Codes Groups Consolidate Into International Code Council
Three regional model codes groups finalized the process of creating an official unified alliance dedicated to shaping a single family of building and fire codes. On January 21, directors from the Building Officials and Code Administrators International (BOCA), International Conference of Building Officials (ICBO), and the Southern Building Code Congress International (SBCCI) signed an agreement to unite the operations of the three groups into a single organization: the International Code Council (ICC).

From Banker to Pastor to Engineer, AIA Acknowledges
Champions of the Profession
Eight named to Honorary Membership
The tenets of the AIA highlight the importance of communication and collaboration with our allies and clients throughout the building industry. One of the most important messages AIA members can share through our professional society is gratitude toward those who support and uplift architects and architecture; we can acknowledge them as part of the AIA family. In this spirit, the Institute is pleased to bestow on eight special people the title of Honorary AIA.

Officials Choose Two WTC Finalists
The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced February 4 that the designs created by the team known as THINK, led by architects Rafael Viñoly and Frederic Schwartz, and another by Studio Daniel Libeskind will go forward as finalists in the plans to redevelop Ground Zero. Both schemes call for towers that are taller than the original World Trade Center buildings and preserve the footprints of the original towers.

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Balancing Sustainability, Historic Fabric
Goody Clancy brings out the best of both
Applying sustainable design technology to historic buildings necessitates a delicate balancing act. “We must bridge sustainability and preservation,” said Jean Carroon, AIA, principal and director of preservation at Boston’s Goody Clancy. She shared her knowledge at a January 27 lecture at the National Building Museum.

AIA, EPA Working Together on Livable Communities
Strengthening the ties between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Institute, AIA President Thompson E. Penney, FAIA, and Executive Vice President/CEO Norman L. Koonce, FAIA, aligned agendas with EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman at the AIA headquarters in Washington, D.C. February 5.

Philip Dinsmore, Former AIA Secretary, Dies
Philip W. Dinsmore, FAIA, died January 28 in Tucson after a long illness. He was 60. Dinsmore had served the AIA on a local, state, and national scale with distinction in many roles, including a three-year term as regional director on the AIA Board from the Western Mountain Region, a four-year term as secretary of the Institute, and five years of continued service as a member and chair of the Board of Trustees of the AIA Trust.

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Massachusetts to Require Continuing Ed
Massachusetts approved regulations recently on mandatory continuing education (CE) for registration renewal in the commonwealth. The regulation, which has been in the works since 2000 and will affect more than 6,300 architects licensed in Massachusetts, will require 12 contact hours of CE for renewal each year, 8 of which must cover health, safety, and welfare topics. The new requirement takes effect in the registration period that begins September 1, 2003, and ends August 31, 2004. AIA Continuing Education System courses are specifically cited as meeting the commonwealth's CE standards.

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Optimum Orientation to the Sun
The optimum orientation to the sun to maintain constant temperatures is toward the southeast. The new Architectural Graphic Standards for Residential Construction includes a method that explains this visually. (Members only.)

Theme Speakers Explore “Design Matters! Poetry + Proof” at the AIA National Convention
The AIA national convention, May 8–10 in San Diego, offers three keynote presentations from industry leaders and innovators centered on this year’s theme, “Design Matters! Poetry + Proof”: Tod Williams, FAIA, and Billie Tsien, AIA; neuroscientist Fred Gage, PhD, with IDEO General Manager Thomas Kelley; and a panel discussion led by Architectural Record Editor in Chief Robert Ivy, FAIA.

In last week's AIA Columbus story, Andrew Metter, FAIA, Annex|5 (a division of A. Epstein & Sons) should have been included as a juror. We regret the error.

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