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AIA Peconic Design Awards are Announced
AIA Peconic announced the winners of the 2011 Design Awards Program at a public event on October 22 at 7:00 pm, held at the Southampton Cultural Center, 25 Pond Lane, Southampton.. The Awards were announced by a Jury comprised of Mark Simon, FAIA, Paul L. Whalen, AIA and Jeffery Povero, AIA
As part of the Daniel J. Rowen Memorial Design Awards Symposium, the jurors were led, under the guidance of Richard Stott, AIA LEED AP, as Chair of this Awards and Exhibit Committee, in a discussion of the projects that garnered their attention.
Left to right: Paul Whalen AIA, AIA Peconic AIA Awards & Exhibit Chair – Richard Stott, AIA LEED AP, Jurors Jeffery Povero AIA and Mark Simon FAIA
| Award | Architect | Firm | Project | Locations |
| Honor Award | Paul Masi AIA | Bates Masi Architects | Genius Loci | Montayk |
| Merit Award - Adaptic Re-Use | Steve Schappacher AIA | Schappacherwhite Ltd | Farm House | Shelter Island |
| Merit Award - Project | Paul Masi AIA | Bates Masi Architects | Mothersill | Water Mill |
| Jurors' Award - Economic Transforation | Paul Masi AIA | Bates Masi Architects | Robins Way | Amagansett |
| Jurors' Award - Economy of Means | Hideaki Ariizumi | studio a/b architects | Intertwinning Walks | Water Mill |
CLICK HERE to view images of all submissions and CLICK HERE to view the winning entries or contact Kay Jones at: (631) 728-7832 or aiapeconic@usa.net for additional information.
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AIA Peconic Monthly Member Dinner reservation can be made, with your credit card by clicking here . You can also reserve for the December Holiday dinner.
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We have an exciting 2011 calendar ahead so please visit our page 7 "CALENDAR" to get an update on our special programs and events.
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Code Hurricane Rules Opposed....
The AIA Peconic CODE's Committee has been engaged in an ongoing effort to improve the NYS Building Code. Using the above menu, go to # 5 NEWS and you will find press releases and relating position papers.
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B. Kay Jones, Executive Director |
AIA Peconic, Inc. |
P O Box 327 |
Hampton Bays, New York 11946 |
phone: 631-728-7832 |
fax: 631-728-7831 |
e-mail: aiapeconic@USA.net |
web site: http://www.aiapeconic.org |
2012 AIA PECONIC OFFICERS
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President
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Vice President
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Secretary
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Peter C. Wilson, AIA |
Treasurer
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| Past President | Shawn Leonard, AIA |
| AIA NYS Rep. | Richard Stott AIA LEED AP |
2011 AIA PECONIC OFFICERS
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President
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Vice President
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Secretary
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Peter C. Wilson, AIA |
Treasurer
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| Past President | Anne Surchin, AIA |
| AIA NYS Rep. | Richard Stott AIA LEED AP |
AIA PECONIC CHAPTER CHARTERED Presidents
| 2005 | Douglas Moyer AIA |
| 2006 | Richard Stott AIA |
| 2007 | Richard Stott AIA |
| 2008 | Ian McDonald AIA |
| 2009 | William Sclight AIA |
| 2010 | Anne Surchin AIA |
| 2011 | Andrew A. Weiss AIA |
EAST END SECTION CHARTERED Presidents
1992 Andrew Weiss AIA
1993 Joseph Deppe AIA
1994 Anthony DiSunno AIA
1995 Robert Ortman AIA
1996 Armando Ortiz AIA
1997 Richard Stott AIA
1998 Henry Flynn AIA
1999 Shawn Leonard AIA
2000 Debbie Kropf AIA
2001 Andrew Weiss AIA
2002 Maziar Behrooz AIA
2003 Armando Ortiz AIA
2004 Christopher DiSunno AIA
2005 Douglas Moyer AIA
2011 AIA Peconic President’s Message
When Al Gore speaks of an inconvenient truth I can’t help but think about doing our part to ensure that:
“Development meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”.
AIA Peconic has a unique opportunity to provide the community with a diverse background of professionals who are passionate about the place in which we live as well as our sense of place. As an entity, AIA Peconic is able to be a collective voice for the design community to advocate on how design matters, what trends will be of importance to the community, how our experiences and discoveries are significant to the community, and how our professional practice is of importance to the community.
I call this a new beginning for AIA Peconic. I know I can’t do this alone, but as a collective voice; we will have a chance to positively affect the powers that be in Town Hall. AND, I stress ALL Town Halls in “Peconic County” not just Southampton and East Hampton townships.
Our efforts will be a thought out campaign on all fronts using our AIA Peconic committees we have in place (and perhaps a couple more – but that depends upon you – the member) that will be relentless in a collective effort to bring home the four points listed above. Our work this year is to: ensure the public that design professionals really do matter and can be an asset to the community - by example; that we are able to be the voice of the professional through the people who live in the five eastern townships by articulating what their needs will be; that we will be able to rely upon AIA Peconic to keep us well represented at the state and local level with a collective voice that is crucial to protect and preserve our profession while continuing to promote thoughtful designs that protect public welfare; that through member involvement our activities will not go un-noticed and the community will turn to AIA Peconic and its members for input to real life situations we face such as homelessness, affordable housing, sustainable planning, hamlet and village density, energy use and over use, open space, and building technology. And, while high end residential projects, are still a reality in certain zoned areas not all projects are for the wealthy, so the need for a more planned outcome is very present.
We in AIA Peconic have this occasion and gift to be a positive growth limb of the community. We have this tool called AIA to support us in our work to effect change and influence Town Hall through our vision. Our Committees are committed to excellence and have proved it in the past with the successful Design Awards Program, a Golf outing that continues to support the Scholarship Program, an exciting Planning Committee that promises to be a difference maker, a Codes Committee that has been relentless in its effort to lobby Albany to revise the “hurricane” provisions of the code. The Program Committee, at the heart of AIA Peconic, is crying for a change in our monthly format to provide meaningful programs of value to membership while enhancing member stature and needs. Our Membership Committee that needs your support so we can have new members contributing to AIA while the Nominating Committee can also be supportive of the Membership Committee and, in so doing, the new fresh faces of AIA will be a part of leadership in the future.
Over my three decades of involvement with AIA not only as a Section to AIA Long Island, but, now as your President of AIA Peconic I have seen a lot of positive change not to mention growth – but there is still room for improvement, more growth, and change. I’m not looking for loose change but a positive attitude to change like I have witnessed over time within our group. AIA Peconic will do this with your help – like I said when I accepted this position “I cannot do this alone and I will need your help”.
So to borrow from JFK: I am not telling you what AIA can do for you but rather ask what can you do for AIA? This is, in my view, a member driven organization that can only succeed with a member involvement that can commit to giving back to our profession so we can ALL be successful.
Andrew Weiss, AIA - AIA Peconic 2011 President
