The 2021 American Residential Design Awards begins! [MondayMINUTE]

Get all the information and enter at ResidentialDesignAwards.com.

(Part 2 of a 3 part series)

Last week, we looked at the careers of Frank Lloyd Wright, Addison Mizner, and Cliff May, all renowned architects who were never formally trained or licensed.

Carr Jones, a designer-builder who practiced in the San Francisco Bay Area for almost a half-century beginning in the late teens, was a pioneer in green architecture.

R. Buckminster Fuller had no architectural training either and was expelled from Harvard during his freshman year. Yet, over the course of his long and wide-ranging career, Fuller’s architectural innovations included not only the geodesic dome but also the gleaming, steel-sheathed Dymaxion House.

Craig Ellwood was the celebrated Southern California modernist who parlayed some minor development experience into a career that reached the highest echelon of modern architecture. Despite being barely educated,

he was twice considered for the deanship at Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s Illinois Institute of Technology.

Read the full article…

The 2nd Session of the 57th Legislature of Oklahoma is considering HB1147, which modifies the State Architectural and Registered Interior Designers Act to apply to registered “commercial” interior designers.

Attorney Ed Nagorsky reported to the AIBD Board of Directors this week, “Nothing in the proposed bill changes the exemptions for your members and really only concerns the change of the title ‘registered interior designer’ to ‘registered commercial interior designer'”.

Mr. Nagorsky’s report continues, “Unfortunately, the Bill does not contain any specific grandfathering language, but from the totality of the bill…it would seem that grandfathering the existing registered interior designers are contemplated and will likely be provided for by the licensing board.”

At least two AIBD members are Registered Interior Designers in Oklahoma.

The AIBD Board of Directors agreed to direct Mr. Nagorsky to seek clarification from the bill sponsor and OK licensing board to confirm their intent.

The AIBD Board of Directors typically meets (virtually) on the first Wednesday of each month.

This month, our leaders reported on the past month’s activities, approved the engagement of an attorney to look deeper into Oklahoma HB 1147, and removed two chapters from the probation list.

Read the full Meeting Minutes of last week’s meeting.

AIBD President Bernie Kern is working hard to promote transparency and access to the leadership process. One step towards his goal is Coffee With Bernie, a monthly virtual meeting allowing for open discussion.

A new addition is the new 2020-2021 Board Meeting Minutes Library, available 24/7 on the AIBD member center homepage.

This month Bernie will begin by discussing how to maintain a successful design firm during unprecedented times.

Recently AIBD member Sam Morgan attended an HBA meeting where Economist Elliot Eisenberg was the keynote speaker.

Sam is our guest speaker at this month’s coffee chat, and he wants to chat with AIBD on some of the main topics Sam pulled out from Elliot’s insight for 2021.

Typically, no one needs to be certified to be in the construction industry. In fact, most people can begin their career working as an apprentice.

Although it isn’t strictly needed, certification shows a steadfast commitment to your industry and lets others know you are dedicated. With the right certifications, you’ll stand out above the rest, increasing your value and worth.

Join us for the 2021 Design & Build Winter Conference and learn about the most common and useful construction certifications that you can earn, as well as what to do with them once you have them.

Meeting virtually is not only essential during the current COVID-19 threats; this is how we are keeping our chapters going. As things progress, the meetings may continue to be virtual, actual lunch meetings may be scheduled, or both!

Now, it’s possible to follow the AIBD event on Hopin Explore.

Be a part of a HOPIN event in just 3 steps.

A webcam and mic are required to be on screen, but all you need are speakers and a keyboard to attend and participate.

If it’s your first time attending one of our virtual chapter meetings, HERE ARE some great tips, especially ones related to the best browser and how to use “incognito mode.”

April 11 – May 5

This year’s code hearings offer ICC members/non-members, code officials, architects, builders, engineers, fire and energy conservation professionals the opportunity to provide input on proposed code changes to the Group A International Codes®.

Group A will cover the following sections of the IBC and IRC: 

See page 2 of the 2021/2022 Code Development Schedule for details on code chapters, notes, and committee information for the Group A codes.

We’ve increased the discount available to AIBD members when registering for on-demand online education at AIBD.org/continuing-education. The normal price for a one-hour course is $50, and rather than AIBD members paying $35, that figure has been reduced to $21. That’s a $29 savings on each course.

We said 60% off; it’s actually 58%, we rounded up.

One course per month (with a month or two off) means you’ve paid for your annual membership and more.

There are three ways to get ahold of the discount code.

The AIBD has ad space available in this weekly e-newsletter, Monday Minute.

We are also filling the 2021 dedicated blast schedule. A dedicated blast is an email exclusively dedicated to your company and a message sent to over 8,400 AIBD subscribers.

Availability is limited and sold on a first-come, first-served basis. Contact Kathy Dowdy, Account Manager (kdowdy@associationrevenuepartners.com), if you have any questions or if you’d like to secure your campaign.

Would you enjoy getting a short email from me (Steve Mickley) every Friday that provides a little morsel of fun before the weekend?

4x Friday is a concise email I send out with four of the coolest things I’ve found, learned, or experienced that week.

It could include new products, ideas, tips, articles, hacks, and tricks.

It’s concise. A tiny bite of goodness before you head off for the weekend.

Listen to the AIBD podcast, Let’s Talk Certification, on iHeartRADIO, a free broadcast, podcast, and streaming radio platform founded in 2008.

Thanks to the work of AIBD Communications Director, Garrett Mickley, ten episodes are currently available featuring Sam Morgan, Jeremy Farner, Brendan Smythe, Miguel Villalobos Sandoval, Casey Thompson, Kristen Kaiser, Pamela Macior, Dan Turner, Larry Stephenson, Past AIBD President, David Pillsbury, and AIBD Certification Director, Rusty Hudnet.

If you’re interested in becoming a building designer, want to earn your CPBD designation, or want to hear some great career advice, join in the second Tuesday of each month to meet guests who have completed or are currently on their journeys to becoming a CPBD.

Set up a Job Alert to have relevant newly posted jobs sent directly to your inbox and be the first to see and apply to those open opportunities.

An uploaded resume in your job seeker account makes applying quick and easy.