NOMA/ NJNOMA
NJNOMA regularly meets on this day every month.
What is Tuesday?
A freehand diagrammatic drawing made by architects for space planning and organization during the preliminary phase of the design process.
What is a bubble diagram?
Circles, squares, and triangles are common elements of his work in both plan and elevation. He went on to design for the National Gallery of Art, The Musee du Louvre to name a few.
Who is Ieoh Ming Pei?
An ongoing requirement which stipulates that licensed architects must remain current in their knowledge of the profession and its development.
What is Continuing education?
A type of technical standards documentation which outlines the types of materials, products, and procedures to be utilized in constructing the work.
What are Specifications?
A certain number of them established NOMA.
Who are the twelve founding member?
The most fundamental architectural drawing, showing the arrangement of spaces in building, showing the arrangement at a particular level.
What is a floor plan?
She's the first registered black female architect in New York and California. She helped establish and managed one of the first woman-owned and operated architectural firm. In 1990, she became the only black woman elected to the AIA College of Fellows.
Who is Norma Merril Sklarek?
A civil rights law enacted in 1990 that prohibits discrimination against persons with disabilities. It also prescribes a number of accessibility standards that architects must observe in the design of buildings.
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
A common project delivery method, and the primary delivery method tested on the ARE. This delivery method involves the design team creating a set of bid documents on which multiple contractors will enter bids, with one winning bidder ultimately being chosen to construct the work. The Owner holds a contract with the Architect and separate contract with the Contractor.
What is design bid build?
The National Organization for Minority Architects was founded at this location.
Where is Detroit?
The most common type of document creation workflow for contemporary practice.
What is Computer Aided Drawing (CAD)?
The first black member of the American Institute of Architects, in 1923. His celebrity clients were Hollywood’s It crowd, including homes for Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball, Frank Sinatra, and Barron Hilton. In 2017, he was awarded the AIA Gold Medal.
Who is Paul Revere Williams?
An association that drafts model codes for buildings and construction, including the International Building Code or IBC.
What is the International Code Council (ICC)?
Issued during bidding by the architect to clarify or modify the bidding documents. They are sent to all bidders, and become part of the contract documents.
What are addenda?
Rooted in a rich legacy of activism, is to empower our local chapters and membership to foster justice and equity in communities of color through outreach, community advocacy, professional development and design excellence.
What is NOMA's mission statement?
A type of architectural documentation which affixes parameters and other data to typical elements of the drawing set, such as doors, walls, and windows.
What is Building information modeling (BIM)
A founding member of Who Builds Your Architecture?Currently a professor at Columbia University, Her research and writing explore visual culture in contemporary art, film, and new media.
Who is Mabel Wilson?
An international organization whose goal is to promote safety and minimize harm and loss from fire and electrical hazards.
What is the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)?
An organized effort to analyze designed building features, systems, equipment, and material selections for the purpose of achieving essential functions at the lowest life cycle cost consistent with required performance, quality, reliability, and safety.
What is Value engineering?
One of the founding Architects who established NOMA is dear to NJNOMA's heart.
Who is William Brown?
A computer-generated, simulated environment in which architectural designs or proposals can be presented or reviewed. A tool that lets us be fully immersed in architecture that hasn’t been built yet.
What is Virtual reality (VR)?
Best known for her playful integration between interior and exterior in her work. She's 1/2 of SANAA and the second ever women to win the architecturally acclaimed Pritzker Prize in 2010.
Who is Kazuyo Sejima?
A non-profit standards organization that develops voluntary consensus standards for products, services, processes, systems, and personnel. These can impact building design and construction.
What is the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)?
A legal relationship where one party takes on responsibility for the loss or damage suffered by another party.
What is Indemnification?