For More Than 20 Years, Bexar County’s Small Business & Entrepreneurship Department Connects Small Businesses to Opportunities
COVID-19 has wrought unprecedented challenges that have and continue to affect us in profoundly different ways…
National Organization of Minority Architects Hosted 50th Anniversary Online Conference and Gala Weekend
By Subcontractors USA News Provider The National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA) hosted its national annual conference on Oct. 20-23, 2021, marking the 50th anniversary of NOMA’s founding. NOMA was founded by 12 Black architects in 1971, at the AIA Convention in Detroit. While the NOMA conference sessions were online, NOMA paid homage to the…
Habitat Project Receives Texas APA Resilience Award
By Destiny Vaquera, University of Houston Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design Contributor Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design Professor Bruce Race’s habitat project, Robins Landing Town Center: Strategies and Guidance for Resilience, was recently awarded the Texas American Planning Association (APA) Resilience Award. This award recognizes a strategy increasing the…
Hines College Celebrates Historic 75th Anniversary
By Stephen Schad, University of Houston Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design Contributor The University of Houston Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design celebrated its milestone 75th anniversary with a historic gala event on Saturday, October 9th, chaired by alumnus and Senior Principal at Page/ Arturo Chavez ’90 and driven by…
Sunshine Personnel Solutions, LLC; Meeting & Exceeding Industry Staffing Needs
According to recent statistics via Zippia, the most common ethnicity among general contractors is White, which makes up 77.5% of all general contractors…
Architecture Student Elected to NAAB Board of Directors
By Destiny Vaquera, UH Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design Contributor Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design student Nyx Valerdy was recently elected to the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB). She will represent the American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) and architecture students nationally for a two-year term through 2023. The…
News From The American Institute of Architecture Students Introducing the New ASCA Liaison to the AIAS Board – 2021
By Bethany Lundell Garver, Scott Cornelius, AIAS Contributors The American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) is pleased to welcome Bethany I. Lundell Garver, AIA, NCARB, to the 2021-2022 Board of Directors. Beth is Dean of Practice and Faculty at the Boston Architectural College. At Grassroots 2021 Beth was sworn in as the Association of Collegiate…
Subcontractors USA Works With City, County, State Agencies and Corporations to Provide Resources That Bring Prime and Subcontractors Together.
According to recent statistics via Zippia, the most common ethnicity among general contractors is White, which makes up 77.5% of all general contractors…
PVAMU’s School of Architecture Helps PV Grad Build a Strong Foundation
By Andrew Cohen, PVAMU School of Architecture Contributor As befits a new Master of Architecture, Yesenia Davila has methodically designed a career during her years at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU). Davila came to PVAMU in 2015 from her hometown of Houston, the first member of her family to attend college. She graduated in May…
Shining the Spotlight on The American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS)
By Subcontractors USA News Provider The American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) is an independent, nonprofit, student-run organization dedicated to providing unmatched progressive programs, information, and resources on issues critical to architecture and the experience of education. The AIAS aims to promote excellence in architectural education, training, and practice; to foster an appreciation of architecture…
Past-President Kevin M. Holland and Active Member Emily A. Grandstaff-Rice Join AIA Board of Directors
By Subcontractors USA News Provider Recently, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) announced the newly elected members of its Board of Directors. Two of the three positions will be occupied by The National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA) members: Emily A. Grandstaff-Rice FAIA and Kevin M. Holland, FAIA. About Emily A. Grandstaff-Rice, FAIA, elected 2022…
Texas Historical Commission Awards Preservation Internship to PVAMU Master’s Student, Research Assistant
By Jocelyn Kerr, PVAMU School of Architecture Contributor When Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) graduate student Kennedy Wallace was in middle school, she already had her sights set on college. Although she was interested in a career in photography, a chance meeting with a historic preservation representative from the Savannah College of Art and Design…
Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design News: Black Hair Inspires Architecture Embodying Black Identity
By Stephen Schad, Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design Contributor The Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts announced recently that University of Houston Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design Professor Sheryl Tucker de Vazquez’s proposal Hair Salon: Translating Black Hair Practices for Architecture Using Computational Methods is among…
METRO’s Interagency Mentor Protégé Program Continues its Partnership for Small Businesses to Succeed in the Midst of the Pandemic
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2021 Subcontractors USA Awards Luncheon: “Growth and Expansion”
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The Enclave in Frisco, Texas
By Subcontractors USA News Provider Fults Commercial Real Estate recently announced that The Enclave in Frisco will be a new class A post-Covid 19 designed corporate office campus located in one of the most dynamic office submarkets in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. A number of design elements have been incorporated into the project to help…
News From the National Organization of Minority Architects NFF 2021 Cohort Announced
The National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA) announced its third class of 24 architecture students as the 2021 summer cohort of the NOMA Foundation Fellowship (NFF). NFF is a two-month research fellowship hosted both virtually and in-person at leading architecture firms across the country this summer. Additionally, the NFF 2021 cohort will engage in design…
Architect Michael Marshall Elevated to American Institute of Architects College of Fellows
By Subcontractors USA News Provider Michael Marshall Design is pleased to formally announce its President and CEO, Michael Marshall, has been elevated to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects, the institute’s highest membership honor. The American Institute of Architects (AIA) admits member-architects to its prestigious College of Fellows on an annual…
PVAMU’s Community Development Program Marks 20th Year of Building Leaders, Communities
By Meredith Mohr Many students who walk the halls on the campus of Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) say their alma mater is in the business of “building up students.” They look back on their time at the university and remember how they felt seen by their educators and peers. They recall their time in…
Houston Public Works – Office of Business Opportunity Works as One Team for Our MWBEs To Thrive
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