April 6, 2001

AIA NEWS
MyAIA Portal
Proposed Bylaws Changes
Thomas Jefferson Award Winners . . .
• Terrel Emmons, FAIA
• Stroud Watson
AIA Elevates 72 to Fellow; 7 to Honorary Fellow
Hot Topics for Convention
Meet the Candidates
What You Should Know About Voting
AIA Registers Plea Against Destruction in Afghanistan
Library and Archives Announces April Amnesty

INDUSTRY NEWS
Dupont Benedictus Jury Selects Winner for 2001
Patriots Peace Memorial Competition Opens

GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
Smart Growth Debate Offers Many Tools for Combating Sprawl
Anderson Urges Support for School Construction Bill
Interior Designers in Illinois Call Moratorium on Practice Legislation
AIA Issues Resonate with Governors Nationwide
New Jersey General Assembly Committee Passes Interior Design Measure
ECONOMICS
Slower Growth Shows Its Regional Dimension
Work-on-the-Boards Survey: Business Slowdown Continues in February
MARKETPLACE RESEARCH
Innovation Revolution: From Disney Imagineering to Razorfish
CONVENTION
AIA Convention 2001's Design Marketplace in the Mile-High City
POINTS OF VIEW
President's Column
Letter to the Editor: Re: Membership categories
MEMBERS
News | Promotions | Moves | Obituaries
Architect Fights for Awareness and Financing for Brain Injury
YOUNG ARCHITECTS FORUM
Young Architect Calls Colleagues to Action

ASSOCIATES
National Associates Committee Announces New Awards Program
Recent IDP Developments Affect Training Units, Community Service

PIA NEWS
Heads Up: EPN to Sponsor Collaborative Fall Conferences
PRACTICE
Creating a Space in Time: Disney Design Process
AMERICAN ARCHITECTURAL FOUNDATION
Federal Architecture and the Great Society
CES
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PROJECTS OF NOTE
• Hyde Park Branch Library, Boston, by Schwartz//Silver Architects
• The Rifkind Residence, Wainscott, N.Y., by TodWilliamsBillieTsien Architects
• The Williams Natatorium at Cranbrook, by TodWilliamsBillieTsien Architects
• McCormick Place South Building, Chicago, by Thompson Ventulett Stainback & Associates Inc., with A. Epstein & Sons International Inc.

OPPORTUNITIES
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Postal Service Halts New Construction; VA Gets a Funding Boost
While the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) finds itself facing a $3 billion FY2001 deficit that has already put a halt all new construction indefinitely, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is looking forward to an increased of more than half a billion dollars for emergency repairs to VA hospitals over the next two years.
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  This Week

Conservation Group Names Top 10 Endangered Parks
The National Parks Conservation Association on April 4 released its third annual list of the 10 most endangered national parks and their biggest threats.
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Project of the Week
U. of Cincinnati's Music College Offers a Symphony of Created and Renovated Space
Pei Cobb Freed LLP and NBBJ developed a master plan for the College—Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati, that is a seven-year, multibuilding study in balance—between renovation and new construction, academic peace and construction schedules, gathering places and study places.
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IFRAA to Host Pre-Convention Tour of Denver
The AIA Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art, and Architecture (IFRAA) will host the Religious Architecture Tour of Denver, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. on Wednesday, May 16, the day before the AIA national convention.
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AIA New York to Sponsor Ethics Conference April 21
The AIA New York Chapter—together with the Education Committee of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine and City College School of Architecture alumni—will sponsor the "Ethics, the Environment, and Architecture" conference, April 21.
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Anderson, O'Connor Give Meier's Phoenix Courthouse Two Thumbs Up
"Good Design enhances people's lives. When it is combined with the forces of public architecture, good design becomes a symbol of our civic pride," John D. Anderson, FAIA, told a packed house gathered for the presentation of the General Services Administration's 2000 Design Awards, March 29 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, in Washington, D.C.
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