Construction has begun on the Ogden International Transit Center, a $4.6 million project designed by Cooper Roberts Simonsen Architects. It will serve visitors traveling to venues in Ogden, Utah, during the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. The project's deadline is December 16, just in time for the opening of the Games. It will also serve as a depot for Greyhound and state bus service. CRSA designed the building to fit in with the colorful, early 1900s style of downtown Ogden.

Kapp and Robbins of Galax, Va., received a 2001 Preservation Award from the Preservation Alliance of Virginia (PAV) for its historic renovation of Boykins Tavern in the Isle of Wight County. The annual award is the highest honor given for preservation projects in Virginia.

PFAU Architecture Ltd. of San Francisco, will design campus expansions for Lick-Wilmerding High School in San Francisco and Marin Montessori School in Corte Madera, Calif. Lick-Wilmerding is a nonprofit college preparatory day school that integrates academic courses with technical and fine arts. One of the elements of the expansion will be an energy-independent, off-the-grid student lounge powered by windmills. At the other project, PFAU will create a Montessori environment—one that fosters self-direction and independence in children—and offices, conference rooms, and a teacher's lounge.

The Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill Foundation selected Can Tiryaki, a June 2001 urban design graduate from Yale University, as its 2001 Urban Design Travelling Fellow. The SOM Foundation awarded him a $7,500 fellowship for travel that complements his studies and professional interests.

The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) recently honored Alan W.T. Baldwin Jr., AIA, with its Presidential Medal for his leadership on the state boards of architecture and with the NCARB. He is one of the few architects who has received gubernatorial appointments to the boards of architecture in two different states (Maine and North Carolina). Baldwin is managing principal, president, and chief executive of FreemanWhite Inc., Charlotte.

The Public Relations Society of America's New York Chapter presented Joan Capelin, Hon. AIA, with its prestigious John W. Hill Award for her "outstanding leadership in the practice of public relations" and her service to PRSA and the public. Capelin's practice, Capelin Consulting, New York City, focuses on the design and building industry.

Five RTKL architects—John L. Castorina, AIA; William W. Persefield, AIA; Jerry L. Quebe, AIA; Joan L. Suchomel, AIA; and Alan C. Wilson, AIA—have received certification from the American College of Health Care Architects. In addition, RTKL, of Baltimore, has announced that it will move the base of its Eastern Region HealthSciences practice to Washington, D.C. Vice President F. Bradford (Rick) Drake, AIA, will spearhead the move.

Gregory Cranford, AIA, a partner with Brennan Beer Gorman/Architects, was appointed to the board of directors of the New York Landmarks Preservation Foundation.

Richard Landry, AIA, of Landry Design Group, Inc., received four Gold Nugget Merit Awards in the categories of Best Renovated, Restored Single Home or Project, and Best Custom Home over 6,000 feet. The Gold Nugget Awards is an international competition, cosponsored by BUILDER Magazine and the Pacific Coast Builders Conference, that honors creative achievements in architectural design and land-use planning for residential, commercial, and industrial projects. It is open to 14 Western states and all countries neighboring the Pacific Ocean.

Sandra F. Mendler, AIA, vice president and director of sustainable design in the San Francisco office of Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Inc., was awarded with the Sustainable Design Leadership Award from the International Interior Design Association and C&A Floor Coverings.

Beverly Prior, AIA, principal of Beverly Prior Architects, San Francisco, was named Small Business Owner of the Year by the San Francisco Small Business Network.

The AIA New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects named Mark Strauss, AIA, principal at Fox and Fowle Architects, vice president for public outreach.

John H. Tabor, AIA, received Leadership North Carolina's L. Richardson Preyer Alumni Award for his contributions to Leadership North Carolina, the Charlotte community, and the state of North Carolina. Tabor recently returned to SCHENKELSHULTZ Architecture as managing principal of the Charlotte office.

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