17/2008 The ULI Japan's Young Leaders Group presents:
Jun Mitsui – The Role and Importance of "Design" in Real Estate Development


03/17/2008 Kenchiku Journal March 2008, vol 1134
"Architectural Standard Building Code: Learning from the World"
Published articles by AIA Japan member Masami Yonezawa and AIA member Nobutaka Ashihara.


03/17/2008 6 Week Architecture Workshop at Temple University Japan Campus May 20-July 3
Application deadline: March 15


02/04/2008 Nicolai Kruger, Assoc. AIA writes a column for Artscape, DaiNippon Printing Company's webzine.
Column features Japanese art/design exhibitions from a foreigner's perspective.
01/08/2008 Urban Typhoon Workshop: Koliwada-Dharavi / March 16-23, 2008 Mumbai, India.

11/06/2007 RidgeRunner Architectural Design & Development

02/01/2008

Januray 2008 Newsletter
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11/30/2007 LIVING BELOW SEA LEVEL

By Sytse de Maat, architect M.Sc.
Friday November 30th 2007 7 - 8.30 pm
Temple University in Japan,
Azabu Campus room # 316

A Lecture and slide presentation co-sponsored by
Temple University Japan Campus
AIA Japan & Tokyo Planning Forum
11/06/2007 INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM COMMEMORATING THE IMPERIAL HOTEL'S IMPACT 40 YEARS ON

The nonprofit Wrightian Architectural Archives Japan (WAAJ) will be holding a special daylong symposium on Monday, Dec. 3, commemorating 40 years since the original Imperial Hotel by Frank Lloyd Wright was closed. The event, organized jointly with AIA Japan, will feature renowned University of Tokyo historian Hiroyuki Suzuki, leading preservationist Cherilyn Widell of the U.S., and an international panel of architects and preservation experts moderated by Koichiro Kanematsu of the Japan Institute of Architects and DoCoMoMo Japan. The event will also feature a display of historical photos, articles and memorabilia related to the Imperial Hotel, as well as audiovisual clips on monitors in the hall.

For the symposium program and to register: www.wrightinjapan.org/eng_waaj/e_evnt/schedule071203_e.html
10/17/2007 An International Symposium: Urban Regeneration and Economic Development
Speakers:
JOCKIN ARPUTHAM, urban visionary, Magsaysay Laureate, India
FRED W. CLARKE, architect, Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, USA
MITSURU SENDA , architect, President, Japan Institute of Architects, Japan
SHUJI FUNO, Professor, Univ. of Shiga Prefecture
And a Panel of Experts

DATE: 2007.11.17 (SATURDAY) 9:30- 16:30 (Doors open at 9:00)
PLACE:Shinsei Bank Hall 20F
2-1-8 Uchisaiwaicho Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Online Registration and Information: www.tuj.ac.jp/urbanregeneration
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.

06/18/2007

Let's improve productivity of Japanese Construction Industries by BIM!


Sept 28 (Tokyo)
6 CES credits (HSW: Yes)

October 5 (Osaka)
4 CES credits (HSW:Yes) 

07/23/2007

'Expanded Architecture - Buildings and Projects'
Speaker:Stanley Saitowitz
http://www.saitowitz.com
Date:Wednessday, August 29th, 2007
Time:19:00(Doors open at 18:30)
Place:Azabu Hall, Room #317, Temple University Japan
http://www.tuj.ac.jp/newsite/main/maps/indexj.html
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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 CALL FOR ENTRIES - 2007 Northwest and Pacific Region Design Awards
Please see this link for submitting your work. Letter of Intent and
Entry Fees must be submitted no later than July 27, 2007.
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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.
05/08/2006 "Pacific Crossings: Hong Kong and Shanghai" October 15 - 22, 2006.
05/19/2006 The WAAJ's inaugural seminar series “Wright's Apprentices: Living and Learning at Taliesin” will be held at the Tokyo University of Fine Art and Music on June 3, 2006, 14:30 - 16:30.
04/26/2006 Lecture on Sustainable Design with Craig Curtis, design partner at The Miller|Hull Partnership of Seattle, will be held at the Human Resource Institute on May 31, 2006.
04/24/2006 American Hardwood Architect Seminar will be held at Capitol Tokyu Hotel on June 1st (Seminar: 14:30-18:00, Reception: 18:30-20:30). See seminar description and invitation / application form.
03/15/2006 The third AIA Japan official meeting (Board of Directors Meeting) will be held at a meeting room in the Takenaka Corporation Headquarters building (19:00-21:00) on March 17, 2006. All board members are required to attend, but the meeting is open to anyone who would like to participate. Preceding the meeting, tour of the building will be conducted.
03/01/2006 Book discussion events with Naomi Pollock will be held at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan on March 6, and at the Tokyo American Club on March 15, 2006.
02/15/2006 A special premiere screening of the documentary “Magnificent Obsession: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Buildings and Legacy in Japan” at the Tokyo American Club on March 24, starting 7:00 p.m.
02/15/2006 Information about the upcoming AIA Convention in June.
01/13/2006 ACCJ’s discussion panel “Is your building safe? Come hear the experts” at the Tokyo American Club on January 25, noon to 2:00 p.m.
12/02/2005 The Second AIA Japan official meeting at AIA Japan office(19:00-21:00). All Board members are required to attend, but the meetingis open to anyone who would like to participate.
11/01/2005 Architecture Forum: Beautiful Japan 2005, sponsored by Nikkei BP, Inc. at Meguro Gajoen on Nov. 15 10:00-17:00.
10/19/2005 “Global and Local Symbiosis in Urban Architecture”, an upcoming lecture by Kisho Kurokawa sponsored by the American Chamber of Commercein Japan at the Westin Hotel Tokyo on October 25, noon to 2:00 pm.
10/19/2005 “Eames, Nelson and Jerald, --- Corporations and Designers' Partnership and its Social Contributions --- The Practice of Herman Miller", an upcoming lecture by Mr. John R. Berry, FAIA, sponsored by the Japan Institute of Architects at Meguro Kumin Center Hall on Nov. 4, 18:30 – 20:30.
09/12/2005 AIA Japan Career Center is now open. Please check job information in the classifieds pages.
09/09/2005 AIA-JIA Joint Meeting at JIA National Convention in Gifu (Gifu Grand Hotel, 10:30-12:00).
09/09/2005 44-th Tokyo Planning Forum at Temple University, Tokyo Campus (19:00-21:00).
Topic: Formation of Open Spaces in Meiji Era
Speaker: Dr. Aya Sakai, Lecturer, Yokohama National University
09/24/2005 Special Events with Wrightian Architectural Archives Japan (WAAJ) at the Wright-designed Jiyu Gakuen Myonichikan in Mejiro, Tokyo.
09/02/2005 TheAIA Japanofficial meetingatAIA Japan office (19:30-21:30). 
All Board members are required to attend, but the meeting is open to anyone who would like to participate.  We look forward to seeing you there.

 




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