On Thursday, February 23rd local members of AIA, APA, ASLA, Nordic PCL, and NAIOP came together for food, drinks, trivia, and comradery. The event was hosted by ASLA at the Agora in the neighborhood of Kakaako and featured food from Flyin’ Ahi and beer and wine from Honolulu Beerworks. Splitting groups up into multidisciplinary teams helped people get out of their comfort zone and mingle with people they would not have otherwise met. It also helped diversify the group’s trivi

Last night’s Meeting of the Allied Minds Trivia Night outwitted all expectations. I was welcomed to a group of trivia all-stars from various construction and design industries, equipped with answers from the amount of historic preservation districts in Hawaii to the quantity of glass panels on a new condo. Question after question the entire evening was engaging and educational. We ended the evening with newly forged alliances and professional contacts, and I was convinced tha

As a new member of Hawaii ASLA I was quite fortunate to attend August’s Pau Hana at the Side Street Inn. I recently moved from Madison, WI, where I have been working as a landscape designer for the last couple of years, focusing mainly on campus and waterfront design projects. I was happy to discover that the event was a collaborative effort between ASLA, LICH, APA and AIA and decided that it would be a great way to meet some local professionals. I found the group to be extre

On July 20, 2016, I was welcomed into a group that was a pleasure to be with. As an architectural designer, it’s not often that I interact with landscape professionals outside of the office and it was a real treat to hear their perspective and meet folks I would not usually have to chance to meet. As a board member for AIA Honolulu, it is always great to collaborate with allied groups to understand how our organizations can support each other. And as a former landscape design