AIArchitect | April 16, 2001


	April 13, 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 Check Your Transcript Through MyAIA

	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 Classifieds Calendar Directory of Services


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	Conference of Mayors Focuses on Growth The U.S. Conference of Mayors issued a joint statement of national priorities April 4 calling for an urban turnaround. Mayors from across the nation came to Washington, D.C., April 4 and 5 to identify, alongside corporate leaders, key policy priorities for the Bush administration and Congress to encourage smart growth. Full Story 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. Full Story

	This Week

	Eight Libraries Capture AIA/ALA Top Honors he AIA and the American Library Association (ALA) will present 2001 Library Buildings Awards to eight diverse projects that exemplify excellent design. Full Story Project of the Week Stars Align for Honoring the Denver Public Library Its architect, Michael Graves, FAIA, is this year's AIA Gold Medalist. Its city, Denver, is this year's host for the AIA's national convention. It just received a 2001 AIA/American Library Association Design Award. Coincidence? We don't think so! Full Story AIA/CES Registered Providers Receive a New Manual, Plan Convention Training The newest edition of the AIA Continuing Education System (AIA/CES) manual went out last month to all registered continuing-education providers, including AIA components and AIA firms registered with the system. Full Story Construction-Site Rage Reported in Britain. Poll One in six architects polled in the United Kingdom claimed to have been threatened with violence or was physically assaulted on a construction site, reported Building Design. Full Story Electronic Format AIA Documents Making Headlines The just-released AIA contract documents in electronic format, EF V3.0, are generating attention from the architectural and construction press. From weekly construction news magazine, Engineering News-Record (ENR), to the monthly managers' newsletter, Design Firm Management & Administration Report (DFMAR), the new software is making headlines. Full Story

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