Great Spanish tapas, delicious sangria, wine and wonderful company! We would like to thank Porcelanosa for hosting the Spanish Networking Event and all who attended despite the rain. Take a look at some of the pictures from this great night!

The simplest perception of a structure is its ability to transmit or support loads. Structural Analysis could be defined as the determination of the effects of loads over a structure and its components. Models of different complexities are used to determine these effects. The basic objective in Structural Design is to produce a structure capable of resisting applied loads without failure during its intended life. But the purpose of a structure goes beyond the goal of just sup

Lina Bo Bardi. Political activist, furniture designer, architect, set designer, exhibition designer. Each design informs the next. Each design provokes thought. In conceiving and designing the exhibition, “Lina Bo Bardi: To Teach is to Construct,” we sought to increase knowledge of Bo Bardi’s work whether the viewer was a student of architecture and design or not. During a time when Brazil was still emerging as an industrialized nation, Lina Bo Bardi developed creative

We relate to architecture on many levels. There's an urban scale, where the architectural object is seen within a context and the building assumes a civic role in the city. Then there's a closer scale, where we deal with the building as it relates to our experience of connecting to that architectural object. And then there's an even more intimate relationship with the architecture, many times subliminal and abstract, that speaks of our physical closeness when experiencing a

Depending on the client, specific codes need to be followed while others are used for recommendations. Example of electrical engineering codes, guidelines, standards, and recommendations are as follows: National Fire Protection Association (NFPA, a.k.a. National Electrical Code) 70 is the electrical code, NFPA 99 is the Health Care Facilities Code which has specific electrical code requirements for health care facilities, and NFPA 77 is the Recommended Practice on Static El

Paola Moya, Associate AIA and CEO of Marshall Moya Design, shared her life journey and her lessons learned during the National Organization of Minority Architect (NOMA)’s 2014 annual conference. She was the featured Keynote Speaker for the conference in Philadelphia on October 3, 2014. The theme of the conference was “For the Love of It: Community, History, Design.” Paola’s speech received a standing ovation, and it included content regarding her success story, her journey

Marcela Diaz’ work combines music experience and color theory in painting and design. Trained as a classical violinist from an early age and experienced in the demands of music performance as a young adult, Ms. Diaz’s background in fine arts and music transfers to her “color palettes” combining color, form, texture, and depth as if creating a new musical composition. Her paintings were first exhibited at the Gatehouse Gallery in Washington DC and since in multiple art shows

LA IDEA joined a youth event with YMCA Latino Achievers, a group located in Winston-Salem, NC that proudly serves the people of Northwest North Carolina, recently welcomed a member of LA IDEA to join an event as a guest speaker for the Latino students of Mt. Tabor High School. Latino Achievers is a group designed to help students overcome unique challenges along the path in High School and it helps students focus into aspiring future goals. The group has developed a networ

Zaha Hadid (31 October 1950 – 31 March 2016) will be remembered as one of the most successful and influential architects of her time. As a female architect in a male dominated career, Hadid managed to make several noteworthy contributions to the world of architecture – not only through her designs, but through her teachings, collaborations and her exploratory work. Hadid studied architecture in London in 1972. Just a few short years later, in 1980, she opened her own practi

The simplest perception of a structure is its ability to transmit or support loads. Structural Analysis could be defined as the determination of the effects of loads over a structure and its components. Models of different complexities are used to determine these effects. The basic objective in Structural Design is to produce a structure capable of resisting applied loads without failure during its intended life. But the purpose of a structure goes beyond the goal of just sup