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 20022003 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
Congress
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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