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HOME DESIGN TRENDS SURVEY
Larger Homes with More Outdoor Amenities Squeezing into Smaller Lots
A housing recovery is expanding residential billings in nearly every region and housing type, and while the houses might be bigger, they’re wedging themselves
into compact, more urban lots.
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Member Services
ONLINE MEMBER RESOURCES
MyCES: AIA Launches New Interactive Member Transcript Service
Track continuing education requirements using MyCES’s visual display of completed Learning Unit and Health-Safety-Welfare credits, and browse continuing education
offerings.
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Architect Finder has been updated with improved search functionality and a more visual, graphic presentation.
Fill out your firm’s profile today.
With the new Member Benefits Portal (sign-in required), manage your AIA membership, read AIA Best Practices articles,
find AIA Contract Documents, and more.
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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AIA TRUST
When Addressing Liability and Ethics, Upfront is the Only Option
When something goes wrong on your project, who is the first one to acknowledge it and fix it? The Citicorp Center case study illustrates the benefits of making sure it’s
you.
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Design
PUBLIC HEALTH
Building the Case for Design and Health
As part of the AIA’s Decade of Design project with the Clinton Global Initiative, MIT graduate students are examining how the
design of a place affects the health of those that live there, testing hypotheses about how to improve residents’ wellness, and having a few expectations confounded along
the way.
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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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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.”
View Film Preview and Interview with Co-Producer/Director >
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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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