Ten Years Later: The Young Architects Award Recipients
Where are the 1996 recipients now?
AIArchitect checked in with three practitioners who were among the first recipients of the Young Architects Award. Christopher Coe, AIA, of California; and Keith Moskow, AIA, and George Thrush, FAIA, both from Boston, advise today’s young architects to define for themselves what it means to be an architect and revisit the passion that guided them to the profession in the beginning.

Building Commissioning Allows Testing for Sustainability
When a building works properly, it uses less energy and provides a better environment for occupants. Building commissioning offers a way for architects to ensure that the sustainable systems they have programmed are working as they designed.

2007 Latrobe Prize Entries Due December 1
The AIA College of Fellows announces a call for submissions for the 2007 Latrobe Fellowship. All applications must be postmarked on or before December 1, 2006. The 2007 Latrobe Prize recipient will receive a $100,000 stipend for a two-year research effort.

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Make Research Pay for Your Firm
Research—be it for a project, marketing, or firm improvement—is most valuable when the results are catalogued so they can be used again and again. As a marketing tool, research can be used to understand the client better and offered back to perspective clients in informative and enticing nuggets that point up your expertise.