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Navigating the Economy

WORK ON THE BOARDS
Business at Nonresidential Firms Slips with U.S. Economy
Only modest increases in new project activity and a second straight monthly decline in the ABI portend a bumpier path to a nonresidential recovery. Residential firms, by contrast, are benefitting from a resurgence in multifamily activity, and most firms surveyed in both markets are still planning to expand their practices.
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AIA Honors & Awards

2011 AIA GOLD MEDAL RECIPIENT
Web Video: Fumihiko Maki, Hon. FAIA
This eight-minute video, which debuted at the Gold Medal ceremony at the AIA National Convention in New Orleans, features many of the architect's best-known works as well as interviews with colleagues and former students. Video by Jim Richards.
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Previous Coverage
	Maki Accepts Gold Medal at AIA National Convention
	Maki Awarded Gold Medal by AIA Board of Directors

Educational Facilities

DESIGN COMPETITION
Winning Prototypes Rewrite the Book on Prefab for Los Angeles Schools
Innovative designs from Gonzalez Goodale Architects (GGA), Hodgetts + Fung (H+F), and Swift Lee Office (SLO) hold the promise of a new class of flexible, modular classrooms and educational facilities.
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DESIGN MATTERS
Let's Take Prefab Back One Classroom at a Time
A critic of the traditional modular classroom sees a good business opportunity for architects, not to mention the prospect of having a positive influence on future generations of students.
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Multimedia

AIARCHITECT SLIDESHOW
Coop Himmelb(l)au's Deconstructivist Group Forms in Albania
The proposed Open Parliament of Albania complex will incorporate "fundamental democratic values such as openness and transparency..."
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WEB EXTRA
U.S. Land Port of Entry: Julie Snow Architects, Inc.
2011 Recipient, AIA Institute Honor Awards for Architecture
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	News and Resources JOBS AND OPPORTUNITIES
	Career Center \| Featured Jobs \| Navigating the Economy
	RFP: Opelika, Ala., City Hall Solar PV Panels
	RFQ: Redding, Calif., Municipal Airport and Benton Airpark Architectural Services
	Competition: Design a 21st Century Capital for Australia

FROM THE AIA
	The Angle: AIA Developing Database of Stalled Projects Suitable for Investor Financing
	AIA KnowledgeNet Roundup: Architecture in the Cloud, Visualizing Green, Design-Build/Project Delivery Web Seminar
	Interested in Being an AIA Contract Documents New Service Tester?
	AIA Announces 2011 Tuttle Graduate Fellowship in Health Facility Planning and Design Recipients
	Everything You Wanted to Know About BIM, IPD, CIP, and TAP (But were Afraid to Ask)
	Rogers Marvel Architects Wins White House Park Design Competition

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AROUND THE PROFESSION
	Former AIA President George H. Miller, FAIA, Awarded NCARB President's Medal
	2011 AIA/AIAS Committee on the Environment Research Fellow Announced
	USGBC Launches LEED Volume Program for Operations & Maintenance

MEDIA SCAN
	Architectural Record: Top 250 Firms--Titans Maintain Lead While Industry Suffers
	Fast Company: Think Of Buildings As Sandwiches: What Makes Them Tasty?
	stlouistoday.com: Editorial: Taco disgusto—Del Taco Demolition Plan Deserves the Light of Day

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