AIA
Board December Actions
The AIA Board of Directors convened December 5–6, 2002, in
Washington, D.C., to consider financial policy, strategic planning
through 2005, awards, the national component management report,
public policy, nomination and election procedures for national Institute
officers, an agreement toward international licensure, and appointments
to office. Full
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FROM
OUR FRIENDS AT AIA POTOMAC VALLEY
Component Honors 10 Projects
AIA Potomac Valley presented awards December 13 to the winners of
its 2002 Awards for Excellence in Architectural Design program in
College Park, Md. The organization also awarded its new Paul H.
Kea Memorial Medal for Architectural Advocacy, Leadership and Service
to the Profession to Roger K. Lewis, FAIA; Ralph D. Bennett, AIA;
and John F. Corkill Jr, AIA. Full
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Three
Named Top Continuing Educators
Strong continuing-education programs add to the bottom line as firm
culture and skills from basic to advanced are shared and institutionally
saved. Service and product providers offer continuing education
to clients as a way to build trust and, thereby, market share. Here
are three examples from this year’s AIA Continuing Education
System Awards for Excellence. Full
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Geothermal
Powers 1909 California School Into a New Life
Ratcliff architecture firm’s
project combines energy savings with restoration
Ratcliff, a third-generation architecture firm in Emeryville, Calif.,
reports that its client, the Blue Oak School in Napa, Calif., has
earned the distinction of being the first independent elementary
school in the state to install a geoexchange heating and cooling
system. The architects say that the HVAC system, which cost $400,000
to install, will pay for itself in energy savings for the 18,900-square-foot
structure in less than five years. Additionally, the architects
restored many of the 1909 building’s finest features. Full
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PROJECT
WATCH
Safdie Designs Archeological Oasis for Jerusalem
Moshe Safdie and Associates has won the competition to design the
new headquarters for the Israel Antiquities Authority in Jerusalem,
to be known as the Center for Archaeology and National Treasures.
The new center will sit on a steeply sloped site adjacent to the
Israel Museum and close to the treasured Billy Rose Sculpture Garden
by Isamu Noguchi. Safdie proposes to make the new center a metaphor
for archeological excavation. Because zoning laws restrict its height
to one story above an upper access road, the building will be belowground
and surround three descending courtyards. The upper level will offer
exhibit space to the public, while the two lower levels will serve
internal functions. A central tensile canopy (recalling tents used
to shade archeological digs) will employ a net of supporting cables
and dark fritted glass to provide a sense of shade. Perimeter walls
of gold Jerusalem limestone will bond the structure to its landscape.
Design will continue until the fall of 2003, construction should
start early in 2004, and the building should open in early 2007.
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