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Business
WORK ON THE BOARDS
August Billings Stabilize After Four Straight Declines
Firms in the Western region of the country are showing their first positive billings score in five years, perhaps the strongest signal that a recovery is approaching.
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Residential Architecture Upturn Video: AIA Chief Economist Kermit Baker, Hon. AIA, on Fox Business >
INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE
Rising Architecture Markets: Busan and Panama City Invest in High Rises
These two cities on opposite ends of the globe share a strong economic background built on busy ports and their status as industrial trading hubs.
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Design
SUSTAINABILITY
Building Energy Performance into the Design Process: The AIA Energy Modeling Guide
With this resource, architects can predict (and control) their building’s energy performance—the final frontier for meeting the climate change and
sustainability challenges of the 21st century.
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Download ASHRAE’s Advanced Energy Design Guidelines >
LESSONS FROM ARCHITECTURE
Joe Lawton, Assoc. AIA: The 2D Architecture of Graphic Design
As architecture firms try to consolidate design services and create consistent branding amidst a still-struggling economy, there are opportunities for architects like
Lawton, who apply their skills to architectural graphics.
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CONTINUING EDUCATION
Before Nightfall: Advanced Daylighting Technologies
Daylight isn’t just for windows anymore. How fiber optic cables and mirror-lined tubes can deliver daylight deep into the core of buildings.
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Bringing Daylight into the Core of Buildings >
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COMPONENT AWARDS
Minimalist Designs Reign in 2012 AIA U.K. Design Awards
For this year’s AIA U.K. Excellence in Design Awards, the line you don’t draw is more important than the one you do.
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