CRAN Committee
Mission
The Custom Residential Architects Network Committee is a resource for those that practice residential architecture. Special programs and continuing education are provided at each meeting.
The committee meets on the 1st Thursday of each month at 11:30am. Contact the committee chair to learn more.
Eric Rauser, AIA - Chair
Nick Mehl, AIA - Co-Chair
For more information, see the links below:
1. Events
2. Sponsors
3. Important Links
In reviewing our local CRAN mission statement, it might be a good idea to use that of CRAN National as a starting point. The following is from the AIA Knowledge Community website:
Who is CRAN?
If you practice residential architecture for individual homeowners, whether you work...
The staff at AIA Austin has created a facebook page for CRAN. We will be using this as another way to get notices out to committee member as well as get feedback from members.
You can find it here:
In the summer of 2010, Texas Timber Frames and Lumber Link decided to work together to become the best specialty timber providers in South and Central Texas. For years both companies looked at the same building plans and bid against each other. They were both attempting to provide the timber and any timber fabrication that they came across. However, in looking at what each...
Distressing
The use of reclaimed timbers and materials in a home has its costs and benefits. The benefit is that new trees need not be cut down because the timbers from other structures are being recycled. The energy expended from cutting and shipping and milling a log is great, and you loose a tree. However, with a recycled timber you really are only paying an "energy cost...
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Saturday, October 22nd, 2011
at Bo Concept 430 West 2nd Street Austin
A bried interview with AIA Architects Hugh Randolph, Tim Cuppett & Luis Jauregui about what qualities or characteristics determine whether a client is a good match for their firm.
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Please join us for a presentation and discussion of the current issues surrounding the City of Austin's Subchapter F: Residential Design & Compatibility Standards (aka McMansion). AIA Advocacy is seeking member input on suggested amendments to the current code to be included in an advocacy document to City Staff.
This is an AIA...
Effective October 1, all residential & commercial projects within the City of Austin will need to comply with the 2009 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) and amendments (Ordinance 20100408-051)
For additional information, visit the...On June 24, 2010 City Council unanimously approved a resolution that amended Section 25-2-963 of the Land Development Code adding the following requirements for remodeling of residential non-complying structures:
1. No more than fifty percent of exterior walls and supporting structural elements of the existing structure may be demolished or removed. Exterior walls and supporting...
On May 11th, COA Planning Commission unanimously voted to send the Combined Stakeholder proposed code amendment to City Council on May 27th. Many thanks to the collaborative efforts of the representatives of ANC, HBA, NARI, & RECA to garner consensus amongst their membership on the proposed language. The updated language can be downloaded on the residential...
The CRAN seminar on Thursday May 6th was the second annual Architects and Builder panel. The builders and architects introduced themselves, and then spent about 10 minutes talking about the highs and lows of working with each other. Luis Jauregui, 2010 CRAN Chairperson moderated the discussion.
The three architects;
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I hope everyone is enjoying the programs provided by the CRAN. The committee as all committees are, is entirely volunteer run. The 2010 Chair, Luis Jauregui is doing a great job.
We have a tremendous schedule of programs coming up, including helping out with the national CRAN summit here in Austin the weekend of the Austin AIA Homes Tour.
But we need...
The CRAN meeting today was a great success. Over fifty great architects and allied members viewed presentations about marketing in a digital age. In my nineteen years of residential architecture experience, architects when busy tend to ignore marketing. And then certainly during slow periods everyone markets, hopefully, this information will help everyone market when they are...