INTERWEAVING – PLACEMAKING IN THE URBAN AND THE NATURAL IS THEME OF AIA LA EVENT

More than 200 architects across Louisiana gathered at the Manship Theatre in the Shaw Center for the Arts in Baton Rouge on March 11 for the Celebrate Architecture program on Interweaving – Placemaking in the Urban and the Natural. The educational event is sponsored by the American Institute of Architects Louisiana chapter (AIA LA). It features nationally-renowned architects providing presentations projects that impacted cultural and environmental conditions in communities. Shown at the event are, from left AIA Louisiana 2016 president Ron Martinez, AIA of Scairono Martinez Architects APAC in New Orleans ; presenters Michael Manfredi, FAIA, of Weiss/Manfredi in New York, NY; Brigitte Shim, Hon. FAIA, of Shim Sutcliffe Architects in Toronto, Canada; Marion Weiss, FAIA of Weiss/Manfredi in New York, NY; Joshua Aidlin, AIA of Aidlin Darling Design in San Francisco, CA; Doug Ashe, FAIA of Ashe-Broussard-Weinzettle Architects in Alexandria, coordinator of the program; and David Darling, AIA of Aidlin Darling Design in San Francisco, CA.