What’s Happening at the Convention This Year?
We understand that intriguing events are under development for members attending the AIA 2005 National Convention and Design Exposition, May 19–21, at Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas. We chose three to capture your fancy: They involve an insiders’ conversation, a luxe party, and a Gold Medal recipient. Interested?

Potomac Valley Chapter Honors 16 Projects
A jury of three AIA Hampton Roads (Va.) architects—Chair Stephen Wright, AIA; Ahmed Hassan, AIA; and David Klemt, AIA—recently selected the recipients of the 2004 Design Award Winners from the Potomac Valley (Md.) Chapter. The jury awarded one Grand Honor Award, three Honor Awards, four Merit Awards, and eight Citations.

Florida Students Design “Healthiest” Community
Behold Ektara, a tropical, solar-powered paradise and the winner of the “Healthiest Community Award,” presented by the AIA on February 23 to the eighth graders of Epiphany Catholic School, Miami, for their entry in the 13th annual National Engineers Week Future City Competition. Jurors Randy Byers, AIA, and Mark Maves, AIA, selected the project as “the design that most contributes to the physical, mental, and spiritual well-being of the city’s occupants.” AIA Board Member Marshall Purnell, FAIA, and Center for Communities by Design Managing Director David Downey, Assoc. AIA, presented the special award on February 23. The team from Epiphany (students Gabriella DiCarlo, Alex Irastorza, and Carolina Ragolta; assistant principal Sister Carmel Regina; and engineer Rodrigo O. Rodriguez, PE, C3TS Consulting) took second place overall in the national competition. Visit the Future Cities Web site.

FROM THE PRESIDENT’S OFFICE
A Fine Accomplishment
In his monthly column, AIA President Douglas L Steidl, FAIA, reflects on the words of New York City’s famous builder W.A. Starrett and elaborates on the importance of collaboration among all team members from a project’s inception.

Top 10 Bestsellers in February 2005
AIArchitect is pleased to provide you with a list of the top 10 bestselling publications in the AIA Store for the month of February.

ASAI Announces Winners of the 20th Annual Architecture in Perspective Exhibition
The American Society of Architectural Illustrators is pleased to announce that Chris Grubbs, San Francisco, has won the 20th Hugh Ferriss Memorial Prize for best in show. In a competition of nearly 500 illustrations from five continents, Grubbs’ 7x5-inch drawing (prismacolor and watercolor on photocopy of pencil on paper) for SOM of the Las Vegas Sands was chosen by the jury for its dramatic texturing, vibrancy, and composition. Fifty-six drawings were selected for inclusion in “Architecture in Perspective 20,” which will premier at the AIA national headquarters gallery in Washington, D.C., on October 21. Ford Peatross, Hon. AIA, curator of architectural drawings at the Library of Congress; Karen Van Lengen, AIA, dean of the University of Virginia School of Architecture; and Richard Williams, AIA, Washington, D.C., served as this year’s jury. To see more of the winning projects, visit the ASAI Web site.

AIA Officer Nominations Open; Filing Date Is March 18
Ten architects have declared their candidacy for three national AIA offices.

project watch
College Encourages Healthy Living Through Green Design
Recognizing that sustainability must equate with affordability to be a viable building strategy, Toronto-based Young + Wright Architects Inc. provided a strong business case for sustainability’s merits for client Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College (CMCC). “This isn’t only good stewardship. It’s good business,” says Neil Munro, FRAIC, partner. “By framing a business case, we try to educate our clients.”

Your Kiplinger Connection (members only, AIA.org login required)
Tech: Future PC, phone advances look promising. Trade: Good years for exports to Mexico and Canada. The economy: Well-behaved inflation?
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Risk Management Basics
Put a claim-response plan in place now,
just in case

This second in a series of monthly articles on risk management addresses claims, including what constitutes a claim, how to respond, and how to keep the owner on your side throughout the process.

Don’t Lose Your AIA Connection:
Renew Your Membership Online

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Take Part in the New Housing Design Trends Study
Sign up for the panel by March 15
The AIA Economics and Research and the Media Relations departments invite you to participate in the new AIA Housing Design Trends study, a research initiative to track and promote the architect’s perspective on housing design trends. The study aims to put the architect’s voice into media coverage of housing by identifying these trends. As a panel member, you need only complete a quarterly survey, which will not exceed 10 questions. In return, you will receive an advance copy of the results and the potential opportunity to participate in media interviews. Best of all, you will help the AIA build awareness of residential architects and their role in designing functional and inspirational homes. To participate, sign up by March 15 and click here. (Pictured is the Norton Towers-on-the-Court, West Hollywood, Calif., by Lehrer Architects, a 2004 AIA Housing PIA Award winner. Photo © Tom Bonner.)

Call for Submissions: Show You’re Green!
Entries due March 31
As part of a major, three-year initiative to demonstrate excellence in affordable green housing design, the AIA Housing Knowledge Community invites architects and developers to submit housing projects that wholly or in part incorporate sustainable design features. Selected projects will be showcased on the Affordable Housing Design Advisor Web site, part of the Campaign for Excellence in Affordable Housing Design supported by the Fannie Mae Foundation in cooperation with many leading organizations, including the AIA. Projects also will receive recognition at the Housing Awards Reception in Las Vegas during the AIA 2005 National Convention and Design Exposition, May 19–21. Visit the AIA Housing Knowledge Community Web site for more information or to submit your project. (Pictured is Factor 10 House, Chicago, by EHDD Architecture, one of five affordable case-study designs chosen in the City of Chicago Environment and Housing 2000 National Competition to identify creative modifications to existing new homes. Photo © Doug Snower Photography.)

AIA CAREER CENTER
Here Are This Week’s Featured Opportunities

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One Heroic Woman: Green Belt Movement: Sharing the Approach & the Experience by Wangari Maathai (Lantern Books, 2004), explores the author’s grassroots efforts to stop environmental degradation and deforestation in Kenya by planting trees. The book is available now to AIA members for the special price of $12 ($15 retail). To learn more or purchase, visit the AIA Store or call 800-242-3837, opt. #4.

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