June 1,2001

AIA NEWS
Save $75 on the New AIA Handbook: You know you'll need it—so order it now!
A Letter from the CEO: Koonce outlines 2000 financial summary and a plan through 2003

CONVENTION NEWS
AIA Business
Report of Business Session: Delegates Vote for Ad Campaign Dues Assessment, Separation of ARE into Two Parts
Penney Elected President
Gatsch, Hopkins, Kodet Named VPs
Steidl Elected Treasurer
Theme Presentations
Stamberg Addresses Creating Community
Libeskind Offers Visual and Verbal Feast of Work at Friday's Theme Session
Calatrava Enthralls Architects with Prodigious Display of Awe-inspiring Work
Theme Panels
American Cities and Suburbs: Big Trouble Ahead?
New Urbanists Look to Regional Planning
Designing for the Future: Urban Thinking for the 21st Century
Honors and Awards
New Fellows Investiture Ceremony
2001 AIA Whitney M. Young Jr. Award presented to Cecil A. Alexander, FAIA
Gold Medalist Presentation: 2001 recipient Michael Graves, FAIA
Charles Harper, FAIA, Receives the 2001 Kemper Award
Glass Temple in Japan Garners Top 2001 DuPont Benedictus Award
Economics
Leading Economists Review Regional and National Trends
Expo
Members' Voice: Which Expo2001 Exhibit Is Your Favorite?
Opening Night Party
Special Events
Mount Saint Vincent Home Offers a Legacy of Hope
2001 Fun Run: "Run Your AIA Off"
Continuing Education
How to Get Tapes

INDUSTRY NEWS
UIA Supports Kyoto Protocol
Attracting High-Tech and Big Bucks
"Masters of the Building Arts" Star in This Year's Folklife Festival
Go Wild! Design and Donate a Mask to Benefit the WWF
District of Columbia Requests Proposal for New Neighborhood Development

GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
Rep. Granger Comes to AIA Headquarters
NFPA Still Developing a Model Building Code
ECONOMICS
It's a Consensus: Slow Growth for the Rest of the Year, 2002
Work-On-The-Boards Survey: Architects Business Unmistakably Improves
MARKETPLACE RESEARCH
Resident Fellow Richard W. Hobbs, FAIA, Reports from the Heartlands
PRACTICE
Why Green Buildings Should Yield Productivity Benefits
PIA NEWS
Professional Practice News Update
AIA Continental Europe Finds Treasure in Spain at Biannual Meeting, April 27–29
POINTS OF VIEW
The Editors Reflect on the Convention in Denver
MEMBERS
Promotions | News | Moves/Firm Moves
PROJECTS OF NOTE
• Fitch/O'Rourke House, Washington, D.C., by Robert N. Gurney, AIA
• Pratt Architecture School Restoration, Brooklyn, N.Y., by Rogers Marvel Architects PLLC

OPPORTUNITIES
Classifieds
Calendar
Directory of Services

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Herman Miller To Sponsor Intern Architects at Chicago Cardiac-Care Conference
Herman Miller for Healthcare will sponsor 10 intern architects to attend the "Architecture of the Heart: Current Trends in Cardiac Care Design" conference, sponsored by the AIA Academy of Architecture for Health (AAH) October 10–13 in Chicago. Full Story

Graves Graces AIA Headquarters
As a member of the AIA Gold Medal/Architecture Firm Award Advisory Jury, Michael Graves, FAIA, was in Washington, D.C., June 13. Full Story

  This Week

Online Continuing Education Made Easy
There's a new site for AIA continuing education courses developed from seminars presented at past AIA national conventions and 1999 Build Boston: http://eclassroom.aia.org. Full Story

Is Your Project Fit for the 2002 Olympics?
Enter it in "The Physical Fitness of Cities" by July 31. Full Story

Projects of the Week
Twelve Historic Sites Receive Emergency Aid from World Monuments Fund and American Express
The World Monuments Fund (WMF) and American Express Company on June 15 announced grants totaling $1 million, made available by American Express through WMF's World Monuments Watch program. The grants will aid 12 historic sites that are on WMF's 2000 Watch List of 100 Most Endangered Sites. Full Story

AIA, HUD Announce Housing and Community Design Awards Winners
The AIA/HUD Secretary's Awards program continues the collaboration between the AIA and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). This public/private partnership recognizes the best in residential and community design. Full Story

Housing PIA Honors Seven Multifamily, Community-Design Projects
The AIA Housing PIA established the Housing PIA Awards program this year to recognize the importance of good housing as a:
• necessity of life
• sanctuary for the human spirit
• valuable resource. Full Story

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