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REPOSITIONING THE AIA

Virtual Town Halls Give Members a Place at Repositioning Table

The AIA is reaching out to its diverse constituencies as the Repositioning Initiative gains momentum. Next month, the Institute will begin quarterly virtual town hall meetings to continue the discussion with the entire membership.

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AIA LEADERSHIP

Candidates for AIA National Office Address Emerging Professionals’ Questions

All 10 candidates for AIA National elected office answer questions on the future of the profession, addressing concerns of the young professionals that will one day lead the AIA.

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COMPONENT AWARDS

Maki and Associates MIT Media Lab Leads Boston Society of Architects Awards with Harleston Parker Medal

First awarded in 1923, the Harleston Parker Medal honors the most beautiful piece of architecture built in Boston each year.

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Special Issues: 2013 Awards Special (Dec. 6) |  Design for the Common Good (Nov. 16) |  2012 AIA National Convention: Day 1  |  Day 2  |  Day 3  |

Back issues of AIArchitect: Apr. 12 |  Apr. 26 |  May 10 |  May 24 AIArchitect Archive Component Photo Gallery Archive

Most viewed content from the last issue: AIA/ALA Library Awards: Feeding the Mind with Design AIA Responds to Oklahoma Tornadoes At Studio H:T, Process and Place Lead to Alternative Construction Methods

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Blake Mycoskie on the Transformative Power of Architecture

TOMS Shoes founder and “chief shoe-giver” Blake Mycoskie got a first-hand look at how architects use design to help people and communities reach their full potential when he collaborated on a new TOMS office space.

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RETAIL DESIGN

‘One’ for the Neighborhood

With the help of a few architects and designers, TOMS Shoes’ Blake MyCoskie transformed his business ethos of stylish altruism into a retail experience that lives up to the company’s standard of social and material sustainability.

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IN THE (DESIGN) STUDIO

archiCULTURE Documentary Premieres

Don’t miss the exclusive convention screening of archiCULTURE, the new film about architecture education, on Fri., June 21, 2-3 p.m., room 302. Special panel follows with co-producer/director Ian Harris, former UT-Austin Dean Lawrence Speck, FAIA, Mark LePage, AIA, of Entrepreneur Architect, AIAS President Matt Barstow, Assoc. AIA, and the film’s student “stars.”

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Can’t make it to Denver?

Join us online at the AIA’s Virtual Convention, June 19-22

The AIA 2013 Virtual Convention features four days of simulcast and on-demand education and events from Denver, including Cameron Sinclair’s keynote, ARCHITECT Magazine interviews, for-credit continuing education (payment required), Virtual Expo—and a free, special event for virtual participants only: “Sneak Peek with a Disney Imagineer” on June 19.

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FROM THE AIA

• Advocacy: Support Community Design Centers and the National Design Services Act
• AIA KnowledgeNet: FOREFRONT--Architects as Collaborative Leaders
• July 9 Webinar: The AIA’s New Program Management Contract Documents Family
• AIA San Francisco Introduces Social Impact Design Constructed Realities Competition
• 10 Members Declare Candidacy for AIA National Elected Offices

MEDIA SCAN

• New York Times:
  Thinking Big: Four Visions of a New Penn Station
• Fast Company:
  Redesigning Schools For Learning, Discipline, And Safety
• Los Angeles Times:
  LACMA’s future unfurls in Peter Zumthor's design
• Lexington Herald-Leader:
  AIA Eastern Kentucky design competition to focus on filling downtown ‘missing tooth’