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Attention students! Would you like to go to the 2015 RAIC Festival of Architecture in Calgary for FREE? Together with the RAIC, Perkins + Will (a Gold level sponsor) will pay registration for 15 RAIC/AAA students from Alberta to attend the Festival. Interested student members from Alberta are invited to submit their name for a random draw. Please send an e-mail to info@raic.org no later than Friday, May 22nd at 12 noon EDT. Please include Student Application for RAIC Festival in the subject line and your name and city in the body. Students selected will have their registration fees covered, a value of $375! This includes access to all events, except the Presidents’ Dinner and Closing Party. We look forward to seeing you in Calgary! Lucky intern architects to attend the Festival of Architecture for freeCongratulations to the 11 lucky intern architects selected by a random draw to attend the 2015 RAIC | AAA Festival of Architecture for free! Together with the RAIC, Stantec Architecture is paying festival costs for nine RAIC interns from Alberta and two from elsewhere in Canada. The nine winners from Alberta are:
The two interns from across Canada are:
The interns drawn from Alberta will have their registration paid, and those drawn from across Canada will have their flight, accommodation, meals, and registration to the 2015 RAIC Festival covered. Stantec Architecture is a platinum level sponsor of the RAIC | AAA festival and is committed to building a solid foundation through thoughtful instruction, quality training and education of emerging architects. 
Winner of 2015 Urban Marker competitionA team of intern architects from Alberta with a design for an installation called The Public Speaker has been named the winner of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada’s Urban Marker competition for 2015. The purpose of the competition is to create a unique physical marker to signal and to celebrate events and locations of the RAIC’s annual Festival of Architecture. The festival takes place this year from June 3-6 in Calgary in partnership with the Alberta Association of Architects. The interns are Holly Simon, Justin Loucks, MRAIC, Kevin Lo, and Phil Wilson. They propose a Public Speaker that will act as a vessel for dialogue in the public realm and an amplifier for citizens to share their thoughts. The Speaker will also have an alcove for sitting and listening. During festival events, the Speaker can project live audio from the various lectures, so people on the street will have an opportunity to listen and learn about architecture.
From the 12 entries received, the jury felt The Public Speaker submission was the clear winner. “The Public Speaker combines whimsical, sensory and spatial strategies to create a memorable communication instrument,” said the six-member jury. “The intern design team demonstrated a thorough technical and operational understanding as evidenced by a functional and well-conceived design.” The Public Speaker will be made of fibre-reinforced plastic with a lightweight aluminum frame. LED lights will illuminate the large ring and the mouthpiece at night. Calgary fabricator, Heavy Industries, will be engaged to build The Public Speaker. Part of the $7,500 budget will cover a live audio feed. The 2015 Urban Marker Competition was organized and presented by the RAIC, Stantec Architecture, Beakerhead (a science and engineering festival in Calgary) and Storefront Manitoba (an organization that offers public programs on the built environment.) The jury was comprised of:
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