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Posts tagged "Lira Luis"

AEC and Design get social in Social Media

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Event Statistics Industry: AEC, Architecture & Design Speaker: Lira Luis, AIA, RIBA, CeMA, LEED AP BD+C Main Sponsors: CWA, AIA Chicago, Porcelanosa Co-Sponsors: Allsteel, Herman Miller Target Turnout: 50 Actual Turnout: 75 (including staff) Location: Porcelanosa showroom, Merchandise Mart Takeaway: “We don’t have a choice on whether we DO social media, the question is how... Read more »
By Lira,
April 7, 2012 at 11:49 am
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Chicago architect teams up with Cave Creek architecture-designer, to present in Orlando

(read original article here) Coverings — The Ultimate Tile + Stone Experience — has invited Michael P Johnson, Michael P Johnson Design Studio and Lira Luis, AIA, RIBA, LEED AP BD+C, ALLL to be speakers at its annual conference and exposition coming to Orlando, Florida, April 17-20, 2012. Michael and Lira’s session entitled Tile: From... Read more »
By Lira,
March 28, 2012 at 2:54 pm
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Can Facebook, Twitter, Google+ etc. be used to find funding for a project, or project leads?

Can architects/ designers/ interior designers use Facebook, Twitter, Google+, etc. to find work or new project opportunities? What about funding for projects, or even winning an online contest? How is social technology increasingly paving the way for co-working? I’ve shared some of this information with you once during the 2011 AIA National Convention in New... Read more »
By Lira,
February 27, 2012 at 12:40 pm
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Chicago Artists Month show architects doing other things

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Chicago architect Frank Lloyd Wright once said, “The mother art is architecture.” Out of this art are several offsprings of artistic expression that richly contribute to the vibrancy of communities. Architecture, along with its allied arts, feed off of each other’s creativity. The Chicago Women In Architecture (CWA) will showcase this multi-faceted artistry of its... Read more »
By Lira,
September 18, 2011 at 3:21 pm
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Work Outside The Cube

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Office spaces have seen an evolution over the years. With the changing tide of the economy coupled with a new generation entering the workforce exposed to technology far more advanced than what existed in generations prior, attitudes toward work are quickly evolving. Wired magazine featured an article about the changing attitudes toward work and how... Read more »
By Lira,
August 8, 2010 at 9:10 pm
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An Odyssey

Chicago is the largest city in the Midwest, making it the third most populous city in the United States. (Source: Wikipedia) In 2010, there are approximately more than 2.8 million people living in this city. This partly reinforces the fact that fifty percent of the world’s population, now at 7 billion, live in cities today... Read more »
By Lira,
August 7, 2010 at 7:54 pm
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Wrap Up The WTF

Wrap Up The WTF
Every year beginning in 1969, the Merchandise Mart, an art deco building, has played host to the National Exposition of Contract Furnishings World’s Trade Fair (or simply NeoCon WTF to designers). South entrance of the Merchandise Mart (image by Edmund Dantes) At the culmination of NeoCon WTF on Wednesday, June 16, 2010, we saw over... Read more »
By Lira,
June 17, 2010 at 10:14 pm
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WTF On Day One

WTF On Day One
The Nomkhubulwane (pronounced Nom-koo-bull-wah’-nee) sculpture flanked the entrance of the Merchandise Mart on Day One of NeoCon World’s Trade Fair. Brought to you by InterfaceFlor in partnership with The Human Elephant Foundation. (image by Edmund Dantes) NeoCon WTF is one of the nation’s largest trade show of contract furnishings in North America. The name itself... Read more »
By Lira,
June 14, 2010 at 11:15 pm
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These Walls Could Talk

IDNY convenes in some of the hippest design show rooms every month. (Pictured: Duravit showroom, Image from Designer Pages) It is one in a series of lively and elegant evenings where architects, interior designers, and design enthusiasts gather for heady conversations about art, architecture, and aesthetics. Music mixed with drinks set the tone for introducing... Read more »
By Lira,
May 1, 2010 at 12:13 pm
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The Wisdom of Many And The Windy One

English statesman (circa 1700s) Lord John Russell described a proverb as “The wisdom of many and the wit of one.” KA Connect 2010 can be described as “a melting pot of knowledge from the brightest minds in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) Industries” and the brainchild of “one” San Francisco-based knowledge management firm, Knowledge... Read more »
By Lira,
April 19, 2010 at 11:36 pm
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