AIA150, 1977–1986
Activism and Capital-A Architecture Are Alive at the AIA
Contributing Editor Tony P. Wrenn, Hon. AIA, explains that in the 1970s and ’80s, the 120-year debate continued over who architects are and what they and their professional association should do. Among the answers that emerged: enhance the knowledge and talent base to create architecture of the highest quality, recognize architectural achievement past and present, and hold it up for the edification of the profession and public alike.

Architecture Whiz Kids Receive Internship for Forward-thinking Airport Design
Dallas-based Gresham, Smith and Partners has granted two MArch students a one-week, all-expense-paid internship to advance their award-winning airport design concept. The design received an honorable-mention award in the Airport Security Circulation Student Design Competition sponsored by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Ten Sure Keys to Achieving 100
In 1906, Frank Grad began an architecture firm in Newark that has shaped that city, and many others, over the course of 100 years. The firm now works globally and is still growing strong, reports Grad Associates President B. Allen Trousdale, AIA, as he shares his firm’s collective insight into business stability and longevity.