May 25–August 15
Washington, D.C.
"Windshield: Richard Neutra's House for the John Nicholas Brown Family" is the subject of a new exhibition presented by the National Building Museum and the American Architectural Foundation at the National Building Museum. On June 10, from 6:30–8:00 p.m., J. Carter Brown—son of John Nicholas Brown, director emeritus of the National Gallery of Art, and chair of the Commission of Fine Arts—is scheduled to offer a lecture on the significance of Windshield and his family's life in the Fisher's Island, N.Y., house. For more information, visit www.nbm.org.

June 3–5
San Francisco
Lightfair International Trade Show and Exposition, the world's largest architectural and commercial lighting show, sponsored in part by the International Association of Lighting Designer and the Illuminating Engineering Society. All seminars offer AIA CES credit. For more information or to register, visit www.lightfair.com.

June 3–6
Anaheim, Calif.
A/E/C SYSTEMS 2002 "Solutions for the Total Asset Lifecycle" conference and exposition. For more information, visit www.aecsystems.com or call 800-451-1196.

June 6–8
Winnepeg
"Exploration of the City," a national architecture conference presented by the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and the Manitoba Association of Architects. Speakers include architect Charles Correa of India and Professor Salvador Zahr, chair of Ciudad Abierta, the "Open City" designers of Chile. For more information, contact Iona Green 613-230-2323, ext. 252; or igreen@gosselin-rp.com.

June 13
Washington, D.C.
"Construction Management/Design-Build," a one-day seminar presented by Lorman Education Services. The six-hour program offers 6 CES learning units. For more information, visit www.lorman.com.

July 8
Registration due for the UIA-approved "Ephemeral Structures in the City of Athens" competition supported by the Hellenic Ministry of Culture. Open to architects and students, the competition is to design structures that generate cultural events. The official language of the competition is English. For details, visit www.cultural-olympiad.gr/ephemeralcompetition.

July 15
Abstracts due for "Industrial Heritage in the Working Landscape," an October 12–13 conference in Buffalo to explore issues that emerge when working landscapes are interspersed with heritage landscapes. Buffalo's grain elevators will serve as examples. Submit abstracts for papers or exhibitions by July 15 to Jocelyn Dolby, Urban Design Project, Hayes Hall, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214-3087. For details, visit www.urbandesignproject.org.

July 21–25
Boston
Seventh U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, this year themed "Urban Earthquake Risk," is sponsored by the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute. For more information, visit www.eeri.org/news/Meetings/7nceef.html

July 22–26
Berlin
The XXI UIA Congress-Berlin 2002, based on four themes—urban societies, innovation and tradition, the built and the natural, and space and identity—under the umbrella theme of "resource architecture." For more information, visit www.uia-berlin2002.com.

September 3
Applications due for the James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation mid-career $25,000 research grant. The prize is awarded to professionals who have an advanced or professional degree and at least 10 years' experience in historic preservation or related fields. It supports projects of innovative original research or creative design that advance the practice of historic preservation in the U.S. Application requirements may be obtained by phone, 212-691-3229; fax, 212-691-2435; or email, FitchFoundation@aol.com.

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