Odermatt Honored With 2004 AIA Kemper Award
The AIA Board of Directors elected Robert A. Odermatt, FAIA, as the 2004 recipient of the Edward C. Kemper Award for outstanding service. Named in honor of the AIA’s first executive director, the award recognizes individuals who contribute significantly to the profession of architecture through service to the Institute.

Brown Earns Whitney Young Award
Architect’s work touches those in need
overseas and in the U.S.
The AIA named Terrance J. Brown, FAIA, as the recipient of the 2004 Whitney M. Young Jr. Award, given to an architect who exemplifies the profession’s responsibility to society. The award honors Whitney Young Jr.—head of the Urban League from 1961 until his death in 1971—who, at the 1968 AIA national conference, chided the audience of architects and challenged them to become a positive force for social change: “You are not a profession that has distinguished itself by your social and civic contributions to the cause of civil rights. You are most distinguished by your thunderous silence and your complete irrelevance.”

Five Exceptional Practitioners Receive Young Architects Award
The AIA has chosen five outstanding young architects, defined as professionals who have been licensed 10 years or fewer regardless of age, to receive the 2004 Young Architects Award. The award honors individuals who have shown exceptional leadership and made significant contributions to the profession early in their careers.

You Can Renew Your AIA Membership Online
If you haven’t yet paid your AIA dues, you can do it the easy way—online. You can review your invoice, update your membership profile, and submit credit-card payment for 2004 renewal dues. Visit www.aia.org and click “Pay Member Dues” in the menu. You need to type in your eight-digit AIA membership number and password (your last name in lowercase letters). It’s that easy—thousands of AIA members already have done it. Questions? Send an e-mail to AIA Information Central, or call 800-242-3837. (If you want to pay your dues by mail, you can log in and download your renewal form.)

AIA West Virginia Honors Five Projects in the Beautiful Mountain State
A university research and teaching facility, amphitheater shelter, memorial garden, residential neighborhood infill, and interior casework for a residence make up the winners of AIA West Virginia’s 2003 Design & Craftsmanship Awards Program, which celebrates the state’s finest architects and projects. A jury of Chair Frank Michielli, AIA; John Reed, AIA; Carl Krebs, AIA; Chris Grabe, AIA; Marcelo Barujel; and Dan Shannon, AIA, all of New York, chose the five projects. Chapter members feted the winners at their annual banquet late last year in Charleston, W.Va.

PROJECT WATCH
Aquaculture Vocational School Reinvigorates New Haven Site
Located along the northern edge of the Long Island Sound, a new, 40,000-square-foot Aquaculture Center has recently been added to the New Haven, Conn., Sound School, more than doubling the high school’s facilities for the study of aquaculture and the marine sciences.

AIA Officer Nominations Open; Filing Date Is April 12
Thirteen architects already have declared their candidacy for three national AIA offices.

Your Kiplinger Connection (members only)
The economy: The slow but steady growth continues, interest rates to rise this summer, and metals prices soaring. Property trends: The surge in house sales will slow, and big-box stores continue to build. Trade: EU retaliatory tariffs will be offset somewhat by a continued shrinking of the dollar.
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