Join us for an exclusive tour of the Dassai Blue Sake Brewery in Hyde Park, NY, led by project architect David Coon,AIA from Pelli Clarke & Partners. This state-of-the-art facility, crafted for the renowned Japanese sake brand Dassai, is an exceptional blend of tradition and innovation. Attendees will gain insights into the art of sake-making, exploring everything from the Koji room to the fermentation tanks, as well as the architectural and landscape design elements that make the brewery unique.

The tour includes a detailed look at the brewery’s architectural design, which beautifully integrates traditional Japanese motifs and construction methods, alongside landscape design that merges classic Japanese aesthetics with the natural beauty of the Hudson Valley. The experience concludes with a tasting of Dassai Blue's premium Junmai Daiginjo sake, paired with a curated food selection. This event is a must-attend for those interested in architecture, design, and the rich history of sake production.

Date: Saturday, November 16, 2024

Time: 10:30am - 12:30pm

Venue: Dassai Blue Tour + Tasting | 5 Saint Andrews Road Hyde Park, NY, 12538

Cost: $75 per attendee

New Year, New Use: A Case Study Discussion

DATE: Thursday, January 18, 2024
TIME: 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm
VENUE: 22-26 Montgomery Street, Middletown, NY 10940
CREDITS: 2 AIA HSW
PRICE:  $20 AIA Members & Non Members/ $5.00 Assoc. AIA Members & Students

Come together for networking and an opportunity to be part of a discussion regarding adaptive reuse set against the backdrop of a downtown warehouse turned loft-living apartment building in Middletown, NY.  Topics of the process of adaptive reuse, the hurdles of development, planning, zoning, and the architect-builder-developer relationship will be discussed.

Schedule:
4:00-5:00pm - Networking, Cocktail Hour (Charcuterie, Wine, Beer Available)
5:00-5:30pm - Discuss Downtown Village design and objective, Walk through
5:30-6:30pm - Presentation: New Year, New Use - A case study discussion, Downtown Village

Don't Do What I Did: Lessons Learned — the Hard Way

Date: Thursday, September 21, 2023
Time: 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Credits: 2 AIA HSW
Price: AIA $50 / Assoc. AIA $45 / Non Members $75
Venue: Harvest on Hudson, 1 River St, Hastings on Hudson, NY 10706 (Stair access only)

A panel including architects, a contractor and a structural engineer.

Schedule:

5:30 pm -5:45 pm: President’s welcome + sponsor words (Allegion)
5:45 pm - 6:00 pm: Chapter meeting
6:00 pm-7:30 pm: Zoom introduction from Samuel West, Director of the Museum of Failure, and the panel presentation about “Don’t Do What I Did.” Panelists are Steve Tilly, Ken Follett, Ciro Cuomo & John Fry.
7:30pm -9:00pm: cocktail hour under the trellis outside

Learning Objectives:

• Learn about how to recognize situations that may lead to errors in design.

• Learn through accounts of failures how better documentation or communication may help you avoid.

• Learn how you might recover from and mitigate the results of a mistake or error in your practice.

• Learn about how to create an environment for your co-workers, consultants and contractors.

About the Moderator:

Since founding the Museum of Failure, Samuel West has become the leading expert on helping teams and organizations understand the role of failure for innovation and progress, improve the acceptance of failure, and appreciate the benefits of psychological safety. He educates and inspires with the fascinating stories of the artifacts at the Museum of Failure.

As a licensed clinical psychologist Samuel specialized in cognitive behavioral therapy and treated depression, anxieties, relationship problems etc. He later became obsessed with the psychology of happiness, in particular happiness related to work and the complex relationship between happiness and affluence. Mid-career Samuel decided to take a break from consulting and spend 5 years at Lund University teaching and doing research. He taught courses on positive psychology, creativity, organizational science, and various clinical courses. Samuel’s PhD is in organizational psychology focused on how workplace playfulness boosts innovation. He is an American-Icelandic, and after many years in Sweden, I am now based in Spain.

About the Panel:

Stephen Tilly, AIA, CPHC, LEED AP grew up near Chicago and began learning from mistakes at an early age. After a B.A. in English Literature from Grinnell college in Iowa, he went to M.I.T., where with classmates he lobbied for engaging studies of failures rather than slides from an electron microscope of concrete as a colloid. After hands-on work as a general contractor, he did research, planning and urban design in Boston, Washington and New York and became a partner in Design Coalition, an adventurous design firm that helped pioneer New York's historic Soho district in the 1970s and 1980s. With Elizabeth Martin, Mr. Tilly founded a mission-based studio in Dobbs Ferry focused on environmentally friendly and socially useful projects. He has served on local land use committees and boards and is the Chair of the Advisory Board of the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Lyndhurst Historic Site. For the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the Association for Preservation Technology, he has spoken and written on the essential connection between preservation and sustainability.

Ciro Cuono, PE is the founding Principal of Cuono Engineering PLLC, a growing structural engineering firm located in White Plains and New York City. Ciro has a master’s degree from Columbia University and an undergraduate degree from Manhattan College. In 2012, after working for both the Transit Authority of NYC and a small engineering firm in the SoHo district of NYC, he founded Cuono Engineering. In addition, Ciro was an assistant adjunct professor of structural engineering at the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of architecture at The City College of NY, a board member of his local Architectural Review Board and an adjunct teacher for Manhattan College.

With over 20 years of experience in structural design, Ciro’s experience includes the structural design of small to medium sized new buildings, historic building restoration and large renovations. His expertise includes designing with reinforced concrete, steel, wood, masonry, and aluminum for residential and commercial buildings, museums and cultural buildings, high end residential and multifamily residential, façade restorations, and historic buildings repairs and restorations.

As Principal and Co-Founder, John Fry, AIA, LEED AP guides the Nexus Creative team and clients with his 40+ years of imaginative designs and large-scale master planning. His vast experience ranges multiple market sectors such as commercial, institutional, hospitality, municipal, and residential.

His community and environmentally driven approach blends architecture into the fabric of the people, creating diverse and thoughtful spaces. His projects have won multiple recognitions from design organizations such as the American Institute of Architecture and the U.S. Green Building Council.

John Fry’s people-conscious pursuit has carried, and continues to carry, for the betterment of his profession. His service includes 28 years on the Village of Ossining Planning/ Architectural Review Board and various village committees/task forces, serving on American Planning Associations ‘Plan for Health’ task force, Director/2014 President AIA Westchester/Hudson Valley Chapter, 2019 VP Knowledge Community AIA NYS and currently serves on the Westchester Municipal Planning Federation Board of Directors.

With fifty years of experience in the construction industry as a tradesperson, contractor and consultant, Ken Follett has had many opportunities to fail. Most of his failures are embarrassing on a level of mediocrity that he will hesitate to remind you, or himself. Regardless, all of his failures have provided learning experiences. Ken will talk about the time he painted the multi-story facade in the Cast Iron District of NYC the wrong color.

Passive House Adaptive Re-Use
Tour of River Architects Studio

Date: Sunday, October 23, 2022
Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Venue: River Architects Studio, 178 Main Street, Cold Springs, NY 10516
Credits: 2 AIA HSW
Price: $10 AIA Members/$20 Non Members / Free for Assoc. AIA - must register for credits

Save the date for a tour of the River Architects Studio in Cold Springs, New York! A building tour of a Phius-certified small commercial building. This is a retrofit of a historic blacksmith shop transformed into a net-zero design studio.

We will show the basic principles of the Passive House design and construction, energy efficient retrofit strategies for historic buildings, ventilation controls and building automation, and the integrated solar, EV charging, and all-electric building with minimal grid impact.

AIAWHV Presents:  The Howland Cultural Center Celebrating 150 Years

DATE: Saturday, August 6, 2022 (Registration deadline August 4 at noon)
TIME: 11:00 am - 5:00 pm (Hors D'oeuvres/Cocktails immediately following)
VENUE: The Howland Cultural Center, 477 Main St., Beacon, NY 12508
CREDITS: 5 AIA PDH - All Day Attendance Required
PRICE: AIA $60/ Associate AIA $40/ Non Members $80
PRICE Including Hors D'oeuvres/Cocktails: AIA $85/ Associate AIA $65/ Non Members $105

Join us in Beacon, New York, for celebrating The Howland 150 and Richard Morris Hunt's architectural "Jewel of Beacon" by The Howland Cultural Center. The Howland’s official celebrations (free) will start at 5pm on Friday, August 5, 2022.  Join us for the weekend and learn more here: http://www.howlandculturalcenter.org/.  Saturday, August 6th, speakers include historian Steve Baltsas, and architects James Rhodes, FAIA, and Jeff Wilkinson, RA. Introductions by AIA WHV President, J.C. Calderón, AIA, NOMA, LEED AP.

Schedule:

11:00 am - 1:00 pm - 3 Short Lectures on the architecture of Richard Morris Hunt, the Howland’s Architect and the Howland Cultural Center. Back of the house guided tour of the Howland.
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm - Lunch on your own
2:00 pm - 2:50 pm - Back door guided tour of the local Craig House, Historic Home of General Joseph and Eliza Woolsey Howland, by Architect Frederick Clarke Withers with Richard Morris Hunt designed music room
3:00 pm - 3:50 pm - Back door guided tour of the local Dutch Reformed Church of Beacon, Architect Frederick Clarke Withers
4:00 pm - 4:50 pm - Guided tour of the local Dia Beacon, contemporary art museum
5:00 pm - Hors D'oeuvres/Cocktails optional

Morning Lectures

​​​​​​​Steven Baltsas:
Just before the Civil War, architects and landscape designers attempted to locate a spirit of place in Beacon. Their ultimate solution was High Victorian Gothic, the gateway to a modern, multiethnic architecture Richard Morris Hunt responded to in 1871 with his works for Joseph Howland. Steven Baltsas is an architectural historian and writer from New Windsor, New York. His research examines the interplay between architecture and literature in mid-Victorian America and Britain, especially Romanticism in the Hudson Valley. Steven is a senior at SUNY New Paltz, where he studies English and Art History.

James Rhodes, FAIA:
James Rhodes, FAIA will expand on the historic basis provided by Mr. Baltsas, addressing Hunt, the Architect, his contribution to the founding of the American Institute of Architects in 1857, leading a revival of Renaissance style and expression of classical forms throughout the region and the nation. Topics will include Hunt's design of the base of the Statue of Liberty, the "Golden Door" of Ellis Island—designed by Architects Boring and Tilton, itself built upon landfill from New York City subways; leading to the iconic Beaux Arts landmark, Grand Central Terminal, by Architects Warren and Wetmore. James W. Rhodes, FAIA is an Architect experienced in the design, coordination and direction of historic preservation projects of national significance ranging from large and complex works like the U.S. Capitol, Ellis Island and Grand Central Terminal to more personally focused and artfully detailed, like Temple Emanu-El, the Guggenheim Museum and the Federal Reserve Bank in New York City, to more humble structures of the historic vernacular, like High Breeze Farm in Highland Lakes, New Jersey, Montgomery Place Visitor’s Center in Red Hook, New York, and “Reaching Through The Shadow", the Memorial to 9/11 on the waterfront in Croton-on-Hudson, NY. Mr. Rhodes is a ten-year resident of Beacon, NY.

Jeff Wilkinson, AIA
The Howland Center has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1976. Jeff Wilkinson will speak on his work as the architect of the site's restoration. Known throughout the Hudson Valley as the “Jewel of Beacon” the Howland Cultural Center, originally known as the Howland Library, stands prominently on the southwest corner of Main Street and Tioronda Avenue in Beacon, New York. Since 1871 when the building opened as a library, it has been a community centerpiece for the city. Currently, the building functions as a center for art and culture which embraces the entire community. In addition to monthly art exhibitions and music performances, the center hosts various children’s programming, including weekly music classes and summer art camps. And also host poetry readings, dances, chamber music concerts, and theatre productions throughout their calendar schedule. The Howland Center Board of Directors is aware that the building is due for extensive exterior restoration. The Board hired local architect Jeff Wilkinson of Jeff Wilkinson, R.A. to prepare the Building Assessment report for the building exterior. The goal of the report was to outline a proper scope of work for the restoration of an American masterpiece and to establish a realistic budget for the Board to begin the important process of fundraising. Jeff Wilkinson, R.A. will present various photos and findings related to the Assessment report which focused on the Exterior Restoration of this significant High Victorian masterpiece. Mr. Wilkinson has served for over 6 years as the reviewing Architect for the City of Newburgh's Architectural Review Commission.

12th Annual Placemaking Conference hosted by Vision Hudson Valley

Adaptive Reuse: Making New PLACES Out of Old Spaces

DATE: Friday, June 17, 2022
TIME: 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
PRICE: $50 per person - includes locally sourced lunch
VENUE: Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, 1351 Kings Hwy, Sugar Loaf, NY 10981
CREDITS: 4 AIA PDH

What is Adaptive Reuse?

The process of repurposing a building or place for a new use and modern function, other than those originally intended. Reuse allows for a building's continued use and helps it remain a viable community asset. While adaptive reuse is most often associated with the preservation of historically or architecturally significant buildings in a community, it also can provide renewed vitality to any buildings that may be underused, abandoned, vacant, dilapidated, or functionally obsolete.

Conference Schedule:
11:00 am – Registration & Lunch
11:30 am - Keynote Speaker

Panel Discussions:
12:15 pm – Navigating Zoning Regulations
1:30 pm - Adaptive Reuse Case Studies
3:00 pm – Funding: Making the Vision a Reality
4:00 pm – Happy Hour & Networking

Panel 1: 12:15 pm Navigating Zoning Regulations - Moderator: Bill Fioravanti
Discussion on various ways that zoning codes can be updated to meet the needs of the 21st Century. Promote new uses, greater diversity of uses, accessory dwelling units and other context sensitive zoning changes to provide more opportunities for reuse and infill development. Regulatory Constraints: Existing structures may pre-date zoning, building permit, and other local development regulations and thus their rehabilitation to meet modern requirements can be challenging. For example, zoning may limit uses and restrict possible reuse opportunities, or require variances. Off-street parking may be difficult for an existing older building to meet. Learn how form-based codes are essentially different from conventional land use regulation and how they have evolved to solve many of the problems created by conventional zoning.

Panelists:
John Cappello - Land Use Attorney at Jacobowitz and Gubits, LLP
Alexandra Church, AICP - Director of Planning and Development for the City of Newburgh
Eric Pierson - Senior Research Planner at Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress

Panel 2: 1:30 pm Adaptive Reuse Case Studies - Moderator: Matthew Milnamow
Successful adaptive reuse projects can maximize the potentials for existing buildings to both redefine themselves and their context, while honoring history. This session will explore several case studies throughout the Hudson Valley from many different perspectives. Discussions will include the good, the bad, and the ugly aspects of an Adaptive Reuse project. Each speaker will discuss advantages and limitations. It will also be discussed how Adaptive Reuse is a great tool for economic development.

Panelists:
Mary Lou Carolan, Executive Director of the Newburgh Free Library
Sims Foster, Co-Founder of Foster Supply Hospitality
Lisa Kravellas, Owner & CEO of Cedar Lakes Estate
Michael Sweeton, Supervisor of the Town of Warwick
Scott Tillitt, Founder of BEAHIVE
Sal Vasipolli, Owner of Catalyst Construction Group

Panel 3: 3:00 pm Funding: Making the Vision a Reality - Moderator: Bill Fioravanti
There are a variety of funding sources available for Adaptive Reuse projects. This panel will discuss how to secure funding sources such as: Municipal-Level Funding; State-Level Funding; National-Level Funding; tax credits, Pilots (payments in lieu of taxes) or city and state grants.

Panelists:
Joseph DeStefano, Mayor of the City of Middletown
James Kostenblatt, Mid-Hudson Deputy Director at Empire State Development

4:00-5:00pm   Happy Hour & Networking