Chapter News | December 2018
2018 is coming to a close--last weekend, we had our Annual Banquet to meet our new officers, learn the results of our first Design Awards, and celebrate a great year. AIA Shanghai wishes everyone a happy holiday season and we look forward to seeing you in 2019!
2019 Elections
Congratulations to Our New Officers
Jason Briscoe - Vice President, 2020 President Elect
Rachel Johnson - Secretary
Jason Holland - Treasurer
Jason, Rachel, and Jason will join President and 2018 Vice President, Silas Chiow in leading our chapter in 2019.
AIA Shanghai Design Awards
2018 Award Winners
Honor award in Public Architecture:
YINGLIANG STONE ARCHIVE - Atelier Alter
Honor award in Unbuilt ArchitectureBUHOU - Sichuan David Architectural Design Co., Ltd
Honor award in Urban Planning
NANJING HEXI URBAN ECO PARK - AECOM
Honor award in Commercial Architecture
LOSTVILLA BOUTIQUE HOTEL - Naturalbuild
Honor award in Housing Architecture
CRYSTAL LAPUTA - 5+ Design
Honor award in Heritage Architecture
JIAN YE LI - John Portman & Associates
Honor award in Interior Architecture
SHANGHAI PUDONG UNITED FAMILY HOSPITAL - M Moser Associates
Honor award in Interior Architecture
SHANGHAI PUDONG UNITED FAMILY HOSPITAL - M Moser Associates
For more information on finalists and judges, see our website.
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November in Review
Meet the Candidates + Happy Hour
At our November Monthly Happy Hour we had the opportunity to meet the candidates for 2019 Officer Elections: Todd Pilgreen, Jason Briscoe, Vikki Lew, Rachel Johnson and Jason Holland.
Building Tour | Shanghai Planetarium
We had a tour of the Shanghai Planetarium by Ennead Architects on November 17th. About 25 people attended.
Soo K. Chan of SCDA Lecture | Tradition + Innovation
On November 27th, Soo K Chan gave a lecture on evolution of design thinking at SCDA through the interpretation of traditional and vernacular architecture.
2018 AIA Shanghai Design Awards Annual Banquet
On Saturday evening, December 1st, over 380 people joined us for our inaugural Awards Banquet at the Peninsula Hotel on the Bund. In addition to honoring the winners of our first ever Design Awards Program, we celebrated AIA Shanghai's accomplishments and growth over the past year.