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Grassroots 2015
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
By Steve Cimino
The three candidates for 2017 AIA President-elect — Thomas V. Vonier, FAIA of AIA Continental Europe; Stephen A. Fiskum, FAIA of AIA Minneapolis/AIA Minnesota; and Don Brown, FAIA of AIA Montgomery/AIA Alabama — shared their views on the present and future of the Institute at the 2015 Grassroots Leadership and Legislative Conference.
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URBAN SUSTAINABILITY
By Steve Cimino
One year after the AIA implemented the Sustainability Leadership Opportunity Scan, progress in the Scan’s four key priorities — energy, materials, design and health, and resilience — can be found in our cities.
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APPS FOR ARCHITECTS
By Andrew Hawkins, AIA
In the latest of our series on smartphone and tablet applications that provide value for architects, we review the mind maps, outlines and charts app Idea Sketch.
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ANNUAL REPORT
A look back at all the AIA accomplished in 2014, from looking up and transforming digitally to launching AIAU and hiring the Institute’s first Chief of Staff.
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2015 Honors & Awards
The Institute is proud to elect four new honorary members, one of the highest honors that can be bestowed upon a person outside the profession of architecture.
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PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN
Look up (and tune in) to the Institute’s television commercial with this overview of when it airs.
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FROM THE AIA |
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Submit your project for the Future of Architecture residential design contest and showcase for students and emerging professionals. Prizes include $5,000 and a trip to AIA Convention 2015! A joint endeavor from Houzz and the AIA, deadline is March 31 |
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Nine AIA Members Declare Candidacy for Elective Office: Deadline is March 13 |
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AIA Best Practices Updated: Aligned by topic to correspond with the 15th edition of the Architect’s Handbook of Professional Practice |
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What Does Advocacy Mean to You? Share your thoughts in the Year of the Advocate |
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AIA Louisiana Hosts Gubernatorial Forum: Local chapter presents first face-to-face debate of the 2015 race |
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Out of Scale: SPP’s Small Project Awards Review still available, discount for AIA members with promo code AIA2015 |
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Join COD in Norway for the Spring Conference: For discounted rates, register before April 15 |
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AIA Contract Documents In-Person Beginner’s Guide Training: Takes place at AIA National HQ on March 13; sign up today! |
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Resolutions for the 2015 AIA National Convention and Design Exposition in Atlanta, Georgia, will be accepted by the Resolutions Committee until 5:00 p.m. (EDT), Friday, March 13. Resolutions must be sent electronically, with hard copy to follow, to the attention of the Secretary at AIA headquarters (1735 New York Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006, telephone: 202/626-7305, email: pday@aia.org or jstephens@aia.org) by that date and time. Please contact Jay Stephens, Esq., AIA General Counsel (at 202-626-7379 or jstephens@aia.org), or Pam Day, Hon. AIA, Corporate Secretary and Managing Director, Governance Administration (at 202-626-7305 or pday@aia.org), if you should have any questions. Click here for further information |
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CORRECTION |
| The 2/20/15 issue of AIArchitect, which recognized Thomas Lollini, FAIA, as a 2015 Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Architecture recipient, included a few errors of fact related to his time at Berkeley. Please see a revised version of the article. |
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