News

Friends, associates, and admirers of AIA Gold Medal and Topaz Medallion recipient Marcel Breuer, FAIA, gathered to celebrate the 100th birthday of the late architect. The event was held at a house in New Canaan, Conn., that Breuer designed for himself and his family. Laszlo Papp, FAIA, and the house's current owner cohosted the celebration, which included Herbert Beckhard, FAIA; Robert Gatje, FAIA; and numerous alumni of Marcel Breuer & Associates.

Breuer became well-know in his youth for the designs of Wassily and Cesca chairs. A native of Pecs, Hungary, he moved to the U.S. in 1937 to teach architecture at Harvard University and practice with Walter Gropius. In 1946, he left Harvard and established his own firm in New York City. Among other prominent buildings, Breuer designed the Whitney Museum in New York City and the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. Breuer's houses are prime examples of mid-century American modernism. He died in New York in 1981.

Barton Myers, FAIA, received the 2002 AIA/Los Angeles Gold Medal. Myers, a Virginia native, founded Barton Myers Associates, Inc, Los Angeles, in 1984 after practicing for many years in Toronto. He was the recipient of the first Toronto Arts Award in 1986 and the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Gold Medal in 1994. His projects range from individual references to large-scale performing arts centers, including the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, which won the 2001 Bruner Award Silver Medal for Excellence in the Urban Environment. The Myers residence in Santa Barbara, completed in 1998, earned the 2002 AIA award for innovation in housing design.

Brennan Beer Gorman/Architects and Brennan Beer Gorman Monk/Interiors (BBG-BBGM) are expanding their practices with a new office in Sydney.

Gaudreau Inc, Baltimore, awarded the Lucien E.D. Gaudreau Award for Professional Excellence to Rev. Robert F. Leavitt, who was selected for his leadership in the architectural renewal and expansion of St. Mary's Seminary and University, Baltimore. The award, initiated in 1985, is presented in memory of the founder of the Gaudreau firm in recognition of an individual's leadership and community contributions that directly benefit the built environment.

Guilletti/Associates AIA Architects PC has changed its name to Giulietti/Schouten AIA Architects PC, to include the name of Tim Schouten, AIA, who recently became a principal at the Portland, Ore., firm.

The Whitehead Biomedical Research Building at Emory University, Atlanta, designed by the Atlanta office of Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Inc. (HOK), earned a Silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) program. The $82.7 million, 325,000-square-foot, eight-story building is the first building to achieve LEED certification in the Southeast.

Philadelphia-based Kling Lindquist, now known as Kling, recently completed the opening of its newest office in Raleigh; renovations to its Philadelphia headquarters; the acquisition, nearby the Philadelphia headquarters, for the new home of Kling Interiors; and the establishment of a strategic planning department within the firm. Principals renamed the firm to Kling in recognition of its past heritage and continuing commitment to design excellence and as a symbol of its dedication to a single, fully integrated A/E/I firm.

The Healthcare Environment Awards Competition recently announced the winners of its honors program. FKP Architects, Houston, received the top award in the Ambulatory (Outpatient) Care Facilities Category for the Texas Children's Hospital Clinical Center in Houston (also a winner of a 2002 Business Week/Architectural Record (BW/AR) Award); HDR Architecture, Omaha, took top honors in the Acute (Inpatient) Care Facilities category for Children's Hospital in Omaha; and Perkins Eastman Architects, New York City, was the top winner in the Long-Term Care/Assisted Living Facilities category for Sun City Takatsuki, Takatsuki, Japan.

Efa G. Adams and Victor L. Hines Jr. have joined the staff of the Virginia Society of the AIA. Adams joined as an administrative assistant and Hines is now director of sales.

Promotions

Gus E. Ardura, AIA, to principal in charge of federal services, Cannon Design, Washington, D.C.

Damon Barda, AIA, to associate, Taylor & Associates Architects, Newport Beach, Calif.

Charles Blank, AIA; Nora R. Klebow, AIA; Irene Monis, AIA; and Johnny Wong, AIA, to associates, SmithGroup, San Francisco

Robert Chicas, AIA, to vice president and deputy project manager, HOK Aviation, New York City

Tushar Gupta, Assoc. AIA; Annabella Torres Koloskov, Assoc. AIA; Steven M. Redmond, AIA; and David L. Wilkerson, AIA, to associates, Watkins Hamilton Ross, Houston

Adam Mitchell, AIA, to associate; James Puopolo, AIA, and Joslin Stewart, AIA, to senior associates, Cambridge Seven Associates, Cambridge, Mass.

Charles G. Mueller, AIA, to principal, Centerbrook Architects and Planners, Centerbrook, Conn.

Moves

James A. Berge, AIA, as principal to Einhorn Yaffee Prescott, New York City

Lisa Cholmondeley, Assoc. AIA; Melissa Farrell, Assoc. AIA; and Shane Gerson, AIA, as project architects, to Sorg Architects, Washington, D.C.

Jeffrey A. Dreesman, AIA, as associate vice president, to RTKL, Los Angeles

Peter F. Einsle, AIA, as senior project manager, to Brad Adams Walker Architecture PC, Denver

Todd Halamka, AIA, as design principal, to HOK, Chicago

Mark Lohse, AIA, as project architect, to Woolpert LLP, Belleville, Ill.

Peter G. Longley, AIA, as director of building technology and Robert C. Ritger, AIA, as director of information technology, to Payette Associates, Boston

Kevin McCausland, AIA, as vice president, to Cannon Design, New York City

Jason Grier, AIA, as project designer; Greg Roberson, AIA, as project manager; and Juan Silva, AIA, as project architect, Robbins Jorgensen Christopher, Newport Beach, Calif.

Richard Keleher, AIA, as associate and director of technical resources, to Bruner/Cott, Cambridge, Mass.

Russell Robelot, AIA, as project manager, to CSRS Architects/Engineers, Baton Rouge

Gayland B. Witherspoon, FAIA, as senior staff architect, to McMillan Smith & Partners, Spartanburg, S.C.

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