Eight Receive Honorary Membership
The AIA is pleased and honored to include eight new Honorary Members into the Institute family. Full Story

Employment at US Architecture Firms Approaching 200,000
Since bottoming out at 112,600 in 1992, payrolls at architecture firms have increased more than 70% over the past nine years. Full Story

Four Take Home 2002 Young Architects Prize
The AIA is honoring four young architects (defined as professionals who have been practicing 10 years or less, regardless of their age) with its 2001 Young Architects Award. Full Story

Memorials, Development Attract Fans and Foes As NYC Continues to Heal
A new exhibit at the Max Protetch Gallery in New York City featuring architects' visions of what type of memorial should rise from Ground Zero illustrates that there are as many notions about the future of the World Trade Center site as there are designers, community and government officials, and, of course, victims of terrorism to divine them. Full Story

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Set an Open Policy on Portfolio Building
It may seem a minor thing. Employees wanting to build their portfolios and not knowing how management feels. To one firm, the best policy is an open one. Full Story

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Full table of contents for the February issue of AIArchitect.

Contemporary Mexican Architecture Exhibition Opens February 14
The Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington, D.C., invites all to visit the "Contemporary Mexican Architecture" exhibition, featuring 50 recent works of members of the Mexican Federation of the College of Architects, including AIA Gold Medalist Ricardo Legorreta. The institute also will feature a roundtable discussion on architectural trends in Mexico and the U.S. on February 14 at 5:30 p.m., just prior to the opening of the exhibition. For more information, call 202-728-1628. To see the AIA's latest calendar of events, click here.

Bush Budget Proposal Includes Funding for AIA Priorities
President Bush released the details of his $2.13 trillion budget for FY2003 February 4. As has been widely reported, the proposal focuses on increasing expenditures for military spending and homeland defense and security, while paring down funding for some domestic programs. Full Story

Public Architecture + Historic Preservation + Private Enterprise = Urban Revitalization
Conference coming up March 8–10 in D.C. Full Story