ACD Announcements
Jobs
- Community Design Center, San Francisco - Senior Architect
- Neighborhood Housing Services New Orleans - Lead Architect
ACD Announcements
Directory of Community Design Responses to Katrina
The Association for Community Design is putting together a directory of community design responses to the aftermath of Katrina as part of a report that is due within the month. If you have been working as part of a community design response in the Gulf region, a short two-three paragraph description of your work, current contact information, and two to three images would be greatly appreciated. Please send all information by e-mail to Jody Beck (jodybeck@earthlink.net).
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Jobs
Community Design Center, San Francisco - Senior Staff Architect
The Community Design Center, San Francisco is currently seeking a Senior Staff Architect. The position is part-time and the hours are flexible; duties include technical responsibility for architectural services undertaken by the Community Design Center, and supervision and teaching of recent graduate and interns on CDC staff. To qualify for the position you must have a California architectural license; a driver’s license; and 5 years of experience in non-profit or private firm. For more information, contact:
Chuck Turner
Community Design Center
Tel: (415) 586-1235
Fax: (415) 586-0935
Email: hn3782@earthlink.net
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Neighborhood Housing Services New Orleans - Lead Architect
Neighborhood Housing Services New Orleans (NHS) is building upon its 30 years of experience in residential development (both renovation and new construction of single family homes) to create the NHS Design/Build Center in collaboration with the Tulane City Center (TCC). NHS seeking a qualified applicant for the position of Lead Architect for the Center. The Lead Architect of the Design/Build Center will contribute a valuable skill set to the “one stop shop” that NHS offers: homeownership counseling, homebuyer education, financial assistance and construction management services to potential homebuyers and existing homeowners in the New Orleans metro area. In addition, the Lead Architect will direct the research and development of a set of housing prototypes that will guide NHS’s affordable housing development. The position is for the first architect in this new endeavor that unites the experience and services of NHS with the design expertise of Tulane’s School of Architecture, licensed architect practitioners, builders and manufacturers.
The Lead Architect will coordinate architectural design services for NHS customers and NHS real estate development initiatives as well as community education projects. The Lead Architect will join the staff of the Design/Build Center which is made up of a Director who focuses on real estate development, a Construction Manager, Construction Specialists , an Urban Planner and planning and architect interns. It is expected that the Lead Architect will supervise and direct student interns from the Tulane School of Architecture and there is a possibility of teaching a design studio at Tulane School of Architecture. In addition, the Lead Architect will participate in fundraising for ongoing operational costs with the support of the NHS Resource Development Director and additional support from TCC staff.
The successful applicant will have the following credentials:
- A license in architecture
- Experienced in residential design and construction, with an emphasis on affordable housing;
- Be qualified to teach a design studio at college level (i.e. a terminal degree in architecture and/or relevant experience).
- Experience in the non-profit sector, preferably with a community design center or similar organization.
- Knowledge of the foundation/grant community that is likely to provide ongoing operational funding for the Design/Build Center.
- A demonstrated ability to write and submit grant applications.
- A demonstrated ability to manage budgets and contracts.
- Have a vision for the future of this initiative.
NHS New Orleans
4700 Freret Street
New Orleans, LA 70115
randymichaelson@nhsnola.org
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Grants and Awards
NEA Access to Excellence Design Grants
From Maurice Cox, NEA Director of Design:
Greetings. I am excited to write to you in my new role as Director of Design for the National Endowment for the Arts. Please allow me to use this, my first occasion to communicate with the design community, as an opportunity to invite your non-profit organization to consider applying for an Access to Artistic Excellence Innovation Grant in Design. Our March 10, 2008 application deadline is rapidly approaching.
The NEA is the single largest funder of artistic activity in the United States. Most of its financial support is given in the form of cash grants, and a good number of those grants are made in the design field. I have now had the opportunity to review years of recent NEA grants in design. What I discovered was an amazing pursuit of artistic excellence in design, all being achieved with the support of NEA design grants. I could not wait to spread the word about our upcoming Access to Artistic Excellence design grants and share with you what may very well be one of the best secrets in our disciplinethe favorable odds of receiving one.
I encourage you to consider ways of applying for an NEA grant and I ask your assistance in dispelling some of the mystery surrounding the grant-making process by forwarding this information to your colleagues in the design fields.
DESIGN AT THE NEA:
Design at the NEA encompasses many disciplines including, but not limited, to planning, urban design, architecture, landscape architecture, interior design, product design, and graphic design. Applications will be accepted under two deadlines in 2008. The first deadline, March 10, 2008 is loosely organized around the theme of Innovation. Innovation refers to activities that are intended to advance, reform, or disseminate the latest techniques of design. These include, among others: competitions, commissions, community design workshops, exhibits of recent work, publications covering advancements in design or design theory, conferences, symposia, and other gatherings that promote innovation in design practice.
For a full listing of successful recent grants in design please visit http://www.arts.gov/grants/recent/index_02.html. For more information about the grant application, visit http://www.arts.gov/grants/apply/GAP09/DesignAAE.html
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