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  AIArchitect This Week—June 17–23, 2002

WORK-ON-THE-BOARDS SURVEY
Firms Report Improved Conditions in May
May was the third straight month that U.S. architecture firms have been able to avoid a downturn in billings. This three-month winning streak comes after six straight monthly declines in billing. Full Story

Panel Adopts Landscape Design for White House Plaza
A federal panel voted unanimously to approve a plan by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates to create a pedestrian plaza on the stretch of Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House that has been closed to vehicular traffic for more than seven years. Full Story

FROM OUR FRIENDS AT AIA SEATTLE
Penneys from Heaven: AIA Seattle Honors Gala June 1
On a bright and splendid June evening, the "heroes and heroines" of the Puget Sound design community gathered with AIA 2003 President Thompson Penney, FAIA, and Gretchen Penney, AIA, at the Weyerhaeuser Corporate Headquarters building (recipient of the 2001 AIA Twenty-five Year Award), to celebrate recipients of national and local honors. Full Story

HONORS AND AWARDS
Who Do You Believe Deserves Public Recognition for Helping the Profession?
The AIA's Institute Honors for Collaborative Achievement are biennial awards that recognize and encourage distinguished achievements of allied professionals, clients, organizations, architect teams, professional interest areas (PIAs), and others who have had a beneficial influence on or advanced the architectural profession. The award will be presented in 2003, and it is time to consider who among your colleagues is worthy of such recognition. Full Story

MARKETPLACE RESEARCH
Strategy and the Architect as Integrated Service Provider
Recent research conducted in conjunction with the AIA national advertising campaign tells us that owners and clients see design as a "noun," a tangible thing, while architects see design as a "verb," a process. Full Story

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  This Just In

Pentagon Memorial Design Guidelines Announced
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released more information June 11 about its design competition for a memorial to honor the victims of the attack on the Pentagon. Full Story

Get a Story About Your Practice on AIA.org
Through Case Studies in Practice, the AIA has committed to an extended program for building the body of knowledge in architecture. The information developed will be available to students, faculty, interns, practicing architects, and the general public to better inform all of these constituencies. Full Story

Learn About Mold as a Liability Concern
AIA eClassroom, the Institute's distance learning program, has just issued a sixth program developed from presentations offered at the AIA national convention in Charlotte, N.C. The program (TH26, "Killer Molds and Other Visitations from the Future") addresses the growing concerns of liability for design professionals where molds in buildings have created health problems. Full Story

FROM OUR FRIENDS AT AIA HONOLULU
Happy Yanoviak Day!
Honolulu City Mayor Jeremy Harris delivered a proclamation to sole practitioner Andrew C. Yanoviak, AIA, for his continued service to the community through design. Mayor Harris declared June 7, 2002, "Andrew C. Yanoviak Day" in the City and County of Honolulu. "We think it's pretty great, because Andrew has been tireless in his community services efforts and his dedication to the AIA," said Shannon C. Hines, AIA Honolulu's membership services manager. We at the national component think it's pretty great, too, knowing as we do of Yanoviak's dedication for many years in the codes and standards arena at the national level. Congratulations, Andrew!

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