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Nine Insights Into Designing for an Aging Population
Everybody is aware that our faculties and abilities change with advancing age. There is also evidence, though, that the outlook of retirees and people approaching retirement age is changing as well. People in the latter half of their lives are more active now than in previous generations, and public-facility design needs to acknowledge that, says Harry Wolfe in a paper on airport-terminal design considerations. He offers nine specific examples.

Hooray!
You Can See My Architect at the Convention
Filmmaker Nathaniel Kahn, son of Louis, to speak at event
A reception and private screening of the Academy Award®-nominated film My Architect will be held June 10, opening night of the AIA national convention, 7–10:30 p.m. at the beautifully renovated Auditorium Theatre in downtown Chicago. Following the film, AIA members will be treated to a question-and-answer session with the film’s director, Nathaniel Kahn.

California Approves IDP Requirements for
Licensure Candidates
The California Architects Board unanimously approved implementation of the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards’ Intern Development Program (IDP) requirements for architecture licensure candidates. After the expected approval by California’s legislature, every state except Arizona will require completion of IDP as a condition of licensure. The new IDP requirements are scheduled to go into effect January 1, 2005. For more details about the California IDP requirement, visit the state board’s Web site. Click here to read the latest edition of the AIA Angle, the AIA members’ source for government news.

Reminder: COD’s “The New Home on the Range,” an Ideas Competition, Registration Due April 23
The single-family residence served as the test bed for architectural theories in the 20th century. To challenge architects and students of architecture to design the 21st century seminal house, the AIA Committee on Design is conducting a competition for an unbuilt, single-family house. The project must fully embody the principles of sustainable design. Entrants must register by April 23. Entries due at AIA headquarters in Washington, D.C., no later than 5 p.m. EDT May 14. Visit the COD Web site for more information.

Heads Up: 2004 BW/AR Awards Submissions Due April 21
Do you have a project in which design excellence achieved important objectives for your client? Did it grow out of collaboration between architect and client? If so, enter it in the 2004 Business Week/Architectural Record Awards competition. Submissions are due April 16; late submissions are due April 21.

AIA CAREER CENTER
Here Are This Week’s Featured Opportunities

Show Good Form: Handbook of Forms and Letters for Design Professionals, by the Society of Design Administration (2004, John Wiley & Sons Inc.) This new book offers an easy-to-use and efficient resource of forms and documents for everyone who supports the administrative and project management requirements of a design firm. Retail $55.00/AIA members $49.50.

Bring Your Kids to Camp AIA: New this year, in collaboration with ACCENT on Children’s Arrangements Inc., the AIA is pleased to offer Camp AIA—childcare services at McCormick Place in Chicago—for children ages 6 months to 16 years.

Make the Connection: The latest edition of the YAF Connection, the Young Architects Forum’s electronic newsletter, features “Countdown to Chicago: Twenty Reasons Why You Simply Must Attend This Year's Convention,” “Leadership Focus,” and more.

Check Out the Free Online Courses From the 2004 Grassroots Conference: AIA eClassroom has just released three new courses featuring keynote speakers from this year’s AIA Grassroots Leadership conference. Hear EPA Administrator Mike Leavitt; pollster Frank Luntz, PhD; and Richard Jackson, MD, MPH, senior advisor to the director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Try Airborne Express Risk-Free: New customers who are AIA members receive their first shipment free. Just call 800-MEMBERS (800-636-2377), 8 a.m.–7 p.m. EDT. For more information and benefits, visit the AIA Advantage site.

Technical Support Unparalleled in the Industry: MASTERSPEC provides free technical and specification support to its users. Find out about the other benefits.

Consider Accident Coverage for accidental injuries: The AIA Trust High Limit Accident Plan protects you financially for accidents occurring at home, at the office, on vacation, or in your car or a taxi. Insurance just in case! Click here for specific information about this program.
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