MLK Memorial Evokes Hope and
Civil Rights Legacy
Like the ideals that defined his life, the values of justice, democracy, and hope shape the memorial to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. that will grace the National Mall in the nation’s capital. United with the site through natural landscape elements–water, stone, and trees—the themes overlap and offer layers of content that await discovery and interpretation by each visitor to the monument envisioned by a joint venture of architects Devrouax & Purnell, Washington, D.C., and ROMA Design Group, San Francisco.

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Reserve Your Personal Tour Guide for the AIA National Convention
Your copy of the brand new AIA Guide to Chicago can be waiting for you
Short of an old friend from architecture school who has lived in Chicago all his or her life, what could top a brand new architect’s guide to accompany you around the Windy City during the AIA National Convention June 10–12? Completely revised and updated, the AIA Guide to Chicago, second edition, which will be hot-off-the-presses in April, offers 1,000 individual buildings with 400 photos—many taken expressly for the guide—plus 35 specially commissioned maps.

Potomac Valley Honors a Dozen Distinguished Designs
Three members receive
Paul H. Kea medals
A jury from the AIA Rochester (N.Y.) Chapter chose a dozen projects designed by members of the AIA Potomac Valley (Md.) chapter to receive four honor awards, four merit awards, and four citations. Potomac Valley honored the winners at the chapter’s Year-End Party and Design Awards Banquet in College Park, Md., last December.

AIA eClassroom Offers Three New Courses in Facility Design for Women’s and Children’s Health Care
Three new eClassroom long-distance learning programs, now available on the Web, round out the presentations based on sessions presented at the “Women, Children, and Healthcare: Designing Facilities for Distinctive Needs” conference, sponsored by the AIA Academy of Architecture for Health, November 19–22, 2003, in Denver. Each of the three new courses—one on children’s care in an uncertain world, one a case study of a children’s hospital, and one taking a futurist view of health care—offers one health-safety-welfare continuing-education credit.

AIA Emerging Professionals Awards Honor Commitment to Associates and Young Architects
2004 Entries Due April 2
The National Associates Committee (NAC) and Young Architects Forum (YAF) are collaborating to recognize AIA members and affiliates who have shown outstanding commitment to the professional development of associate and YAF members. Entries are due April 2.

PROJECT WATCH
Design With the Patient in Mind
HGA’s new Regions Cancer Care Center offers highly personalized service
To accommodate an almost 70 percent increase in cancer-patient clinic visits over the last two years, Regions Hospital, serving eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin, worked with architects Hammel, Green and Abrahamson, Inc. (HGA) to create a facility to provide private, dignified, and personal care for patients. At 9,000 square feet, the comprehensive Cancer Care Center is three times the size of its predecessor and includes multidisciplinary preventative, diagnostic, and treatment services. The one-story center provides medical oncology clinic space, chemotherapy treatment area, blood-draw laboratory, in-house pharmacy, and space for patient education and support groups.

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)
Trade: Good news north and south of the border. Business costs: Office vacancies stay soft; office construction decline slows. Jobs and workers: Does increased hiring mean a skills gap?
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