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AIA COMPONENTS
AIA National and AIA Arkansas Help Defeat Proposed Power Line Near Thorncrown Chapel Site
A proposal to run electrical power transmission lines with 150-foot towers near the site of the acclaimed Thorncrown Chapel in northwest Arkansas has been defeated--at least for now.
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Design
SOLAR DECATHLON
Curtain Call: Team Austria’s Draped Pavilion Wins
The 2013 Solar Decathlon was the closest competition in the contest’s 11-year history.
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REMAKING CITIES CONGRESS
Cities Remade, but for Whom?
An international group of urbanists, academics, and designers gathered in Pittsburgh for the Remaking Cities Congress, where Honorary Chair HRH Prince Charles delivered a keynote address, charting a course for inclusive and equitable urban growth.
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Business
WORK ON THE BOARDS
Architecture Firm Billings Continue to Improve
All regions and firm specializations are showing improvement, marred only by sub-par employment growth rates.
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ADVOCACY
2014 Call for Issues Survey Due Nov. 8
Want to affect change in just five minutes? You can make sure that your voice is heard when Congress debates policies that affect architects by taking the 2014 Call for Issues survey.
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COMPONENT AWARDS
Residential Projects Highlighted in
AIA Louisiana Design Awards
AIA Louisiana shows that senior housing can be warm, inviting, and well-designed, and that Modern residential architecture can integrate vernacular approaches to site and culture with ease.
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NEXT TIME IN AIARCHITECT
Space, Light, Life-Expectancy:
Designing Healthy Communities
From the materials they select to where buildings are sited, virtually every choice architects make influences the health of those that live, work, and play in those spaces. On Nov. 8, AIArchitect will tell these stories in a special issue featuring interactive graphics, photo galleries, and narratives.
WEB EXTRA
The New York Public Library - Exterior Restoration; Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.
2013 recipient of an AIA Honor Award for Architecture.
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EMERGING PROFESSIONALS
NCARB Changes IDP Minimum Duration Requirement
Beginning Dec. 16, interns can earn IDP experience credit for valid work regardless of the time spent on a project, including experience acquired over winter and spring breaks while in school.
Read Letter Announcing Change from 2013 AIA President Mickey Jacob, FAIA >
AIA LEADERSHIP
Take Five
By Robert Ivy, FAIA
Resilience in Design
One year after Super Storm Sandy, the AIA’s CEO discusses what resiliency means for architects and the profession.
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Repositioning the AIA
SUSTAINABILITY SCAN
Charting a Sustainable Future
AIA Resident Fellow Mary Ann Lazarus, FAIA, describes how the AIA can best leverage its vital record of sustainability leadership in the years ahead.
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AIA Twitter Chat on Nov. 6: Mary Ann Lazarus and How Architects Can Lead the Sustainability Revolution >
Measuring Industry Progress Towards 2030
The AIA releases the third annual AIA 2030 Commitment Report, the latest step in the path towards making architecture a carbon-neutral enterprise.
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An Update on Repositioning the AIA >
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