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  AIArchitect This Week—April 29–May 5, 2002

Finely honed "natural" structure and details help Jeter Cook & Jepson Architects blend the outdoors and the interior of the Wilbert Snow Elementary School. Photos courtesy of the architect.BOOK REVIEW
Class Act: Class Architecture
The stars are aligning for school design: economic predictions tell us school construction will continue on its upward curve for the next year, and the AIA has made federal dollars for school construction and revitalization one of its top legislative priorities. Full Story

School Building Day Celebrates Educational Facilities
Aiming to raise awareness about the link between safe and healthy schools and student achievement, the Council of Educational Facility Planners International (CEFPI) celebrated School Building Day on April 19 with a program bringing together school administrators, students, planners, architects, engineers, and government agencies to draw attention to the importance of high-quality learning facilities. Full Story

Five AIA Architects Win 2002–2003 Rome Prizes
The American Academy in Rome announced the winners of the 106th annual Rome Prize Competition April 18. The prize provides fellowships from six months to two years for American artists and scholars to live and work at the Academy's 18-building, 11-acre site atop the Janiculum, the highest hill in Rome. Full Story

Millennium Place, Boston submitted by Gary Edward Handel + Associates ArchitectsCongress for the New Urbanism Honors 18 Projects
Eighteen projects that represent the best in New Urbanist practice will be honored this June as the recipients of the Congress for the New Urbanism's (CNU) second annual Charter Awards. A jury selected the winners from a pool of more than 200 applicants representing 170 firms. Full Story

BEST PRACTICES
When Firms Mentor Interns, the Whole Profession Wins
Through simultaneous top-down and bottom-up drivers, this year's Intern Development Program Outstanding Firm Award recipient, Payette Associates, designed a way to bring interns together with mentors and archive the shared knowledge. Full Story

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  This Just In

To read this week's convention stories click on "Full Story". To visit the convention site, click this image.Two Tips for Convention Goers
Print out your personal planner by April 26—and start with your map when you get there. Full Story

It's Not Too Late to Take Part in the 2002 AIA National Convention
The 2002 AIA National Convention and Expo will be in Charlotte, May 9 to 11, and there's still time to join in the building and design industry professionals' mainstay event for education, information, and innovation. Click here for a whirlwind tour through the highlights. Full Story

Do Good Housing? Win the HUD Secretary's Award for Excellence
Registrations are due July 1; entries, July 31
U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Mel Martinez, Builder magazine, and the National Association of Home Builders announce the sixth annual HUD Secretary's Award for Excellence, recognizing design excellence produced through cooperative public/private efforts that expand homeownership opportunities. Click here for details and a downloadable registration form.