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Neighborhood Density and Accessibility on the Rise

Residential developments across the nation are looking to become more urban in density and design, but also in terms of demographic diversity.

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Honors and Awards


Palm Springs Modernist architect Donald Wexler, FAIA, with students receiving Palm Springs Modern Committee scholarships.

COLLABORATIVE ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

D.C. Preservation League, DiscoverDesign.org, and Palms Springs Modern Committee Honored

Two preservation non-profits and a new secondary school education initiative have been honored with the AIA award for allied professionals and multidisciplinary collaboration.

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THOMAS JEFFERSON AWARDS

Awards for Public Service Architecture

Ginnie Cooper, a librarian who has reinvigorated the Washington, D.C., library system with groundbreaking architecture, and Michael Pyatok, FAIA, who built his career on designing quality public housing, are recipients of the 2013 Thomas Jefferson Awards for Public Architecture.

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LESSONS FROM ARCHITECTURE

Catherine Baker, AIA: Linking the Social and Spatial with Community Outreach Architecture

Baker and her Chicago-based architecture firm teach students and community members how to be design and sustainability-savvy citizens.

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DESIGN RESEARCH

Environmental Psychology: Building with Feeling

Architects are investigating the ways that our environments (and the architecture therein) make people feel and behave.

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AIA LEADERSHIP

Mickey Jacob, FAIA, Inaugurated 89th AIA President

Mickey Jacob, FAIA, was inaugurated Dec. 7 as 2013 AIA President at an event at Pei Cobb Freed’s Ronald Reagan Building.

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COMPONENT AWARDS

AIA Colorado Shows Off Mountain Spirit

Beautiful natural landscapes aren’t the only sights to see in Colorado this summer during the AIA National Convention in Denver. AIA Colorado’s latest award recipients share their region’s mountainous exuberance implicitly, explicitly, and cleverly.

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	RFP: Adaptive Reuse of Historic Governor’s Island, N.Y., Buildings
	RFP: Oklahoma City Residential Development
	RFP: Iowa City, Iowa, Downtown Streetscape
	Competition: Radical Innovation in Hospitality Award
	Competition: StreetFest IDEAS CITY 2013

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	AROUND THE PROFESSION
	Attend the NIBS Building Innovation Conference in Washington, D.C., Jan. 7-11
	Chris Widener, FAIA, Elected Ohio Senate President Pro Tempore
	ASLA Annual Meeting Presentation Submission Deadline is Feb. 6
	Thomas Beeby, FAIA, Honored with 2013 Driehaus Prize
	Greenbuild 2013: Submit Your Presentation by Jan. 11

	MEDIA SCAN
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