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Title	Knowledge Area	Certifications/LUs	Provider	Units
Disabilities Access for Dwellings	Accessibility	AIA/CES (HSW)	AIA California Council	1.5
Accessible Public Accommodations	Accessibility	AIA/CES (HSW)	AIA California Council	1.5
Accessibility - Stepping Through Vertical Heights	Accessibility	AIA/CES (HSW)	AIA California Council	2.0
NEW! Accessibility: Existing Buildings	Accessibility	AIA/CES (HSW)	AIA California Council	1.0
NEW! Accessibility: Multi-Family Buildings	Accessibility	AIA/CES (HSW)	AIA California Council	1.0
NEW! Accessibility: Path of Travel	Accessibility	AIA/CES (HSW)	AIA California Council	1.5
NEW! Accessibility: Public Buildings	Accessibility	AIA/CES (HSW)	AIA California Council	1.5
Master Architects: An Evening with Lorcan O'Herlihy	Design	AIA/CES	AIA California Council	1.0
MDC 2011 - Jeanne Gang, FAIA: Fish, Sticks, Birds and Bricks	Design	AIA/CES (HSW)	AIA California Council	1.0
MDC 2011 - Tom Kundig, FAIA: Landscape, Community and Craft	Design	AIA/CES	AIA California Council	1.0

Disabilities Access for Dwellings

This 90-minute video course, which complies with California's SB 1608 licensure requirements, discusses accessibility compliance requirements within multifamily dwelling buildings, including the California Building Code, the Fair Housing Act and other national accessibility standards.

Presenter:	Kerwin Lee, Senior Consulting Architect, Rolf Jensen & Associates, Inc.
Provider:	AIACC
Certification:	AIA/CES (HSW)
Learning Units:	1.5 hours

Accessible Public Accommodations

This 90-minute video course, which complies with California's SB 1608 licensure requirements, discusses the complexities in complying with applicable regulations found in both the California Building Code and the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines.

Presenter:	Kerwin Lee, Senior Consulting Architect, Rolf Jensen & Associates, Inc.
Provider:	AIACC
Certification:	AIA/CES (HSW)
Learning Units:	1.5 hours

Accessibility - Stepping Through Vertical Heights

This 120-minute video course, which complies with California's SB 1608 licensure requirements, focuses on accessibility requirements for vertical height changes and provides an in-depth look at issues related to curb transitions, pedestrian ramps, stairs, handrails, and elevators.

Presenter:	Janis Kent, CASp Architect, AIA, Certified Access Specialist, Stepping Thru Accessibility
Provider:	AIACC
Certification:	AIA/CES (HSW)
Learning Units:	2.0 hours

Accessibility: Existing Buildings

This 60-minute video course provides a general overview of the various codes and standards that affect existing buildings, including the California Building Code, the IBC and the 2010 Americans with Disabilities Act. The presenter, Karen Braitmayer, also provides insights into avoiding accessibility errors often found in existing building renovations.

This course complies with California licensure requirements regarding accessibility and provides essential information about accessibility requirements applicable in most states. Take the entire series of 4 courses and fulfill all 5 hours of your California SB1608 license requirements.

Presenter:	Karen Braitmayer, FAIA
Provider:	AIACC
Certification:	AIA/CES (HSW)
Learning Units:	1.0 hours

Accessibility: Multi-Family Buildings

This 60-minute video provides an in-depth look at various codes and standards that apply to multi-family buildings, including which units are covered, what exemptions are available and how to avoid common errors. Viewers will gain an understanding of the FHA, CBC and IBC requirements and how to navigate among the accessibility requirements of the different codes. The presenter also highlights common errors made when translating code requirements into design solutions.

This course complies with California licensure requirements regarding accessibility and provides essential information about accessibility requirements applicable in most states. Take the entire series of 4 courses and fulfill all 5 hours of your California SB1608 license requirements.

Presenter:	Karen Braitmayer, FAIA
Provider:	AIACC
Certification:	AIA/CES (HSW)
Learning Units:	1.0 hours

Accessibility: Path of Travel

This 90-minute video course examines essential code requirements pertaining to the accessible path of travel in the 2010 ADA Standards and California Building Code Chapter 11, starting with the exterior access and proceeding throughout a building. The presenter, Michael Chambers, explores how to respond to different code requirements and then takes us on a photographic tour, offering examples of the best and worst in accessible spaces.

This course complies with California licensure requirements regarding accessibility and provides essential information about accessibility requirements applicable in most states. Take the entire series of 4 courses and fulfill all 5 hours of your California SB1608 license requirements.

Presenter:	Michael Chambers, FAIA, FCSI, CCS
Provider:	AIACC
Certification:	AIA/CES (HSW)
Learning Units:	1.5 hours

Accessibility: Public Buildings

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This 90-minute video course provides an in-depth understanding of the critical elements in meeting accessibility requirements in public buildings, with a focus on theaters, auditoriums, stadiums and school modernizations. The course explores: assistive listening systems; accessible seating types and requirements including a comparison between ADA and California Building Code seating requirements and sample layouts; acceptable paths of travel; and code exemptions to accessible requirements. The presenter, a former DSA plan reviewer, also demystifies the accessibility approval process of California's Division of the State Architect.

This course complies with California licensure requirements regarding accessibility and provides essential information about accessibility requirements applicable in most states. Take the entire series of 4 courses and fulfill all 5 hours of your California SB1608 license requirements.

Presenter:	Greg Izor, AIA, NCARB, CASp
Provider:	AIACC
Certification:	AIA/CES (HSW)
Learning Units:	1.5 hours

Master Architects: An Evening with Lorcan O'Herlihy

This 60-minute video course describes four innovative design perspectives: Ruthless Optimism, Contingent Patterning, Inflected Logic, and Reductive Thinking and how each leads to rational design outcomes and contextually-responsive designs. Lorcan O'Herlihy's descriptions, images and narrative motivate design professionals to experiment with building materials, reorganize interior spaces, and create buildings responsive to their urban context.

Presenter:	Lorcan O'Herlihy, FAIA, Principal, LOHA
Provider:	AIACC
Certification:	AIA/CES
Learning Units:	1.0 hours

MDC 2011 - Jeanne Gang, FAIA: Fish, Sticks, Birds and Bricks

How do the migration patterns of birds relate to the design of city towers? How can innovative community planning spur economic recovery in suburbs? Find out by stepping into the mind of 2011 MacArthur Genius Grant winner Jeanne Gang, FAIA, Founder and Principal of Studio Gang Architects. This 60-minute video offers fascinating insight into the creative process and thematic undertones that shape the work of one of America’s most visionary architects.

Presenter:	Jeanne Gang, FAIA, LEED AP
Provider:	AIACC
Certification:	AIA/CES (HSW)
Learning Units:	1.0 hours

MDC 2011 - Tom Kundig, FAIA: Landscape, Community and Craft

In this 60-minute course, Tom Kundig, FAIA, takes us through a vast body of his past and current work. Filled with wonderfully imaginative designs, inspiring solutions and more than a little subversion, Kundig's brilliance is on display as he discusses the aspects of architecture that are most personal and meaningful to him and have continued to resonate with him since he began working as an architect. Tom's inspirational lecture discusses four key aspects of his work: Craft and Making, Site, Hot-Rodding and Reuse, and Community.

Presenter:	Tom Kundig, FAIA
Provider:	AIACC
Certification:	AIA/CES
Learning Units:	1.0 hours

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