AIAcon18 Day 3.: Interview with Mark LePage

My own take on AIAcon18
in New York City!!!
Day 3.1


Like I said previously, I am going to post more Interviews, Architecture and Vendors than there were conference days, so that is why there are going to 3.1. etc. and this may be an ongoing thing but time will tell if I can and it definately won't be every day like the last four!

Skyline of Battery Park and Pier 66
Photo by Mark R. LePage

Mark R. LePage is an architect in New York and the founder of EntreArchitect and a partner in the firm of Fivekat Studio Architects wih his wife, Annmarie McCarthy. EntreArchitect is a community of Sharing, Support and Encouragement for Small Firm Entrepreneur Architects and has a podcast with EntreAchitect which interviews architects and others who have support systems for Architecture.  Check out his many podcasts (there is even one with me) and The EntreArchitect Facebook Community which has reached 3,000 members. I want to thank the EntreArchitect and Charette Ventures for their great Party on Pier 66 and if you go to @CharetteVentures you can see more photos from the party.

"I think that the future of architecture, especially for small firms, is remote and integrated out  lives is becimong integrated our lives are becoming more integrated, the future of small firms are the remote studios with remote teams  our workplaces are becoming more remote, the large foirms are the evolutio nof the studios, that they will grow from these remote studios to these physical offices
one aspect of the future of architecture, artificial intelligence adn VR are absolutely here as well and are changing the architecture world...
Love. Learn. Share.
This is the answer to all of our problems, really care about one another, even if you don't agree with them, understand them., love them, not in the fluffy way, but truly love them.
when you have a question, go and learn the answer, when you have an interest, go learn everything about that interest
that leads me to share after you get that information, share it. share your knowledge with hundreds or thousands of other people like in the EntreArchitect community..."
be conscious of that and share those three words with someone else..."

Postscript: The EntreArchitect Community and "Context and Clarity" (an online forum that was started on April 6, 2020 to connect architects and affiliates during the pandemic is also on many social media venues:

Podcast w/ Mark LePage, AIA, click here to listen




My kids really wanted me to go to Rockefeller Center, because of watching "30 Rock" on Netflix (we don't own a television, but they stream all of the "stuff" that they want and there's always Netflix bingeing.  I wanted to go up to the top for a cocktail, but the lines are just too long.  So kids, here are the photos of Rockefeller Center.

Some Vendors that I would like to recommend:

Brighten a child's day in just one hour!

Sign up for Cheeriodicals: Creating Kits for Kids, and you can brighten a child's day in just one hour. You'll help assemble 200 Cheeriodicals gift boxes for patients at Children's Hospital at Montefiore. Three one-hour time slots are available on Thursday, June 21.

LUX Walker is thrilled to be exhibiting at Booth # 1079 at the AIA Conference on Architecture 2018, at the Javits Centre in New York City on 21 and 22 June 2018.

Birthed by premier architectural company, SAOTA and developed by an architect, LUX Walker is the best software on the market for enabling designers to experience their designs in virtual reality; with one-click conversion from existing 3D model formats, enabling multiple people to simultaneously;  

·                Join a virtual meeting (from anywhere in the world)

·                Walk-through a project at 1:1 scale using interactive menus

·                Mark-up and develop the design with your team (whilst inside your model)

·                Walk-through your model with your client and present your ideas

·                Capture and export beautiful 3D renders – movie exports will be released soon

The software is quick to set-up, easy and intuitive to use and delivers an instant, highly realistic design.

VR technology is a game changer for the AEC industry, and we would love an opportunity to demonstrate our software to you at booth # 1079.

I am now offering sponsorship opportunities and I am grateful for that. Please contact me via my website below for more information.

MGHarchitect: Michele Grace Hottel, Architect