AIArchitect | January 27, 2003

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	AIArchitect This Week—January 27, 2003

	BTA’s Design Research Headquarters Building Offers Shining Showcase of Timeless Design Cambridge, Mass., landmark captures 2003 Twenty-five Year Award Described by Boston Globe Pulitzer Prize-winning author and architect Robert Campbell, FAIA, as “a glass vitrine at the scale of architecture . . . a display case for the contents inside,” the Design Research Headquarters Building has been offering passers-by a crystal-clear view of Modern architecture and its accoutrements since the building opened in 1969. Designed by Boston’s BTA Architects Inc. (formerly known as Benjamin Thompson & Associates), the building has been named the 2003 recipient of the AIA Twenty-five Year Award, honoring structures completed 25 to 35 years ago that have maintained both purpose and poise. Full Story Young Architects Demonstrate Exceptional Leadership The AIA has chosen five outstanding young architects, defined as professionals who have been practicing 10 years or fewer, regardless of their age, to receive its 2003 Young Architects Award. The award honors individuals who have shown exceptional leadership and made significant contributions to the profession early in their careers. This year’s winners are: Lisa M. Chronister, AIA; Paul D. Mankins, AIA; Paul Neuhaus, AIA; Ronald Todd Ray, AIA; and Paul Woolford, AIA. Full Story Nine Receive 2003 Institute Honors for Distinguished Contributions to Architecture The AIA on January 24 named the nine individuals and groups selected as recipients of the 2003 Institute Honors for Collaborative Achievement. The award, to be presented in May at the national convention in San Diego, honors exceptional contributions to the design and architecture community. Full Story Survey Defines Advocates’ 2003 Agendas State Government Network (SGN) representatives reported in an annual survey that they are increasingly stepping up advocacy efforts, and that improving relationships between government officials and component membership tops their list of goals for the 2003 legislative session. The AIA’s Government Affairs team also found that tax-related issues are among the chief legislative concerns of the SGN representatives. Full Story AIArchitect to Connect Members to the Kiplinger Letter Business will begin a marked upturn toward the end of 2003, just as soon as President Bush wraps up his war in Iraq, predicts the latest Kiplinger Letter. Tax cuts, improved corporate profit margins, strength on Wall Street, and low interest rates will belie the current low public confidence in the U.S. economy, according to the 82-year-old business and political prognosticator, the collective wisdom of which will be coming to you as an AIA-member benefit beginning February 2003. Full Story Need to catch up on recent editions of AIArchitect This Week? December 23 \| January 6 \| January 13 \| January 20 To see the complete table of contents for AIArchitect click here.
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	BEST PRACTICES Upstream Service Meets Client Demand Strategic facility planning is a service that goes beyond facility programming, as it more thoroughly factors in clients’ objectives against market factors over time. Especially at a time when the economy seems to be cooling, clients appreciate the value of strategic planning when it creates more useable space without necessarily requiring new construction. Full Story Lead a Diversity Workshop at Build Boston Proposals due March 1 for November event Architects, interior designers, landscape architects, facility managers, students, educators, interns, consultants, business leaders, psychologists, artists—and everyone else—are invited to submit workshop proposals by March 1 for the Diversity Conference, November 19–20. This “conference within a conference” will explore diversity in the design professions and is part of Build Boston 2003, the 19th annual building industry convention in Boston. Full Story Reminder: 2003 Benedictus Awards Entries Due February 14 International awards honor innovative use of laminated glass The DuPont de Nemours Company invites all architects to submit one or more entries to the Benedictus Awards program, recognizing outstanding architectural design and innovative use of laminated glass as a major element of the construction. Designers may submit projects completed since January 1, 1998, to this program, which is approved by the International Union of Architects (UIA) and organized by the AIA. Spain’s Santiago Calatrava, Italy’s Lewis Koerner, and U.S. representative Julie Snow, FAIA, make up this year’s jury. Full Story College of Fellows Nominations for Secretary The 2003 College of Fellows Nominating Committee is soliciting nominations for Secretary for 2003–2005 to be presented for consideration at the annual COF business meeting at the AIA convention in May 2003. Address letters to Nominating Committee Chair, AIA College of Fellows, 1735 New York Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20006-5292 by February 3. For more information, contact Pauline Porter, 202-626-7521 or pporter@aia.org. Nominations should include: • A cover letter, no longer than two standard pages, with name, address, telephone number, and a description of interest and understanding of the position • An executive summary or résumé, not to exceed five pages, that includes a list of significant AIA activities and accomplishments • A maximum of three letters of recommendation forwarded to the chair of the Nominating Committee. COTE Top Ten The AIA Committee on the Environment will launch its Web site, aiatopten.org, for online submissions to the 2003 AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Projects program January 27. In addition to online entry, registration is required for each project, and will be available February 3 on the AIA Web site. Go to “Announcements” on the AIA homepage. Click on “AIA Meetings,” then select “COTE Top 10 Green Projects.” (Pictured is the Pier 1, San Francisco, by SMWM, a 2002 Top Ten award-winner. Photo courtesy of the architect.) New Service Lets AIA Members Mentor and Mentee Next month, the AIA launches a new online service called “Mentoring: A Journey in Collaborative Learning,” designed to match mentors with mentees based on personal profiles that capture specific interests, experience, and expertise. For an annual fee of $50, mentors and mentees will find the partners who will help them achieve professional and personal goals. Step One is a short confidential survey of biographical and work-related questions. Go to www.mentoring.ws/mip2/association/aia and enter “architect” at the password prompt to take the Mentoring Interest Profiler survey. Fill it out before February 7 to be eligible for a match when the service debuts on February 14. This service is brought to you as an AIA-member benefit. The email list used to deliver AIArchitect This Week is maintained exclusively for that purpose by the AIA national component. To keep up with the universe of information the AIA gathers exclusively for members, visit the AIA's Web page. For member-only information, click onto "MyAIA: building on your skills" or use this shortcut. AIArchitect This Week is published by the AIA, Washington, D.C. Copyright 2003 The American Institute of Architects ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You receive this email at: $subst('Recip.EmailAddr') because your address is on file in the AIA's membership database. To change your email address, send an email with your name, AIA member number, old email address and new email address to AIA Information Central. Or make the changes yourself. To remove your email address from this distribution list - but not from the AIA membership database - forward this message to: $subst('Email.UnSub')