arcCA 11.1: Valuing the AIA


Valuing the AIA” takes a fond but critical look at our organization. It is the 1st quarter 2011 issue of iarcCA (Architecture California), which was, from 2000 to 2012, the quarterly print journal of the AIA California Council.


Editor’s Comment
Tim Culvahouse, FAIA

What Japan Suggests for Seismic Safety
Dana Buntrock

What Is the Value of AIA Membership?
Paul W. Welch, Jr., Hon. AIA

Of the Use Which American Make of Public Associations in Civic Life
Alexis de Tocqueville

Valuing the AIA: A Conversation Across Generations
Gray Dougherty, AIA, Patrick Tighe, FAIA, and Carol Shen, FAIA

Wby I Don’t Belong
C. Douglas Barnes, Olle Lundberg, Ted Smith, Maxine Ward

On Belonging
Yosh Asato

Reflections from Former AIA Public Directors

Thoughts on Serving on the AIA Board
Richard J. Jackson, MD

Can Architects Save Our Democracy?
Richard Farson, PhD

Tales of the Capitol
Tim Culvahouse, FAIA, and Mark Christian, Hon. AIA

AIACC: Changing the Way Architects Communicate via Web 2.0
Evelyn Lee, AIA

Why Publish?
Yosh Asato

Slapped by a File Cabinet
Michael F. Malinowski, AIA

The arcCA Survey
Tim Culvahouse, FAIA

Book Review: Julius Shulman’s Los Angeles
Leigh Christy

. . . and Counting
David Meckel, FAIA

Coda: Environmental Upgrades at the Antelope Valley Indian Museum
John D. Lesak, AIA, FAPT, and Gary R. Searer, PE, SE


A PDF of the full issue is available hereAIA California thanks US Modernist for the use of this scan.


Author biographical information as of the date of original publication.