Design Charette etc., in Kentucky
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We just returned this weekend from a two state AIA convention (Indiana and Kentucky) held in Lexington KY. I had never been there before - very interesting blending of historic and new buildings and industries. The city is known for horses - Queen Elisabeth being the most prominent property owner and horse buyer.
Along with the usual continuing education stuff were tours and parties. Next to horses, KY is well known for tobacco and booze. Our first evening entertainment included a tour of the Alltech's Lexington Brewing and Distilling Co., started 30 years ago by a gentleman from Ireland, Dr. T. Pearse Lyons an interesting guy with several great products we all had the opportunity to taste. Kentucy Ale and Burbon Barrel Ale - quite excellent brew. Toured the distillery to watch burbon and whiskey being created, with sampling of all of course.
Later in the evening was a design charette sponsored by Hayworth Inc. Five teams made up of professionals and students from Ball State (Indiana) and University of Kentucky archtectural schools. The cool thing I had to share with the SU forum is that the teams all used SKETCHUP (except for one team member with Rhino and another old timer professor from Ball State that sketched his solution - lovely sketches btw). They had an hour to design a bachelor pad on a sloped site on a river bank for a wealthy 30 year old with a 40' boat and a lot of friends. Considering the amount of Kentucky Ale that was flowing, they did pretty well. I had planned to be on a team, but was not sure that I could get away for the convention. As all Chicago Cub fans say - wait until next year.
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