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05/20/2011 Please join us for a "Wac Kuno Tribute Exhibition"

03/03/2011 Glass and Light: Architectural Space as Subject Matter

11/04/2010 AIA Japan 2010 Awards Reception

09/09/2010 "Recent Works" by Robert Hutchison

09/06/2010 AIA Japan Now Accepting Entry for Design Awards 2010

7/27/2010 "Ecological Urbanism as a Means to Consider the New City, the Older City and the Shrinking City"

07/26/2010-
08/01/2010
"URBZ Mashup Workshop in Istanbul"

7/02/2010 "Where Tokyo Real Estate is Probably Going"

6/29/2010 AIA Japan member, George Kunihiro, FAIA, has been featured in the AIA homepage "Face of the AIA" section.

5/28/2010 "New Maekawa House - It's Value and Future"

5/23/2010 "Office Acoustics Design Workshop"

3/14/2010 "North Carolina Museum of Art - LEED Gold Project"

2/4/2010 "Japonism and Alvar Aalto"

1/21/2010-
2/28/2010

"Fumihiko Maki (Light, Material & Scenery)"

2/1/2010 "Sustainable Architectures: Planning, New Technologies, and New Materials"

12/15/2009 "Sustainability, Environment, Technology and Wellness in Modern Architecture"

10/09/2009 "Case Studies in Historic Preservation"

10/16/2009 "The American Institute of Architects Japan
2009 Design Awards - Call For Entries"


09/18/2009 LEED and CASBEE: Green Building Strategies in Japan

07/24/2009 Innovative Engineering in Architecture

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07/13/2009 Healthcare Planning and Design: The Kameda Medical Center K Tower and other projects.

06/09/2009 Building, Nature, and the Relevance of History: Reflections on Recent Work
Juan Miro (Architect, Associate Professor, The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture)

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05/21/2009 Meet the Author: Naomi Pollock
05/22/2009 Design: Physiological and Psychological Factors
04/17/2009~
04/17/2009
Arup Japan 20th Anniversary Exhibition
04/10/2009 The Global Impact of U.S. Energy Policies under President Obama's leadership

03/16/2009 LEED SEMINER at Lutron Office

03/06/2009 "Young Leaders Group of ULI
(Urban Land Institute) Lecture Event"


02/18/2009 "How should Japan open up the possibilities of Integrated Practice?"

01/16/2009 American Institute of Architects and Tokyo Planning Forum present:
A Lecture by Michael Thanner


12/18/2008 On Materiality of Architecture

11/15/2008 The American Institute of Architects Japan 2008 Design Awards Reception.
Please join AIA Japan and our distinguished jurists on November 15 to celebrate the presentation of the 2008 AIA Japan Design Awards.


11/06/2008 Thermal Aspects of Facade Design:
European regulations and practice viewed from Japan
Speaker: Mr Philipp Schaefers, Facade Engineer Halfen Germany.


09/16/2008 Housing ReForms
Lecturer: René Davids, FAIA, Professor of Architecture at UC Berkeley


10/07/2008-
10/10/2008
Hawaii 2008: Crossroads of Design & Diversity

http://www.aiahonolulu.org/associations/5084/nwpr/

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09/19/2008 AIA JAPAN 2008 Design Award - Call for Entry !!
The AIA Award Committee is now accepting your entry for Design Award. (9/19/2008)


07/22/2008-
08/08/2008
Jun Mitsui Exhibition:
Design to Unplug Your Mind
Creative Works that Add Expression to the Urban Environment


07/18/2008 Dubai: Market & Cityscape

05/14/2008 American Institute of Architects and Tokyo Planning Forum Present:
Learning from Dharavi: The Informal City


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
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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