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2015 Honors & Awards

AIA / ALA Library Building Awards

Encouraging excellence in the design and planning of libraries, the Hillary Rodham Clinton Children’s Library & Learning Center is just one recipient of the 2015 AIA / ALA Library Building Awards for the best and brightest in library architecture.

AIA LEADERSHIP

Take Five
By Robert Ivy, FAIA

Design Dialogue

Responses to the first phase of the AIA’s public awareness campaign have been very positive. When they’re not, they create an extraordinary opportunity for architects to not only “look up,” but speak up.

ETHICS IN ARCHITECTURE

The Architect’s Hat and Shoes

By Cornelius (Kin) DuBois, FAIA

In the first part of our series on defining the scope of professional ethics for architects, we examine the boundaries between the personal and professional realms in today's modern world.

AIA HOME DESIGN TRENDS SURVEY

Consumer Design Interest Remains Solid for Kitchens and Baths

By Kermit Baker, Hon. AIA, AIA Chief Economist

As the housing market recovery resumes, sustainability and accessibility continue to be priorities for kitchen and bath features and products.

COMPONENT AWARDS

AIA Arizona Design Awards: Sun and Sustainability

The recipients of these awards came from a deep batch of submissions and serve as evidence that the Grand Canyon State is thriving, post-recession, as a bevy of varied projects go up.

CONVENTION WORKSHOP

Advancing Architecture from Academy to Practice

By Damon Leverett, AIA and Ming Hu, AIA

Come a day early to the 2015 AIA Convention to attend the inaugural 2015 AIA/ACSA Intersections Conference, a workshop and opportunity for practitioners and academics to mix it up with ideas and conversation.

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FROM THE AIA
»	2015 Convention Business Matters: A resource center for all business matters at the 2015 Convention, including speeches and statements by the 2015 candidates for national office, proposed bylaws amendments, and resolutions
»	2015 Latrobe Prize Awarded to Woodbury University Arid Lands Institute: AIA College of Fellows selects team for its Drylands Resilience Initiative
»	The 1% Habitat House, Kansas City: The latest in a series of case studies focusing on AIA members integrating pro bono service into design practice
»	2015 Diversity Advancement Scholarship: Providing assistance to burgeoning architecture students from a minority and/or financially disadvantaged background; applications due April 22
»	Economic Indicators: A list of monthly and quarterly indicators from the Institute to help architects make better business decisions
»	Behind the Scenes at the AEC Hackathon: A free webinar that showcases the past, present and future of the Hackathon; takes place on April 7 at 3 PM ET
»	Tools for Protecting Your Business Relationships: Join us in Atlanta for a two-part, pre-Convention workshop on the fundamentals of risk management
»	Understanding the General Conditions of a Construction Contract: Live webinar will be held on April 21 at 2 PM ET
»	Saint-Gobain Celebrates 350 Years of History: Check in and join the festivities
»	Will Construction Pick up the Pace, or the Pieces? Free live economic webcast with Kermit Baker of AIA, Ken Simonson of AGC, and Alex Carrick of CMD; will be held on April 30 at 2:30 PM ET

AROUND THE PROFESSION
»	From ArchitectureBoston, published by the Boston Society of Architects, “Boston POPS,” by Jerold S. Kayden, on the city’s privately owned public spaces
»	The Rise of the Mile-High Building: Justin Davidson examines what’s behind the world’s first 5280-foot skyscraper
»	Peace Corps Commemorative Design Competition: Create a design that expresses American aspirations and Peace Corps values

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