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PODCAST
Retrofitting Suburbia with Ellen Dunham-Jones, AIA
How to turn dead malls into new downtowns, “instant urbanism,” and more.
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AIARCHITECT SLIDESHOW
Low-Key Projects Take Top Honors in Maryland
Many of this year’s AIA Maryland design award recipients were praised for being “restrained” and “discreet,” proving that architecture doesn’t have to rely on formal bombast.
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Practice



MULTIDISIPLINARY PRACTICE
Think Like an Architect, Build Like a Developer
Since Hurricane Katrina, Marcel Wisznia, AIA, has become his own client, and focuses on developing mixed-use apartment projects out of existing historic New Orleans buildings.
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REAL SUSTAINABILITY
How Do I Make Energy Models of My Buildings? Part I
The road between sustainable design and actual design performance is paved with data, data, and more data.
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DESIGN: Art + Science
This educational video series will present a variety of high performance design code requirements, and connect them back to today's standard architectural practice.
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INTERNATIONAL
The AIA at the UIA 2011 World Congress in Tokyo
From the convention floor, AIA members and leadership contributed blogs and articles about disaster assistance, sustainability, and the role of the AIA in international architecture.
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New Courses, Extended Discount at AIA Virtual Convention
Check out the new courses in the AIA’s Virtual Convention--including Regenerative Healthcare Design, Quantifying the Value of Building Reuse, a Small Firm Primer on BIM for Residential Architecture, and more--and take advantage of the extended discount period for continuing education credits.
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RFP: Palo Alto, Calif., City Hall Space Reconfiguration
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FROM THE AIA
The Angle: Breaking News—AIA Michigan Helps Enact Crucial Bill Reducing Statue of Limitations
AIA KnowledgeNet Roundup: Meet the 2011 Knowledge Scholars, Register for Poetic Pragmatism, RE: iPad for Architects
University of Maryland Wins Solar Decathlon
Texas Society of Architects Honor Awards: Richter Architects are Firm Award Recipient
AIA Grassroots 2012 Presentation Proposals Due Nov. 4
AIA Fellowship Submission Deadline is Oct. 21
America’s Design and Health Initiative: Healthier Lifestyles, Designed
Collaborative Achievement Award Submissions Due Oct. 14, Honorary Membership Submissions Due Nov. 18
AIA Best Practices Article Series Revised and Reorganized
   

  AROUND THE PROFESSION
Jeanne Gang, FAIA, Awarded MacArthur Genius Grant
Attend Public Transit Rail~Volution Conference in Washington, D.C., Oct. 16-19
Reed Construction Data Forecast Webinar: Flat, Down, or Up? Where is Construction Heading?
Construction Users Roundtable Conference Begins Nov. 7

 
MEDIA SCAN
New York Times:
Building Architects’ Centers to Capture Public Attention
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In a Bronx Complex, Doing Good Mixes With Looking Good | Web Video—South Bronx Rising
Brownsville Herald:
Eco-friendly building material to be presented at conference
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