Security has quickly become a very important characteristic in the complex mix of building performance. Come to Albuquerque January 10–13, 2002, and meet architects and consultants who have deep experience in upgrading and retrofitting existing buildings and designing new ones that look beautiful, fit their context, and are among the most secure buildings in the world.

Learn how to work with the client and the community to overcome the challenges of tight sites and open or mixed-security-level interior circulation. Find out ways to bring fresh air and daylight into a building without compromising the safety of its inhabitants. In most cases, these are thoroughly time-tested techniques; just not widely known.

Here is your chance to get a jump on a market that is likely to expand rapidly, and soon. Protect your clients from dangers real and perceived. (Protect your practice from what looks like an impending weakening in the new-construction market.)

"Building Security Through Design: Protective Environments and an Open Society" will also feature tours of nearby buildings where access and circulation lessons can be seen in action plus special presentations by Sandia Laboratories representatives on security theory and systems.

Speakers at the conference will offer case studies, plenary discussions, and concurrent lecture sessions to help architects glean the skills necessary to help their clients assess risk and take actions to make new and existing buildings more secure. In addition to plenary presentations, the conference will offer five working sessions, each presenting three concurrent programs so that architects can tailor their learning experiences to their practices.

The last half day of the conference will be a series of issues forums to discuss "Building Security and American Society"; "The Urban Fabric: Planning, Safety, and Security"; and "The Next Generation of Design: New Realities and Models." Also complementing the seminars will be a product exposition of security-related goods and services.

Attendance of the full conference earns 13.5 AIA/CES learning units in health, safety, and welfare.

For registration information and details on the program and speakers, visit the security-conference Web site.

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